Architecture (Barnard)
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Fall 2009
Architecture (Barnard)
Required Courses
Credit Courses
Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 16 students per section. Recommended for the sophomore year. Students work in a studio environment.
Introduction to design through analysis of abstract architectural space and
form. Emphasis on the design process and principles of representations
through architectural drawing and model making. Attendance is mandatory at
the first class meeting in order to form class registration lists.
Prerequisites: Students work in a studio environment. Recommended for the sophomore year. Enrollment limited to 16 students per section.
Introduction to design through studies in the perception of architectural
space and form. Emphasis on exploratory, inventive processes for the
generation, development, and representation of ideas in a variety of media.
Attendance is mandatory at the first class meeting in order to form class
registration lists.
Prerequisites: ARCH V3101 and ARCH V3103. Open to architecture majors or with permission of instructor.
Introduction to architectural design taught in a studio environment,
through a series of design projects requiring drawings and models. Field
trips, lectures, and discussions are organized in relation to studio
exercises. Portfolio of design work from Architectural Representation:
Abstraction and Perception will be reviewed the first week of classes.
Elective Courses
Credit Courses
Introduces the project of understanding modern cities, focusing on
theories, practices and examples in Europe and North America since 1850.
The global reach of Euro-American ideas will also be examined. There are
two primary goals: to investigate diverse strategies of urban development
and to evaluate the social implications of built form. Course material
includes built projects as well as unbuilt and theoretical work, all of
which shaped how architects and planners interpreted the city.
Prerequisites: ARCH V3202 and permission of the department chair. Enrollment limited as space permits.
Further exploration of the design process through studio work. Programs of
considerable functional, contextual, and conceptual complexity are
undertaken. Portfolio required for review first day of fall semester to
register for the course. Class list based on portfolio review will be
formed at first class meeting.
Topics vary yearly. Course may be repeated for credit. Attendance is
mandatory at the first class meeting in order to form class registration
lists.
Spring 2010
Architecture (Barnard)
Required Courses
Credit Courses
Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 16 students per section. Recommended for the sophomore year. Students work in a studio environment.
Introduction to design through analysis of abstract architectural space and
form. Emphasis on the design process and principles of representations
through architectural drawing and model making. Attendance is mandatory at
the first class meeting in order to form class registration lists.
Prerequisites: Students work in a studio environment. Recommended for the sophomore year. Enrollment limited to 16 students per section.
Introduction to design through studies in the perception of architectural
space and form. Emphasis on exploratory, inventive processes for the
generation, development, and representation of ideas in a variety of media.
Attendance is mandatory at the first class meeting in order to form class
registration lists.
Prerequisites: Designed for but not limited to sophomores; enrollment beyond 60 at the discretion of the instructor.
Introduction to various methods by which we look at, experience, analyze,
and criticize architecture and the built environment; development of
fluency with architectural concepts. Attendance is mandatory at the first
class meeting in order to form class registration lists.
Prerequisites: ARCH V3201. Open to architecture majors or with permission of instructor.
Studio workshop continuation of ARCH V3201. Emphasis on the manipulation of an
architectural vocabulary in relationship to increasingly complex
conceptual, social, and theoretical issues. Field trips, lectures, and
discussions are organized in relation to studio exercises.
Elective Courses
Credit Courses
Corequisites: Intended for the non-major, sophomore year and above. Enrollment limited to 18 students.
Introductory design studio to introduce students to architectural design
through readings and studio design projects. Intended to develop analytic
skills to critique existing media and spaces. Process of analysis used as a
generative tool for the students' own design work. Attendance is mandatory
at the first class meeting in order to form class registration lists.
Topics vary yearly. Course may be repeated for credit. Attendance is
mandatory at the first class meeting in order to form class registration
lists.
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