Note: B.Arch students must meet listed NAAB criteria to receive credit.

Criteria

1. Select appropriate building materials and create detailed assembly drawings for an architectural design proposal
2. Incorporate material properties as design criteria
3. Identify building materials and construction sequences through direct observations
4. Identify building material performances in terms of aesthetics, durability, and energy use
5. Identify the environmental impact of a material’s use and its inherent properties including life cycle
6. This course addresses part of NAAB SC.4 Technical Knowledge (Understanding): How the program ensures that students understand the established and emerging systems, technologies, and assemblies of building construction, and the methods and criteria architects use to assess those technologies against the design, economics, and performance objectives of projects.

Method of Assessment

• Contractor License from US state or Canadian province
• Photos of built multi-story project
• Description of role in design and/or construction process

Note: B.Arch students must meet listed NAAB criteria to receive credit.

Criteria

1. Develop a design proposal responding to site characteristics including the built context and developmental patterning, historical fabric, topography, ecology, building orientation, and sustainability
2. Design sites and mobility systems that are responsive to relevant codes and regulations, and include the principles of life-safety and accessibility standards
3. Design inclusive site access systems for multiple modes of mobility including pedestrian access, vehicular access, and universal access
4. Illustrate and explain the allowable development of sites according to municipal planning and building codes and design guidelines, in term of setbacks, zoning, buildable envelope, etc.
5. Analyze and draw base maps and surveys necessary for site analysis and planning
6. Analyze and interpret the documentation of site data including surveys, site plans, and aerial planimetric photography
7. This course addresses part of NAAB SC.3 Regulatory Context (Understanding): How the program ensures that students understand the fundamental principles of life safety, land use, and current laws and regulations that apply to buildings and sites in the United States, and the evaluative process architects use to comply with those laws and regulations as part of a project.

Method of Assessment

Portfolio

Criteria

1. Design a mixed-use multi-story building that serves a public purpose or shared amenities or includes commercial use
2. Develop architectural proposals appropriate for the site context in scale and use
3. Organize efficient floor plans that meet user and program requirements
4. Produce architectural drawings with correct drawing conventions to convey spatial qualities and design intent
5. Incorporate input from, and identify the needs of, under-served populations
6. Accommodate basic accessibility requirements in the design of a building
7. Accommodate life safety requirements in the design of a building
8. Apply structural understanding of the design exhibited consistently in architectural plans and sections
9. Produce diagrams, or document research, indicating critical analyses of users, programmatic typologies, and architectural precedents
10. Create visual presentations with logical sequencing, layout composition, and hierarchy of information

Method of Assessment

Portfolio

Criteria

1. Identify and name the main structural elements in wood and steel buildings.
2. Calculate, using straight forward methods and approximations, the forces on a wood or steel building.
3. Distribute, using straight forward methods and approximations, building forces to structural members.
4. Design the typical structural members in a wood or steel building, supporting floors.
5. Design columns in a wood or steel building based on axial strength considerations.
6. Select and design the most appropriate footings for a wood or steel building.
7. Analyze and discuss of the basic principles of structural behavior in withstanding gravity and lateral forces and the evolution, range, and appropriate application of contemporary structural systems.

Method of Assessment

Portfolio or Exam

Criteria

1. Analyze the properties and nature of failure in concrete, masonry & tensile structural systems.
2. Calculate the structural capacity and failure points of concrete, masonry & tensile structural systems when forces are imposed upon them.
3. Analyze basic principles of structural behavior in withstanding gravity and lateral forces and the evolution, range, and appropriate application of concrete, masonry & tensile structural systems.
4. Identify fundamental structural principles present in relevant precedents

Method of Assessment

Portfolio or Exam

Criteria

1. Use Rhino3D to model buildings
2. Use Rhino3D to create diagrams and communicate analysis
3. Express 3D designs and environments using 2D orthographic projections directly in Rhino3D
4. Use Twinmotion, or similar, to integrate your modeled spaces and objects with ready-made assets to imagine architectural environments
5. Create presentation boards in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign

Method of Assessment

Portfolio, Rhino file

Criteria

1. Construct a three-dimensional architectural model and its site using BIM techniques in Revit
2. Use massing tools for schematic design and context modeling
3. Layout floor plans with standard drawing conventions such as dimensions, column lines, and lineweights
4. Set up standard architectural views (elevations, sections, etc.) and sheets for presentations and construction drawings
5. Utilize BIM-specific tools such as walkthroughs and parametric relationships
6. Build and use two-dimensional and three-dimensional custom families

Method of Assessment

Portfolio, Revit file, Oral quiz

Note: CPL will be considered for BA students only. B.Arch students must take this course as co-requisite with ARH 450 Studio 8.

