WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR ARC172

 

Week

 

Activity

 

Project Assignment

 

Sketching

 

Reading & Writing

 

1

Aug 30 & Sep 1

 

 

Introduction,

Statement of goals, method of instruction

 

Architectural Analysis

 

Parti: Collage

 

 

 

Louis Sullivan:  "The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered"

Write an illustrated report – DUE at beginning of class

 

2

Sep 6 & 8

 

Design Methods Bubble diagrams

 

Parti: Collage DUE Wednesday at beginning of class for presentation

 

 

 

3

Sep 13 & 15

 

Design Tools

Principals of Composition

 

Analysis Project

 

 

Triton Student Center Cafeteria interior sketch truss structure – DUE at beginning of class

 

Christopher Alexander. Notes on the Synthesis of Form, Chapters 1 and 2– DUE at the beginning of class

 

4

Sep 20 & 22

 

Color

Light and Structure

 

Analysis Project DUE Wednesday at beginning of class

 

 

 

Christopher Alexander. Notes on the Synthesis of Form, Chapters 3 and 4– DUEat the beginning of class

 

5

Sep 27 & 29

 

Presentation methods

 

Highrise building facade

 

Art Institute visit – on own -  write a description of one of the paintings, sculptures or architectural objects you saw there and illustrate it – DUE at the beginning of class

Christopher Alexander. Notes on the Synthesis of Form, Chapters 5 and 6 – DUEat the beginning of class

 

6

Oct 4 & 6

 

Work methods

 

Highrise building facade

 

 

 

Vitruvius.  Decem Libri d’architecture.  Read chapters I - III – write illustrated report – DUE at beginning of class

 

 

7

Oct 11 & 13

 

Perspective methods

 

Sketch Problem No. 1

 

Highrise building facade

 

 

Trip to Chicago --Sketching ATT building lobby or State of Illinois Center building lobby – do five sketches – DUE at beginning of class

 

 Giorgio Vasari.  Lives of the Most Famous Artists, Architects and Sculptors. Read story of Leon Battista Alberti – write illustrated report – DUE at beginning of class

 

8

Oct 18 & 20

 

Planning a presentation

 

 

 

Highrise building facade

 

Sketch trip to UIC – on own – do five sketches – DUE at beginning of class

 

Giorgio Vasari.  Lives of the Most Famous Artists, Architects and Sculptors. Read story of Brunelleschi – write illustrated report – DUE at beginning of class

 

9

Oct 25 & 27

 

Design as Image

 

Highrise building facade - Due October 25

 

Presentation at 2:30 p.m.

 

A Honeymoon Cottage

 

Museum of Contemporary Art – on own – write illustrated report – DUE at beginning of class

 

 

 

10

Nov 1 & 3

 

3d design

 

 

Sketch details Cernan Center Building – DUE at beginning of class

 

Robert Venturi.  Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture.  Read pages 16-68 and write illustrated report – DUE at beginning of class

 

11

Nov 8 & 10

 

CADD as a design tool

 

 

CADD sketches with “Architectural Studio” software – DUE at beginning of class

 

John Ruskin.  The Seven Lamps of Architecture.  Chapter 1, The Lamp of Sacrifice – write report – DUE at beginning of class

 

12

Nov 15 & 17

 

Structural systems

 

Doctor's Office

 

Structural details – steel beam and column connection – one careful sketch -  DUE at beginning of class

 

 

 

13

Nov 22

Thanksgiving Holiday on Wednesday

 

Integration of systems

 

Doctor's Office

 

Mechanical details – ductwork and diffusers – do one reflected ceiling plan integrating lights and mechanical systems – DUE at beginning of class

 

 

 

14

Nov 29 & Dec 1

 

Grading, cut and fill

 

Doctor's Office

 

Sketching sculpture around campus – DUE at beginning of class

 

Henry Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson.  The International Style.  Read chapters 3 , 4 and 5 (pp. 35 to 55) – write illustrated report – DUE at beginning of class

 

15

Dec 6 & 8

 

Accessibility

 

 

Doctor's Office

 

 

 

 

 

16

Dec 13 & 15

 

Final Portfolio

Portfolio Preparation