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ARCH 102 PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE I Credits 4.00 Spring 97
A development of communication of formal information from further
investigation of visual structures and their order. Requisite for
architecture majors. By permission of instructor only.
001 MWF 01:00PM-04:00PM AH*212 Samuels, Danny
001 Brown, David
ARCH 115 MODEL SHOP LAB Credits 1.00 Spring 97
Safety and craft are the core of the course. Students will learn setup,
adjustment and accessory application for each of the major shop
machines, and will use this knowledge to complete assigned projects.
Laboratory experience with the tools and machinery available in the
Architecture model shop is required before access to the shop can be
granted.
001 TBA TBA TBA Christie, Rob
ARCH 132 ARCHITECTURE & THE METROPOLIS Credits 2.00 Spring 97
Introductory tutorial. Readings, field trips, and seminar discussions.
Exploration of the role of the architect and architecture in the
metropolis.
001 T 04:00PM-05:30PM AH*117 Casbarian, John
ARCH 202 PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE II Credits 6.00 Spring 97
See Arch 201.
001 M 02:00PM-05:00PM AH*146 Wittenberg, Gordon
001 TTH 01:00PM-04:00PM AH*147 Wittenberg, Gordon
001 Krumweide, Keith
ARCH 214 STRUCTURAL&CONSTRUCTION SYS II Credits 3.00 Spring 97
Application of materials & construction (wood, masonary, concrete &
steel). Case studies & field trips.
001 TTH 08:00AM-09:15AM AH*117 Colaco, Joseph
001 Ford, Wallace
001 Samuels, Danny
ARCH 302 SELECTED ARCH PROBLEMS I Credits 6.00 Spring 97
Variety of intermediate level problems for developing comprehensive
experience in design methods and processes. Requisite for
preprofessional major in architecture.
Prereq- Arch 201, 202, 301.
001 MWF 01:00PM-06:00PM AH*102 Cannady, William
001 Bell, Michael
001 El-Dahdah, Fares
ARCH 316 BUILDING CLIMATOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 97
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
An introduction to the thermal performance of buildings. Course is
divided into 2 parts: Building Climatology and Air Conditioning
Systems.
001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM AH*117 Oberholzer, Mark
ARCH 324 ARCHITECTURAL THEORY&PRACTICE Credits 3.00 Spring 97
Taught by the faculty in the School of Architecture. Each professor
presents one project and explains how theory entered into this practical
project. A short paper is required at mid-term on one of the faculty
presentations. The final will consist of questions composed by each
faculty participant.
Enrollment is limited.
001 TBA
ARCH 325 SEMINAR ON MODERNISM IN ARCH Credits 3.00 Spring 97
The course will begin with a brief introduction to the problem of
modernIty in architecture (Phase I). Phase II will consist of a series
of 10 seminars. Each seminar will be a contained inquiry into the
specific sites of modernism's development in the West (including
Moscow). The final phase (Phase III) will entail the parallel
juxtaposition of the various "sites or venues, thereby enabling a
"sectioning" of historical time. There will be two short papers and one
"term" paper required. Attendance and participation are mandatory.
001 TBA TBA Gamard, Elysabeth
ARCH 346 19TH-20TH CENTURY ARCH HISTORY Credits 3.00 Spring 97
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
This is a survey course that covers primarily western architectural
history from 1750-1980. Rationalism, The Picturesque, Neo-Classicism,
Eclecticism, Art Nonveau, De Stijl, The Bauhaus, Le Corbusier, Frank
LLoyd Wright, Corporate Modernism and Urban Renewal are the major
architectural topics that will be discussed against and backdrop of the
conditions of modernity.
Also offered as Hart 346.
