ARC X27R ARC 327R Topics in Architectural Theory 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Advanced topics in architecture and associated disciplines to encourage critical and theoretical thinking. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Architectural Criticism. Architecture 327R (Topic 1) and 350R (Topic: Architectural Criticism) may not both be counted.
Topic 2: Architectural Photography. Architecture 327R (Topic 2) and 350R (Topic: Architectural Photography) may not both be counted.
Topic 3: City as Form and Idea. Architecture 327R (Topic 3) and 350R (Topic: City as Form and Idea) may not both be counted.
Topic 4: Community Design Engagement. Architecture 327R (Topic 4) and 350R (Topic: Community Design Engagement) may not both be counted.
Topic 5: Design Firm Leadership. Architecture 327R (Topic 5) and 350R (Topic: Design Firm Leadership) may not both be counted.
Topic 6: Design of New Communities. Architecture 327R (Topic 6) and 350R (Topic: Design of New Communities) may not both be counted.
Topic 7: Design Process. Architecture 327R (Topic 7) and 350R (Topic: Design Process) may not both be counted.
Topic 8: Designing the Way We Build. Architecture 327R (Topic 8) and 350R (Topic: Designing the Way We Build) may not both be counted.
Topic 9: Eileen Gray and E. 1027. Architecture 327 (Topic 9) and 350R (Topic: Eileen Gray and E.1027) may not both be counted.
Topic 10: Energy Modeling and The Design Process. Architecture 327R (Topic 10) and 350R (Topic: Energy Modeling & Design Proc) may not both be counted.
Topic 11: Global Housing Challenge. Architecture 327R (Topic 11) and 350R (Topic: Global Housing Challenge) may not both be counted.
Topic 12: Light and Sustainable Design. Architecture 327R (Topic 12) and 350R (Topic: Light and Sustainable Design) may not both be counted.
Topic 13: Managing the Design Project. Architecture 327 (Topic 13) and 350R (Topic: Managing the Design Project) may not both be counted.
Topic 14: Place and Historical Imagination. Architecture 327R (Topic 14) and 350R (Topic: Place & Historical Imagination) may not both be counted.
Topic 15: Poetics of Building. Architecture 327R (Topic 15) and 350R (Topic: Poetics of Building) may not both be counted.
Topic 16: Smart, Green, and Just. Architecture 327R (Topic 16) and 350R (Topic: Smart, Green, and Just) may not both be counted.
Topic 17: Solar Geometry/Energy Flow in Building. Architecture 327R (Topic 17) and 350R (Topic: Solar Geom/Energy Flow in Bldg) may not both be counted.
Topic 18: Timber Technologies. Architecture 327R (Topic 18) and 350R (Topic: Timber Technologies) may not both be counted.
Topic 19: Urban Land Institute Workshop. Architecture 327R (Topic 19) and 350R (Topic: Urban Land Institute Workshop) may not both be counted.
Topic 20: Introduction to Urban Ecology.
Topic 21: Urban Agricultural Systems.
Topic 22: Native Plants.
Topic 23: Computational Design. Explore the theory and application of computational design. Use of software programs to develop experimental projects that uncover new tactics for the design of buildings and objects. Projects will be evaluated on their spatial and experiential potential and attention to digital craft. Architecture 327R (Topic: Computational Design) and 327R (Topic 23) may not both be counted.
Topic 24: Race and Gender by Design. Examine the relationship of design relative to the narratives of race, gender, and diversity. Architecture 327R (Topic: Race and Gender by Design) and 327R (Topic 24) may not both be counted.
Topic 25: Architecture Computation.
Topic 26: Composition and Architecture. Architecture 327R (Topic: Composition and Architecture) and 327R (Topic 26) may not both be counted
Topic 27: Sustainable Architectural Design. Architecture 327R (Topic: Sustainable Arc Design) and 327R (Topic 27) may not both be counted.
Topic 28: Sustainability: Why This Way. Architecture 327R (Topic: Sustainability: Why this Way) and 327R (Topic 28) may not both be counted Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Topic 29: Architectural Interrogations. Architecture 327R (Topic: Two Hundred Words) and 327R (Topic 29) may not both be counted.
Topic 30: Building Matters. Architecture 327R (Topic: Building Matters) and 327R (Topic 30) may not both be counted.
Topic 31: Spatial Stories. Architecture 327R (Topic: Spatial Stories) and 327R (Topic 31) may not both be counted. Restrictions: Restricted to students in the School of Architecture.