ARTT 208 Environmental Design: Contemporary Issues in Architecture

Students will study green technology in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning. They will do scaled working drawings, make models, and create advanced proposals and project designs using computer-aided design. Using the principles of Energy Efficient Building, students will design Green Architecture that focuses on low cost prefabricated homes for the expanding population of America and the world.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ARTT 108

Hours Weekly

4 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. 1. Develop plans for a spatial design using two-dimensional and three dimensional design
   principles.
2. 2. Integrate an understanding of theoretical issues in environmental design into functional
   designs using the concepts of green technology.
3. 3. Create freehand perspective, orthographic, and axonometric visualizations of
   architectural structures.
4. 4. Use computer-aided design programs for more professional presentations.
5. 5. Select building approaches and environment-friendly materials appropriate to specific
   designs that use the principles of Energy Efficient Building.
6. 6. Demonstrate in plans and visualizations a comprehension of space and its delineators as
   environmental and design elements.
7. 7. Use a combination of realistic problem-solving techniques and environment-friendly
   solutions in analyzing spatial planning.
8. 8. Synthesize the issues of human need, environmental setting, building technology,
   aesthetics, and green technology into design proposals.
9. 9. Present a portfolio and models demonstrating the mastery of course objectives.

Course Objectives

1. 1. Develop plans for a spatial design using two-dimensional and three dimensional design
   principles.
2. 2. Integrate an understanding of theoretical issues in environmental design into functional
   designs using the concepts of green technology.
3. 3. Create freehand perspective, orthographic, and axonometric visualizations of
   architectural structures.
4. 4. Use computer-aided design programs for more professional presentations.
5. 5. Select building approaches and environment-friendly materials appropriate to specific
   designs that use the principles of Energy Efficient Building.
6. 6. Demonstrate in plans and visualizations a comprehension of space and its delineators as
   environmental and design elements.
7. 7. Use a combination of realistic problem-solving techniques and environment-friendly
   solutions in analyzing spatial planning.
8. 8. Synthesize the issues of human need, environmental setting, building technology,
   aesthetics, and green technology into design proposals.
9. 9. Present a portfolio and models demonstrating the mastery of course objectives.