001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM AH*117 Gamard, Elysabeth
ARCH 390 SPEC PROB: STUDIO ART IN ARCH Credits 3.00 Spring 97
An intention of this course is to suggest to students, particularly
architecture students, that art can be an integral part of their
everyday professional lives. Students will be exposed to art museums,
local galleries, and art magazines, and they will be encouraged to see
the world in new ways through making art -- i.e., through oil painting,
watercolor, pencil and charcoal drawing, and photography. Students will
also keep a journal to record the way in which art begins to implicate
itself in everyday life.
Enrollment limited to 12.
001 TBA TBA Farokhi, Sohela
ARCH 394 DEVELOPMENT OF REAL PROPERTY Credits 3.00 Spring 97
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the real estate
development process, encompassing the basic elements of project
feasibility, conception/origination and implementation. It also
includes case studies of a variety of current development projects along
with field work, as appropriate. The course will blend expert input
from outstanding entrepreneurs and professionals with dynamic
discussion.
001 T 03:00PM-06:00PM TBA Sawyer, Dale
ARCH 402 SELECTED ARCH PROBLEMS II Credits 6.00 Spring 97
See Arch 302.
Prereq- Arch 401.
001 MWF 01:00PM-06:00PM AH*102 Cannady, William
001 El-Dahdah, Fares
001 Bell, Michael
ARCH 408 TORSION AND BLDG IN MATERIALS Credits 3.00 Spring 97
Stress, strain and torsion in materials will be analyzed in several
works of modern architecture and sculpture. How materials resist
bending or rupture and the imminence of either possibility will be
studied in the context of more traditional ideas of space and time in
modern architecture. Student projects will rely on experience with
autocad and the willingness to learn stress/strain modelling software.
Extensive reading and class participation is required.
Prereq- one structure course; modern architecture survey; senior level
UG design; and autocad experience.
001 TBA TBA TBA Bell, Michael
ARCH 412 ADV DESIGN-STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS Credits 3.00 Spring 97
Advanced course in structural design. Topics include factors
controlling structural design of buildings, floor systems, building
systems, facade treatments, long span structures, pneumatic and cable
structures, and new structural systems and materials. Case studies will
also be conducted.
Prereq- Arch 213,214,315, or equivalent.
001 TTH 01:00PM-03:00PM AH*117 Colaco, Joseph
001 Ford, Wallace
ARCH 416 ARCHITECTURE IN LIGHT & COLOR Credits 3.00 Spring 97
The seminar will review selected theories of light and color and their
applications to space and form. We will then study, in greater detail,
the work of a single artist/architect and collaborate with that person
to produce an exhibition event and catalog. Readings and visual
exercises will be assigned intermittently. The exhibition will be
funded by Gallerywork and the catalog will be designed and produced by
the seminar.
Prereq- Undergraduates MUST have permission of instructor.
Enrollment limited to 16.
001 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM TBA Wamble, Mark
ARCH 420 HISTORY OF BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 97
Survey of the history of building technology from ancient times to the
present. Emphasis on relation of techniques to social, cultural, and
intellectual milieu.
001 MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM TBA Wittenberg, Gordon
ARCH 423 PROFESSIONALISM & MGMT IN ARCH PRACTICE Credits 3.00 Spring 97
An introductory survey of the characteristics of the delivery of
architectural services by professional design organizations. Through
readings and lectures, students become familiar with the social,
technical, legal, ethical, and financial milieu of modern architecture
practice.
001 TTH 08:00AM-09:15AM AH*217 Furr, James
001 Fleishacker, Alan
ARCH 426 DESIGNING THE LOW-COST HOUSE Credits 3.00 Spring 97
The spring course begins the sequence to produce a small house under the
auspices of the Rice Building Workshop. The history and development of
the small house will be examined, followed by an analysis of the
proposed mid-town site and it's context. Construction technologies,
materials, costs, climate conditions, and code issues will be
considered. Each student will develop a design approach in some detail,
and a single proposal (or merging of proposals) will be selected and
documented for permitting and construction. All phases of the project
will incorporate collaboration with the larger community, from
neighborhood organizations to local contractors.
