SPRING SEMESTER 2020 – UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY

COURSE DESCRIPTION                                

Architectural design studio introducing students to architectural programming, client-user needs, site planning, and contextual issues. Design problems explore the challenges of institutional building typologies and how to resolve shifting priorities and diverse points of view dealing with civic presence, socio-political values, and religio-cultural ideals.

COURSE DOCUMENTS

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• SYLLABUS
• PROJECT 01: Museum of Antiquities
  • Design Brief
  • Pre-Design Phase (Site, Precedent, Programming Analysis)
    • Examples
  • Schematic Design Phase
  • Design Development Phase
    • Lecture: Ornament
• PROJECT 02: Library for the 21^st Century
  • Design Brief
  • Pre-Design Phase (Site, Precedent, Programming Analysis)
    • Pre-Design Files
  • Schematic Design Phase
  • Design Development Phase
    • Lecture: Analytique

READING

• Ware, William R. The American Vignola: A Guide to the Making of Classical Architecture. New York: Dover, 1994. Older edition PDFs available online: (Book 1) https://archive.org/details/cu31924091026504/page/n1 (Book 2) https://archive.org/details/americanvignola00vigngoog/page/n5