TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
OF ARCHITECTURE
ARCH 1311 Design Society and Environment
Syllabus ARCH 1311 – Fall 2021
Calendar – Fall 2021
May Be Subject to Modification
|
Urs Peter "Upe"
Flueckiger |
Professor |
| Saif Haq, Professor, Ph.D. | Professor |
| WEEK | DAY | DATE | TOPIC | |
| 01 | Tue. | Aug. | 24 |
00 Introduction to ARCH 1311 Organization, Requirements and Syllabus Urs Peter "Upe" Flueckiger Saif Haq, Ph.D. |
| Thurs. | Aug. | 26 |
01 Lecture: How do we Learn/Study? A House with a View E 1027 and Le Petit Maison Reading 01 |
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| 02 | Tue. | Aug. | 31 |
02 Lecture 'Opening up' Architecture Handout |
| Thurs. | Sept. | 02 |
03 Lecture Architectural Theory I, Vitruvius Architectural Projections Why Architects Draw? Assignment No 01 Readings 02 and 03 |
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| 03 | Tue. | Sept. | 07 |
04 Lecture Architectural Projections Why Architects Draw? |
| Thurs. | Sept. | 09 |
05 Lecture Leon Battista Alberti Andrea Palladio |
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| 04 | Tue. | Sept. | 14 |
06 Lecture 9/11 in Architecture |
| Thurs. | Sept. | 16 |
07 Lecture Modernism I Introduction to the CoA Library Tath Haver, Architecture Public Services Librarian Sara Schumacher, Architecture Image Librarian |
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| 05 | Tue | Sept. | 21 |
08 Lecture Modernism II |
| Thurs. | Sept. | 23 |
09 Lecture Postmodernism Reading 1 through 05 on electronic reserve. Assignment No 01 Due beginning of Class |
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| 06 | Tue. |
Sept. |
28 |
10 Lecture Deconstruction & Contemporary Architecture |
| Thurs. |
Sept. |
30 |
11 Lecture Sustainable Architecture |
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| 07 | Tue. | Oct. | 05 |
12 Lecture Diversity in Architecture |
| Thurs. | Oct. | 07 |
13 Lecture The Genesis of Islamic Architecture Handout |
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| 08 | Tue. | Oct. | 12 |
Review and Preparation Midterm Exam |
| Thurs. | Oct. | 14 |
Mid Term Exam |
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| 09 | Tue. | Oct. | 19 |
The
Social life of Small Urban Spaces Reading:
Assignment No 2 Given |
| Thurs. |
Oct.
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21 |
14 Lecture Human Environment Relations (HER)-1 Immersed Participant Reading: Chapter 3, “Delight” Space in Architecture, in Roth, L. M. (2007). Understanding Architecture Its elements, History and Meaning (2nd ed.). Westview Press. |
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| 10 | Tue. |
Oct.
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26 |
15 Lecture Human Environment Relations (HER)-2 Distant Observer Reading: Chapter 4, “Delight” Seeing Architecture, in Roth, L. M. (2007). Understanding Architecture Its elements, History and Meaning (2nd ed.). Westview Press. |
| Thurs. | Oct. | 28 |
16 Lecture Human Environment Relations (HER)-3 Behavioral Attributes of Space Handout |
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| 11 | Tue. | Nov. | 02 |
18 Lecture Human Environment Relations (HER)-4 The City Reading # 1 Reading # 2 Handout |
| Thurs. | Nov. | 04 |
18 Lecture MEGACITIES AND METACITIES Handout |
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| 12 | Tue. | Nov. | 09 |
19 Lecture Architecture & Practice Stakeholders in Architecture |
| Thurs. | Nov. | 11 |
20 Tectonics in Architecture - Magic of Materials |
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| 13 |
Tue.
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Nov. | 16 |
21 Lecture Gardens: Persian and Islamic Handout Reading: Islamic Gardens Reading: Chinese Gardens |
| Thurs. | Nov. | 18 |
22 Lecture Handout |
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| 14 | Tue. | Nov. | 23 |
23 Architectural Engineering and Environmental Systems |
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Wed. | Nov. |
24- 28 |
Thanksgiving University Holliday No Class. |
| 15 |
Tue.
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Nov.
|
30 |
Review for Final Exam - Second Semester Half Submission: Assignment 2 due at the beginning of class |
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Wed.
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Dec. | 01 | Last Day of Classes | |
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Fri.
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Dec. | 03 | Final Exams Begin | |
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Sat. |
Dec. | 04 |
7:30 PM. to
10:00 PM. Final Exam ARCH 1311 DES Link Sketchbook/Notebook |
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