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ARCH-2015: Architecture II

Description: Introduction to the theory and practice of architecture. Discipline-specific investigations into how architecture concentrates and conveys natural and cultural influences. Focus on building design as a comprehensive activity balancing numerous concerns including aesthetic, history, materiality, tectonics, and spatial expression. Examination of the relationship between the built and natural environments, including the effects of construction and environmental factors. Qualitative approaches to how architecture contributes to human wellbeing. Identification of relevant areas of interest and modes of inquiry to enrich current work and serve as a basis for self-directed learning. Immersion in the design laboratory ('studio') learning environment. 2015: How architecture concentrates and expresses natural and cultural influences, as well as how it addresses the well-being of individuals and society, through design investigations of varied scales and complexity. Identifying and connecting the fundamentals that comprise the multidimensional wholeness of a work of architecture. Selecting, describing, and analyzing relevant precedents. How architecture and the arts are similar and different, as well as how different fields of knowledge relate to architecture as a cultural and technological production. Discipline-specific modes of communication. 2016: Continued exploration of the dynamic between built and natural environments, including site, environmental forces, and construction impacts; how architecture contributes to human wellbeing. Speculation, development, and communication of architectural proposals. Developing creative source materials by examining a problem from various disciplinary and cultural perspectives. Increasingly complex design work. Hybrid Lecture (2H, 2C), Lab (12L, 4C), Design Lab/Studio (2L, 1C) (2H,14L,7C)

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 7 credits

Prerequisites: ARCH-1016

Required By: ARCH-2016, ARCH-3234, ARCH-3604

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 123

Average GPA: 3.37 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 29.61%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.29%

Aki Ishida201739.3%53.8%6.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.346
Michael G Ermann202142.8%38.1%17.6%0.7%0.0%0.7%3.228
Mario Cortes202061.0%35.9%2.4%0.3%0.3%0.0%3.5513
James R Jones201675.0%18.8%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.611
Bassett Paola A Zellner202230.8%56.9%10.7%1.7%0.0%0.0%3.1512
David Dugas201570.6%23.5%5.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.561
Christopher B Pritchett201956.6%37.9%1.9%1.9%0.0%1.9%3.473
Benjamin E Rice201122.3%66.6%11.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.191
Sharone Tomer202328.6%59.9%10.7%0.0%0.0%1.0%3.166
Markus Breitschmid202354.4%34.8%7.5%3.0%0.0%0.3%3.3612
Arian Korkuti202183.3%11.1%5.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.791
Andrew Gipe202377.7%20.5%1.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.673
Hahn Henri T De202360.5%37.4%0.6%0.0%0.0%1.5%3.577
Hilary Bryon202331.0%65.6%2.9%0.0%0.0%0.5%3.299
Benjamin N Pennell202358.8%41.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.551
Andrew J Balster200925.0%65.0%10.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.271
Christian M Ganshirt201255.0%40.9%4.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.502
Deidre Regan202150.0%45.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.391
Regin T Schwaen200655.7%37.0%7.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.452
Shelley F Martin202243.0%54.3%2.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.412
David A Brothers200436.4%59.1%4.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.371
Margarita Mcgrath200821.2%69.2%7.6%2.0%0.0%0.0%3.125
Terry J Surjan200848.3%48.6%3.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.444
Sedef Altun200742.3%38.5%15.4%0.0%3.8%0.0%3.141
Patrick A Doan200953.6%43.5%1.4%1.4%0.0%0.0%3.483
Santiago Cruz Edgardo Garcia2020100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.991
Timothy M Frank201235.5%51.2%13.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.112
Dayton E Egger201457.3%29.7%13.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.412
Howard S Gartner201962.6%34.5%2.1%0.0%0.8%0.0%3.585
Frank H Weiner202356.3%25.1%18.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.361
Erin S Putalik201236.8%31.6%21.1%10.6%0.0%0.0%2.901
Katherine B Macdonald201865.0%25.0%10.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.501
Clive R Vorster201336.3%59.2%2.4%0.0%2.1%0.0%3.282
Vance H Pittman202038.0%57.1%4.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.321
Heinrich Schnoedt201325.0%70.8%4.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.271

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