Architecture (ARC)

Introduction to a wide range of materials and their manipulation with hand and power tools, cutting, assembly and finishing in a model shop setting. Introduction to architectural models and flat work.

Graphic and spatial communications through a series of short, 2D and 3D composition explorations; developing the conventions of diagram, plan, section, elevation and model.

Introduction to the role of architect, building, and zoning codes, and building systems with an emphasis on wood light frame construction and assemblies typical of residential buildings. Systems and assemblies studied include wall, roof and foundation enclosure, structural, HVAC, and electrical.

The establishment of building traditions throughout the globe, emphasizing the means by which attitudes about environment, ecology, religion, government and leisure contribute to decisions about place, context, materials and methods of structural and ornamental design, Focus on the canon and customs from the ancient Mediterranean to medieval Europe, with additional studies on the Fertile, Crescent, India, Japan and China, and Muslim empires.

The establishment of building traditions throughout the globe, emphasizing the means by which attitudes about environment, ecology, religion, government and leisure contribute to decisions about place, context, materials and methods of structural and ornamental design, Focus on the canon and customs from the ancient Mediterranean to medieval Europe, with additional studies on the Fertile, Crescent, India, Japan and China, and Muslim empires.

Developments within, and in, response to, building traditions that emphasize the response of architects to changes in intellectual culture, religious belief and practice, technology and social structures beginning in the fifteenth century. Focus on the transformation of architectural literacy and professionalism among practitioners in Europe, its colonies, and the US.

Developments within, and in, response to, building traditions that emphasize the response of architects to changes in intellectual culture, religious belief and practice, technology and social structures beginning in the fifteenth century. Focus on the transformation of architectural literacy and professionalism among practitioners in Europe, its colonies, and the US.

Introduction to concept generators and heuristic design process through architectonic explorations.

Explorations of architectural strategies in space, place, site, massing and tectonics including an introduction to digital modeling and fabrication.

Develops critical approaches to theories of digital design, fabrication, simulation and information modeling emphasizing the changing role of integrated design and analysis.

Develops critical approaches to theories of digital design, fabrication, simulation and information modeling emphasizing the changing role of integrated design and analysis.

Introduction to the ecological and environmental systems issues of architectural design, Lectures and problems related to vernacular and environmental principles that impact architecture.

Continues the exploration of the role of the architect, building codes, and building systems with an emphasis on construction and assemblies typical of commercial buildings. Systems and assemblies studies include wall, roof, and structural. Material exploration and utilization includes concrete, steel, and glass curtain wall. Student project includes a scaled building enclosure model.

Topics in the history of architecture starting in the Industrial Revolution and through another period of significant technological development, the Digital Age. Investigates various responses by architects to technological change, including aesthetics, construction materials and methods, means of communication, and professionalization, in the midst of social, religious, economic and political contexts in the period starting ca. 1750.

Topics in city- and landscape-making are investigated chronologically; long-standing cultural habits, political and religious representation, effects of the modern economy, American suburbanization, and Western intellectual history for the city. Major attention given to Western cities and landscapes, lesser to non-Western cities.

An introductory course in statics and strength of materials for architects, with a specific focus on the conceptual relationships between structure and form. Structural concepts including static systems, tension/compression, bending and shear stress, combined stresses, strain, cross-sectional considerations, and the physical behavior of structural materials will be addressed abstractly.

Intermediate design method and systems thinking in the context of phenomenological explorations of light, material and form. Students explore poetic optimism in the creative enterprise in problems related to the natural environment and the interface of humans with each other and all of creation.

Intermediate design method and systems thinking in an open-elective studio approach. This non-prescriptive studio allows alternative exploration of design subject at the discretion of the design studio critic.

Elective studio problems normally using medium scale institutional building types.

Observe and analyze selected European urban sites and architecture using various methods and media. Visits to museums may be included. On-site design project may be featured.

