Syllabus Description for Architecture II | ARCH 2015, Study notes of Architecture

Download Syllabus Description for Architecture II | ARCH 2015 and more Study notes Architecture in PDF only on Docsity! 1design lab 405, cowgill hall architecture 2015 / 90449 vpi&su fall 2008 syllabus instructor: patrick doan / pdoan@vt.edu / offi ce 400-h cowgill hall mwf: 1-5 introduction catalog description taken from the vpi&su undergraduate catalog ARCH 2015 - ARCHITECTURE II - 6 credit hours Introduction to the discipline of architecture, isolating and intertwining fundamentals that contribute to the complex totality that constitute a work of architecture. Explores how architecture concentrates and conveys natural and cultural forces through means specifi c to the discipline. Focus on fundamentals realized artistically and practically in works by selected architects. Articulates the unique reality of architecture through the study of basic interrelationships of material, construction, site, and program. Introduces the complex interplay of situation, space and time in the making of places. Examines interdisciplinary sources such as art, science, and philosophy for the purpose of establishing the content architecture shares with other forms of knowledge and how that content, expressed through architecture, contributes to human well-being. Concepts communicated through drawings and models. Emphasis on intellectual discipline, dialogue, assertion of interest, and a self-motivated search for critical issues. PREREQUISITES ARCH 1016 or ARCH 2940 As students, soon to be young Architects, it is important that an architectural practice be put into play that focuses on the development of your abilities to understand the physical and cultural context of a specifi c problem and to challenge and test your own values, methods, and techniques in the evolution of an architectural proposition. To do this requires fostering and maintaining an environment that is empowering and supportive; where the potential for excellence in the work is fully explored. Risk-taking and experimentation are encouraged and perceived mistakes or failures are to be critically evaluated and redirected so that you and your colleagues may see the potential for new opportunities and to further self discovery and growth. The projects this semester will explore various relationships between Architecture, Art and the American (or more specifi cally Virginia) landscape. An Architectural position toward these issues will be developed through the design of formally and tectonically resolved projects. “. . . the Architect who combines in his being the powers of vision, of imagination, of intellect, of sympathy with human need and the power to interpret them in a language vernacular and true - is he who shall create poems in stone . . .” Louis H. Sullivan 2design lab 405, cowgill hall architecture 2015 / 90449 vpi&su fall 2008 syllabus instructor: patrick doan / pdoan@vt.edu / offi ce 400-h cowgill hall mwf: 1-5 PROJECTS A total of fi ve [5] projects will comprise the work for the Fall semester. A project brief will be distributed at the beginning of each project outlining requirements and deadlines of the work to be performed. The semester projects will consist of: 1::the joint 2::the staff 3::the cube 4::the room + garden 5::the folio of work READINGS AND WRITINGS Readings will be assigned addressing specifi c issues and topics relevant to the project and Design Lab discussions. With each reading assignment, you will be asked to write a short essay articulating your thoughts and your critical assessment of the author’s message. SKETCHING, DRAWING, MEASURING A series of sketching, drawing, and measuring exercises will be assigned throughout the semester intended to develop and strengthen your ability to draw and communicate ideas graphically. structure work DESK CRITIQUES Desk critiques are an opportunity for the student and the professor to engage in a direct one-on-one dialogue regarding the work. It is not a formal presentation, but rather, an opportunity for the professor and the student to discuss questions, concerns, and observations about the project. Each student will be required to meet with the professor for desk critiques. It is the responsibility of the student to be present during the Design Lab hours and to have suffi cient work completed to receive a meaningful critique. PERIODIC REVIEWS During the semester at intervals appropriate to the stage of project development, reviews will be held where the Design Lab will collectively pin-up the work they have completed to date. The purpose of the review is to see the body of work produced by the Design Lab and to critically engage in a dialogue assessing the work and recommendations for development of each student’s work. FINAL REVIEWS Each student will formally present their project to the Design Lab during a fi nal review. At the time of the fi nal review the project is required to have reached a level of resolution; fi rmly articulating with clarity and legibility your architectural proposition through drawings and models.