Arch 426 integrated syllabus - USC School of Architecture ...

Course Requirements and EvaluationRequirements consist of studies in the field, development and documentation, andcourse participation. Work will be initiated in the field and developed and digitized forfinal review.PART 1: Tectonics in BerlinLee, MundwilerOBSERVATION AND ANALYSIS ON STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AND DETAILS:Mies van der Roh’ NEW NATIONAL GALLERY and Hans Sharoun’s BERLINPHILHARMONIC HALLDOCUMENTATIONDocument your observation and investigation obtained from the field—includinginternet research-- on two buildings. They should be subsequent enough toincorporate to your design studio project.METHOD:Written descriptions, notes, field sketches, and photo documentation.FORMAT:A4 / minimum 5 pages for each building (10 total), with each image exceeding 3”x 4”PART 2: Tectonic exercise for BaselDesign Project #2Lee, MundwilerStudents in the B.Arch program are introduced to building structures and seismic design,design for thermal and atmospheric environments, design for luminous and sonicenvironment, materials and methods of building construction, and building technologyby the time they complete the 3 rd Year of study at USC. Arch 302b, the third yearIntegrative Studio, requires students to incorporate and document building systems intheir projects. The Design Development Topic Studios, scheduled for the springsemester of 4 th year, endeavor to build on this comprehensive knowledge. Since thisstudio is out of USC this semester, you will complete this assignment as a part of thetectonics portion of the field studies exercises for the design project you have designed.We are specifically targeting skills required by NAAB (National ArchitectureAccreditation Board) accreditation requirements, including:Structural Systems