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S ARC SARC 3301: Arts in Context Series Sampson / Turner (T,R) 1700-1815 in Campbell 160 This course, the 6th course in a changing annual series called “The Arts in Context,” will examine issues of education, the arts and creativity from various perspectives, including your own. The two instructors and students will discuss issues and current topics in these embattled fields, using guest lecturers, artists and educators from around Grounds and the nation. This course will ask you to reflect on your educational experiences as the lens through which we discuss current broad themes as well as “hot topics” in education, ranging from Policy, to teacher evaluations, to the role of the arts in Social Justice. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 90 SARC 5500-001: Introduction to Design Thinking George Sampson (T,R) 1100-1215 in FHL 215 This course is the first introductory course for the School of Architecture in a continuing curriculum in Design Thinking to be broadened and deepened in subsequent semesters. The course uses laboratory and studio techniques, input from multiple domains of knowledge, including the use of “abductive reasoning” to solve complex problems, usually in a group setting, using Architecture and the Arts as exemplars of creative problem solving. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 15 SARC 5500-002: Design Entrepreneurship Tanzer / Buford (R) 0830-1100 in Campbell 108 This course will explore both the mindset of entrepreneurship and develop basic tools necessary to engage the world in an entrepreneurial fashion within the for-profit and non-profit sectors. In the first part of the course, students will analyze and present a business of their choice as a case study on business design. Through special guest lectures, readings and independent research, students will acquire 1) knowledge of the basic structure of a business plan and the key components of a business at an early stage, 2) a design perspective on ways to incubate, initiate and sustain a business venture, and 3) the opportunity to conduct preliminary research on an entrepreneurial idea. The chosen case study should provide inspiration and understanding of a business to be designed. Students will be expected to deliver a written and oral presentation on their case study. The second part of the course builds upon the first by challenging students to design a business in the form of a business plan. After deciding upon an entrepreneurial idea, each
student will be matched with a professional mentor who will serve as a guide and meet with the student as needed. Students will also receive feedback on the progress of their business plans through periodic inclass presentations and workshops. Guest lectures from local entrepreneurs and readings will provide specific business examples, as well as broader insight into leadership and ways of organizing and managing people. Students will be expected to deliver a written and oral presentation of their business plan. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 15 SARC 5760: Drawing and Sketching (a.k.a. ARCH 5760) Pam Black (R) 1230-1500 in Campbell 139 This course covers the fundamental of drawing with a focus on the human figure. The various assignments will address the composition of line, tone, volume, space, scale and proportion. The analysis of the human form will be applied to the rendering of still-life, architecture and landscape. Various media will be used to convey the drawing objectives with an emphasis on “process.” 3 credits / enrollment cap: 15
PLAN/PLAC PLAN 4500: UVa History: Race and Repair (a.k.a. ARH 4500) Dukes / Leffler (W) 1500-1730 This special topics class will focus on the university and the surrounding community of Charlottesville with a special emphasis on issues of race. Students will explore the history of the University from its founding and construction to the late twentieth century, exploring both the documented history and the community’s perception of that history. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 35 PLAC 5240: Collaborative Planning for Sustainability Franklin Dukes (F) 0900-1145 in Campbell 107 Building sustainable communities requires that people, groups and organizations find ways to invent solutions that work from multiple perspectives and about which a sustained consensus can be developed. The alternative is the status quo which many find unacceptable yet when there is little agreement on exactly what directions should be taken, inaction and delay result. This course emphasizes “principled negotiation” as concept, a process, and as a skill set applicable to many settings: the work place, interdisciplinary teams, the community, regions, and international venues. Students will have the opportunity to apply what is learned to issues of their choosing. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 20
PLAC 5280: Green Cities and Green Sites Karen Firehock (W) 0900-1145 in Campbell 302 This course focuses on urban storm water management from a local context; using Richmond, VA as test case for studying principles and techniques of green design— transforming water from a waste product to an urban resource. Students will be introduced to critical issues in stormwater management and learn how better water management can improve community health, safety, aesthetics, save money and restore natural elements to the urban fabric. Students will study a pilot watershed and design a stormwater retrofit plan for a downtown site – finding ways to infiltrate and clean the water using low impact development principles. Students will draw on case studies from other cities. The completed design ideas will be proposed to the city and client for possible adoption. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 15
