56 Department of Architectural Technology

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Department of Architectural Technology

ARCH 2310 Architectural Design III 1 classroom hour, 6 lab hours, 4 credits

Course Description: This course is an exploration of abstract architectural design theory in the expression of three-dimensional space. The creation of comprehensive architectural design projects are developed following a building program and incorporating elements of site, enclosure, structure, material and technology. Design concepts and vocabulary are introduced and strengthened through design projects. A juried presentation will take place at the completion of each project.

Course context: This course is the first semester of design after students have had two semesters of design foundations.

Prerequisites: ARCH 1210 and ARCH 1291 both with a grade of C or higher

Pre- or co requisite: ARCH 1250

Suggested Text: Ching, Francis X. Form Space & Order. John Wiley and Sons, 2007.

Attendance Policy: No more than 10% absences are permitted during the semester. For the purposes of record, two latenesses are considered as one absence. Exceeding this limit will expose the student to failing at the discretion of the instructor.

Course Structure: This course is a design studio. There will be lectures, a combination of one on one desk critiques, small group reviews and presentations. Students will be responsible for working in class and for completing their work outside of class hours. There will be several projects and a research paper during the semester.

Grading: Participation 5% Research paper 10% Project 1 10% Project 2 15% Project 3 15% Project 4 15% Project 5 30%

A final grade of C or higher is required in this course to use it as a prerequisite for subsequent courses.

Academic Integrity: Students and all others who work with information, ideas, texts, images, music, inventions and other intellectual property owe their audience and sources accuracy and honesty in using, crediting and citation of sources. As a community of intellectual and professional workers, the college recognizes its responsibility for providing instruction in information literacy and academic integrity, offering models of good practice, and responding vigilantly and appropriately to infractions of academic integrity. Accordingly, academic dishonesty is prohibited in The City University of New York and is punishable by penalties, including failing grades, suspension and expulsion.

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Learning Objectives Upon successful completion of this course, the student will: 1. Understand the impact horizontal and vertical circulations have on the perception of architectural space and apply it to design. (Knowledge) 2. Demonstrate an ability to design based on a concept. (Knowledge) 3. Develop parti concepts and diagrams into schematic level drawings. (Knowledge) 4. Understand the difference between solid and void and positive and negative spaces and apply it in 2D and 3D designs. (Knowledge) 5. Distinguish between media and determine the appropriate method and media required to complete a drawing or model. (Gen Ed) 6. Communicate ideas and information both verbally and through writing. (Gen Ed) 7. Research and practice information literacy skills by researching precedents. (Gen Ed) 8. Apply quantitative analysis to design. (Gen Ed) 9. Produce orthographic, axonometric, perspective, and architectural vignette drawings. (Skill) 10. Utilize analogue and digital media to create drawings and models. (Skill) 11. Synthesize site circulation, zoning, urban context, and views to design. (Skill) 12. Synthesize construction types, hierarchy, and light to building design. (Skill)

Assessment To evaluate the students’ achievement of the learning objectives, the professor will do the following: 1. Review students’ creative process (initial sketches through to the final project) by means of frequent pin-ups. (Los:2, 3, 6, 9, 10) 2. Assess the students’ use of professional vocabulary during oral presentations. (Lo: 6) 3. Review students’ written descriptions of design work and feedback. (Lo: 6) 4. Review students’ ability to incorporate circulation paths and plan organizations into a design. (Los: 1) 5. Review students’ ability to incorporate a concept into their design work. (Los: 2, 3, 4) 6. Review students’ accuracy with applying quantitative information to a design scheme. (Los: 8) 7. Review students’ ability to synthesize circulation, zoning, urban context, and views into a design.(Lo: 11) 8. Review students’ ability to synthesize construction types, hierarchy, and light into building design. (Lo: 12)

Nature of projects and duration Project 1 • 1 week • Experience Urban Log • Program options Select an indoor or outdoor public space and create a graphic log of your experiences

Project 2 • 3 weeks • A study of Solid/Void Positive/Negative Space • The Urban Park Project

Project 3 • 3 weeks • Delineating Path Demonstrate how a path can be defined by walls, or subtly, by suggestion • Program option River Path

Project 4 • 3 weeks • Organization Plan Understand the concepts of vertical and horizontal circulation. Organize spaces using cluster, spine, radial and vertical means of organization • Program options Small scale: Medical center, Day Care, School

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Project 5 • 5 weeks • The Cube House

Course Outline Week 1 Project 1: Experiencing Urban Spaces Discussion on the importance of experiencing architecture, by moving around and through it. Assignment : Select an indoor or outdoor public space ( Paley Park, Greenacre Park, Rockefeller Center, Grand Central Station, the MOMA, Belvedere Castle) and create a log of your experiences walking through the passages and spaces. Draw a simple plan of the area. Create 3 free-hand sketches at critical points and note them on the plan. Present all four drawings on 11x 17 plates. Presentation of Project 1: Experiencing Urban Spaces (Log)

Week 2 Project 2: A Study of Solid/Void: Positive/Negative Space: The Urban Park Project 1. Using Power Point slides of piazzas, site plans, facades, and interior spaces) demonstrate how voids can be made into positive spaces. Assignment: Collage 2. Pin up and critique students’ work. Discuss positive or negative as dominant, balance, and how shapes can be made by overlapping. Assignment: Urban Park Design

Week 3 1. Desk crits on Urban Park. Development of study model 2. Desk crits on Urban Park

Week 4 1. Desk crits on Urban Park Development of final model and refinement of Plans 2. Presentation of Project I: Urban Park

Week 5 Project 3: Delineating "Path" 1. Discussion: Demonstrate how a path can be defined by walls, or subtly, by suggestion. Assignment: The River Path Project: The path can include ‘walls’, ‘columns’, canopies, ramps, excavations, tunnels and bridges to create at least 3 different experiences. 2. Desk crits

Week 6 1. Desk crits 2. Desk crits

Week 7 1. Desk crits 2. Presentation of Project 3: The River Path Project

Week 8 Project 4: Organization of Plan: Space Planning Project 1. Discussion plan development, means of circulation, and the various ways of organizing spaces. Assignment: The Space Planning Project: Using construction Paper devise 5 plans using cluster, spine, radial and vertical means of organization 2. Pin up and critique students’ work. Presentation: 5 plans and 1 section in 11 x17" format.

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Week 9 1. Desk crits Assignment: Develop one of the schemes into model form. 2. Desk crits

Week 10 1. Development of final model. Refinement of plans 2. Final Presentation of Project 4

Week 11 Project 5: Cube House 1. Introduction to cube house project: Slide presentation of residential architecture, programmatic organization, public/private, relationship of interior to exterior, etc. Assignment: Research paper—building type examples and analysis. 2. Presentation of research. Assignment of Cube House Program. Determine Parti

Week 12 1. Class discussion on parti. Develop flow diagram. Organize the program schematically, in graphic form and model form. 2. Desk crits

Week 13 1. Development of plans and study model. 2. Desk crits

Week 14 1. Discussion: Criteria for final presentations. Development of final design, models, plans, sections, elevations Pin up and evaluation of Cube House presentation drawings 2. Desk crits

Week 15 1. Development of final design, models, plans, sections and elevations 2. Final Presentation of Project 5: Cube House