ARCH 330B Building Analysis
330. BUILDING ANALYSIS (Credit, 3
Hours each semester, 6 contact hours per
week). This research oriented studio course
examines thoroughly the complex organizational
strategies of architecturally distinguished
buildings produced by significant
architects. Exploration of analysis includes:
regional, cultural, and historical influences;
location, site, and contextual relationships,
figure/ground, parti diagrams, circulation
sequence, hierarchy in plan-section-façade,
form-mass-volume, transformation of formvolume,
structural systems, etc. Analysis is
researched and presented through graphic and
model format. Selection of the projects for
analysis may characterize the importance of
building within the context of history, contributions
to architectural education, function,
style, form, and availability of information.
Prerequisites: ARCH 205.