PLAN 5500-2: Planning & the Economy Steven Allshouse (M) 1800-2045 in Campbell 135 The economy - at the community level, nationally and intenationally - is undeniably one of the highest profile issues of the day. Taxes, jobs, regulations, housing values - all are topics of daily conversation. This course will enable students to better understand many of the current policy efforts as well as the debates about what needs to be done to improve the economy. At the community level this means having a grasp of how development, as it slows or as it booms, impacts both revenues and expenditures. Does development pay for itself? Is mixed use development part of the answer? What are the indirect fiscal consequences of development? Can economic development strategies make a difference in meeting the costs of rising expectations for public services? How can developers participate in offsetting the costs of their projects? What is a fair share? These and other pertinent issues of the day will be addressed in this course. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 30
PLAN 5400: Housing and Community Development Suzanne Moomaw (M) 0900-1145 in Rotunda This course will provide a fundamental understanding of the policies and conceptual frameworks that have guided and determined our national community development and housing policies. It will introduce key concepts, initiatives, and evaluations of past efforts to inform our ability to design and support strong, viable communities for all. The first half of the course will concentrate on community development strategies and policies and practices employed by both public and notfor-profit organizations. We will examine what it means to have a seamless system of community development efforts. The housing portion of the course will include the bricks-and-mortar efforts of public and private agencies to make more affordable housing available but will also address the stabilization effect of housing on neighborhoods and families. Communities thrive when effective public policies are joined with a variety of local and regional initiatives. A flaw in community development and housing efforts historically has been too little attention to what worked, what didn’t, and why. This course will address these questions. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 30
PLAN 5600: Land Use & Growth Management Bruce Dotson (R) 1400-1645 in Campbell 135 Students can expect to learn about and gain experience in the process of creating land use plans and policies for client communities and regions, from initial scoping and visioning to land use design, and implementation. Implementation tools including those based on planning, regulation, public service provision, land and easement acquisition, tax and incentives, community design and historic preservation strategies, and others will be examined. “Best practices” as evidenced by case studies from a wide variety of communities are of additional focus. We will Improve practical written communications skills by preparing and receiving detailed critiques on several client oriented memos. Lastly, our vocabulary of terms and bank of concepts will enable students to become participants in professional settings regarding today’s land use issues such as sprawl, farm land protection, infill development, transportation oriented development, quality of life communities, fiscal impact, economic development, sustainability and others. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 30
PLAN 5470: Site Selection and Project Feasibility Justin Beights (R) 1900-2145 in Darden 170 This class addresses the very beginning of the land and building development process: the search for potential sites. Students weekly select sites and conduct feasibility evaluations which are then discussed extensively in class. Students learn about the wide range of factors (regulatory requirements, community acceptance, ability to finance, infrastructure, market potential and others). 3 credits / enrollment cap: 15
PLAN 5650: Brownfields Redevelopment David Slutzky (T) 1900-2145 in Campbell 135 In the United States, the redevelopment of environmentally impaired properties has evolved into a highly specialized real estate market. Urban industrial sites, once thought to be of minimal value, are increasingly viewed as in-fill opportunities within the context of larger debates over the social and financial costs of urban sprawl and urban blight. In response to increased public concern about hazardous waste contamination, a significant body of environmental law has also been established over the last thirty years that has implications for land use and real estate development
professionals. The real estate investment and finance opportunities offered by the redevelopment of brownfields operate within, and are shaped by, a complex framework of government policies, legal requirements, technological considerations and market forces. This graduate seminar will analyze the challenges and opportunities posed by the redevelopment of environmentally impaired properties. In the class we will consider brownfield redevelopment through various perspectives. The course includes an examination of legal and political contexts, as well as the philosophical underpinnings of environmental regulation. We will explore the fundamentals of real estate finance, including risk dynamics and debt capital, and assess the applicability of community involvement to brownfields redevelopment. The class will also cover topics such as: What is hazardous waste, how did it get there and how do we get rid of it? 3 credits / enrollment cap: 30 PLAN 5630: Design of Cities (a.k.a. ARCH 5630) Michael Bednar (T) 1400-1630 in Campbell 108 The city is arguably mankind’s greatest creation, where the vast majority of the earth?s residents now live. Historically, the city has been shaped in response to geography, climate, commerce, society and technology. In the present era, considerations of communication, energy utilization and transportation require new design responses based on historical precedents and humanistic considerations. This course will examine the physical evolution of the city and the forces that shaped it integrating design concerns with human experience. Cities are places formed by cultural forces that enable people to dwell. Design is one of those cultural forces that give shape to settlement on the land. When design operates in conjunction with social, political and economic forces, it gives rise to coherent settlement forms that are both memorable and supportive of human enterprise. The course is multi-disciplinary in content and student perspective. It is a lecture/seminar format with slide presentations, reading discussions and topical debates. