Course Descriptions
ARCH 1001 Introduction to Architecture 1
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course introduces recurring themes in architecture: site, function, history, materiality, and expression/social commentary. Lectures are complemented by design exercises that apply conventions of architectural drawing. The course is for students with an interest in architecture as part of a well-rounded education, and for those who are considering an architectural career.
FORMAT: Lecture
LECTURE HOURS PER WEEK: 3
EXCLUSIONS:
ARCH 1000.06
ARCH 1002 Introduction to Architecture 2
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course introduces diverse practices in architecture and the broad range of work in which architects may be involved. It describes different scales of design, from furniture to buildings and cities. It shows how architects collaborate with other professions such as planning and landscape architecture. The course includes lectures and drawing/design exercises.
FORMAT: Lecture
LECTURE HOURS PER WEEK: 3
EXCLUSIONS: ARCH 1000.06
ARCH 1201 Science of the Built Environment 1
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course introduces a broad range of scientific principles to understand the interior environment in modern buildings. Topics include light, heat, sound, electricity, and fire. It uses a "common-sense" approach involving graphic images, practical understanding, and problem-solving. A background in mathematics or science is not required.
FORMAT: Lecture
LECTURE HOURS PER WEEK: 3
EXCLUSIONS: ARCH 1200.06
ARCH 1202 Science of the Built Environment 2
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course introduces a broad range of scientific principles that influence the relation between modern buildings and their exterior environment. Topics include heating, cooling, storms, water, and foundations. It uses a "common-sense" approach involving graphic images, practical understanding, and problem-solving. A background in mathematics or science is not required.
FORMAT: Lecture
LECTURE HOURS PER WEEK: 3
EXCLUSIONS: ARCH 1200.06
ARCH 2501 Design Communication 1
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course studies principles and techniques for documenting, analyzing, and presenting characteristics of the built and natural environments. Using manual and digital media, students learn freehand drawing, mapping, and photographic narrative.
FORMAT:
LECTURE HOURS PER WEEK: 1
TUTORIAL HOURS PER WEEK: 2
RESTRICTIONS: Completion of one year of university; or permission of instructor
EXCLUSIONS: ARCH 2000, ARCH 2025, PLAN 2025
ARCH 2502 Design Communication 2
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course studies principles and techniques for documenting, analyzing, and presenting characteristics of the built and natural environments. Using manual and digital media, students learn technical drawing, modeling, and composition of word and image.
FORMAT:
LECTURE HOURS PER WEEK: 1
TUTORIAL HOURS PER WEEK: 2
RESTRICTIONS: Completion of one year of university; or permission of instructor
EXCLUSIONS: ARCH 2001
ARCH 3001 Design
CREDIT HOURS: 6
This studio course introduces principles of architectural design, focusing on elementary building types of room and pavilion. Through case studies and original design work, students develop skills in problem definition, building organization and geometry, structural and material development and visualization. Additional topics include the social and symbolic functions of architecture and design as a response to site.
FORMAT:
RESTRICTIONS: Year 3 BEDS students
ARCH 3002 Design
CREDIT HOURS: 6
This course studies principles of architecture by focusing on the design of the house. Building on topics from
ARCH 3001, it considers issues of composition (structural, volumetric, and spatial), building program, interior environment, and relations to community context and ecological surroundings. The course includes historical design studies to understand how other architects have responded to these issues.
FORMAT:
RESTRICTIONS: Year 3 BEDS students
ARCH 3106 Ancient Settlements, Buildings, and Landscapes
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course explores the origin and evolution of human settlement patterns from prehistory to the early modern era. With a comparative analysis of global cultures, it considers geographic, ecological, social, and economic factors that are common or unique. Topics include land use, habitation, defensive structures, monumental complexes, commercial districts, infrastructure, and communication networks.
