SPRING SEMESTER 2025 – 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

Click on the links below to download specific course documents.

• SYLLABUS / SCHEDULE (PDF)
• PROJECT 01: Reimagining the Basilica of San Lorenzo
  • Design Brief (PDF)
  • Past Student Work
• PROJECT 02: National Museum of American Religion
  • Design Brief (PDF)
  • Pre-Design Phase (Site, Precedent, Programming Analysis) (PDF)
  • Schematic Design Phase (PDF)
  • Design Development Phase (PDF)
  • Past Student Work

READING

• Rand, Patrick, Jason Miller, Edward Allen. Architectural Detailing:  Function • Constructability • Aesthetics. 4^th edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2025.
• Stratton, Arthur. Elements of Form and Design in Classic Architecture. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925. Also see Dover 2004 reprint edition. https://archive.org/details/elementsofformde0000stra/page/n7/mode/ 2up
• Chitam, Robert. The Classical Orders of Architecture, 2nd edition. New York: Architectural Press, 2005.
• 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