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 10 PLAN 5891: International Cities Guoping Huang (W) 1900-2145 in Campbell 135 This course takes a case study approach to examine the sustainable development issues of 10 cities around the world with attention mainly to urban ecology and environment. Every week, one outstanding topic will be studied in depth for one city, such as ecology of large urban park for New York city, urban development in mountainous regions for Chongqing, China, regional ecology for Barcelona, Spain, etc. The goal of this course is to give students a global view on these issues. Students will learn different research approaches, including quantitative/qualitative and spatial/nonspatial approaches, to examine the broad width of contemporary sustainable city studies. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 24
PLAN 6050: Methods of Planning Analysis Guoping Huang (T,R) 0930-1045 in Campbell 105 Methods of planning analysis, many with a strong quantitative component, will be explored through their application to the planning and policy issues of a metropolitan area. Planning has adapted methods from many related disciplines: demography, urban and regional economics, quantitative geography, environmental and sustainability analysis, statistics, survey research and public finance to name a few. This course will cast these into a dual framework of “planning and policy” and “planning research”. The former involves structuring problems, anticipating outcomes and evaluation. The latter involves exploration, discovery, structuring and knowledge building. Topics include: Exploratory analysis and mapping of census data, projection and forecasting of population and economic trends and the associated public service needs, component or sector modeling, concept mapping, decision theory, time series comparisons, cost-benefit analysis and spatial interaction analysis. Each week will consist of a mixture of lecture and workshop activities. In addition, a dedicated computer lab workshop will occur weekly to focus on computational and digital presentation skills. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 24
ARH ARH 3703/7703: 19th Century American Architecture Richard Wilson (M,W) 0900-1015 in Campbell 158 A survey of American Architecture from approximately 1780 to the eve of World War One. The course will stress the multi-dimensional nature of American architecture over this 140-year period. Considered will be the continuities of expression and the breaks with tradition and the search for a new architecture. Attention will be paid to foreign influences, social and cultural issues, landscape and city planning, and related developments in furniture, interiors, design, and painting. Considered will be the work of Jefferson, Mills, Downing, Davis, Richardson, Olmsted, McKim, Mead & White, Wright, and many others. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 90 ARH 4500: UVa History: Race and Repair (a.k.a. PLAN 4500) Dukes / Leffler (W) 1500-1730 This special topics class will focus on the university and the surrounding community of Charlottesville with a special emphasis on issues of race. Students will explore the history of the University from its founding and construction to the late twentieth century, exploring both the documented history and the community’s perception of that history. 1-3 credits / enrollment cap: 35
ARH 4591: Princes, Courts and Architects Elizabeth Merrill (F) 0900-1130 in Campbell 108 The seminar will explore themes of patronage, artistic decorum, travel, and the role of the artist-architect as courtier. Questions considered include: What is Renaissance court architecture and how did it differ from contemporary urban or civic building? Who was the court architect? How did court style impact the development of architecture outside of the court? 3 credits / enrollment cap: 12 ARH 5500: UNESCO and China’s Environment Yunsheng Huang (R) 1230-1515 in Campbell 107 This seminar studies international issues in built and natural environment, in particular, the sustainable situation in some international regions, with an emphasis in the case of China. It deals with the social and cultural topics related with urban and architectural environment, both historical and contemporary. UNESCO has missions in global management in social and cultural development. Especially, the determination of the selected items on the list of world heritage provides guidance for the effective work of historic preservation. China has more than forty sites on the world heritage list. The rapid growth in economy brought dramatic changes to the nation, but challenges the environment in many ways. This seminar provides discussions most related cultural and historic preservation. Cities, towns, and villages will be studied. This seminar prepares for the participants to join the summer travels to China, and also for the possible in-situ workshops in the year to come. ARH 5500-05: The Chinese City Shiqiao Li (T) 1100-1330 in Campbell 107 This course outlines a set of frameworks in an attempt to explain Chinese cities through history and culture. While the speed and scale of urban expansion in China in the past three decades have been unprecedented in the history of human settlement, the defining features of these cities have existed for much longer. The lectures seek to contextualize Chinese cities within their own indigenous intellectual orders, and to place them among the more familiar Western conceptions of cities; in this sense, the Chinese city is both a distinct classification and a component contributing towards a more layered understanding of cities in general. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 10 ARH 5601: Historic Preservation and Theory Practice Daniel Bluestone (W) 1100-1345 in Campbell 425 In its relation to the existing environment, preservation is essentially a conservative act. It often privileges the past over the future. However, depending on the local context, making historic preservation a priority can work to either conservative or radical ends. This course
