Core Design Studio III
ARCH 513 Course Schedule: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. 12:20 pm - 4:25 pm.
Prerequisite: ARCH 512
Professor: Lily Chi and
Torben Berns ( 2 Sections)
Course Overview: Focus on issues of program and architectonics in the design of a complex building type in context; introduction to site planning.
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Building Technology, Materials, and Methods
ARCH 562/262 Course Schedule: Mondays and Wednesdays. 9:05 am - 11:00 am.
Location: 157 East Sibley Hall
Prerequisite: None
Professor: Jonathan Ochshorn 
Course Overview: Building construction is examined from the following standpoints: life safety (construction types, occupancy, assemblies, egress); accessibility (ramps, doors, etc.); conveying systems (stairs, elevators, escalators); structural materials (properties, manufacturing strategies, typical applications, and connections); envelope theory (insulation, condensation, vapor and air barriers, pressure-equalization, movement, tolerances); cladding systems (masonry, precast, metal, glass); and interior systems (walls, floors and ceilings).
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Environmental Systems II: Thermal Environmental Systems
ARCH 661/361 Course Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays. 9:05 am - 11:00 am.
Location: 166 MVR
Prerequisite: ARCH 561
Professor: Martha Bohm 
Course Overview: This course deals with the thermal and environmental processes that affect buildings, and gives students of design the means to respond to or manipulate the thermal environment. It is important for architects to understand those processes, human reactions to them, and the materials and tools available for a design response. These will be presented against a backdrop of the principles of sustainability.
In the first portion of the semester students will learn how to shape the form of a building and apply appropriate building envelope materials and assemblies to respond to climate and the needs of an occupant. We will begin with the basics of human thermal comfort and the resources of site and climate. This will be followed by the concepts/techniques of solar heating, passive cooling, indoor air quality, and human health.
In the second portion of this semester, students approach the design of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, including heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) equipment, vertical transportation, communication, security, and fire protection systems.
To synthesize course materials, students will produce a case study to test first-hand the performance of an existing building with regard to this course’s topics.
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