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Download Architecture Courses at a University and more Study notes Computer Networks in PDF only on Docsity! Architecture (ARCH) 1 Architecture (ARCH) Courses Expand all course descriptions [+]Collapse all course descriptions [-] ARCH 11A Introduction to Visual Representation and Drawing 4 Units Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021 8 Week Session Introductory studio course: theories of representation and the use of several visual means, including freehand drawing and digital media, to analyze and convey ideas regarding the environment. Topics include contour, scale, perspective, color, tone, texture, and design. Introduction to Visual Representation and Drawing: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: ENV DES 1 with C- or better Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 6 hours of studio per week Summer: 8 weeks - 3.5 hours of lecture and 11 hours of studio per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required. Formerly known as: Environmental Design 11A Introduction to Visual Representation and Drawing: Read Less [-] ARCH 11B Introduction to Design 5 Units Terms offered: Summer 2023 8 Week Session, Spring 2023, Summer 2022 8 Week Session Introduction to design concepts and conventions of graphic representation and model building as related to the study of architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, and city planning. Students draw in plan, section, elevation, axonometric, and perspective and are introduced to digital media. Design projects address concepts of order, site analysis, scale, structure, rhythm, detail, culture, and landscape. Introduction to Design: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: ARCH 11A with C- or better Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture, 3 hours of laboratory, and 6 hours of studio per week Summer: 8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture, 6 hours of laboratory, and 11 hours of studio per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required. Formerly known as: Environmental Design 11B Introduction to Design: Read Less [-] ARCH 24 Freshman Seminars 1 Unit Terms offered: Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Freshman Seminars: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required. Freshman Seminars: Read Less [-] 2 Architecture (ARCH) ARCH 39A Freshman/Sophomore Seminar 2 - 4 Units Terms offered: Fall 2012, Fall 2003, Fall 2002 Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester. Freshman/Sophomore Seminar: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Priority given to freshmen and sophomores Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-4 hours of seminar per week Summer: 8 weeks - 4-8 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam not required. Freshman/Sophomore Seminar: Read Less [-] ARCH 84 Sophomore Seminar 1 or 2 Units Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2012, Spring 2012 Sophomore seminars are small interactive courses offered by faculty members in departments all across the campus. Sophomore seminars offer opportunity for close, regular intellectual contact between faculty members and students in the crucial second year. The topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 sophomores. Sophomore Seminar: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: At discretion of instructor Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 5 weeks - 3-6 hours of seminar per week 10 weeks - 1.5-3 hours of seminar per week 15 weeks - 1-2 hours of seminar per week Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-5 hours of seminar per week 8 weeks - 1.5-3.5 hours of seminar and 2-4 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required. Sophomore Seminar: Read Less [-] ARCH 98 Special Group Study 1 - 4 Units Terms offered: Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020 This is a special topics course intended to fulfill the individual interests of students, and provide a vehicle for professors to instruct students based on new and innovative developments in the field of architecture. Special Group Study: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the section on Academic Policies-Course Number Guide in the Berkeley Bulletin. Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required. Special Group Study: Read Less [-] ARCH 98BC Berkeley Connect 1 Unit Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022 Berkeley Connect is a mentoring program, offered through various academic departments, that helps students build intellectual community. Over the course of a semester, enrolled students participate in regular small-group discussions facilitated by a graduate student mentor (following a faculty-directed curriculum), meet with their graduate student mentor for one-on-one academic advising, attend lectures and panel discussions featuring department faculty and alumni, and go on field trips to campus resources. Students are not required to be declared majors in order to participate. Berkeley Connect: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the section on Academic Policies-Course Number Guide in the Berkeley Bulletin. Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required. Berkeley Connect: Read Less [-] Architecture (ARCH) 5 ARCH 105 Deep Green Design 4 Units Terms offered: Spring 2014, Fall 2013 This course explores the issues and practices of green architectural design through critical readings of seminal and current texts, lectures, films, field trips and projects that use both design and analysis as means of inquiry.The course examines varied approaches to sustainable design including using nature and wilderness as models, biophilia, biomimicry, material sources and reuse, accounting systems such as LEED, Zero Net Carbon and the 2030 Challenge, and the Living Building Challenge. Deep Green Design: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Completion of a minimum of one design studio, two studios preferred Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam. Instructor: Ubbelohde Deep Green Design: Read Less [-] ARCH 107 Introduction to the Practice of Architecture 3 Units Terms offered: Prior to 2007 Introduction to the business of architecture including client, developer and contractor relations, design proposals, competitions, and other marketing approaches as well as ethical issues of professional practice. Introduction to the Practice of Architecture: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Formerly known as: 120 Introduction to the Practice of Architecture: Read Less [-] ARCH 108 Architectural Internship 5 Units Terms offered: Summer 2023 8 Week Session, Summer 2022 8 Week Session, Summer 2021 8 Week Session An intensive and structured exposure to the professional practice, using the resources of practicing architects' offices as the "laboratory." The seminar discussion focus on understanding how design happens, how projects are managed and how buildings are constructed. Architectural Internship: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: 100B or consent of instructor Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 10.5 hours of internship per week Summer: 8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture and 21 hours of tutorial per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required. Instructor: Comerio Formerly known as: 128 Architectural Internship: Read Less [-] ARCH 109 Special Topics in Architectural Design 1 - 4 Units Terms offered: Spring 2022, Summer 2020 8 Week Session, Fall 2019 Selected topics in the theories and concepts of architectural design. For current offerings, see department website. Special Topics in Architectural Design: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Consent of instructor Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of seminar per week Summer: 8 weeks - 2-7.5 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Special Topics in Architectural Design: Read Less [-] 6 Architecture (ARCH) ARCH 110AC The Social and Cultural Processes in Architecture & Urban Design 3 Units Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018 This class focuses on the significance of the physical environment in human life as citizens and as future design professionals and it introduces students to the field of human–environment studies. It shows how the social sciences and design can be mutually engaged, enriching the context for design evaluation and critique. Berkeley has long been known for attention to the social perspective on architecture, and this course falls in that tradition. The Social and Cultural Processes in Architecture & Urban Design: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Architecture 110AC after completing Architecture 110. Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 10 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam. Instructor: Chiesi The Social and Cultural Processes in Architecture & Urban Design: Read Less [-] ARCH 111 Housing: An International Survey 3 Units Terms offered: Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 Introduction to international housing from the Architectural and City Planning perspective. Housing issues (social, cultural, and policy) ranging from micro-scale (house) to macro-scale (city) presented with a comparison of housing situations in developed and developing countries. Housing: An International Survey: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Housing: An International Survey: Read Less [-] ARCH 112 The Social Life of Building 3 Units Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021 How do buildings form and inform the ways in which we live — as individuals and as part of different communities? This course explores the multiple ways in which people and buildings interact. Our cultural and economic practices shape the form of our environment which in turn shapes social constructions of gender, race and class. At the same time, as individuals, we are always making choices about how we use our spaces. Intended as a gateway to advanced architectural humanities classes, the course is organized around three themes that highlight ways of thinking about individual actions, social constructions of gender, race and class, and cultural associations of the built environment. The Social Life of Building: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam. The Social Life of Building: Read Less [-] ARCH 119 Special Topics in the Social and Cultural Basis of Design 1 - 4 Units Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2014, Spring 2014 Selected topics in the social and cultural basis of design. For current offerings, see departmental website. Special Topics in the Social and Cultural Basis of Design: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Consent of instructor Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of seminar per week Summer: 8 weeks - 2-8 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Special Topics in the Social and Cultural Basis of Design: Read Less [-] Architecture (ARCH) 7 ARCH 122 Principles of Computer Aided Architectural Design 4 Units Terms offered: Fall 2009 This course introduces students to Architecture's New Media; why and how computers are being used in architecture, and what are their current and expected impacts on the discipline and practice of architecture. Topics include presentation and re-presentation (including sketching, drafting, modeling, animating, and rendering); generating design solutions (including generative systems, expert systems, genetic algorithms, and neural networks); evaluation and prediction (using examples from structures, energy, acoustics, and human factors); and the future uses of computers in architectural design (including such topics as construction automation, smart buildings, and virtual environments). The laboratories introduce students to REVIT, a state-of-the-art architectural software, including drafting, modeling, rendering, and for building information modeling. This course is co-listed with 222. Principles of Computer Aided Architectural Design: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of laboratory per week Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Formerly known as: 132 Principles of Computer Aided Architectural Design: Read Less [-] ARCH 123 2-D Computer Technology 2 Units Terms offered: Summer 2012 8 Week Session, Summer 2011 10 Week Session, Summer 2011 8 Week Session The course provides students with practical hands-on experience in using professional architectural drafting software (e.g., Autocad). The course covers the process of creating, manipulating, and communicating through digital drawings. 2-D Computer Technology: Read More [+] Hours & Format Summer: 6 weeks - 5 hours of laboratory per week 8 weeks - 3.5 hours of laboratory per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Formerly known as: 133A 2-D Computer Technology: Read Less [-] ARCH 124A Introduction to Digital Design Methods 2 Units Terms offered: Summer 2023 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2022 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2021 Second 6 Week Session The course provides students with practical hands-on experience in using professional architectural modeling software (e.g., 3DStudioMax, Maya, Rhino, etc.). The course covers the process of creating, manipulating, and communicating through digital architectural models. Introduction to Digital Design Methods: Read More [+] Hours & Format Summer: 6 weeks - 4 hours of laboratory, 2 hours of discussion, and 1 hour of lecture per week 6 weeks - 4 hours of laboratory, 2 hours of discussion, and 1 hour of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam. Formerly known as: 133B Introduction to Digital Design Methods: Read Less [-] ARCH 124B 3-D Computer Technology 2 Units Terms offered: Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Summer 2016 10 Week Session, Summer 2016 8 Week Session The course provides students with practical hands-on experience in using professional architectural modeling software (e.g., 3DStudioMax, Maya, Rhino, etc.). The course covers the process of creating, manipulating, and communicating through digital architectural models. 3-D Computer Technology: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of laboratory per week Summer: 6 weeks - 5 hours of laboratory per week 8 weeks - 3.5 hours of laboratory per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Formerly known as: 133B 3-D Computer Technology: Read Less [-] 10 Architecture (ARCH) ARCH 136 The Literature of Space 3 Units Terms offered: Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 The concept of space as it is applied to the fields of architecture, geography and urbanism can be understood as a barometer of the condition that we call "modernity." This course explores connections between the larger cultural frameworks of the past century, and the idea of space as it has been perceived, conceived and lived during this period. Readings include essays from the disciplines of philosophy, geography, architecture, landscape, and urbanism, and short works of fiction that illustrate and elucidate the spatial concepts. The readings are grouped according to themes that form the foundation for weekly seminar discussions. Chronological and thematic readings reveal the force of history upon the conceptualization of space, and its contradictions. The Literature of Space: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Instructor: Stoner The Literature of Space: Read Less [-] ARCH 139 Special Topics in Architectural Design Theory and Criticism 1 - 4 Units Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2021 Topics cover contemporary and historical issues in architectural design theory and criticism. For