001 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM TBA Grenader, Nonya
ARCH 432 INTRO TO COMPUTER APPL IN ARCH Credits 3.00 Spring 97
This course is designed as a general introduction to computing in the
context of architectural design. Emphasis is on the use of digital
media as design tools and the appropriate use of these tools in the
varying processes of design. This course includes exposure to a broad
spectrum of design, drafting, modeling and presentation software.
001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM AH*218 Delaura, Louis
ARCH 434 DRAWING: PENCILS, COMPUTERS & THE CLASS Credits 3.00 Spring 97
This seminar investigates the relationship and potentials between
traditional and electronic modes of architectural representation with an
emphasis placed on the role of drawing as a primary communicator of
architectural intention.
Prereq- Arch 433/633 or Arch 435/635 or instructor's approval.
001 T 07:00PM-10:00PM Cannady, William
001 Delaura, Louis
ARCH 436 COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN Credits 3.00 Spring 97
Advanced computer graphic techniques using CAD in architecture as a
design and presentation medium.
001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM AH*218 Delaura, Louis
ARCH 437 Credits Spring 97
It is the intention of this class to examine the role of digital media
in the context of a process-oriented theory of architectural
representation. The pedagogical emphasis is on the computer's ability
to perform in conjunction with the intentions of various
representational forms. Technical emphasis will be on the student's
mastery of 2-dimensional computing skills.
001 TBA TBA TBA Delaura, Louis
ARCH 439 THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS Credits 3.00 Spring 97
A workshop in three dimensional computer modeling and its theoretical
implications for architecture and design. One class session each week
will be a "how to" lecture covering the technical side of modeling. The
other sessions will consist of group discussion through which we will
explore the theoretical implications of the medium and test the limits
of its use as architectural representation.
Prereq- permission of instructor required.
Enrollment is limited.
001 TBA TBA Aldrich, Merrill Elbert
ARCH 440 DIGITAL RENDERING, ANIMATION AND VIRTUAL Credits 3.00 Spring 97
Advanced course in computer modelling, rendering and graphics
manipulation. This course is designed to explore computer modelling
and rendering techniques and their role in the design process.
Prereq- Arch 435 or 635 (Lou DeLaura's Intro. AutoCAD) or permission of
instructor.
Enrollment limited to 8.
001 TBA TBA TBA Aldrich, Merrill Elbert
ARCH 452 BUILDING WORKSHOP Credits 3.00 Spring 97
This elective course is to design, fabricate, and erect a small
structure during the semester. Students in the workshop will work
together with each other, with the parent group at Edgar Allen Poe
Elementary School, and with the instructor, to develop a design for the
bus shelter in detail, to fabricate it using all necessary materials
and processes and to erect it on the site. Work will proceed in the
Building Workshop facilities in Ryon Lab.
Prereq- permission of instructor required.
001 T 02:30PM-05:30PM TBA Krumweide, Keith
ARCH 461 SPECIAL PROJECTS Credits 0.00 Spring 97
Independent research or design arranged in consultation with a faculty
member. Subject to approval of faculty advisor and director.
Very limited enrollment.
001 TBA TBA TBA Casbarian, John
002 Casbarian, John
ARCH 500 PRECEPTORSHIP PROGRAM Credits 15.00 Spring 97
Requisite for admission to graduate studies in architecture for all
recipients of Rice B.A. degrees in preprofessional or area majors.
Student completes nine to twelve months of full-time internship under
guidance of an appointed preceptor.
001 TBA TBA Casbarian, John
ARCH 502 CORE DESIGN STUDIO II Credits 10.00 Spring 97
Prereq- Arch 501.
001 MWF 01:00PM-06:00PM TBA Roy, Lindy
001 Aldrich, Merrill Elbert
ARCH 504 CORE DESIGN STUDIO IV Credits 10.00 Spring 97
Prereq- Arch 503.
001 MWF 01:00PM-06:00PM AH*143 Mangurian, Robert
001 Ray, Mary
ARCH 514 BLDG TECHNOLOGY & STRUCTURES I Credits 3.00 Spring 97
A course in structures for students in the Qualifying Graduate Program.
