Architecture 201: Introduction to Architectural Design I
Fall 2006

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Course description - ARCH201 Introduction to Architectural Design I (6 cr.) Studio
This studio introduces the student to the Fundamental Language of Architecture. In conjunction with ARCH216, Design Thinking, the course emphasizes the development of the individual student’s ability to develop solutions to design problems through a process of observation, analysis and synthesis. It seeks to cultivate three dimensional thinking and basic visual literacy. Projects will be simple and abstract at the beginning and a bit more real and complex at the end. Prerequisite ARCH100 and ARCH104.

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Last revised: August 23, 2006 .

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