current offerings, see department website. Special Topics in Architectural Design Theory and Criticism: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Consent of instructor Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week Summer: 8 weeks - 2-8 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Special Topics in Architectural Design Theory and Criticism: Read Less [-] ARCH 140 Energy and Environment 4 Units Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021 This course provides undergraduates and graduates with an introduction to issues of physical building performance including building thermodynamics, daylighting, and solar control. The course presents the fundamentals of building science while recongnizing the evolving nature of building technologies, energy efficiency, ecology, and responsible design. The course begins with a detailed explication of the thermal properties of materials, heat transfer through building assemblies, balance point temperature, solar geometry, and shading analysis. Students apply these principles later in the course to a design project. The latter part of the course also provides a survey of broader building science topics including mechanical system design, microclimate, and current developments in energy-efficient design. Energy and Environment: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Physics or equivalent, or consent of instructor Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 3 hours of discussion per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Instructors: Brager, Schiavon Energy and Environment: Read Less [-] ARCH 142 Sustainability Colloquium 1 or 2 Units Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020 Presentations on a variety of topics related to sustainability, offering perspectives from leading practioners: architectural designers, city planners, consultants, engineers, and researchers. Students can enroll for one unit (required attendance plus reading) or two units (with additional writing assignments. Sustainability Colloquium: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam required. Instructor: Brager Sustainability Colloquium: Read Less [-] Architecture (ARCH) 11 ARCH 144 Introduction to Acoustics 1 Unit Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021 This course focuses on what architects need to know about acoustics. The first part deals with the fundamentals of acoustics including how sound levels are described and measured, and human response to sound. The course then covers building acoustics, mechanical equipment noise and vibration control, office acoustics, design of sound amplification systems, and environmental acoustics. Introduction to Acoustics: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 5 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam required. Instructor: Salter Introduction to Acoustics: Read Less [-] ARCH 149 Special Topics in Energy and Environment 1 - 4 Units Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2019 Special topics include climatic design, heating, ventilating, air- conditioning systems, lighting, and acoustics. For current offerings, see department website. Special Topics in Energy and Environment: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: 140 and consent of instructor Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week Summer: 8 weeks - 2-8 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Special Topics in Energy and Environment: Read Less [-] ARCH 150 Introduction to Structures 4 Units Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020 Study of forces, materials, and structural significance in the design of buildings. Emphasis on understanding the structural behavior of real building systems. Introduction to Structures: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Physics 8A Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Instructor: Black Introduction to Structures: Read Less [-] ARCH 154 Design and Computer Analysis of Structure 3 Units Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 Design and analysis of whole structural building systems with the aid of finite element analytical methods. Advanced structural concepts explored in a laboratory environment. Design and Computer Analysis of Structure: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: 150 Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Instructor: Black Design and Computer Analysis of Structure: Read Less [-] 12 Architecture (ARCH) ARCH 155 Structure, Construction, and Space 3 Units Terms offered: Fall 2009 In profound buildings, the structural system, construction materials, and architectural form work together to create an integrated work of art. Current practice segregates these three areas by assigning separate and rigid roles to 1) an engineer, 2) a contractor, and 3) an architect. The goal of this class is to blur these traditional boundaries and erase the intellectual cleft though hands-on experience. Students are given weekly assignments which focus on one or more of the three areas. They may be asked to analyze a structure, to construct something from actual materials, or research a case study and present it to the class. Each assignment to geared to help students integrate construction and structural issues into their architectural design, so that they can maintain control of the entire design process. Structure, Construction, and Space: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: 150 Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required. Instructor: Black Structure, Construction, and Space: Read Less [-] ARCH 159 Special Topics in Building Structures 1 - 4 Units Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 Special topics such as experimental structures and architural preservation. For current offerings, see department website. Special Topics in Building Structures: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: 150 and consent of instructor Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week Summer: 8 weeks - 2-8 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Special Topics in Building Structures: Read Less [-] ARCH 160 Introduction to Construction 4 Units Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021 This introduction to the materials and processes of construction takes architecture from design to realization. The course will cover four material groups commonly used in two areas of the building assembly (structure and envelope): wood, concrete, steel, and glass. You will understand choices available and how materials are conventionally used. By observing construction, you'll see how our decisions affect the size of materials, connections, and where they are assembled. Architects must understand not only conventions, but also the potential in materials, so we will also study unusual and new developments. Introduction to Construction: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Instructor: Black Introduction to Construction: Read Less [-] ARCH 169 Special Topics in Construction Materials 1 - 4 Units Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2021 For current offerings, see department website. Special Topics in Construction Materials: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: 160 and consent of instructor Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week Summer: 8 weeks - 2-8 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Formerly known as: 169X Special Topics in Construction Materials: Read Less [-] Architecture (ARCH) 15 ARCH 177 California Architecture 3 Units Terms offered: Fall 2021, Fall 2019 Many California architects came from other places: Maybeck from New York via the Ecole des Beaux Arts; Schindler and Neutra from Vienna; Frank Gehry from Chicago. But, once they arrived, their encounters with the Golden State produced new and original forms of architecture. This seminar will examine the qualities of the