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POLICIES AND INFORMATION
ARC 308 Course Syllabus Spring 2023
ARC 308 Scavenger Hunt Spring 2023
ARC 308 Pecha Kucha Information Spring 2023
ARC 308 Think Sheet Information Spring 2023
ARC 308 Building List 2023
SAMPLE TESTS
ARC308 Sample Test #1.pdf
ARC308 Sample Test #2.pdf
ARC308 Sample Test #3.pdf
ARC308 Sample Final Exam
LECTURE HANDOUTS
PART 1 – INTRODUCTION
Talk #2 – Architecture and Society—Overview
Talk #4 – Architectural Values
PART 2 – FORM IN ARCHITECTURE
Talk #6 – Architecture as Sensual/Visual Experience
Talk #7 and #8 – Architecture as Intellectual/Artistic Experience
Talk #9 and #10 – Systems and Order
Talk #11 and #12 – Numbers/Mathematics/Geometry as Inspiration of Form
Talk #13 and #14 – Nature/Biology/Organisms as Inspiration of Form
Talk #15 and #16 – Synthesis—Form
PART 3 – PHYSICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN ARCHITECTURE
Talk #17 and #18 – Buildings and Land
Talk #20 – Geography/Topography/Ecology
Talk #21 and #22 – Structure/Materials
Talk #23 and #24 – Construction/Tectonics
Talk #25 and #26 – Architecture in Response to Climate
Talk #27 – Synthesis–Physical Considerations
PART 4 – HUMAN FACTORS IN ARCHITECTURE
Talk #28 and #29 – Designation and Organization of Use
Talk #31 – Architectural Determinism
Talk #32 and #33 – Humanism at a Personal Scale
Talk #34 and #35 – Humanism at the Scale of Organizations/Communities/Bureaucracies
Talk #36 and #37 – Meaning in Public Buildings
Talk #38 and #39 – Synthesis – Human Factors
PART 5 – COMBINATIONS AND SYNTHESIS
Talk #40 and #41 – Technology as a Source of Beauty
Talk #42 and #43 – Perfection and Compromise
Talk #44 and #45 – A Few Good Buildings