Architectural Studies ARST
A collaborative offering of the Faculties of Communication and Culture and Environmental Design. For information visit the Faculty of Communication and Culture website, www.comcul.ucalgary.ca, or contact the Communication and Culture Faculty Office, (403) 220-6343.
Division Head: M. Khouri
Additional interdisciplinary courses are offered under the course headings African Studies; Canadian Studies; Central and East European Studies; Communications Studies; Development Studies, East Asian Studies, Film Studies, General Studies, Innovation Studies, Latin American Studies; Law and Society; Museum and Heritage Studies; Northern Planning and Development Studies; Science, Technology and Society; South Asian Studies; and Women's Studies.
Senior Courses
Architectural Studies 443 H(0-8)
Introductory Studio in Architecture
An introduction to architectural design. Through exercises in the manipulation and composition of space and form students will develop the foundation of basic design skills necessary to pursue more advanced architectural design studios.
Corequisites: Architectural Studies 451 and 455.
Note: Credit for both Architectural Studies 443 and Environmental Design Architecture 581 will not be allowed.
Note: Open only to students enrolled in the Architectural Studies Minor program.
Architectural Studies 444 F(0-16)
Studio II in Architecture
An introduction to the application of ordering principles of architecture and to the numerous layers that contribute to the quality of inhabitation of place and space through design. Issues explored include the formal, the experiential and the theoretical concerns of architectural design in today's cultural context.
Prerequisites: Architectural Studies 443, 451 and 455.
Corequisites: Architectural Studies 453 and 461.
Note: Credit for both Architectural Studies 444 and Environmental Design Architecture 582 will not be allowed.
Note: Open only to students enrolled in the Architectural Studies Minor program.
Architectural Studies 449 H(3-1)
Building Science and Technology I
Functioning of the building enclosure: demonstration of the behaviour of building elements and their sub-assemblies under differential temperature and pressure stresses; fundamentals of acoustics; nature and use of building materials; response of building materials to climatic cycles radiation, precipitation, heating and cooling.
Note: Credit for both Architectural Studies 449 and Environmental Design Architecture 511 will not be allowed.
Note: Open only to students enrolled in the Architectural Studies Minor program.
Architectural Studies 451 H(0-8)
Graphics Workshop I
A skill building course with instruction and supervised experience in basic drafting, sketching and rendering; principles of perspective, drawing and presentation conventions. A variety of instruction may be offered to accommodate the varied level of student development.
Corequisites: Architectural Studies 443 and 455.
Note: Credit for both Architectural Studies 451 and Environmental Design Architecture 541 will not be allowed.
Note: Open only to students enrolled in the Architectural Studies Minor program.
Architectural Studies 453 H(0-8)
Graphics Workshop II
Instruction and supervised experience in drafting, sketching and rendering; drawing and presentation conventions. Builds on Architectural Studies 451. A variety of instruction may be offered to accommodate the varied level of student development.
Prerequisites: Architectural Studies 443, 451 and 455.
Corequisites: Architectural Studies 444 and 461.
Note: Credit for both Architectural Studies 453 and Environmental Design Architecture 543 will not be allowed.
Note: Open only to students enrolled in the Architectural Studies Minor program.
Architectural Studies 455 H(3-0)
Introduction to Design Theories
The contemporary cultural, social and philosophical arenas in which architecture exists are examined through lectures, readings and seminars. The course runs in conjunction with Architectural Studies 443.
Corequisites: Architectural Studies 443 and 451.
Note: Credit for both Architectural Studies 455 and Environmental Design Architecture 521 will not be allowed.
Note: Open only to students enrolled in the Architectural Studies Minor program.
Architectural Studies 457 H(3-0)
History of Architecture and Human Settlements
A survey history of architecture and human settlement from the prehistoric world until the present. The first course addresses the pre-modern traditions of the major world cultures. The second course explores the traditions of the Western world from the beginning of the Italian Renaissance until the present. The courses will examine the changes in world view that have altered the course of architecture through the study of selected works of architecture and urbanism.
457.01. History of Architecture and Human Settlements I-Premodern Traditions of the World
457.02. History of Architecture and Human Settlements II-The Western Tradition 1400 to the Present
Note: Credit for both Architectural Studies 457 and Environmental Design Architecture 523 or 623 will not be allowed.
Note: Open only to students enrolled in the Architectural Studies Minor program.
Architectural Studies 461 H(3-0)
Site Planning and Design
Observation gathering, recording and interpreting site information. Diagrammatic and pictorial graphic expression. Geological, biophysical, climatic, cultural, social and economic site factors. Sense of place. Site analysis, landscape potentials and constraints, development factors and criteria are discussed and applied to a human settlement project. Small and large scale projects are compared.
Prerequisites: Architectural Studies 443, 451 and 455.
Corequisites: Architectural Studies 444 and 453.
Note: Credit for both Architectural Studies 461 and any of Architectural Studies 459, Environmental Design 597.01, 597.02 and 645 will not be allowed.
Note: Open only to students enrolled in the Architectural Studies Minor program.