state’s environment, culture, economy, and population that have produced unique buildings and landscapes during the 20th century. It will look at both Northern and Southern California architecture, starting with canonical designers then moving beyond them to consider lesser-known regional architects whose work embodies local characteristics. California Architecture: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: A previous architectural history class. For undergraduates, ARCH 170B or equivalent Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam. Instructor: Crawford California Architecture: Read Less [-] ARCH 178 Visionary Architecture 3 Units Terms offered: Prior to 2007 This course explores architectural visions as historical windows, examining them from a number of angles. Using a variety of case studies drawn from different media (architectural theory, film, advertisements, architectural projects, and so on) and periods (turn of the century, the Modern Movement, Depression, World War II, 1960's, etc,) it provides a sampling of possibilities and models for the final student project, an in- depth, original research paper. Several themes thread their way through the course, including the role of the "unbuilt" in architectural practice; the uses of the future in the construction of national and personal identities, cultural narratives, and modern mythologies; and the importance of the future as cliche, and the role of play in cultural production. Visionary Architecture: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required. Instructor: Shanken Visionary Architecture: Read Less [-] ARCH 179 Special Topics in the History of Architecture 1 - 4 Units Terms offered: Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021 Special topics in Architectural History. For current section offerings, see departmental announcement. Special Topics in the History of Architecture: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: 170A-170B and consent of instructor Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week 8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required. Special Topics in the History of Architecture: Read Less [-] ARCH 188 Utopian Freehand Drawing and Painting: Architecture and the City 3 Units Terms offered: Prior to 2007 The intention of this class is to keep alive this type of free (irrational, exploratory, open and playful) passion and make us realize that on the one hand the interdependence between Design and Drawing, and on the other hand, that any of our artistic productions may contain architectural ideas that are nascent, not yet fully developed but useful seeds for our future practice. With this objective in mind, each week, besides producing a single (large) drawing-painting, students will reflect on this process and on the architectural design lessons learned, in the form of an itemized list of condensed realizations. Utopian Freehand Drawing and Painting: Architecture and the City: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam. Instructor: Bourdier Utopian Freehand Drawing and Painting: Architecture and the City: Read Less [-] 16 Architecture (ARCH) ARCH 198 Special Group Study 1 - 4 Units Terms offered: Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 Studies developed to meet needs. Special Group Study: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the section on Academic Policies-Course Number Guide in the Berkeley Bulletin. Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week Summer: 8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of directed group study per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required. Special Group Study: Read Less [-] ARCH 198BC Berkeley Connect 1 Unit Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022 Berkeley Connect is a mentoring program, offered through various academic departments, that helps students build intellectual community. Over the course of a semester, enrolled students participate in regular small-group discussions facilitated by a graduate student mentor (following a faculty-directed curriculum), meet with their graduate student mentor for one-on-one academic advising, attend lectures and panel discussions featuring department faculty and alumni, and go on field trips to campus resources. Students are not required to be declared majors in order to participate. Berkeley Connect: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the section on Academic Policies-Course Number Guide in the Berkeley Bulletin. Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required. Berkeley Connect: Read Less [-] ARCH 199 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 4 Units Terms offered: Summer 2021 8 Week Session, Summer 2020 8 Week Session, Summer 2016 Second 6 Week Session Enrollment is restricted by regulations in the General Catalog. Studies developed to meet individual needs. Supervised Independent Study and Research: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the section on Academic Policies-Course Number Guide in the Berkeley Bulletin. Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of independent study per week 8 weeks - 2-7.5 hours of independent study per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Undergraduate Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required. Supervised Independent Study and Research: Read Less [-] ARCH 200A Introduction to Architecture Studio 1 5 Units Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020 Introductory course in architectural design and theories for graduate students. Problems emphasize the major format, spatial, material, tectonic, social, technological, and environmental determinants of building form. Studio work is supplemented by lectures, discussions, readings, and field trips. Introduction to Architecture Studio 1: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 8 hours of studio per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only. Introduction to Architecture Studio 1: Read Less [-] Architecture (ARCH) 17 ARCH 200B Introduction to Architecture Studio 2 5 Units Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021 Introductory course in architectural design and theories for graduate students. Problems emphasize the major format, spatial, material, tectonic, social, technological, and environmental determinants of building form. Studio work is supplemented by lectures, discussions, readings, and field trips. Introduction to Architecture Studio 2: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 8 hours of studio per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Introduction to Architecture Studio 2: Read Less [-] ARCH 200C Representational Practice in Architectural Design 3 Units Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020 This course will address three distinct levels of representational practice in architectural design: 1) cultivate an understanding of the foundational discourse and diversity of approaches to architectural representation; 2) develop a fluency in the canonical methods found in architectural practice; 3) encourage the development of a personal relationship to forms of modeling and formats of drawing. Representational Practice in Architectural Design: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Credit Restrictions: 200C must be taken in conjunction with 200A. