ARCH 501 - Introduction to the Built Environment

2 Credit Hours

Introduction to the design disciplines from an intellectual perspective. Intended as a framework for understanding architectural form, its production, and interpretation, the course analyzes the built environment through discussions of space, place, and culture. Human experience, the performance of materials, social concerns, technological developments, and natural contexts provide ways of understanding design form. Texts explore the integrated relationship of history, theory, representation, and design. Content coordinated with Architecture 538 and 518/519.
(RE) Corequisite(s): 538.

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ARCH 501 - Introduction to the Built Environment