surveys a broad spectrum of preservation activities and grapples with the ways in which people have come to understand and value the past. Preservation will be discussed in the context of cultural history and the changing relationship between existing buildings and landscapes and attitudes toward history, memory, invented tradition, and place. Reviewing both European and American material, the course scrutinizes disparate forms of preservation including natural conservation, building restoration, monument and memorial construction, rituals of ancestor worship, philosophies of treating historic materials, and strategies for rebuilding after war. The course will foster an understanding of the social, cultural, and ideological complexity of preservation and promote a critical understanding of various concepts of history as they inform contemporary preservation projects. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 20 ARH 5607: Historic Preservation at UVa Brian Hogg (F) 0900-1130 in Campbell 139 This course surveys the changing ideals, philosophy, and methods that have guided the historic preservation of buildings and landscapes at the University of Virginia.Taught by preservation professionals from the University’s Office of the Architect the course will explore in case studies and readings the design and conservation decisions made on the Rotunda and other historic buildings and landscapes at UVA. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 20 ARH 9520: The Renaissance Reimagined Cammy Brothers (T) 1400-1645 in Campbell 107 New books on Renaissance architecture and art recast this familiar period in new terms. A particular point of common interest is the subject of time as it relates to buildings. Another theme concerns the connections between architecture, sculpture and painting. The reading list will include books from 2009, 2010 and 2011 by authors such as Michael Cole, Alexander Nagel, Christopher Woods, Marvin Trachtenberg and others. Rather than focus on a specific place or medium, this seminar will focus on a critical examination of the field’s newest literature, with the aim of evaluating this revisionist moment. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 6 ARH 9540: 1968 Architecture and Politics Sheila Crane (F) 1000-1230 in FHL 208 The seminar examines architectural practice and urban theory in the 1960s, especially in France and Algeria. Henri Lefebvre’s writings are a key focus, with the aim of situating them in relation to contemporaneous histories of decolonization, revolutionary movements and student protest. How have theories of urban space and practices of everyday life circa 1968 informed current debates about participatory cultures, urban flows and global cities? 3 credits / enrollment cap: none
ARH 9590: Cairo & Istanbul: Architecture & Urbanism Doris Behrens-Abouseif (M) 1530-1800 in Campbell 108 The seminar should examine the urban and architectural evolution of two Islamic metropolises of the Mediterranean world. Cairo: a city created by the Muslim conquerors of Egypt, with a long uninterrupted history as the capital of Egypt to the present day, and the major Islamic city between the 13th and 16th century. Istanbul: a Roman foundation, the greatest city of late Antiquity, and the major Muslim capital after its conquest by the Ottomans in the 15th century. The urban and architectural history of these two cities, seen with their connections and interactions with their geo-political and cultural environment, will provide an ample perspective on the architecture and its culture of the pre-modern Islamic and Mediterranean world. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 6
A RCH ARCH 4820/8800: Teaching Lessons in Making Sanda Iliescu (T,R) 1100-1215 & (M) 1930-2100 Students in this upper level seminar will explore ways to understand, clarify and communicate fundamental design concepts. As a section leader for a group of 6 to 10 first-year undergraduates, each seminar student experiences handson the challenges of teaching design. Working closely with the course instructor, section leaders develop ways to encourage artistic creativity and help young students discover their own expressive voices. In the process, each seminar student reconsiders and refines his/her own ideas on how and why we design and make art. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 12 ARCH 5160: Models for Higher Density Housing Betsy Roettger (R) 1400-1645 in Campbell 425 Residential projects often provide the “background” buildings or the fabric of the city’s structure. As cities have spread out or decayed at the core, the variety of housing options have decreased leading to a growing divide between where and how people can afford to live. This seminar will focus on density and contemporary housing issues, specifically related to affordable housing. We will focus on the policies and design challenges in the United States while looking at projects around the world. The first 6 weeks of the course will be devoted to lectures, readings, and discussion to provide an overview and question the design of housing types over time. The second 6 weeks of the course will be spent looking at current affordable policies and local housing projects. In pairs, students will research, analyze and present 2 case study projects; one before Spring break and the second, a local Charlottesville project, at the end of the semester. Each student will then use their 2 case studies to develop a final research paper. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 18
