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ARCH-3015: Architecture III

Description: Architectural design principles, technical concepts, applications, and measures of quality. Ongoing development of key professional skills such as modes of inquiry, problem structuring, drawing and modeling, workflows, and critique. Site, program, structural, regulatory, and environmental influences addressed in architectural formulations. Development of independent interests, research pursuits, and modes of working. 3015: Various materials and techniques of building design. The technical language of describing designed structures. Human experience, health & wellness, user needs, and regulatory standards in the built environment at multiple scales. Analysis of programmatic and site variables that influence design decisions and resource and environmental stewardship objectives. How fundamental design concepts (idea, movement, structure) and human occupation (context, program, experience) intersect with technical constructive knowledges (assembly, materials, building systems). Subjective measures of quality in design. 3016: Continued studies in materials and techniques of building design. Building assemblies documented in technical drawing, modeling, and writing. Interweaving of fundamental design concepts, human occupation, and technical constructive knowledges. How subjective and measurable (resource, environmental stewardship) criteria impact design decisions. Hybrid Lecture (2H, 2C), Lab (12L, 4C), Design Lab/Studio (2L, 1C) (2H,14L,7C)

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 7 credits

Prerequisites: ARCH-2016

Required By: ARCH-3016, ARCH-3054, ARCH-4114

Corequisites: ARCH-3065

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 129

Average GPA: 3.46 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 32.28%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.18%

Clive R Vorster201873.0%27.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.665
Markus Bonauer201063.0%34.4%2.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.562
Mario Cortes202264.5%32.3%3.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.576
Edward G Becker202263.1%34.2%0.0%0.0%0.8%1.9%3.576
James R Jones202096.9%3.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.892
Joseph H Wheeler201952.6%41.1%5.8%0.6%0.0%0.0%3.4210
Paul R Battaglia200618.6%62.8%18.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.942
James Bassett201345.3%52.4%2.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.406
Patrick A Doan202369.9%27.9%1.8%0.0%0.0%0.4%3.6514
Marie Zawistowski201447.1%41.1%10.1%1.7%0.0%0.0%3.295
Margarita Mcgrath202329.3%62.5%6.6%0.8%0.0%0.8%3.247
William U Galloway202372.2%27.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.6610
Albert J Davis201837.8%59.4%2.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.262
Katherine B Macdonald201760.0%40.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.521
Michael G Ermann202052.2%38.6%9.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.383
Haleem Shadi M Abdel202140.0%33.3%26.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.131
Marcus J Brown200737.5%50.0%12.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.331
Robert Holton201248.8%51.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.432
Elizabeth J Grant201975.4%18.4%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.613
Kevin W Jones201543.8%31.3%25.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.131
Steven R Thompson200429.4%58.8%11.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.091
Ronald E Dulaney200633.0%57.7%9.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.262
Dennis J Kilper200746.7%51.4%1.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.474
Aki Ishida202151.5%45.6%3.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.414
Tiffany Taraska201055.5%44.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.471
David Dugas202364.4%30.9%2.1%1.1%1.6%0.0%3.504
Benjamin N Pennell202268.8%25.1%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.491
Monsivais Luis R Borunda202287.5%6.3%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.811
Vance H Pittman202346.1%45.1%8.4%0.0%0.4%0.0%3.319
Andrew J Balster201042.1%57.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.421
Heinrich Schnoedt202223.5%58.8%11.8%5.9%0.0%0.0%3.141
Bassett Paola A Zellner202335.2%47.1%17.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.161
Kristin N Washco202347.0%52.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.471
Michael J O'brien200728.4%63.3%6.3%2.1%0.0%0.0%3.242
Roger G Woolford200813.0%52.2%30.4%4.3%0.0%0.0%2.831
Keith B Zawistowski201360.2%33.3%4.5%2.1%0.0%0.0%3.476

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