AR 290 - Architectural Design Studio/Lab

Credit Hours: 5

A lecture/laboratory course dealing with the principles and elements of design and design process, providing students a working forum for developing creative thinking and critical awareness in design. Studio projects will introduce a range of possibilities for the making of both 2- and 3-D environments.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:

understand and employ design approach process, graphic thinking, and idea sketching;
use reference materials necessary for proper design applications;
develop an intellectual understanding and a technical proficiency in methods of two and three dimensional presentation techniques in communicating ideas in architecture; and
develop solutions to design problems utilizing elements of design in function and graphics.

Prerequisites: AR 160, AR 170
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