This course provides students with an opportunity to gain practical work experience, linking that experience to the Bachelor of Arts in Architecture course learning outcomes. Students will submit papers providing a job description, resume, and correlation of the work experience with courses in which the student is enrolled for the respective term, or the previous if the internship occurs during summer. Students may work any number of hours per week throughout the academic term, must be enrolled in at least two other graduate course leading to their degree, and maintain a 3.0 GPA. A maximum of four Experiential Learning courses can be taken; however, only one can be taken in any academic term. There are no undergraduate credit hours for this course.

Customized courses dealing with specific topics not covered in the regular course offerings.

Advanced exploration of theories of digital design informing all stages of architectural production. Facilitates exploration of analytical, parametric, environmental and material dimensions of digital design in architecture.

This course extends the representational capabilities of the student through various means of web related media; as particularly related to the digital medias of modeling, graphic, and web systems. Students will explore communication and publication strategies through Internet and Intranet systems as they potentially relate to architectural practice. Students will visit offices in the region that utilize web resources in creative and critical ways, and become familiar with the different possibilities for digital architectural communication. Students will utilize Adobe Go-Live, Live Motion, Auto CAD 2000, Form-Z, Photoshop and Illustrator.

Environmental systems that are part of architecture including acoustics, electric lighting and day lighting. Lectures and problems that integrate these systems in architecture.

Environmental systems that are part of architecture including acoustics, electric lighting and day lighting. Lectures and problems that integrate these systems in architecture.

A comprehensive overview of environmental systems that serve large buildings including HVAC, electrical transportation, communication and water systems.

A comprehensive overview of environmental systems that serve large buildings including HVAC, electrical transportation, communication and water systems.

True Architecture transcends different cultures, civilizations and time. Architecture is practical in a global community and in a pluralistic society. In this course, students are challenged to be aware of the images, patterns, and aesthetics that impact this pluralistic society, and to design responsibly. Diverse non-western communities often approach built form in unique and meaningful ways that reflect their culture, environmental and historical origins. Unfortunately, these ways are not always understood and therefore not represented in the subsequent Architecture produced. This course is intended to encourage students to be aware and sensitive to the diverse issues and patterns that generate the imagery of these built forms and what the implication can be in creating responsive Architecture. This course is an architectural exploration of the ethnicity and the cultural significance of the uniqueness of three contemporary Global Communities and Civilizations. The three cultures investigated are: the African community: the Asian community; and the Native American Community

Structural design and analysis of buildings, for architects, including steel, concrete, timber and long-span structures. Applications of concepts of tension/compression, bending and shear stress, combined stresses, structural connections, load resolution, member sizing and wind loading on multi-story buildings. Course content addresses traditional as well as current techniques, applications, materials and methods for designing structural solutions.

Using a series of studio exercises and sketchbooks, it will expose the student to the intersection of various types of drawing to develop a unique blend of controlled sketching with architectural sensibilities and conventions. The student will be introduced to the history tools and techniques of sketching as applied to architectural subjects. The use of black and white will be emphasized with limited exposure to color. The study of shades and shadow casting, or sciography, will also be covered in some detail.

Advanced integrated architectural design thinking and making with particular considerations of light, structure, acoustics, and material in the shaping of educational and/or ecclesiastical environments that include assembly spaces.

Advanced integrated architectural design thinking and making with particular considerations of building envelope, environmental systems, life safety, accessibility, conveyance, and sit in the shaping of public oriented building type.

A comprehensive design studio that integrates construction and environmental technologies in the studio project. Final documents will be produced with Computer Aided Design (CAD) System. Proficiency in AutoCad or Bentley Microstation CAD software is required.

The course prepares students for internship and preceptorship experiential learning as students complete the undergraduate program. Students explore histories of practice and professionalization, the topographies of contemporary practice, and strategies for professional development.

A comprehensive overview of environmental systems that serve large buildings including HVAC, electrical transportation, communication and water systems.

Topics in the history of architecture starting in the Industrial Revolution and through another period of significant technological development, the Digital Age. Investigates various responses by architects to technological change, including aesthetics, construction materials and methods, means of communication, and professionalization, in the midst of social, religious, economic and political contexts in the period starting ca. 1750.

