Applied Studies 255: Computer Aided Design explores the fundamentals of computer aided design or CAD. In this course, you will explore the use of computer technology to develop your ability to create innovative design solutions using critical thinking.
- Coordinator: dmacleod
This course examines the development of architecture in Canada from the establishment of colonial settlements in the 1680s through to the development of architectural styles used in 1900. The course is organized thematically around questions pertaining to colonization, identity, and heritage, as well as, issues pertaining to First Nations. Students will explore architecture in Canada through a variety of perspectives noting the development of architectural styles in their social, cultural, and historical contexts.
- Coordinator: dmacleod
Architecture 330: Architectural Design Theory Fundamentals is a three-credit, senior-level course which explores the creative process of design through reading, investigation, and analysis of ideas in architectural form and relationships.
- Coordinator: dmacleod
ARCH 340 examines the history and theory associated with Modern architecture from the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century. Students will examine gradual erasure of historical symbolism and its replacement with functional approaches intended to address new social issues in architecture. Critical writings are resources to discover different cultural and ideological approaches to Modernism in Europe and North America.
- Coordinator: dmacleod
Architecture 350 provides an introduction to the theory and practice of landscape architecture with an emphasis on sustainable design. Through readings, directed observation and critical review of examples of professional projects, the student will be exposed to landscape planning and design concepts and examples of their application in practice. The role of social, economic and aesthetic values in shaping the landscape over time and a range of environmental issues will be introduced with reference to the idea of sustainable development.
- Coordinator: dmacleod
Architecture 400 introduces the student to the evolution of the City. The City is an artifact that embodies the collective memory. It was, is and will continue to be shaped by societal factors be they social, cultural, political, and/or economic. Unlike a single work of architecture that expresses a moment in time embodying the values and the aspirations of an individual or a small team of designers, the City reflects the passage of time and the contribution of a people, and its leaders.
Architecture 420: Contemporary Architectural Theory and Research is a three-credit, senior-level course in which we examine contemporary architectural theory and practice from the late 1960s to the present. A number of issues and values will be explored through theoretical essays, critical writings and lecture presentations that expose the diversity of contemporary architectural thought and practices.