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SAMPLE Course Outline

Sunday

5:00 Arrival, intro, tour

6:30 Welcome Dinner

7:30 Evening Studio: Lecture: Intents and Purposes of Design

Monday

8:00 Morning Studio

Class Overview

Show and Tell

10:00 Model of an Adjective

or

Sketch of Favorite memory/place/room

11:30 Introduction to Programming

12:30 Lunch

Topic: Informal

1:30 Afternoon Studio

Site Planning

Bubble/Adjacency Diagrams

Begin Schematics/Conceptual

5:00 Studio ends

6:30 Dinner

7:30 Evening Studio

Lecture: Buildings in the Landscape

 

Tuesday

8:00 Morning Studio

Finalize Schematic Design

10:00 Pin-up: Site, Program, Concept/Schematic

11:30 Massing Model (model safety)

12:30 Lunch

Visit Framed up site or quick house tour

Topic: Construction Process

1:30-2:00 Afternoon Studio

Intro to Drafting & Scale

Schematic Plans, Diagrams

Sketch Problem: Massing, Concept

5:00 Studio ends

6:30 Dinner

7:30 Evening Studio

Open Work Session

 

Wednesday

8:00 Morning Studio

Introduction to Elevations & Sections

10:00 Pin-up: Plans

11:30 Massing Model (model safety)

12:30 Lunch

House Tour

5:00 Tour ends

6:30 Dinner

7:30 Evening Studio

Open Work Session/Desk Critiques

 

 

Thursday

8:00 Morning Studio

Tech Talk: Energy, Materials and Construction

Methods

10:00 Pin-up: 1st round, models, plans, elevations

11:30 Begin 1/4" models

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Afternoon Studio

Desk Crits

5:00 Studio ends

6:30 Dinner

7:30 Evening Studio

Open Work Session/Desk Critiques

 

Friday

8:00 Morning Studio

Open desk Crits

10:00 Sketch problem-favorite place in house

11:00 Open desk crits

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Afternoon Studio

Open Desk Crits

5:00 Studio ends

6:30 Dinner

7:30 Evening Studio

Open Desk Crits, prepare presentations

final drawings & models

 

Saturday

8:00 Final Presentations with Guest Reviewers

12:00 Lunch

Graduation/Celebration