Course documents and handouts will be updated regularly to reflect the current semester. Please reach out to your TA with any questions.
FALL 2025 POLICIES AND INFORMATION
ARC 308 Syllabus Fall 2025
ARC 308 Building List 2025
SPRING 2025 POLICIES AND INFORMATION
ARC 308 Course Syllabus Spring 2025
ARC 308 Scavenger Hunt Spring 2025
ARC 308 Pecha Kucha Information Spring 2025
ARC 308 Think Sheet Information Spring 2025
ARC 308 Building List 2025
SAMPLE TESTS
ARC308 Sample Test #1.pdf
ARC308 Sample Test #2.pdf
ARC308 Sample Test #3.pdf
ARC308 Sample Final Exam
FALL 2025 LECTURE HANDOUTS
Handout 01 – Overview
Handout 02 – Architectural Values
Handout 03 – Sensual Visual Form
Handout 04 – Intellectual and Artistic Experience
Handout 05 – Systems and Order
Handout 06 – Numbers Mathematics Geometry
Handout 07 – Nature Biology Organisms
Handout 08 – Technology as a Source of Beauty
Handout 09 – Synthesis-Form
Handout 10 – Buildings and Land
Handout 11 – Geography Topography Ecology
Handout 12 – Structure and Materials
Handout 13 – Construction Tectonics
Handout 14 – Architecture in Response to Climate
Handout 15 – Synthesis-Physical Considerations
Handout 16 – Designation and Organization of Use
Handout 17 – Architectural Determinism
Handout 18 – Humanism at a Personal Scale
Handout 19 – Humanism at the Scale of Neighborhoods
Handout 20 – Meaning in Public Buildings
Handout 21 – Synthesis-Human Factors
Handout 22 – Perfection and Compromise
Handout 23 – A Few Good Buildings