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Arch 301:
Summer 2007
Instructor: Raj Parikh
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Course description - ARCH 301 (6 cr.)
ARCH 301 explores dwellings through the lens of SIA’s theme of Stewardship. Understanding the basics of good housing—housing that transcends mere "shelter"— is important in the training of an architect. Multiple unit housing is a special building type that calls upon a great deal of knowledge and understanding by an architect in order to be of service to society. In the exploration of the public/private spectrum throughout a variety scales, from city to room to the elements of architecture (and possibly to furniture), students are introduced to the ability of architecture to provide opportunities for social interaction and shape individual behavior to become a catalyst in social change. In addition to the abstract design skills involving form, space, and light— human needs and desires, contextual issues, structure, tectonics, knowledge of basic climate and environmental considerations, and basic zoning and building code issues will need to be understood and taken into account in your designs. The nature of domesticity in its cultural context and site context as an important design determinate will also be explored.
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