ARCH 5180: Issues in Contemporary Architecture Crisman/Ford (T,R) 0930-1045 in Campbell 425, 158 Participants will investigate the diverse range of issues confronted in the conception, making and interpretation of contemporary architecture, including urban, social, aesthetic, historical, and technological concerns. Questions will be examined through a case study model grounded in history, though the course is not structured chronologically. Along with assigned readings, specific buildings and cities will be formally analyzed to illustrate each thematic investigation. The course will include a weekly Thursday lecture and subsequent Tuesday seminar for more indepth discussion and led by students. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 20 ARCH 5301: ecoMOD Seminar (a.k.a. ENGR 4599) John Quale (T,R) 1100-1215 in Campbell 325 This seminar is focused on an evaluation of the third ecoMOD project. ecoMOD is a research and design / build / evaluate project at the School of Architecture, in partnership with the School of Engineering and Applied Science. The project goal is to develop ecological, prefabricated and affordable house prototypes for low-income families. Over the next several years, interdisciplinary teams of UVA students and faculty are designing and building several 600 to 1,400 square foot housing units. The completed homes are being evaluated carefully. The results of these efforts will directly influence later designs. The objective of the seminar is to analyze the third project, using the building monitoring, life cycle assessments, post occupancy evaluations and an affordability analysis. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 12 ARCH 5500-01: Theories of Parametric Design Robin Dripps (R) 1400-1645 in Campbell 325 The theoretical implications of parametric or generative modeling remain underdeveloped within the larger and longer theoretical discourse of architecture and landscape architecture. Typically it is the output of the software that is the subject rather than how its processes engage design thinking. With the amazing power of these programs comes an even greater need for a theoretical foundation to ground and develop ways to think about what to do and then how to do it. This task, however, cannot be effectively undertaken without a substantial engagement with the software itself. This course will work in a hybrid mode, oscillating between theoretical speculations, experimental modeling, and exploratory fabrication so that several modes of working and thinking can inform one another to advance understanding of the possibilities. The primary computing platform will be Rhino and its Grasshopper plugin. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 8 ARCH 5500-02: Energy Performance Workshop Eric Field (T,R) 1400-1515 (R) 0930-1100 in Shure This is a workshop on developing energy performance
analysis for buildings and sites. Using a range of building simulation and climate study software, this workshop will teach and apply the principles and practice of building performance simulation, with a focus on passive design and passive vs. active energy optimizations. Our intent is to assess, understand, and develop an intuition for energy performance issues in design. Software will include predominately Ecotect, and Energy Plus, with portions of IES Virtual Environment, and Tas Ambiens introduced, each for their individual strengths. We will also look at thermal imaging and related technologies for a broad range of study of energy performance issues. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 8 ARCH 5500-03: National Parks Seminar Edward Ford (W) 1700-1750 in Campbell 105 Most of the hundreds of National Parks, Monuments, Historic Monuments and Natural Areas that make up the National Park Service in some way exemplify an issue, historical or contemporary, that deals with the goals of natural and historic preservation in conflict with the Park Service’s mission of education and recreation. Likewise all of these goals may conflict with the need for economic development and preservation of property rights. This class focuses on historical and contemporary case studies to examine these conflicts. 1 credits / enrollment cap: 20 ARCH 5500-04: Space, Technology & Society Karen Van Lengen (M) 0900-1130 in Campbell 325 This course will examine the potential of the designed environment to intersect with communicative experiences of space, in the context of an evolving “democratic” culture. The first part of the course will be devoted to the study of both historical and contemporary examples of art and architecture that explore the relation of the senses to communicative spaces. 3 credits / enrollment cap: none ARCH 5500-06: Paper Matters Inaki Alday, Robin Dripps, Elizabeth Meyer (W) 1030-1300 in Campbell 305 Which is the role of publications in the contemporary architectural debate and in a school of architecture? The seminar has the purpose of experimenting the critical edition of contents, reflect on the instruments and educate in the related skills. It will combine the research on themes and other publications, the presence of experts and the editorial staff meetings. And will include short exercises, the definition of an editorial line and the production of an editorial project. 3 credits / enrollment cap: none ARCH 5590-001: Special Applications of Technology Eric Field (R) 1530-1800 in Shure The course is essentially a group / independent-study, structured and collaborative,and oriented toward problem solving through the use of advanced technologies.
