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ARCH 263 - Design Implementation I: Building in Wood

2 Credit Hours
Design and expression with structural archetypes of timber and simple steel frames with point loads. Emphasis on formal ordering systems and essential behaviors, including lateral bracing and load-tracing. Associated interior and exterior wood construction materials, methods, performance and detailing. Enclosure strategies including performance (thermal and moisture) and expression. Schematic detailing. Design guideline sizing. Combination lecture and lab format. First half semester course.

Contact Hour Distribution: 1 hour lecture, 1 hour lab.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 261, Physics 160.
(RE) Corequisite(s): 272.



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