ARC 3021L, Third Year Design I Laboratory (3 Units) ARC 4400-4402A Design Development (3 Units):
The studio aims to integrate knowledge of contemporary production of housing, including application of specific construction materials and systems in relation to tectonics, expression, and affordability; working knowledge about the dwelling, its internal order, relevant dimensional limits and ranges; an ability to relate multiple dwellings; and a social understanding of how architectural design affects the human environment. These will be approached through an introduction to housing typologies in the Southern California region that will be typical problems that the students will engage in practice considering the anticipated density increase in the Los Angeles area.
Studio discussions provide technical information that serves as a background and support materials related to multi-family housing. Subjects include; design approach/typology, zoning code, building code, circulation/unit typology, parking design, bat