ARCH 2003: Architecture Studio III

4 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: ARCH 1000, ARCH 1002, ARCH 1241, and acceptance into second year upon portfolio review.
This course builds on the design thinking skills developed during first year studios. This course initiates the application of research from site, context and case studies in the design process and emphasizes design concept development. Projects initiate the design of interior and exterior conditions, site design and the architectural design of structural systems.

Course Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

Demonstrate space-making strategies guided by specific principles and/or constraints
Demonstrate understanding of site forces, basic environmental factors, program, and spatial relationship
Conceptualize and synthesize building form, functional needs, and structural strategy according to basic organizational strategy in architectural design.
Represent studio projects following architectural conventions, including: sketches, drawings, orthographic and axonometric in scales, and physical models, both study and final models.