Topics in city- and landscape-making are investigated chronologically; long-standing cultural habits, political and religious representation, effects of the modern economy, American suburbanization, and Western intellectual history for the city. Major attention given to Western cities and landscapes, lesser to non-Western cities.

Structural design and analysis of buildings, for architects, including steel, concrete, timber and long-span structures. Applications of concepts of tension/compression, bending and shear stress, combined stresses, structural connections, load resolution, member sizing and wind loading on multi-story buildings. Course content addresses traditional as well as current techniques, applications, materials and methods for designing structural solutions.

Advanced integrated architectural design thinking and making with particular considerations of building envelope, environmental systems, life safety, accessibility, conveyance, and sit in the shaping of public oriented building type.

An introduction to and survey of the professional practice of architecture. Course content includes a reflection upon the Preceptorship program, a survey of the history of professional practice, a review of the policies of NCARB, IDP, local and national AIA, a familiarization with the various routes to licensure, exposure to a variety of practice types and career paths within the board context of professional practice.

Advanced design studio positioning community outreach and Christian engagement as a vehicle for environmental and social justice.

This course is an introduction to architectural programming, project scheduling, cost estimating, and case study research. Students will produce a research and program compendium in preparation for the Cumulative Studio or Thesis project.

Observe and analyze selected European urban sites and architecture using various methods and media. Visits to museums may be included. On-site design project may be featured.

Customized courses dealing with specific topics not covered in the regular course offerings.

Customized courses dealing with specific topics related to sustainable design in architecture not covered in the regular course offerings.

Customized courses dealing with specific topics related to traditional urban architecture not covered in the regular course offerings.

Advanced Exploration of theories of digital design informing all stages of architectural production. Facilitate exploration into analytical, parametric, environmental and material dimensions of digital design in architecture.

This course extends the representational capabilities of the student through various means of web related media; as particularly related to the digital medias of modeling, graphic, and web systems. Students will explore communication and publication strategies through Internet and Intranet systems as they potentially relate to architectural practice. Students will visit offices in the region that utilize web resources in creative and critical ways, and become familiar with the different possibilities for digital architectural communication. Students will utilize Adobe Go-Live, Live Motion, Auto CAD 2000, Form-Z, Photoshop and Illustrator.

This course is intended to introduce the students to the history tools, and techniques of watercolor rendering as applied to architectural spaces. This is primarily a studio course, meaning that most of the time will be spent practicing rendering techniques, both in and out of class.

This course will consist of lectures, seminars, readings and field trips to large meeting rooms for speech and/or music, such as places of worship, theaters, concert halls, auditoriums. Students will work individually on the design of a class project, competition project or an actual building project by establishing acoustical design goals for different spaces in a building. The purpose of studying these themes of architectural acoustics is to learn how to make use of sonic and physical changes that enhance the quality of the built environment. Consequently, architectural acoustics studies and practice will include the topic of providing comfort and environmental protection to support human activities, through architectural forms that are aesthetically pleasing in the community and society at large.

The purpose of this course is to learn how to make use of visual and physical changes that enhance the quality of the built environment. The works of Aalto, Kahn, Mies, Wright, among others have controlled the sensory environmental qualities such as heat, light and sound to accentuate their design concepts. Architectural lighting studies and practice includes the task of providing comfort and environmental protection to support human activities, through architectural forms that are aesthetically pleasing in the community and society at large.

