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