Adaptive Built Environment Lab
Undergraduate Education
Design Studio
ARC3320 & ARC4323
Architectural Design Five addresses the inherent complexities of the direct physical site, and its bearing on the act of making architecture. It is an introduction to the heightened expectations of upper division and graduate school that reside within the basic notions of architectural convention: spatial and material richness, occupation, methods of tectonic definition, and building components and systems. This studio challenges students to critically refine their conceptual ideas more fully through built form.
Integrated Project Delivery
ARC3320 & ARC4323
(School of Architecture + Rinker School of Construction Management)
In this course, students will understand key concepts related to sustainable development worldwide, gain familiarity with key environmental and resource issues, and examine the effects on humankind if the present population and consumption trends remain unchanged. Students will also learn the importance of sustainable development and related concepts, including key international plans and sustainable community movements worldwide.
Environmental Technology
ARC4620
This course deals primarily with building physics and systems that help maintain minimum levels of health and comfort. The goals are to provide a/an: understanding of the basic principles of building physics; understanding of the basic principles of the environmental systems such as lighting, mechanical and energy use; understanding of the basic principles that inform the design of building service systems such as vertical transportation, and fire protection.
International Sustainability Development
BCN1582
In this course, students will understand key concepts related to sustainable development worldwide, gain familiarity with key environmental and resource issues and the effects on humankind if the present population and consumption trends remain unchanged. Students will also learn the importance of sustainable development and related concepts including key international plans and sustainable community movements worldwide.