Topics include: structure in architecture; forces and equilibrium;
structural materials; the behavior, analysis, and design of structural
elements and their connections.
001 TTH 08:00AM-09:15AM Colaco, Joseph
001 Ford, Wallace
ARCH 516 BUILDING CLIMATOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Arch 316.
001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM AH*117 Oberholzer, Mark
ARCH 600 M. ARCH OPTION I Credits 0.00 Spring 97
Practical work experience for students who have completed at least four
semesters in the Qualifying Graduate Program prior to their entrance
into the regular Master of Architecture studio sequence.
Permission of instructor required.
Very limited enrollment.
001 TBA TBA Pope, Albert
ARCH 602 ARCHITECTURAL PROBLEMS Credits 10.00 Spring 97
Emphasis on abstract thought and design capabilities relevant to
systematic processes of designing specific buildings and facilities.
Prereq- Arch 500 or Arch 501- 504.
001 MWF 01:00PM-06:00PM AH*235 Wamble, Mark
002 MWF 01:00PM-06:00PM AH*201 Jimenez, Carlos
003 MWF 01:00PM-06:00PM AH*101 Mau, Bruce
003 Lerup, Lars
003 Krumweide, Keith
004 TBA TBA TBA TBA
ARCH 608 TORSION & BLDG IN MATERIALS Credits 3.00 Spring 97
A design studio, following Arch 607, where a building program
is carried from predesign analysis, through design, to design
development.
Prereq- Arch 501- 504, Arch 607.
001 TBA TBA TBA Bell, Michael
ARCH 612 ADV DESIGN-STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Arch 412.
001 TTH 01:00PM-03:00PM AH*117 Colaco, Joseph
001 Ford, Wallace
ARCH 615 MODEL SHOP LAB Credits 1.00 Spring 97
See Arch 115.
001 TBA TBA TBA Christie, Rob
ARCH 616 ARCHITECTURE IN LIGHT & COLOR Credits 3.00 Spring 97
Same as Arch 416.
001 TTH 08:00AM-09:15AM AH*229 Wamble, Mark
ARCH 620 HISTORY OF BLDG. TECH. Credits 3.00 Spring 97
Same as Arch 420.
001 MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM TBA Wittenberg, Gordon
ARCH 623 PROFESSIONALISM & MGMT IN ARCH PRACTICE Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Arch 423.
001 TTH 08:00AM-09:15AM AH*217 Furr, James
001 Fleishacker, Alan
ARCH 624 READINGS-ARCH THEORY & CRIT Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Arch 324.
001 TBA
ARCH 625 SEMINAR ON MODERNISM IN ARCH Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See description for Arch 325.
001 TBA TBA TBA Gamard, Elysabeth
ARCH 626 DESIGNING THE LOW-COST HOUSE Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Arch 426.
001 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM TBA Grenader, Nonya
ARCH 628 ARCH'S AMOROUS DISCOURSE Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Arch 428.
001 TBA TBA TBA El-Dahdah, Fares
ARCH 630 DIGITAL TECHNIQUE Credits 3.00 Spring 97
A companion to Arch 502 (Core Design Studio II), this course will
investigate digital techniques for design and urban planning in
conjunction with projects in the studio.
Permission of instructor required.
001 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM TBA Roy, Lindy
001 Aldrich, Merrill Elbert
ARCH 632 INTRO TO COMPUTER APPL IN ARCH Credits 3.00 Spring 97
Lectures and seminars dealing with problem-solving activities and
methodological issues in architectural design and urban design.
001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM AH*218 Delaura, Louis
ARCH 634 DRAWING: PENCILS, COMPUTERS & THE CLASS Credits 3.00 Spring 97
This seminar investigates the relationship and potentials between
traditional and electronic modes of architectural representation with an
emphasis placed on the role of drawing as a primary communicator of
archtitectural intention.
