Design I

Catalog description

This course will focus on critical thinking as it relates to the idea of space making and spatial relationships and how one interacts and moves in special environments. The focus is on developing an architectural parti. Students will engage in a series of projects with specific programmatic requirements and will be required to analyze space as a basis for architectural design. Through these projects, students will also begin a dialogue as it relates to developing building technologies, site, context and architectural form. Lectures will supplement the studio environment to assist in the development and communication of architectural ideas. Critiques of students work will allow for interaction and development and will form the basis for architectural dialogue. Pre-requisite(s): Pre-requisite: CIVL 100, Introduction to Hand Drawing Techniques and CIVL 102, Architectural Fundamentals.