Course Descriptions
Each course listing includes:
• Number and Title
• Lecture hours per week—laboratory or tutorial hours per
week—credits per semester
• Description
60211. Architectural History I / Pre-Renaissance
(3-0-3)
A survey of architectural history from the Egyptian, Greek, and Roman
civilizations to Europe during the Romanesque and Gothic periods. Each
period is studied in relation to physical determinants, such as climate,
materials, technology, and geography, and historical determinants such
as economics, religion, politics, society, and culture.
60221. Architectural History II / Post Renaissance
(3-0-3)
This course continues the history survey, beginning with Renaissance
and Baroque Europe, continuing to the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe
and the United States, to the world-wide impact of the Modern Movement
and late 20th century reactions to it.
60411. Building Technology I / Masonry and Timber
(3-0-3)
Qualitative and quantitative principles of traditional building assembly
and detailing in masonry and timber.
60421. Building Technology II / Concrete, Steel and Glass
(3-0-3)
Qualitative and quantitative principles of modern building assembly
and detailing in concrete, steel and glass.
60431. Environmental Systems I / Acoustics and Illumination
(3-0-3)
Principles of acoustics, illumination, electrical and signal systems,
with emphasis on architectural applications.
60511. Structures I / Introduction to Structures
(3-0-3)
Basic principles of building structures with a focus on statics. General
topics include structural stability, dynamics and lateral loads, structure
types, and materials. Computational subjects involve vectors and forces,
torque, shear, bending moments, spanning conditions, beams, columns,
funicular structures, arches, and domes.
60521. Structures II / Concrete
(3-0-3) [ARCH 60511 prerequisite]
The study of concrete structures. Studies include beams, columns, frames,
shear walls and connections. Subjects include reinforcement, material
properties, seismic design, foundations, and building codes.
61011. Introduction to Architectural Representation (Summer
before first year in program, three weeks)
(5-20-0)
Instruction in the techniques of traditional architectural drawing and
presentation. Required of all graduate students.
61021. Introduction to CAD
(0-4-3)
Instruction in analysis and representation of architectural form through
the medium of the computer, including drafting and three-dimensional
modeling.
61111. Architectural Design I
(0-12-6)
Part one of a required two-semester studio sequence introducing all
third-year M.Arch students to the grammar, syntax, and composition of
classical architecture and the latter’s relationship to tectonics,
expression, and urbanism.
61121. Architectural Design II
(0-12-6)
Part two of a required two-semester studio sequence introducing all
third-year M.Arch students to the grammar, syntax, and composition of
classical architecture and the latter’s relationship to tectonics,
expression, and urbanism.
70211. History of Rome
(3-0-3)
A history of Rome from its origins through the Republic and Empire,
its ongoing character as the spiritual and administrative center of
European Christendom, and its role as the capital of modern Italy, with
special attention to the relationship between its political and religious
history and its formal order.
70311. Urban Elements and Principles
(3-0-3)
A required theory course for all graduate students entailing a broad
survey, both typological and historical, of the physical characteristics
of traditional western cities and their development; with special emphasis
upon urban form as a cooperative human artifact embodying particular
cultural values and ideals.
70441. Environmental Systems II / Systems Integration
(3-0-3)
Basic concepts of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, energy conservation,
fire suppression, plumbing and vertical transportation, with a focus
on integration of these systems in building design.
70531. Structures III / Wood and Steel
(3-0-3) [ARCH 60511 prerequisite]
The study of wood and steel structures. Studies include beams, columns,
frames and connections. Additional topics address vertical loading,
bracing, moment resistive structures and wind forces.
71111. Elements and Principles of Classical Architecture
(0-12-6)
A required first design studio for all M.ADU and two-year M.Arch students,
introducing them to the grammar, syntax, and composition of classical
architecture and the latter’s relationship to tectonics, expression,
and urbanism.
71131. Architectural Design III
(0-12-6)
Integrative Design Studio, part three of the required three-semester Path C M.Arch foundational studio sequence: design of a simple program building in detail, allowing students to demonstrate their ability to integrate structural and environmental technologies into their building design.
71141. Classical Architecture I
(0-8-6)
Part one of a two-studio sequence for students concentrating in classical
architecture, in projects that explore in detail selected elements and
aspects of classical architecture.
74142. Urban Design I
(0-12-6 / in Rome)
Part one of a two-studio sequence for students concentrating in urban
design, in projects that focus in detail upon the formal elements of
traditional European urbanism; in Rome.
73321. Architectural Treatises
(3-0-3)
Consideration of the theoretical and practical background of traditional
architecture through a careful reading both of primary theoretical sources
(including Vitruvius, Alberti, Serlio, Palladio, Vignola, Claude Perrault,
and others) as well as influential pattern books; and the pertinence
of both to contemporary architectural discourse and practice.
74322. Italian Urbanism
(3-6-6 / in Rome)
A six-credit drawing and theory course centered upon outdoor, on-site
analyses and documentation of both prototypical and exceptional urban
conditions in Rome and elsewhere in Italy. Analytical work to be documented
by a combination of measured drawings, sketchbook, watercolor and photographic
records of sites visited in Rome and on multiple field trips.
80711. Professional Practice
(3-0-3)
Lectures and assignments covering professional services, marketing,
economics of practice, programming, design drawing development, contracts
and project management.
81151. Urban Design II
(0-8-6)
Part two of a two-studio sequence for students concentrating in urban
design, entailing an on-site real-world charrette to create a neighborhood
or town plan and the graphic documents and legal mechanisms needed to
implement it.
84152. Classical Architecture II
(0-12-6 / in Rome)
Part two of a two-studio sequence for students concentrating in classical
architecture; in Rome.
81161. Terminal Design Project
(0-8-6)
Independently selected final design project for all Graduate Architecture
students, focusing upon a project of the student’s choice. All
M.Arch. students must do a design for a building; M.ADU students have
the option of doing a building design, urban design, or some combination
thereof.
83311. After Urbanism
(3-0-3)
A consideration of the possibilities for traditional urbanism within the context of contemporary culture; specifically, the ways in which contemporary culture frustrates traditional urban ambitions, and the extent to which it may be possible for traditional urbanism to both critique and transform contemporary culture.
84312. Italian Classicism
(3-6-6 / in Rome)
A six-credit drawing and theory course centered upon outdoor, on-site
analyses and documentation of both typical and canonical buildings and
details in Rome and elsewhere in Italy. Analytical work to be documented
by a combination of measured drawings, sketchbook, watercolor and photographic
records of buildings visited in Rome and on multiple field trips.
TBD. Open Electives / Theory Electives
(3 credits)
multiple courses, TBD
