Architecture
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Architecture
- the art and science of designing buildings and other physical structures. A wider definition often includes the design of the total built environment from the macro-level of town planning, urban design, and landscape architecture to the micro-level of construction details and, sometimes, furniture. The term "Architecture" is also used for the profession of providing architectural services.
Architectural design is primarily driven by the creative manipulation of mass, space, volume, texture, light, shadow, materials, program, and pragmatic elements such as cost, construction and technology, in order to achieve an end which is aesthetic, functional and often artistic. This distinguishes architecture from engineering design, which is driven primarily by the creative manipulation of materials and forms using mathematical and scientific principles - Wikipedia.
project-based introduction to the contemporary city, assess scenarios for the purpose of formulating social, economic and design strategies to provide humane and sustainable solutions: readings, course download
case studies, publications: courses (sustainability in built environment, green building principles & practices, energy & environmental systems for green buildings, energy efficiency in buildings, technologies for energy efficient buildings)
includes extensive & heavily illustrated lecture notes covering Cairo from time of Alexander until 20th century, organized by major historical periods, glossary of terms: readings, related resources
introductory course in advanced computing, prototyping & building fabrication, focused on relationship between design, various forms of computer modeling both explicit & generative & physical representation of information using rapid prototyping devices
technical aspects of classical tradition in architecture that have so far received only sporadic attention, quantification has always been essential component of classical design but actual technical tools whereby quantitative precision was conceived, represented, transmitted & implemented in pre-modern architecture remain mostly unexplored: readings, instructor's preface
uses scale models to design environments orchestrating contrasting material properties & conventional constructional systems to create places fostering specific ways of inhabiting space, demonstrates how architecture differs from other forms of design: projects, gallery of student work
thermo-sciences for students primarily interested in architecture & building technology, fundamentals important to energy, ventilation, air conditioning & comfort in buildings: readings, projects
introduces history of Islamic cultures, religious architecture that spans 14 centuries & 3 continents, studies representative examples from House of the Prophet to present in conjunction with their social, political & intellectual environments: readings, related resources
urban origins & ancient civilizations, classical period, Middle Ages through Renaissance, baroque period & monumental city precedents, industrial revolution, city, development (budget, financing, planning, selection, acquisition, design, permits, construction), legal & admin basis for US, comprehensive plan, zoning, environmental
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