Course Description: Apply the fundamental and experimental approaches to a rigorous design process. Apply design thinking at a city scale, through a non-polemic, iterative, multimedia approach.
Semester: Fall 2024 – online synchronous
Day(s) of the week: Mon/Thur
Class Time(s):5:00p-8:00p CST
Course Name: ARCH4110 Research and Culture
Course Description: Apply architectural research to design while engaging a real world client and project. Employ an inclusive and participatory design process through engagement with various community stakeholders. Examine the relationship of architecture to public process and community development.
Semester: Fall 2024 – on campus
Day(s) of the week: Mon/Thur
Class Time(s):5:00p-8:00p CST
Course Name: ARCH5110 Integrative Design
Course Description: Integrate site, regulatory, and program elements to create an architectural work. Demonstrate design intent within the design and development of building systems. Demonstrate integrative design through varying forms of architectural representation.
Semester: Fall 2024 – online synchronous
Day(s) of the week: Mon/Thur
Class Time(s):5:00p-8:00p CST
Course Name: ARCH3130 Early Goldal History
Course Description: Research and analyze architecture of the world throughout history. Examine the relationships between culture, geography, politics, race, and the ways in which they shape the built environment.
Semester: Fall 2024 – online
Day(s) of the week: asynchronous
Class Time(s): asynchronous
Course Name: ARCH3120 2D Rendering
Course Description: Research design thinking through 2D rendering methods. Explain the fundamentals of a design process, iteration, rigor, critical representation, and architectural communication
Semester: Fall 2024 – online
Day(s) of the week: asynchronous
Class Time(s): asynchronous
Course Name: ARCH5130 Systems & Envelope
Course Description: Research and analyze the building envelope and its performative relationship to building systems. Discover ways in which building systems are designed to reinforce architectural thought. Analyze works of architecture with a focus on integrative thinking.
Semester: Fall 2024 – online
Day(s) of the week: asynchronous
Class Time(s): asynchronous
Course Name: ARCH4140 Urbanism
Course Description: Research and analyze ideas of urbanism and their relationship to architecture within a design process. Perform comparative analysis of the Twin Cities and other urban centers through a series of case studies.
Semester: Fall 2024 – online
Day(s) of the week: asynchronous
Class Time(s): asynchronous
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