Eachparticipant in the seminar will identify a specific problem and technology to apply to thestudy of that problem. The semester will be spent working through the problem withadvice from the instructor and other participants, and collectively as a group reviewing,discussing, and collaboratively learning approaches and solutions. Past topics include: Computational Fluid Dynamics; Energy Modeling and Simulation; Information andProcess Flow Mapping; GIS web systems; Web and Information services; Generativeand Parametric Modeling; Spatial/ Visual Comfort Assessments; Fabrications &Prototyping; Chinese Torture Boxes; Advanced Rendering; Building InformationModeling; Video and Animation; and more. A wide variety of topics are feasible andencouraged. 1-3 credits / enrollment cap: 10 ARCH 5590-002: Wallworks Michael Beaman (T,R) 0930-1045 in Shure The masonry unit is the first standardized modular, formed, and manufactured structural and enclosure system. In its simplest form it has not changed in over 4000 years. The masonry unit is a modular system that produces a whole with variation through range of motion and assembly patterning. Idiosyncratic systems, as in stonework, rely on the production and positioning of individual and differentiated parts to form a whole, they allow for variability through unit differentiation, but offer no range of motion or assembly variability. This seminar will explore the formation of structural wall systems that take into account these two methodologies. Students will be asked to explore how these systems work diagrammatically using that information to develop their own structural / enclosure systems. Working in groups students will then design and manufacture a system prototype. Today western architectural practice has relegated the brick to veneer, promoting instead, the CMU block as the primary load-bearing masonry system. However this is a fallacy in many cases, as CMU blocks are often filled with concrete rendering them monolithic structural systems in which the CMU block acts more as a formwork than a wallwork. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 12 ARCH 5590-003: Architectural Drawing & Freehand Sketching Maurice Cox (R) 1300-1530 in Campbell 139 This course seeks to develop the “thinking hand of the designer” through explorations in freehand sketching. Students will be introduced to freehand drawing conventions and techniques through weekly assignments and record their individual growth in a required sketchbook. Methods of representation will include narrative storyboard perspectives, conceptual diagramming, plan/section/ elevational linkage, landform, site and planted form representation and axonometric projection. Sketching opportunities through in-class field-trips to contemporary houses of interest, one-on-one instruction and peer review discussion will structure the learning. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 25
ARCH 5590-004 Craig Barton (M) 0900-1130 in Campbell 108 ARCH 5590-007: Sambo Reconfigured Mara Olga Marcu (T) 1530-1800 in Campbell 105 Bridging Jeffersonian architecture and Eliadean philosophy, this research full scale fabrication seminar uses Charlottesville as a laboratory, while taking advantage of UVa’s fabrication facilities and using Catia’s versatile parametric environment as new cognitive opportunity. Computer-aided design and manufacturing methods have extensively permeated fabrication environments for the production of architecture. Symbolic representations in architecture, on the other hand, have widely become obsolete in the unanimous understanding of our globalised society, to the detriment of traditions and heritage. This seminar introduces students to the fundamentals of CAD/ CAM, with a particular focus on the function of myths and subsequent applications in architecture, tectonic details, interior furnishings and the realm of products. No previous knowledge of CATIA is required. Assistance will be provided to all. Previous experience with MasterCAM is a plus. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 22 ARCH 5590-008: Design Healthy Environments Schaeffer Somers (W) 0900-1130 in Campbell 325 The built environment is a product of design that has an assessable impact on the health of individuals, populations, and ecosystems. This seminar examines the critical intersection of Public Health and design disciplines in creating the built environment and its impact on our well being. The interdisciplinary course is taught through interactive lectures drawing on expertise in the faculty and regional leaders, and a design lab in which students develop a design or strategic plan to address a critical issue in the community. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 25 ARCH 5590-09: The World is Flat Melissa Goldman (R) 1800-2030 in Campbell 139 From sheets of plywood to sheet metal, most of our building materials come flat. We cut, mill, fold, weld, cook, and sew to make habitable spaces, whether a roof or a chair, a circus tent or a hoop skirt. This class will explore material and craft, tectonics and composites through digital and analog fabrication. We will learn various “pop-up” methods to investigate and exploit flat materials to fabricate a portable, collapsible product. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 12 ARCH 5630: Design of Cities (a.k.a. PLAN 5630) Michael Bednar (T) 1400-1630 in Campbell 108 The city is arguably mankind?s greatest creation, where the vast majority of the earth?s residents now live. Historically, the city has been shaped in response to geography, climate, commerce, society and technology. In the present era, considerations of communication, energy utilization and transportation require new design responses based on historical precedents and humanistic considerations. This course will examine the physical evolution of the city and the forces that shaped it integrating design concerns with