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of seminar and 1 hour of laboratory per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Steinfeld Representational Practice in Architectural Design: Read Less [-] ARCH 200D Representational Practice in Architectural Design II 2 Units Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022 ARCH 200D is the second part in a two-part sequence of classes that introduces students to techniques of architectural representation as well as the concepts and precedents that surround them. Building on the concepts and techniques introduced in ARCH 200C, this class will expand students’ technical knowledge to include rendering, notation, and graphic design. Each topic will be broken into a separate module and be supported with lectures, discussions, tutorials, workshops and presentations. Additionally, the class is closely linked with ARCH 200B, Introduction to Architecture Studio 2 and will provide much of the technical skill-building for that class. Representational Practice in Architectural Design II: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Representational Practice in Architectural Design II: Read Less [-] ARCH 201 Architecture & Urbanism Design Studio 5 Units Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020 The design of buildings or communities of advanced complexity. Each section deals with a specific topic such as housing, public and institutional buildings, and local or international community development. Studio work is supplemented by lectures, discussions, readings, and field trips. Architecture & Urbanism Design Studio: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: 100A-100B or 200A-200B Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 6 hours of studio per week Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 13 hours of studio per week 8 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture and 9.5 hours of studio per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Architecture & Urbanism Design Studio: Read Less [-] 20 Architecture (ARCH) ARCH 207D The Cultures of Practice 3 Units Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021 The nature of architectural practice, how it has evolved and how it is changing in today's world is the theme of the class. The course considers how diverse cultures--both anthropological and professional--contribute to practice, and how the culture of practice evolves. The class has three five-week modules, devoted to the following themes: traditions of practice, research in the culture of the profession, and innovations in practice. The Cultures of Practice: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: 201 Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructors: Comerio, Cranz The Cultures of Practice: Read Less [-] ARCH 209 Special Topics in Architectural Design 1 - 4 Units Terms offered: Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021 Topics deal with major problems and current issues in architectural design. For current offerings, see departmental website. Special Topics in Architectural Design: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Second- or third-year graduate standing Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of lecture per week 8 weeks - 2-8 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Formerly known as: 209X Special Topics in Architectural Design: Read Less [-] ARCH 211 Theory and Methods in the Social and Cultural Basis of Design 3 - 4 Units Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2013, Spring 2011 Explores a variety of theories which explain and document the relationship between humans and the environment they build; outlines the research methods appropriate to each theory. Theory and Methods in the Social and Cultural Basis of Design: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: 110 or consent of instructor Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Cranz Theory and Methods in the Social and Cultural Basis of Design: Read Less [-] ARCH 212 Body-Conscious Design: Shoes, Chairs, Rooms, and Beyond 3 Units Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 This seminar prepares students to evaluate and design environments from the point of view of how they interact with the human body. Tools and clothing modify that interaction. Semi-fixed features of the near environment, especially furniture, may have greater impact on physical well being and social-psychological comfort than fixed features like walls, openings, and volume. Today, designers can help redefine and legitimize new attitudes toward supporting the human body by, for example, designing for a wide range of postural alternatives and possibly designing new kinds of furniture. At the urban design scale, the senses of proprioception and kinesthetics can be used to shape architecture and landscape architecture. This course covers these topics with special emphasis on chair design and evaluation. The public health implications of a new attitude toward posture and back support are explored. The course heightens students' consciousness of their own and others' physical perceptions through weekly experiential exercises. Students produce three design exercises: shoe, chair, and a room interior. Body-Conscious Design: Shoes, Chairs, Rooms, and Beyond: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Cranz Body-Conscious Design: Shoes, Chairs, Rooms, and Beyond: Read Less [-] Architecture (ARCH) 21 ARCH 215 Landscape, Architecture, Infrastructure, and Urbanism 3 Units Terms offered: Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 This seminar aims to explore how the physical and conceptual understanding of landscape can enrich current forms of architectural and urban design practice. At the junction of landform, infrastructure, urban design, and architecture lies a rich field of possibilities that is increasingly superseding the narrower field of each of the disciplines by themselves. In the past century, contemporary culture and technology- automobiles, televisions, cell phones, and the internet have socially, culturally, environmentally, and physically reshaped the urban fabric, calling into question the very definition of urbanity. The course will explore the implications for public space in an era of increased security and risk mitigation and how designers may direct the various invisible forces which give form to the world around us. Landscape, Architecture, Infrastructure, and Urbanism: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Davids Landscape, Architecture, Infrastructure, and Urbanism: Read Less [-] ARCH 216 The Sociology of Taste in Environmental Design 3 Units Terms offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2012, Fall 2011 Taste is at work in the way we display our things as much as in the qualities of things themselves. A performance-oriented model of taste observes that objects fall into two broad categories: pragmatic (that support behavior) and symbolic (that identify a person). People visually organize these two categories of objects using both explicit and subconscious aesthetic rules to produce visually unified displays. Depending on how it is used, how it is placed in relation to other things, an object's meaning can vary. The display of taste is where objects take on--and shed--meanings, depending on how they are combined with one another. This seminar reviews the extensive body of 20th-century theory and empirical research on taste and considers the implications of theories about taste for design creation, design education, and for client- professional relations. The Sociology of Taste in Environmental Design: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: 110, or consent of instructor Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Cranz The Sociology of Taste in Environmental Design: Read Less [-] ARCH 217 Social Aspects of Housing Design: Mid-Rise Urbanism 3 Units Terms offered: Fall 2012, Fall 2011 The course explores strategies to bring coherence and continuity back to the city focusing on mid-rise, higher density urbanism and the potential and difficulties of this scale of urban fabric to contribute to the form of cities, without losing the potential of choice and diversity. The seminars are organized in case studies revolving around four cities: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Beijing, and New York. Design exercises parallel the case studies as a way to test and challenge the potentials of mid-rise urbanism. Social