OFFICIAL DESIGN STUDIO COURSE DESCRIPTION
Architectural Design and Exploration:
Exploration of the boundaries of architecture and the built environment.
Focused exploration into specific design topic, such as issue-oriented building
problems, urban design theory, intermediate building design and site planning
theory, human-environment relationship theory, interdisciplinary design, and
architectural design and presentation methods. Prerequisites: Arch 374 for Arch 475; Arch 475 for Arch 476; Arch 571 for Arch 572.

Course fulfills the following criteria of the National Architectural Accrediting
Board: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 26, 30. A hard-copy list of these criteria is available.

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STUDIO PROJECTS include
An Ambulatory Care Center and Medical Office Building - includes a Site
Analysis and a Design/Behavior Research Board.

Design reviews will be conducted in an interactive manner, allowing greater
student participation and learning from the evaluation process.