Visual Arts and Design Technology

The Architecture Program cultivates the relationship between Architecture and Art and encourages the critical exploration of representational means in design ranging from traditional techniques to electronic media for purposes of both speculation about and production of architecture.

Associated Courses

Visual Arts

• ARCH 4411: Introduction to Visual Arts
• ARCH 4412: Drawing the Human Figure
• ARCH 4413: Collage-Making
• ARCH 4414: Representation in Watercolor
• ARCH 4415: Photography I
• ARCH 4416: Photography II

Design Computation

• ARCH 4420: Introduction to Design Computing
• ARCH 6214: Architectonics
• ARCH 6424: Intelligent Computer Aided Arch. Design
• ARCH 6425: Electronic Design Conception and Develop.
• ARCH 6426: 3-D Modeling in Architecture
• ARCH 6427: Advanced Modeling and Animation
• COA 8720: Design of Electronic Design Environments
• COA 8730: Research Seminar in Design Computation
• COA 8740: Structuring Multimedia Design Knowledge
• COA 8760: Introduction to Geometric Modeling

Special Topics

• Painting I
• Painting II
• Material Potential and Fabrication Strategies
• Building Furniture & Furnishing Buildings
• Computational Design
• Territories of Appropriation