Basics of heat, light, and sound applied to buildings. Thermal loading, passive thermal control, thermal comfort, climate, passive solar strategies, light and daylighting, acoustics.

Advanced approaches to two and three dimensional modeling and representation in architecture using both manual and digital media and techniques.

Intermediate approaches to two and three dimensional modeling and representation in architecture using both manual and digital media and techniques.

Architectural history from antiquity through the eighteenth century emphasizing buildings in their cultural context as informed by social, technological, and constructive factors and theoretical positions.

Introduces students to the processes of developing a topic of inquiry and delivering projects in architectural design, and to prepare students for the development of a final MS research project to be delivered as a final deliverable of the MS program during the subsequent semester.

Introduction to building anatomy, technical and expressive characteristics of materials and their organizational assembly. Credit not allowed for both ARCH 6229 and ARCH 4219.

Measures of urban and spatial form. Analysis of street connectivity. Models of space use and spatial congnition. Comparison and evaluation of design alternatives.

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Shape grammars are a powerful formal system for the generative description, interpretation and evaluation of designs. Credit will not be awarded for both ARCH 4508 and ARCH 6508.