Aspects of Housing Design: Mid-Rise Urbanism: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Consent of instructor Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Chow Social Aspects of Housing Design: Mid-Rise Urbanism: Read Less [-] ARCH 218 Housing, Urbanization, and Urbanism: Design, Planning, and Policy Issues in Developing Countries 4 Units Terms offered: Prior to 2007 This seminar is concerned with the study of housing, urbanization, and urbanism in developing countries, studying not only the physical landscapes of settlements, but also the social, economic, political, and cultural dimensions. This course's focus will be on housing, its lens will be their processes of urbanization, and its intent will be to investigate the space for action by the professionals of the "urban" in the arena of housing. While the emphasis of the course will be on the diverse trajectories of developing countries, "First World" experiences will also be used to illuminate the specific transnational connections and their use in the making of housing theory and policy. The seminar complements the series of lectures offered in 111 and City Planning 111. Housing, Urbanization, and Urbanism: Design, Planning, and Policy Issues in Developing Countries: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: AlSayyad Housing, Urbanization, and Urbanism: Design, Planning, and Policy Issues in Developing Countries: Read Less [-] 22 Architecture (ARCH) ARCH 219 Special Topics in the Social and Cultural Basis of Design 1 - 4 Units Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017 Topics include the sociology of taste, personal and societal values in design, participatory design, semantic ethnography, environments for special popultions such as the elderly, and building types such as housing, hospitals, schools, offices, and urban parks. For current offerings, see departmental website. Special Topics in the Social and Cultural Basis of Design: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Consent of instructor Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Special Topics in the Social and Cultural Basis of Design: Read Less [-] ARCH 221 Graduate Seminar in Digital Design Theories and Methods 3 Units Terms offered: Spring 2013, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 This seminar is intended to help graduate students develop a coherent research agenda in the area of digital design theories and methods. In addition, it is intended to serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas (e.g., work in progress, potential directions for research, etc.) in the area of shared interest. The course provides students with a set of questions as guides, readings, and guest lectures. Graduate Seminar in Digital Design Theories and Methods: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only. Formerly known as: 235 Graduate Seminar in Digital Design Theories and Methods: Read Less [-] ARCH 222 Principles of Computer Aided Architectural Design 4 Units Terms offered: Fall 2009 This course introduces students to Architecture's New Media; why and how computers are being used in architecture and what are their current and expected impacts on the discipline and practice of architecture. Topics include presentation and re-presentation (including sketching, drafting, modeling, animating, and rendering); generating design solutions (generative systems, expert systems,genetic algorithms, and neural networks); evaluation and prediction (using examples from structures, energy, acoustics, and human factors); and the future uses of computers in architectural design (including such topics as construction automation, smart buildings, and virtual environments). The laboratories introduce students to a REVIT, a state-of-the-art architectural software, including drafting, modeling, rendering, and building information modeling. This course is co-listed with 122. Graduate students will have a discussion section instead of the laboratory that 122 students undertake. Principles of Computer Aided Architectural Design: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Consent of instructor Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Principles of Computer Aided Architectural Design: Read Less [-] ARCH 226 Collaboration by Digital Design 3 Units Terms offered: Prior to 2007 This project-based seminar studies the problem of multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural collaboration in the building industry. It employs two complementary approaches: 1) a theoretical approach, which examines the nature of collaboration in general and in architecture in particular, looks at the methods that have been used to foster and support it, and interrogates their advantages and shortcomings; and 2) a practical approach, which use a web-based multi-person design 'game' that allow students to play different roles (architect, clients, engineer, builder, etc.) while collaborating in the design of a building. Collaboration by Digital Design: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Collaboration by Digital Design: Read Less [-] Architecture (ARCH) 25 ARCH 238 The Dialectic of Poetics and Technology 3 Units Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017 This seminar examines the relationship between technology and design philosophy in the work of architects through analysis of individual buildings within the context of the complete oeuvre and an examination of the architect's writings and lectures. The seminar poses questions such as: What is the role of technology in the design philosophy of the architect and how is this theoretical position established in the architect's writings, lectures, and interviews? A series of lectures explores these questions in relation to the architect and a set of required readings introduces the work of the architect and explores the relationship between technology and design philosophy. The Dialectic of Poetics and Technology: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Ubbelohde Formerly known as: 209A The Dialectic of Poetics and Technology: Read Less [-] ARCH 239 Special Topics in Architecture Design Theory and Criticism 1 - 4 Units Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2021 Selected topics in contemporary and historical architectural design theory and criticsm. For current offerings, see departmental website. Special Topics in Architecture Design Theory and Criticism: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Special Topics in Architecture Design Theory and Criticism: Read Less [-] ARCH 240 Advanced Study of Energy and Environment 3 Units Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021 Minimizing energy use is a cornerstone of designing and operating sustainable buildings, and attention to energy issues can often lead to greatly improved indoor environmental quality. For designers, using computer-based energy analysis tools are important not only to qualify for sustainability ratings and meet energy codes, but also to develop intuition about what makes buildings perform well. This course will present quantitative and qualitative methods for assessing energy performance during design of both residential and commercial buildings. Students will get hands-on experience with state-of-the-art software -- ranging from simple to complex -- to assess the performance of building components and whole-building designs. Advanced Study of Energy and Environment: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Architecture 240 after taking Architecture 240A. