Course ID:
Course Code & Number
ARCH 481
Course Title
Reading Architectural Precedents
Level
BS
Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits
(3+0+0) 3 TEDU Credits, 5 ECTS Credits
Year of Study:
Senior
Semester:
Fall
Type of Course:
Elective
Mode of Delivery:
Face-to-face
Language of Instruction:
English
Pre-requisite / Co-requisite::
Pre-requisites: ARCH 102-O OR ARCH 102
Co-requisites: NONE
Catalog Description
Formal analysis of exemplary buildings. Critical reading of an architectural form. Examination of formal and spatial principles of a selected building. Exploration of formal elements and relations between these elements, and transformational operations on form.
Course Objectives
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Course Learning Outcomes
1. understand the important role of case studies in design research as both a theoretical and practical means of reasoning
2. acquire the essential skills for critical reading, interpreting and understanding architectural form
3. develop an awareness of the formal and spatial principles of architecture
4. reveal formal elements of a selected building, relations between these elements, and transformational operations on form
5. start to develop an intellectual opinion and a personal reflection on architectural practice
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