Architecture 315/715: Pre-Design Analysis Fall 2007 Instructor: Barry D. Yatt, FAIA, NCARB, CSI, CDT TAs: Sheila Lee and Joe Inzirillo

This website is for the use of students enrolled in Architecture 315 and 715 at The Catholic University of America's School of Architecture.

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Basics

• Click here for the learning objectives.
• Click here to see the course calendar with links.
• Click here to review course policies: general rules and course-specific rules.
• Click here for information on the recitations.
• Click here for the assignments you will be doing related to the semester's project.
• Click here for Click here for information about the semester project. 
• Click here to check on your grades.  Please e-mail if you find any errors or have any questions. (Final Grades posted 12/18/07)
• Order textbook at http://www.lulu.com. To download an update to the chapter on Program Assessment, click here.
• Click here to see the final exam. You can look through it and get familiar with it. But please do not let it distract you from the other work you have to do for this or other courses. Also, since you will get a hard copy of all of it when you come in for the exam, please do not waste paper by printing it except as you feel you need to do so to prepare.

Supplements

• Click here to see a PowerPoint presentation that summarizes the point of this course and its assignments.
• If you don't have PowerPoint but want to view the presentations linked to this website, click here to download a free PowerPoint viewer.
• Click here to go to the assessment matrices that begin each chapter of Expansion.
• Click here to download a copy of the Program Inventory spreadsheet used in class.
• Click here for an outline of central concepts and a list of the "Keys to Effective Student Assignments"
• Click here to visit the class "Forum" to read messages or post a message for your classmates or Prof. Yatt. After leaving a message, please e-mail Prof. Yatt to inform him that you have done so. To view responses to your messages, or anyone else's, you must double click on the message whose responses you want to view. You may also need to "refresh" your page to see new messages.
• Click here to find all kinds of reference resources related to the course material

Course description - The first task in designing a project is finding out what is meant by "the project".  In this course, focused on both process and content, students learn to assess projects in terms of mission, location, cost, urban design, ecology, existing construction, program, and fitness (building code), and learn to develop design guidelines related to each. Prerequisite: None.

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