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character, this course will build verbal
communication skills and model shop
ability. ARCH 113 is prerequisite for
ARCH 114. (0-12-6); (0-12-6) (C)
ARCH 125
Introduction to
Architectural Computing
The class introduces concept development,
design thinking and problem
solving related to architectural representation
and production technique
(digital and analog). The class will
look critically at recent digital design
developments, as well as introduce
students to the history of each “type”
of computer program; and the class
will introduce students to the basic
skills required to productively work
with a variety of practice-based software
programs. The class will also
introduce 3-D “craft-based” thinking/working.
(1-2-3)
ARCH 201, 202
Architecture III, IV:
Structures, Building Systems and Assemblies
The development of architectural principles
through the study and analysis
of building materials. Development
of the graphic language in architecture.
Consideration of the appropriate
use of materials, energy and clear
construction as the basis of architecture.
Prerequisites: ARCH 113,
ARCH 114. ARCH 201 is a prerequisite
for ARCH 202. (0-10-5); (0-12-6)
ARCH 226
CAD in Practice
Review of drafting, modeling and
rendering computer hardware and
software used in the practice of
architecture design. Design and management
issues are explored with the
extensive use of PC CAD systems,
including AutoCAD. Contemporary
practice applications are discussed.
Prerequisite: ARCH 125. (2-2-3)
ARCH 230
Structure and Architecture
The theory and concepts of structures
are presented with a visual format
and models to emphasize an
intuitive comprehension of the fundamental
principles of structural
behavior including loading, shear
and bending moments. Architectural
examples of integrated structures
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then become the format to introduce
an understanding of materials and
the design process to quantify the
engineering. Masonry load-bearing
walls and the arch are used as the
initial examples to correlate intuition
and engineering calculations. (3-0-3)
(N)
ARCH 305, 306
Architecture V, VI
Continued development of architectural
principles of ARCH 201 and
ARCH 202 through the correlation
of design process and building systems.
Consideration of the interrelation
of building, programming, site
planning, structure, enclosure systems,
energy consumption, and environmental
control systems, and the
cultural concepts supporting their
organization. Prerequisites: ARCH
201, ARCH 202. ARCH 305 is a
prerequisite for ARCH 306. (0-12-6);
(0-12-6)
ARCH 319
History of Modern Architecture
These courses will offer specialized
and advanced studies in the history
and critical interpretation of architecture
in the modern era. (3-0-3) (C)
ARCH 320
History of Chicago Architecture
This course focuses on the Chicago
School and offers specialized and
advanced studies in the history and
critical interpretation of various
aspects of the related art, architecture
and technology. (3-0-3) (C)
ARCH 321
History of Modern Thought in Architecture:
20th Century
Mies, Gropius, Le Corbusier and others
constructed modernist canon as much
with their manifestos — provocative,
assertive, entirely subjective texts
packaged in the rhetoric of objectivity
— as with their buildings. This
course studies the major texts and
concepts that have produced architecture
in the twentieth century. Study
will be made of the modernist legacy
and its basis in a canon that has
experienced transformations across
the course of decades, while retaining
essential principles and acquiring a
mythic status today. (3-0-3) (C)
IIT Undergraduate Bulletin 2006–2008
ARCH 331, 332
Visual Training I, II
Aesthetic expression as experience.
Exercises in the study of form: proportion
and rhythm, texture and color,
mass and space. Exercises in visual
perception and aesthetic judgment.
Isolation and analysis; interdependence
and integration of sensuous qualities.
Aesthetic unity under restrictive conditions.
ARCH 331 is a prerequisite for
ARCH 332. (3-0-3); (3-0-3)
ARCH 333
Visual Training III
Spatial studies with planes and volumes
of various materials. Aesthetic
expression as experience. Exercises
in the study of form: proportion and
rhythm, texture and color, mass and
space. Exercises in the visual perception
and aesthetic judgment.
Isolation and analysis; interdependence
and integration of sensuous
qualities. Aesthetic unity under
restrictive conditions. Prerequisites:
ARCH 331, ARCH 332. (3-0-3)
ARCH 334
Frame Structural Systems and Steel
Based on statics and strength of
materials, analysis of tension, compression
and bending, timber and
steel members are designed into
truss or column and beam structural
systems. Connections and shear
walls are studied as the transfer of
moments to resolve dynamic loads in
multiple frames. This engineering
knowledge is then directly integrated
into the parallel studio experience of
developing an architectural project
that focuses on steel as the structural
material. (3-0-3) (N)
ARCH 335
Reinforced Concrete and Continuous Structures
The plastic qualities of reinforced
concrete are studied as an internal
distribution of forces based on the
continuity of the material. These
same principles also apply to all
dome, cable and membrane structures.
Complete structural systems
of concrete are developed with footings,
columns, shear walls and horizontal
plate options. More advanced
applications include tension systems
and thin shell construction. These
engineering experiences are then