ARTT-108 Introduction to the Built Environment

Students will be introduced to the conceptual, perceptual, behavioral, and technical aspects of architecture and environmental design including methods of analysis, problem solving, and project implementation.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

4 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. 1. Develop plans for a spatial design from two-dimensional and three-dimensional design
   information.
2. 2. Integrate an understanding of theoretical issues in environmental settings into successful
   environmental or architectural designs.
3. 3. Create freehand perspective, orthographic, and axonometric visualizations of
   architectural structures.
4. 4. Select building approaches and materials appropriate to specific designs.
5. 5. Demonstrate verbally and in writing a mastery of a basic vocabulary of concepts and
   tools specific to spatial design.
6. 6. Demonstrate in plans and visualizations a comprehension of space and its delineators as
   environmental and design factors.
7. 7. Use realistic problem solving techniques to analyze spatial planning problems and to
   formulate reasonable solutions.
8. 8. Synthesize issues of human need, environmental setting, building technology, visual
   perception, and aesthetic theory into designs for buildings.
9. 9. Present a portfolio of works demonstrating their mastery of course objectives.
10. 10. Describe career opportunities in architecture, construction, engineering, and landscape
    design related to the content of this course.

Course Objectives

1. 1. Develop plans for a spatial design from two-dimensional and three-dimensional design
   information.
2. 2. Integrate an understanding of theoretical issues in environmental settings into successful
   environmental or architectural designs.
3. 3. Create freehand perspective, orthographic, and axonometric visualizations of
   architectural structures.
4. 4. Select building approaches and materials appropriate to specific designs.
5. 5. Demonstrate verbally and in writing a mastery of a basic vocabulary of concepts and
   tools specific to spatial design.
6. 6. Demonstrate in plans and visualizations a comprehension of space and its delineators as
   environmental and design factors.
7. 7. Use realistic problem solving techniques to analyze spatial planning problems and to
   formulate reasonable solutions.
8. 8. Synthesize issues of human need, environmental setting, building technology, visual
   perception, and aesthetic theory into designs for buildings.
9. 9. Present a portfolio of works demonstrating their mastery of course objectives.
10. 10. Describe career opportunities in architecture, construction, engineering, and landscape
    design related to the content of this course.