ARCH 3601-390
Architectural Design V
Perl's Section
2021 Fall Semester
ARCH 3601-390 Architecture Room 701 MWF 1:00-4:50 pm
Associate Professor Robert D. Perl, AIA, LEED AP
  Texas Tech University  College of Architecture  Robert D. Perl  3314   updated 10/03/2021
Syllabus for all sections of ARCH 3601 is here. (pdf)
Schedule for all sections of ARCH 3601 is here. (pdf)
This webpage is an Addendum that applies to Section 390 only.		    
     
COVID-19 INFORMATION  
Face Covering Policy: As of May 19, 2021, face coverings are now optional in TTU facilities and classrooms, and all other COVID-19 campus protocols have been lifted. It is highly recommended that those who have not been vaccinated for COVID-19 wear face coverings to help prevent the spread of the virus.  
Seating Charts and Social Distancing: There is no longer a mandated social distancing protocol for classroom seating, but diligence is encouraged when indoors and not wearing masks. A seating chart might be used in the classroom to facilitate attendance, class interactions and other in-class engagement activities.  
Illness-Based Absence Policy: The University will follow CDC, State, and TTU System guidelines in continuing to manage the campus implications of COVID-19.  
In-Person Office Hours: The University will follow CDC, State, and TTU System guidelines in continuing to manage the campus implications of COVID-19 with provision that masks are optional but social distancing may be expected.  
Personal Hygiene: We all should continue to practice frequent hand washing, use hand sanitizers after touching high-touch points (e.g., door handles, shared keyboards, etc.), and cover faces when coughing or sneezing.  
Potential Changes: The University will follow CDC, State, and TTU System guidelines in continuing to manage the campus implications of COVID-19. Any changes affecting class policies or delivery modality will be in accordance with those guidelines and announced as soon as possible. 		   
     
TTU Office of Communications & Marketing
Coronavirus (COVID-19) website and dashboard		    
     
Friday August 13, 2021 TTU President Schovanec sent an email to students and faculty with a link to a memo from Provost Hendrick.
The full "August 13, 2021 Update to Pandemic Related Teaching and Classroom Guidance" five page pdf is here. A few noteworthy highlights:
"• Although COVID-19 vaccinations are not mandated, Texas Tech is strongly recommending that all students be vaccinated for COVID-19. The vaccines are safe and effective and will protect the student and other members of the Texas Tech community.
• Masks will not be required for either indoor or outdoor activities on campus, however, all visitors to the Student Health Clinic will be required to wear a mask. The wearing of masks while in public indoor settings and frequently washing your hands has proven to be effective at preventing the spread of COVID-19.
• Faculty should plan for temporarily pivoting to remote instruction or instructional activities (to be synchronous on the same schedule as the in-person class), and departments should plan for assignment of substitute instructors in the event an instructor of record has to quarantine or self-isolate. 
• Face coverings, although optional, are recommended and welcome; students, faculty, and staff who wish to wear them are encouraged to do so. Instructors of record may encourage (but not require) their classes to wear face masks
• Faculty and staff should prepare for the possibility that a rapid pivot to online instruction may be required. Advise students (e.g., in the course syllabus) of technical and equipment requirements, such as web cam, microphone, and remote proctoring software, should a temporary or longer pivot be necessary.
It is also important to stress to students that CDC guidelines require riders of Citibus and other public transportation systems to wear face masks."		    
     
TTU Catalog
ARCH 3601 - Architectural Design V
Builds on foundational skills through a series of complex constraints and contexts, while emphasizing social, cultural, or civic roles of architectural design. 		 

TTU Catalog Course Descriptions
     
This course is an upper-division course. Upper-division academic quality is expected.   Upper-division academic quality applies to class participation and work submitted for grading.
Upper-division academic quality is expected of your attitude towards learning also. Upper-division education is about getting the MOST education for your investment of time and money.
     
Students are expected to fully participate in every class.

A portion of some class sessions will utilize a seminar format. Be prepared to be called upon. Thoughtful participation will increase everyone's learning.

Assigned readings must be completed before the start of class, and each student must be prepared to engage in meaningful discussion about the readings.

During class, electronic and paper-based reading, writing, note taking, and reference materials are permitted and encouraged to the extent they assist learning.
   "A seminar... has the function of bringing together small groups for recurring meetings, focusing each time on some particular subject, in which everyone present is requested to participate. This is often accomplished through an ongoing Socratic dialogue with a seminar leader or instructor... It is essentially a place where assigned readings are discussed, questions can be raised and debates can be conducted."
A portion of most class sessions will utilize a critique format. Be prepared to be called upon. Thoughtful participation will increase everyone's learning.   "Critique is a method of disciplined, systematic study of a written or oral discourse. Although critique is commonly understood as fault finding and negative judgment, it can also involve merit recognition, and in the philosophical tradition it also means a methodical practice of doubt. The contemporary sense of critique has been largely influenced by the Enlightenment critique of prejudice and authority, which championed the emancipation and autonomy from religious and political authorities.
... critique is never personalized nor ad hominem, but is instead the analyses of the structure of the thought in the content of the item critiqued."
     
