Architectural Technology

The Architecture Program stresses the central engagement of technology as both philosophical framework and constructional means for the generation of culturally responsible form that accommodates and integrates human, functional, and environmental concerns.

Associated Courses

Discourse of Design & Technology

• ARCH 6206: Studies in Architectural Building Assemblies
• ARCH 6209: Building Enclosure - A Tectonic Element
• ARCH 6312: Ecological Practice - Polemics and Poetics
• ARCH 6215: Contemporary Arch and Construction Tech
• ARCH 6216: Eco-Technology: Ideas and Constructions

Architectural Technology & Building Science

• ARCH 3231: Enviro Systems and Design Integration I
• ARCH 3241: Fundamentals of Structures
• ARCH 4219: Construction Tech and Design Integration I
• ARCH 4220: Construction Tech and Design Integration II
• Arch 4231: Enviro Systems and Design Integration II
• ARCH 4251: Archl Structures and Design Integration I
• ARCH 4252: Arch Structures and Design Integration II
• ARCH 4253: Advanced Structures Seminar
• ARCH 6217: Constructive Arts Workshop
• ARCH 6218: The Material Logic of Architecture
• ARCH 6231: Residential Bldg Thermal Design and Sim
• ARCH 6232: Commercial Bldg Thermal Design & Sim
• COA 8770: Perform Aspects of Building Systems Design

Special Topics

• Dialectics of Making
• Details: Ornament and Everyday
• Material Potential and Fabrication Strategies
• Building Furniture & Furnishing Buildings
• Plastic and Composite Materials
• Green Construction