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Offered by the Faculty of Environmental Design.
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Architectural Studies
201
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Introduction to Architectural Studies
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An introduction to architecture as an artistic and scientific endeavour as well as an examination of its purpose and intentions, its processes, and its products. Students will develop an understanding of the social, cultural, historical, technological, economic, and natural context influencing the design of buildings and other objects.
Course Hours:
H(2-1T)
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Architectural Studies
423
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Sustainability in the Built Environment
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The principle of sustainability recognizes people as temporary stewards of their environments, working toward a respect for natural systems and a higher quality of life. Examination of the built environment and the tools to achieve a stable and balanced and a regenerative ecosystem in a process of responsible consumption, wherein waste is minimized and the built environment interacts with natural environments and cycles. Healthful interior environments, resource efficiency, ecologically benign materials, renewable energies and social justice issues are examined.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Architectural Studies Minor, or consent of the Faculty.
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for both Architectural Studies 423 and Environmental Design 523 will not be allowed.
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Architectural Studies
444
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Studio II in Architecture
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An introduction to the application of ordering principles of architecture and to the numerous layers that contributes 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.
Course Hours:
F(0-16)
Prerequisite(s):
Architectural Studies 451 and 484 and admission to the Architectural Studies Minor, or consent of the Faculty.
Corequisite(s):
Architectural Studies 453.
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for both Architectural Studies 444 and Environmental Design Architecture 582 will not be allowed.
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Architectural Studies
449
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Building Science and Technology I
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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.
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Architectural Studies Minor, or consent of the Faculty.
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for both Architectural Studies 449 and Environmental Design Architecture 511 will not be allowed.
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Architectural Studies
451
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Graphics Workshop I
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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.
Course Hours:
H(0-8)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Architectural Studies Minor, or consent of the Faculty.
Corequisite(s):
Architectural Studies 484.
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for both Architectural Studies 451 and Environmental Design Architecture 541 will not be allowed.
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Architectural Studies
457
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History of Architecture and Human Settlements
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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 Rise of Modernity, 1750 to the Present
Course Hours:
H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Architectural Studies Minor, or consent of the Faculty.
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for both Architectural Studies 457 and Environmental Design Architecture 523 will not be allowed.
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Architectural Studies
483
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Interdisciplinary Seminar
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Conceptual frameworks in Environmental Design and theories related to design and environment that influence environmental design thinking and practice.
Course Hours:
H(4-0)
Prerequisite(s):
Admission to the Architectural Studies Minor, or consent of the Faculty.
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for both Architectural Studies 483 and Environmental Design 501 will not be allowed.
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