Criteria

1. Integrate environmental controls systems in the design of a building using clearly stated design and performance criteria
2. Integrate envelope systems and assemblies using clearly stated design and performance criteria
3. Provide continuity of insulation and moisture barrier in envelope assembly
4. Integrate life safety systems in the building design
5. Generate and interpret climate data visualizations for project site and use diagrams to visually explain the correlation to design parameters
6. Compare different building massing and orientation options and their respective energy conservation levels using energy modeling tools
7. Document evidence-based decision-making processes
8. This course addresses part of NAAB SC.1 Health, Safety, Welfare in the Built Environment (Understanding): How the program ensures that students understand the impact of the built environment on human health, safety, and welfare at multiple scales, from buildings to cities
9. This course addresses NAAB SC.3 Regulatory Context (Understanding): How the program ensures that students understand the fundamental principles of life safety, land use, and current laws and regulations that apply to buildings and sites in the United States, and the evaluative process architects use to comply with those laws and regulations as part of a project.
10. This course addresses part of NAAB SC.4 Technical Knowledge (Understanding): How the program ensures that students understand the established and emerging systems, technologies, and assemblies of building construction, and the methods and criteria architects use to assess those technologies against the design, economics, and performance objectives of projects.

Method of Assessment

• Construction document set including architecture, structure, and MEP drawings
• Wall sections and wall type drawings
• Code analysis drawings and occupant load calculations
• Energy analysis using computer simulations
• Design and performance goals based on climate data visualizations
• Description of role in design and/or construction process

Note: B.Arch students must meet listed NAAB criteria to receive credit.

Criteria

1. Interpret and analyze planning and building codes applicable to a specific site and building
2. Apply the basic principles of life-safety systems with an emphasis on egress
3. Identify and illustrate assembly of materials, systems, and components using technically clear drawings and specifications
4. Apply basic principles utilized in the appropriate selection of construction materials, products, components, and assemblies, based on their inherent characteristics and performance, including their environmental impact and reuse
5. Apply principles involved in the appropriate application of building envelope systems and associated assemblies relative to fundamental performance, aesthetics, moisture transfer, durability, and energy and material resources
6. This course addresses part of NAAB SC.1 Health, Safety, Welfare in the Built Environment (Understanding): How the program ensures that students understand the impact of the built environment on human health, safety, and welfare at multiple scales, from buildings to cities
7. This course addresses NAAB SC.3 Regulatory Context (Understanding): How the program ensures that students understand the fundamental principles of life safety, land use, and current laws and regulations that apply to buildings and sites in the United States, and the evaluative process architects use to comply with those laws and regulations as part of a project.
8. This course addresses part of NAAB SC.4 Technical Knowledge (Understanding): How the program ensures that students understand the established and emerging systems, technologies, and assemblies of building construction, and the methods and criteria architects use to assess those technologies against the design, economics, and performance objectives of projects.

Method of Assessment

• Construction documents (drawings and specifications) complying with egress and accessibility code requirements
• Code analysis drawings and occupant load calculations
• Photos of built multi-story project corresponding to the construction documents
• Description of role in design and/or construction process

Criteria

1. Produce accurate architectural drawings to convey design intent
2. Organize efficient floor plans to meet user and program requirements
3. Develop architectural proposals appropriate for the site context in scale and program
4. Articulate and extend conceptual thinking through diagrams
5. Explain design decisions in written text
6. Create visual presentations with logical sequencing, layout composition, and hierarchy of information
7. Construct drawings and models with a high level of craft and attention to detail

Method of Assessment

Portfolio

Criteria

1. Identify a career path in architecture aligned with their values.
2. Create resumes that highlight their experiences.
3. Write cover letters and personal statements that tell their stories.
4. Compile portfolios and work samples that showcase their skills.
5. Interview with confidence.
6. Find resources for a successful transition into the field of architecture.
7. This course addresses part of NAAB PC.1 Career Paths: How the program ensures that students understand the paths to becoming licensed as an architect in the United States and the range of available career opportunities that utilize the discipline’s skills and knowledge.

Method of Assessment

• Portfolio, Resume, Cover Letter
• Documentation from NCARB of AXP hours logged
• Professional experience in an architecture firm