<STYLE TYPE='text/css'> p {text-indent: 90pt} </STYLE> True Architecture transcends different cultures, civilizations and time. Architecture is practical in a global community and in a pluralistic society. In this course, students are challenged to be aware of the images, patterns, and aesthetics that impact this pluralistic society, and to design responsibly. Diverse non-western communities often approach built form in unique and meaningful ways that reflect their culture, environmental and historical origins. Unfortunately, these ways are not always understood and therefore not represented in the subsequent Architecture produced. This course is intended to encourage students to be aware and sensitive to the diverse issues and patterns that generate the imagery of these built forms and what the implication can be in creating responsive Architecture. This course is an architectural exploration of the ethnicity and the cultural significance of the uniqueness of three contemporary Global Communities and Civilizations. The three cultures investigated are: the African community: the Asian community; and the Native American Community

Study of primary works of architectural theory from antiquity to the modern period, considering how each reflects its writer's culture and personal values, and informs his/her architectural design, and broader contemporary practice. Major thinkers (Vitruvius, Palladio, Laugier, Ruskin, Corbusier, etc.) and themes (the classical tradition, human analogy, materialism, morality, historicism) will knit together the chronological study. Historical values will be considered within a contemporary Christian world view.

This course is intended to build on the skills acquired in the prerequisite courses of ART111 Drawing I (sketching) and ARC122 Design II (drafting). Using a series of studio exercises and sketchbooks, it will expose the student to the intersection of these two types of drawing to develop a unique blend of controlled sketching with architectural sensibilities and conventions. The student will be introduced to the history tools and techniques of sketching as applied to architectural subjects. The use of black and white will be emphasized with limited exposure to color. The study of shades and shadow casting, or sciography, will also be covered in some detail. This class will be particularly useful to students who want to develop their drawing skills in preparation for Europe Study Tour or other travel experiences.

Advanced Studio involving the analysis of urban patterns at a variety of scales, investigates the contribution of building and site design to challenges in formal context, sustainability, urban regeneration, and the vitality of social systems.

Advanced studio offering elective variety to prepare students for design in contemporary practice: intense investigations include typology, tectonics, sustainability (design, materials, and systems), and context.

A seminar that continues the content of Professional Practice I, extending the subject into areas of law, ethics, regulation , professional registration, marketing, finance, business accounting, business structure, project delivery methods, contracts and client relations. Every Semester

This course investigates contemporary approaches to sustainable design. Students gain an understanding of relationships between radical energy conservation and production measures including: politics of green design, design for passive, measuring and controlling energy and material movement, designing for renewable energy and site regeneration, life cycle implications of design, and post-occupancy assessment and retro-commissioning. Students gain critical practice knowledge, and complete the course prepared to understand green building design certification of various types (i.e. LEED, LBC, Cradle to Cradle, ect.)

The Architecture thesis makes an original, critical, and supported argument adding to the disciplinary discourse; original, meaning that the argument is unique and authored by the student; critical in that the investigation is advanced in the light of present scholarship, the history of architecture, and biblical wisdom; supported, meaning that the argument is defended intellectually and under girded by the student's research including case studies. The investigative medium may be writing or it may be design; however, the original and critical nature of an investigation by design must be articulated in words as must be the scholarly context and the supporting research. The proportion between written and design components may vary but the design portion must be substantive. The written and design components of the Thesis shall demonstrate excellence of high degree in scholarship, design, use of media, and presentation.

Continuation and completion of ARC681. Includes reviews by faculty committee as scheduled by committee chair, final presentation to committee and written documentation.

Intensive research experience under the direction of an architecture faculty member. Directed research forms are available on the College website and must be approved by the Department Chair and the Graduate Dean.

Intensive research experience under the direction of an architecture faculty member. Directed research forms are available on the College website and must be approved by the Department Chair and the Graduate Dean.

Intensive research experience under the direction of an architecture faculty member. Directed research forms are available on the College website and must be approved by the Department Chair and the Graduate Dean.

The Worldview and Architecture Seminar presents the opportunity for a capstone critical study of worldview, of theological implications, and evangelical approaches, in the philosophy and practice of architecture.

This course provides students with an opportunity to gain practical work experience, linking that experience to the Master of Architecture course learning outcomes. Students will submit papers providing a job description, resume, and correlation of the work experience with courses in which the student is enrolled for the respective term. Students may work any number of hours per week throughout the academic term, must be enrolled in at least two other graduate course leading to their degree, and maintain a 3.0 GPA. A maximum of four Experiential Learning courses can be taken; however, only one can be taken in any academic term. There are no graduate credit hours for this course.