human experience. Cities are places formed by cultural forces that enable people to dwell. Design is one of those cultural forces that give shape to settlement on the land. When design operates in conjunction with social, political and economic forces, it gives rise to coherent settlement forms that are both memorable and supportive of human enterprise. The course is multi-disciplinary in content and student perspective. It is a lecture/seminar format with slide presentations, reading discussions and topical debates. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 10 ARCH 5760: Drawing and Sketching (a.k.a. SARC 5760) Pam Black (T) 1230-1500, 1530-1800 in Campbell 139 This course covers the fundamental of drawing with a focus on the human figure. The various assignments will address the composition of line, tone, volume, space, scale and proportion. The analysis of the human form will be applied to the rendering of still-life, architecture and landscape. Various media will be used to convey the drawing objectives with an emphasis on “process.” 3 credits / enrollment cap: 15
LAR LAR 4140/5140: Theories of Modern Landscape Elizabeth Meyer (T,R) 1100-1215 in Campbell 158 This three-credit course explores the modern designed landscape as a distinct mode of cultural production while underscoring landscape architectural theory’s interconnections with changing societal constructions of nature, environmentalism and the modernizing city. The lectures and readings examine late 19th-21st century design treatises, manifestos and contemporary theoretical writings from outside the design fields as well as designed landscapes that are motivated by, or that motivate, those writings. The course recovers the theory (and practice) of modern landscape architecture from its marginalization as an anti-urban aesthetic of open spaces. Instead, it reveals how landscape architects re-imagined the modern city-as-landscape and landscape-as-infrastructure. The course lectures are supplemented by a weekly discussion section lead by a graduate student. Sections include reading discussions, visits to the Special Collections library to examine rare landscape treatises and manifestos and film screenings. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 100 LAR 4200/5200: Advanced Healing Landscapes Reuben Rainey (R) 1400-1700 in Campbell 108 The course will study the design of various spaces to relieve stress ad promote healing in different types of medical facilities, such as hospices, outpatient clinics, and hospitals. It is a seminar discussion supplemented by field trips to medical facilities and lectures by guest speakers, including David Kamp, principal of Dirtworks, a leading firm in the design of healthcare facilities. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 15
LAR 5280: Green Cities and Green Sites Karen Firehock (W) 0900-1145 in Campbell 302 This course focuses on urban storm water management from a local context; using Richmond, VA as test case for studying principles and techniques of green design— transforming water from a waste product to an urban resource. Students will be introduced to critical issues in stormwater management and learn how better water management can improve community health, safety, aesthetics, save money and restore natural elements to the urban fabric. Students will study a pilot watershed and design a stormwater retrofit plan for a downtown site – finding ways to infiltrate and clean the water using low impact development principles. Students will draw on case studies from other cities. The completed design ideas will be proposed to the city and client for possible adoption. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 4 LAR 5500-001: Urban Planting Systems Charles Burrell (T) 1000-1130 in Campbell 302 This course covers the identification of 125 cultivated woody and herbaceous plants and addresses the following: nomenclature, plant characteristics (botanical, cultural and design/ornamental), and structure and function of planted systems. Emphasis is placed on traditional and innovative technologies for plant establishment and maintenance in built environments, including best nursery practices, rain gardens, green roofs and green walls. 2 credits / enrollment cap: none LAR 5500-002: Rice House Re-inhabited Peter O’Shea (T) 1300-1530 in Campbell 325 This course will explore the art of site detailing through the transformation of Richard Neutra’s Rice House in Richmond from a residence to an event venue for the Science Museum of Virginia. Student teams will design and detail site components and spaces to accommodate group events, site circulation and arrival, while meeting environmental and historical criteria. The ultimate outcome will be a set of design-development level drawings. 