ARH 255 STUDIO 4 ASSEMBLY BUILDING & CONTEXT

Theaters are cultural institutions for collective story-telling. Design a theater by developing a critical viewpoint on the role of society, community, and culture. You will develop a design methodology through the analyses of the site as well as a cultural artifact. Iterative use of hand drawing, physical model-making, digital drawing will lead to a spatial composition.

Prerequisites: ARH 150, ARH 180

Software: Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

Course Learning Outcomes

Use an iterative design process to incorporate feedback and refine proposals
Articulate and extend conceptual thinking through diagrams
Communicate critical analyses of precedent buildings and built environments
Develop architectural proposals appropriate for site context in scale and program
Organize efficient floor plans to meet user and program requirements
Develop criteria to generate and evaluate organizing principles
Produce accurate orthographic, isometric, and perspective drawings to convey design intent
Construct drawings and models with a high level of craft and attention to detail
Explain and defend design decisions in verbal and written presentations
Create visual presentations with logical sequencing, layout composition, and a hierarchy of information

NAAB Criteria

This course addresses part of NAAB PC.2 Design: How the program instills in students the role of the design process in shaping the built environment and conveys the methods by which design processes integrate multiple factors, in different settings and scales of development, from buildings to cities
This course addresses NAAB Shared Values of Design: Architects design better, safer, more equitable, resilient, and sustainable built environments. Design thinking and integrated design solutions are hallmarks of architecture education, the discipline, and the profession