Building Technology & Practice Archive

Fundamental theory and methods of building technologies and the relationship between these technologies, architectural design, and the larger natural environment are explored in courses relating to materials, construction, and structural systems and the environmental technologies that provide healthy, productive, and comfortable environments while sustaining the natural resources of the planet. The courses listed under this study area attempt to relate academic education to architectural practice. Courses required for the M.Arch. I degree introduce students to fundamental analytic theory and its practical application, survey common technical systems used in buildings currently and in the past, and integrate the consideration of these technical systems into architectural design through a series of projects of increasing complexity. Advanced courses investigate specific technical systems in greater detail, survey emerging methods and technologies, and explore the relationship between building technologies and architectural design in current practice and writings.
 
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