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5 hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Advanced Study of Energy and Environment: Read Less [-] 26 Architecture (ARCH) ARCH 241 Research Methods in Building Sciences 3 Units Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2018 This class provides training in research skills and critical thinking in the field of Architecture, Building Science, Engineering with a focus on energy use, indoor environmental quality, and human well-being. Readings will cover both building science and technology theory and research methods, and classes will be organized around a series of individual and group homework. Topics will include literature review, design of experiments/simulations, physical measurements, post- occupancy evaluation, statistical analysis, data visualization, and spreading of scientific results. Research Methods in Building Sciences: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: The class is targeted towards Building Science MS/ PhD, MArch, BA in Architecture, and MS/PhD in Engineering students or consent of instructor Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Schiavon Research Methods in Building Sciences: Read Less [-] ARCH 242 Sustainability Colloquium 1 or 2 Units Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020 Presentations on a variety of topics related to sustainability, offering perspectives from leading practitioners: architectural designers, city planners, consultants, engineers, and researchers. Students can enroll for one unit (required attendance plus reading) or two units (with additional assignments. Sustainability Colloquium: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only. Instructor: Brager Sustainability Colloquium: Read Less [-] ARCH 243 Natural Cooling: Sustainable Design for a Warming Planet 3 Units Terms offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2013 Climate-responsive, person-centered design can reduce energy use, create experiential delight and connection to nature, and be more sustainable. This course covers design and operational strategies, low- and high-tech solutions, material choices, dynamic high-performance facades, natural ventilation, and a range of other integrated climate- control strategies most relevant to warm climates. Students will use interactive and experiential exercises, simulation tools, case studies, design exercises. Depending on the semester offered, students may also use the Building Science Wind Tunnel to test design solutions for natural ventilation. Natural Cooling: Sustainable Design for a Warming Planet: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: ARCH 140 or 240 or consent of instructor Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructors: Brager, Betti Natural Cooling: Sustainable Design for a Warming Planet: Read Less [-] ARCH 244 Mechanical Systems Design for Sustainable Buildings 3 Units Terms offered: Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 This class will focus on how to design integrated mechanical systems for sustainable buildings. The building sector plays an important role in global warming, and it is critically important to reduce building energy use in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Roughly one-third of the primary energy consumed in buildings is used for controlling the indoor environment through Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and lighting systems. Achieving net-zero or positive energy or carbon buildings demands the integration of architecture, structure, and building systems to optimize both passive and active systems. Mechanical Systems Design for Sustainable Buildings: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Arch 140 or Arch 240 or consent of the instructor Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Schiavon Mechanical Systems Design for Sustainable Buildings: Read Less [-] Architecture (ARCH) 27 ARCH 245 Daylighting in Architecture 3 Units Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2017, Spring 2014 Daylighting is a cornerstone of architecture design, a fundamental aspect of space making. The course focuses on design approaches to natural light, resorting to the study of precedents in modern and contemporary architecture, daylighting vocabularies and grammars, rules of thumb, field measurements, quantitative studies and computer simulations. Other topics include health and comfort, energy conservation, metrics and standards. Weekly sessions comprise both lectures and labs. Final projects are developed in groups and use both qualitative and quantitative methods to assess design solutions. Daylighting in Architecture: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Caldas Daylighting in Architecture: Read Less [-] ARCH 246 Building Energy Simulations 3 Units Terms offered: Fall 2021 Energy saving in buildings is among the most cost-effective and environmentally sustainable measures to reduce greenhouse gasses emissions and energy consumption. 40% of the primary energy use and 75% of total U.S. electricity consumption is used in buildings. Computer-based energy analysis tools are important for architects, building designers, engineers, and sustainability consultants to use for evidence-based design, sustainability ratings, energy code compliance, building control and optimization, policy development, and assessment. Building Energy Simulations: Read More [+] Objectives & Outcomes Course Objectives: Develop a fundamental and practical knowledge about building performance and energy simulations. Specify, design, run, analyze, compare and assess building energy simulations. Student Learning Outcomes: Energy modeling by performing guided energy simulations and apply them to a project. Flexibility to select a building that you like, for example, it could be a school, a house, a commercial building. Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Arch 140 or Arch 240 or consent of the instructor Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Schiavon Building Energy Simulations: Read Less [-] ARCH 249 Special Topics in the Physical Environment in Buildings 1 - 4 Units Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022 Special Topics in the Physical Environment in Buildings: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: 140 Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Special Topics in the Physical Environment in Buildings: Read Less [-] 30 Architecture (ARCH) ARCH 260 Introduction to Construction, Graduate Level 3 Units Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020 This course addresses the methods and materials of construction. While students will not be experts at the end of the semester, the course should give students the confidence to feel comfortable on a construction site or when designing a small building for a studio. The course will focus on four major territories: structural materials, building envelope, built elements such as stairs and cabinets, and costs, labor conditions, conventional practices, and the regulatory environments that control design. Introduction to Construction, Graduate Level: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Buntrock Introduction to Construction, Graduate Level: Read Less [-] ARCH 262 Architecture in Detail 3 Units Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017 This seminar will reevaluate the material nature of buildings by studying and understanding construction details and the new technologies that are revolutionizing design construction and labor relations in architecture. Architecture in Detail: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Davids Architecture in Detail: Read Less [-] ARCH 264 Off-Site Fabrication: Opportunities and Evils 3 Units Terms offered: Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2017 This seminar looks at the implications of off-site fabrication in architecture: consistent, protected environments; worker efficiency and safety; coordination of trades; cheaper, semi-skilled labor; construction periods shortened; and completion dates more predictable. Off-site fabrication can allow for increased refinement and trial assemblies. However, it may also create monotonous sameness when the processes and results are not considered with care. Off-Site