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ARC 215 - Architectural Design Concepts
This course presents fundamentals of the architectural design process and the graphic techniques both manual sketching and CADD, for creating and presenting design ideas including a review of the types of problems and concerns that characterize design decisions. The course emphasizes the need to conceive and manipulate architecture as space.
Architectural programming is introduced along with conceptual diagramming techniques and development of preliminary plans. Design projects develop the ability to organize space in two- and three-dimensional contexts. Selected technical topics such as stairway design, complex roof intersections and egress requirements may be introduced.
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Select and manipulate, manually and with CADD, various drawing types that are used in analyzing and creating design solutions.
- Recognize and characterize spatial elements and concepts.
- Develop and utilize a set of space definitions and an architectural program.
- Analyze and document site opportunities and constraints.
- Develop a preliminary design concept from an organizational diagram.
- Complete a design development from a preliminary concept.
- Calculate or apply standard design performance measures.
Prerequisite: Architectural Graphics I (ARC 121).
2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory each week 3 credits