Every class is important. If absence is unavoidable, ask reliable classmates for class content, lecture and discussion notes, etc.
Credit for late work will be considered only with advanced official notification and/or medical or authorized leave documentation. 		   
"[More than 10% of class meetings] absences are considered excessive and constitute cause for having the student drop the class or receive a grade of 'F', or 'I' when appropriate."   College of Architecture Attendance Policy
     
INSTITUTIONALLY REQUIRED INFORMATION
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STATEMENT:
Academic integrity is taking responsibility for one’s own class and/or course work, being individually accountable, and demonstrating intellectual honesty and ethical behavior. Academic integrity is a personal choice to abide by the standards of intellectual honesty and responsibility. Because education is a shared effort to achieve learning through the exchange of ideas, students, faculty, and staff have the collective responsibility to build mutual trust and respect. Ethical behavior and independent thought are essential for the highest level of academic achievement, which then must be measured. Academic achievement    includes scholarship, teaching, and learning, all of which are shared endeavors. Grades are a device used to quantify the successful accumulation of knowledge through learning. Adhering to the standards of academic integrity ensures grades are earned honestly. Academic integrity is the foundation upon which students, faculty, and staff build their educational and professional careers. [Texas Tech University ("University") Quality Enhancement Plan, Academic Integrity Task Force, 2010] 		   
"Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, collusion, falsifying academic records, misrepresenting facts, and any act designed to give unfair academic advantage to the student (such as, but not limited to, submission of essentially the same written assignment for two courses without the prior permission of the instructor) or the attempt to commit such an act."    Academic Integrity
"These guiding rules and regulations are present to foster a sense of community and respect among all members of the university community."   TTU Code of Student Conduct
     
Giving aid or receiving aid are both violations of academic integrity.    
All assignments submitted for grading shall be the exclusive work of the individual student unless collaboration is explicitly called for by an assignment.   This semester, no collaborative assignments are planned for this course.
     
Schedule    
wk Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat  
01 22 Aug 23
First Day
of Classes
 Class01		 24
 25
Class02
Meeting		 26
 27
Class03
 		28

Hrs:
Gr:
02 29
 30
Class04		 31
1 Sep
Class05
 2
 3
Class06
Review		 4

Hrs:
Gr:
03 5
 6
Labor Day
No Classes		 7
 8
Class07		 9
 10
Class08
Meeting		 11

Hrs:
Gr:
04 12
 13
Class09
 14
 15
Class10
 16
 17
Class11
Review		 18

Hrs:
Gr:
05 19
 20
Class12		 21
 22
Class13		 23
 24
Class14
 25
Hrs:
Gr:
06 26
27
Class15		 28
 29
Class16		 30
 1 Oct
Class17
 2
Hrs:
Gr:
07 3
 4
Class18		 5
 6
Class19		 7
 8
Class20
Mid Review		 9

Hrs:
Gr:
08 10
 11
Class21
Meeting		 12
 13
Class22		 14
 15
Class23
Meeting		 16
 
Hrs:
Gr:
09 17
 18
Class24		 19
 20
Class25		 21
 22
Class26
Meeting		 23

Hrs:
Gr:
10 24
 25
Class27		 26
27
Class28		 28
29
Class29
Review		 30
 
Hrs:
Gr:
11 31
1 Nov
Class30		 2
 		3
Class31		 4
 5
Class32
Meeting		 6

Hrs:
Gr:
12 7
 8
Class33		 9
 10
Class34		 11
 		12
Class35
Meeting		 13

Hrs:
Gr:
13 14
 15
Class36		 16
 17
Class37
Review		 18
 19
Class38		 20

Hrs:
Gr:
14 21  22
Class39		 23
 24

No Classes		 25
Thanksgiving
No Classes		 26

No Classes		 27

Hrs:
Gr:
 15 28
 29
Class40		 30
 1 Dec
Last Day
of Classes
Class41		 2
Individual
Study Day		 3
Final
Exams		 4
Final
Exams
Hrs:
Gr:
 16 5
 6
Final
Exams		 7
Final
Exams		 8
Final
Exams		 9
 10
Commence-
ment		 11
Commence-
ment		 Sm
Hrs:
Gr:
                 
     
Declaration of Commitment to Learning
I declare my commitment to learn at the ____ level in ARCH 3601-390 Architectural Design V, 2021 Fall Semester.
I understand this requires a corresponding investment of consistent efforts to:
 ▪ motivate myself to learn,
 ▪ focus on learning during all class hours,
 ▪ concentrate on processes as well as products,
 ▪ read, reread, and study thoroughly all course materials,
 ▪ participate meaningfully in discussions and critiques,
 ▪ work effectively on writing, editing, and rewriting, and
 ▪ approach architecture education with an open mind.

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TTU Catalog Academic Regulations
"The grades used, including plus and minus, with their interpretations, are
A, excellent;
B, good;
C, average;
D, inferior...;
F, failure;
P, passing;
PR, in progress;
I, incomplete;
W, withdrawal..."
"The student is expected to spend a minimum of two hours in preparation for each hour of lecture or recitation."
  Texas Tech University  College of Architecture  Robert D. Perl  3314   copyright © 2021
"All materials on this course website are for the exclusive use of students enrolled in 3601-390 Architectural Design V during 2021 during 2021 Fall Semester and are protected by copyright of their respective authors."
Associate Professor Robert D. Perl, AIA, LEED AP
AH 1002D Office Hours: T R 2:00-3:30 pm or by appointment 
(806) 834-6624
robert.perl@ttu.edu