Fabrication: Opportunities and Evils: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: 160, 260 or consent of instructor Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Buntrock Off-Site Fabrication: Opportunities and Evils: Read Less [-] ARCH 265 Japanese Craft and Construction 3 Units Terms offered: Spring 2011, Spring 2009, Spring 2005 The class addresses the role craft and construction play in Japanese architecture and applies these lessons to the evaluation of an exemplary recent building having unusual technical features. Buildings are expressions of theoretic and technical intent and a response to cultural and economic forces; Japanese architecture is regarded as particularly innovative. In studying a system where there is an emphasis on collaboration, students also see the values of North American systems of architectural production. Japanese Craft and Construction: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: 150, 160, or consent of instructor Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Buntrock Japanese Craft and Construction: Read Less [-] Architecture (ARCH) 31 ARCH 269 Special Topics in Construction and Materials 1 - 4 Units Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 Selected topics in construction and materials. For current offerings, see departmental website. Special Topics in Construction and Materials: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Consent of instructor Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Special Topics in Construction and Materials: Read Less [-] ARCH 270 History of Modern Architecture 3 Units Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020 This course examines developments in design, theory, graphic representation, construction technology, and interior programming through case studies of individual buildings. Each lecture will delve deeply into one or sometimes two buildings to examine program, spatial organization, critical building details, and the relationship of the case study building with regard to other parallel works and the architect's overall body of work. History of Modern Architecture: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Castillo History of Modern Architecture: Read Less [-] ARCH 271 Methods in Historical Research and Criticism in Architecture 4 Units Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2014 Methods in Historical Research and Criticism in Architecture: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: Doctoral candidate or consent of instructor Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Methods in Historical Research and Criticism in Architecture: Read Less [-] ARCH 273 Case Studies in Modern Architecture 3 Units Terms offered: Fall 2010 This course examines developments in design, theory, graphic representation, construction technology, and interior programming through case studies of individual buildings. Our survey technique will be highly focused rather than panoptic. Each lecture will delve deeply into one or two buildings to examine program, spatial organization, graphic representation, critical building details, construction technology, and the relationship of the case study building with regard to other contemporary structures and the "architect's overall body of work". From this nucleus, we will spiral outward to consider how the case study is embedded within a constellation of social and economic factors crucial to its design and physical realization. This survey of "modernism's built discourses" provides multiple perspectives on the variety of architectural propositions advanced to express the nature of modernity as a way of life. Case Studies in Modern Architecture: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: 170A-170B and consent of instructor Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Case Studies in Modern Architecture: Read Less [-] 32 Architecture (ARCH) ARCH 275 Introduction to Architectural Theory 1945 - Present 3 Units Terms offered: Prior to 2007 This seminar provides an introduction to architectural theory since 1945, with emphasis on developments over the last three decades. Class readings, and discussions explore the post-World War II crisis within modernism, postmodernism within and beyond architectural culture, and more recent developments around issues such as rapid urbanization, sustainability, the politics of cultural identity and globalization. Transformations in architectural theory are examined in relation to historical forces such as the economy, the growth and transformation of cities, and the changing relationship between design professions and disciplines. The influences of digital media, new materials and production techniques on architectural education and practice are explored and the implications for architectural theory assessed. Key issues are anchored in case studies of buildings, urban spaces, and the institutions and agents or architectural culture. Introduction to Architectural Theory 1945 - Present: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: The course is open to upper division undergraduates and graduate students Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Crysler Introduction to Architectural Theory 1945 - Present: Read Less [-] ARCH 276 Spaces of Recreation and Leisure, 1850-2000 3 Units Terms offered: Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2010 A reading and research seminar surveying the building types, social relations, and cultural ideas of recreation in the American city, including the tensions between home, public, and commerical leisure settings. Spaces of Recreation and Leisure, 1850-2000: Read More [+] Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Groth Spaces of Recreation and Leisure, 1850-2000: Read Less [-] ARCH 277 California Architecture 3 Units Terms offered: Fall 2021, Fall 2019 Many California architects came from other places: Maybeck from New York via the Ecole des Beaux Arts; Schindler and Neutra from Vienna; Frank Gehry from Chicago. But, once they arrived, their encounters with the Golden State produced new and original forms of architecture. This seminar will examine the qualities of the state’s environment, culture, economy, and population that have produced unique buildings and landscapes during the 20th century. It will look at both Northern and Southern California architecture, starting with canonical designers then moving beyond them to consider lesser-known regional architects whose work embodies local characteristics. California Architecture: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: A previous architectural history class Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Crawford California Architecture: Read Less [-] ARCH 278 Visionary Architecture 3 Units Terms offered: Prior to 2007 This course explores architectural visions as historical windows, examining them from a number of angles. Using a variety of cases studies drawn from different media (architectural theory, film, advertisements, architectural projects, and so on) and periods (turn of the century, the Modern Movement, Depression, World War II, 1860's, etc.) It provides a sampling of possibilities and models for the final student project, an in-depth, original research paper. Several themes thread their way through the course, including the role of the "unbuilt" in architectural history and architectural practice; the uses of the future in the construction of national and personal identities, cultural narratives, and modern mythologies; the importance of the future as cliche, and the role of play in cultural production. Visionary Architecture: Read More [+] Rules & Requirements Prerequisites: 170A-170B and cosent of instructor Hours & Format Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week Additional Details Subject/Course Level: Architecture/Graduate Grading: Letter grade. Instructor: Shanken Visionary Architecture: Read Less [-]