3 credits / enrollment cap: none LAR 5500-003: Plant Growth and Landscape Change Raxworthy (T) 1800-2030 in Campbell 425 Construction detailing favors static objects using inanimate materials and doesn’t work well for plants that are part of a designed ecology that changes over time. Supported by lectures concerning plant growth, gardening, ecology and models of change, this design research seminar will use in class drawing and mixedmedia exercises to develop a qualities based detailing language for plant material. 3 credits / enrollment cap: none LAR 5590-001: The Delta Cities Atlas Jorg Sieweke (R) 1700-1830 in Campbell 405 Comparative research and mapping project on the global phenomenon of Deltas Cities Working along an emerging professional and scientific network, the seminar will
analyze, interpret and represent a series of Delta Cities focusing on their historic development as well as future potential and challenges. e.g. New Orleans, Louisiana – Venice, Italy. Two pre-modern empires, that lost their state of stability during the process of modernization. 1-2 credits / enrollment cap: 10 LAR 5590-002: Beaches as Coastal Adaptation Kristina Hill (R) 0900-1130 in Campbell 405 Sandy beaches are often critical components of the tourism economy in coastal communities, as well as providing habitat and storm protection functions. This seminar will explore the engineering, ecological, and aesthetic design of multi-functional sandy shorelines that are constructed by humans in an erosion-dominated environment. Cases will be explored from Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Mid-Atlantic. 3 credits / enrollment cap: none LAR 6211: Design and Activismdeveloping a participatory framework Alison Hirsch (W) 0900-1145 in Campbell 108 This seminar will investigate what it means to be a design activist. The first part will include discussion on theoretical readings related to the idea of an “Activist Urbanism.” The second, “Design+Activism_models and methods,” will focus on case studies that represent unconventional attempts at achieving social sustainability in urban communities. The final project asks students to develop their own participation methodology. 3 credits / enrollment cap: 15
SARC/ARCH 5760: Drawing and Sketching > Pam Black PLAN/ARH 4500: UVa History: Race and Repair > Dukes / Leffler PLAC 5240: Collaborative Planning for Sustainability > Franklin Dukes PLAN 5280/LAR: Green Cities and Green Sites > Karen Firehock PLAN 5400: Housing and Community Development > Suzanne Moomaw PLAN 5470: Site Selection and Feasibility > Justin Beights PLAN 5500-2: Planning & the Economy > Steven Allshouse PLAN 5600: Land Use & Growth Management > Bruce Dotson PLAN 5650: Brownfields Redevelopment > David Slutzky PLAN/ARCH 5630: Design of Cities > Michael Bednar PLAN 5891: International Cities > Guoping Huang PLAN 6050: Methods of Planning Analysts > Guoping Huang ARH 3703/7703: 19th Century American Architecture > Richard Wilson PLAN/ARH 4500: UVa History: Race and Repair > Dukes / Leffler** ARH 4591: Princes, Courts and Architects > Elizabeth Merrill ARH 5500: UNESCO and China’s Environment > Yunsheng Huang ARH 5500-05: The Chinese City > Shiqiao Li ARH 5601: Historic Preservation and Theory Practice > Daniel Bluestone ARH 5607: Historic Preservation at UVa > Brian Hogg ARH 9520: The Renaissance Reimagined > Cammy Brothers ARH 9540: 1968 Architecture and Politics > Sheila Crane ARH 9590: Cairo & Istanbul: Architecture & Urbanism > Doris Behrens-Abouseif ARCH 4820/8800: Teaching “Lessons in Making” > Sanda Iliescu ARCH 5160: Models for Higher Density Housing > Betsy Roettger ARCH 5180: Issues in Contemporary Architecture > Crisman/Ford
SPRING 2012 ELECTIVE COURSES
**presented earlier
ARCH 5301: ecoMOD Seminar > John Quale ARCH 5500-01: Theories of Parametric Design > Robin Dripps ARCH 5500-02: Energy Performance Workshop > Eric Field ARCH 5500-03: National Parks Seminar > Edward Ford ARCH 5500-04: Space, Technology & Society > Karen Van Lengen ARCH 5500-06: Paper Matters > Inaki Alday ARCH 5590-001: Special Applications of Technology > Eric Field ARCH 5590-002: Wallworks > Michael Beaman ARCH 5590-003: Architectural Drawing & Freehand Sketching > Maurice Cox ARCH 5590-004: > Craig Barton ARCH 5590-007: Sambo Reconfigured > Mara Marcu ARCH 5590-008: Design Healthy Environments > Schaeffer Somers ARCH 5590-009: The World is Flat > Melissa Goldman PLAN/ARCH 5630: Design of Cities > Michael Bednar** LAR 4140/5140: Theories of Modern Landscape > Elizabeth Meyer LAR 4200/5200: Advanced Healing Landscapes > Reuben Rainey PLAN 5280/LAR: Green Cities and Green Sites > Karen Firehock** LAR 5500-001: Urban Planting Systems > Charles Burrell LAR 5500-002: Rice House Re-inhabited > Peter O’Shea LAR 5500-003: Plant Growth and Landscape Change > Raxworthy LAR 5590-001: The Delta Cities Atlas > Jorg Sieweke LAR 5590-002: Beaches as Coastal Adaptation > Kristina Hill LAR 6211: Design and Activism > Alison Hirsch
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