ARCHITECTURAL DISCOURSES (WIC)

Catalog description

A writing-intensive course introducing fundamental disciplinary discourses in architecture and developing a critical awareness of the range of architectural ideas. Writing, revising, and verbal skills are developed and exercised in a discipline-specific context focused on architectural systems of organization and their broader historical, technological, social, and cultural contexts. Class discussions and writing assignments are based on readings and lectures about relevant architectural positions and various interpretations of buildings that shape the built environment. Written, verbal, and visual skills are developed to frame design work and ideas within the spectrum of architectural discourses.