Prereq- Arch 433/633 or Arch 435/635 or instructor's approval.
001 T 07:00PM-10:00PM Cannady, William
001 Delaura, Louis
ARCH 636 COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Arch 436.
001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM AH*218 Delaura, Louis
ARCH 637 REPRESENTATIONAL ISSUES OF COMPUTER-AIDE Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Arch 437.
001 TBA TBA TBA Delaura, Louis
ARCH 639 THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Arch 439.
001 TBA TBA Aldrich, Merrill Elbert
ARCH 640 DIGITAL RENDERING, ANIMATION AND VIRUAL Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Arch. 440.
001 TBA TBA TBA Aldrich, Merrill Elbert
ARCH 646 19TH-20TH CENTURY ARCH HISTORY Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Arch 646.
Also offered as Hart 646.
001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM AH*117 Gamard, Elysabeth
ARCH 648 LATE 20TH CENT ARCH & URBANISM Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Arch 448.
Permission of instructor required.
Enrollment is limited to 20.
001 MW 10:00AM-11:30AM Ingersoll, Richard
ARCH 650 ADV APPS/COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN Credits 3.00 Spring 97
Intended for those who wish to further explore CAD as a design and
presentation tool for architectural applications. Will stress 3-D
modeling and rendering as well as 2-D drafting as an extension of
traditional media and modes of architectural representation. Software
used will include AutoCAD Release 11, AutoShade w/Renderman, 3-D Studio
and AES. System customization, the development of operational
standards, system organization and management, and hardware/software
potentials will be introduced.
Prereq- Intro. CAD course.
001 TBA
ARCH 652 BUILDING WORKSHOP Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Arch 452.
001 TTH 04:00PM-05:20PM Delaura, Louis
ARCH 656 NEW MODELS OF SPACE & FORM II Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Arch 356.
001 Kwinter, Sanford
ARCH 671 ISSUES IN COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN Credits 3.00 Spring 97
The class will produce an interactive creative multimedia CD-ROM project
about the City of Houston: an investigative multi-dimensional "map" of
the city and its pupulation. We will explore various issues such as
content creation and its presentation, interface design, and ease of
use. Students will conceive the structure, do the investigative
research with the city, write, direct, and edit content (text, images,
video, computer graphics, etc.
001 M 07:00PM-10:00PM FL*GS Holzbach, Mark
001 Ferdman, Alejandro
ARCH 690 SPEC PROB: STUDIO ART IN ARCH Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Arch 390.
001 Farokhi, Sohela
ARCH 694 DEVELOPMENT OF REAL PROPERTY Credits 3.00 Spring 97
See Arch 394.
001 T 03:00PM-06:00PM TBA Sawyer, Dale
ARCH 700 PRACTICUM Credits 0.00 Spring 97
Full-time internship service in approved local offices under
interdisciplinary supervision. Emphasis on "real world" design,
planning, or research experiences. Special tuition. May be taken in
any semester or in summer.
001 TBA
ARCH 701 PRE-THESIS PREPARATION Credits 3.00 Spring 97
001 W 07:00PM-10:00PM Chang, Yung
ARCH 702 DESIGN THESIS STUDIO Credits 10.00 Spring 97
001 TBA TBA Pope, Albert
ARCH 706 WRITTEN THESIS RESEARCH Credits 10.00 Spring 97
001 TBA TBA Ingersoll, Richard
001 Gamard, Elysabeth
ARCH 711 SPECIAL PROJECTS Credits 0.00 Spring 97
Independent research or design arranged in consultation with a faculty
member subject to approval of the student's faculty advisor and
director.
001 TTH 08:00AM-09:15AM Pope, Albert
002 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM Pope, Albert
ARCH 714 INDEPENDENT DESIGN PROJECTS Credits 3.00 Spring 97
001 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM Pope, Albert
ARCH 800 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits 3.00 Spring 97
001 TBA TBA Pope, Albert
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