FORMAT:
LECTURE HOURS PER WEEK: 3
TUTORIAL HOURS PER WEEK: 1
RESTRICTIONS: Restricted to BEDS students; BCD students in third or fourth year; students in third year or above from other faculties; or permission of instructor
ARCH 3107 Modern Settlements, Buildings, and Landscapes
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course explores the development of human settlement patterns from the early modern era to the present day. With a comparative analysis of global cultures, it considers geographic, ecological, social, and economic factors that are common or unique. Topics include land use, habitation, defensive structures, monumental complexes, commercial districts, infrastructure, and communication networks.
FORMAT:
LECTURE HOURS PER WEEK: 3
TUTORIAL HOURS PER WEEK: 1
RESTRICTIONS: Restricted to BEDS students, BCD students in third or fourth year, students in third or fourth year from other faculties, or permission of instructor
ARCH 3207 Building Technology
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Through hands-on and observational exercises, this course develops tacit understanding of materials, their properties, and applications. Readings introduce terminology, theory, and sizing. Primary topics are: the exclusion and inclusion of water; structural behaviours providing bracing, bearing, and span; and the rudiments of natural light and heat.
FORMAT:
RESTRICTIONS: Year 3 BEDS Students
ARCH 3208 Building Technology
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course emphasizes building envelope. It studies the design, construction, and performance of control layers in light wood frame and other forms of construction, including engineered wood. Assemblies and details are investigated through technical drawings and models, applying knowledge of topics and vocabularies.
FORMAT:
RESTRICTIONS: Year 3 BEDS students
ARCH 3301 Professional Practice
CREDIT HOURS: 1
This course introduces the role and place of the architect in society, with an emphasis on the development of the profession through history. It also studies representation methods employed by architects and their implications for design.
FORMAT:
RESTRICTIONS: Year 3 BEDS students
ARCH 3302 Professional Practice
CREDIT HOURS: 1
In this week-long module students learn about the architect in society; the political, social, economic and ethical environments in which architects practice; and an introduction to office organization and project management.
FORMAT:
RESTRICTIONS: Year 3 BEDS students
ARCH 3501 Representation
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course studies fundamental concepts, techniques, and applications of architectural representation. Class work involves freehand drawing, orthographic drawing, model making, and photography. Drafting and modeling equipment are required.
FORMAT:
RESTRICTIONS: Year 3 BEDS students
ARCH 3502 Representation
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course builds on the principles of drawing, modeling, imaging, and composition studied in
ARCH 3501. Topics include axonometric, perspective, tone, colour, and composition.
FORMAT:
RESTRICTIONS: Year 3 BEDS students
ARCH 4003 Design
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course studies principles of architecture through the design of a public building. Building on previous courses, it includes the organization of a public program and issues of context and interpretation. As an intensive studio it encourages students to focus on design intentions and to develop an awareness of design process.
FORMAT:
RESTRICTIONS: Year 4 BEDS students
ARCH 4004 Free Lab
CREDIT HOURS: 3
To complement studio-based learning, this course is an experimental hands-on workshop in design led by an instructor. Investigations of a particular architectural topic may include design-and-build, documentary work, landscape installations, community design projects and interdisciplinary work. Projects may be done locally or involve travel to a distant site.
FORMAT:
RESTRICTIONS: Year 4 BEDS students
ARCH 4005 Design
CREDIT HOURS: 6
This course studies advanced principles of architectural design through the design of a medium-sized institutional building. Elaborating on topics from the previous design courses, students organize a complex program on an urban site and develop a project that uses building technology strategically and engages relevant issues in architectural history and theory. Emphasis is also placed on fluency in architectural representation.
FORMAT:
RESTRICTIONS: Year 4 BEDS students
ARCH 4112 Architectural History and Theory: 20th Century to the Present
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course investigates the history and theory of architecture as cultural expression from the 20th century to the present. It explores design practices, theories, and paradigm shifts in recent decades and diverse global contexts, including questions of class, gender, race, and ecology.
FORMAT:
LECTURE HOURS PER WEEK: 2
TUTORIAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3
RESTRICTIONS: BEDS; completion of
ARCH 3106 and
ARCH 3107; or students in third or fourth year who have completed 6 credit-hours of a history subject