Intro - Drawing Canonical Ideas in Architecture

Lecture 1: Introduction, Concepts and LogisticsGraded components of the course will be:Assignments 1-7: These assignments will be drawing analyses based on different aspects of architecture : space, tectonics, context,program, and circulation. The students will be expected to not only depict what is physically existing but what is thought.Canonical Chapter: Graduate Students – Graduate Students will write a 3200-3500 word research paper (Chapter 11) using assignments3-7, any additional drawing analysis, and course readings to establish if their respective buildings are canonical. You must submit a final,hard copy, to me by mail that I will keep.Portfolio: Undergraduate Students – Undergraduate Students will compose their previous analyses into a portfolio that clearly expressesthe ideas discovered during the semester. While this is not a research paper, the portfolio should tell a complete story of the semester longanalysis. Students may also be required to develop the analysis further at the discretion of the professor. You must submit a final, hardcopy, to me by mail that I will keep.Reading Response: Graduate Students – Two page reading responses will be required for each of the chapters of “Ten CanonicalBuildings” on the respective lecture day. For the response, the students will choose a piece of architecture that also exemplifies the ideaspresented in the reading. It is also permissible to choose a building that is contrasted with the ideas in the readings. The submissionincludes one written page and one page of images of the chosen building. The responses are not finished papers but a reaction to whathas been read.Building Example: Undergraduate Students – Each student will compose a sheet showing an image of an existing building they thinkuses the same ideas as the building presented in Eisenman’s text. The student should write a short paragraph, 3-4 sentences, explaininghow the idea is legible in the image.Blog Responses: In the PowerPoint’s I post each week on the respective chapters, I will ask questions and pose ideas for thought. Youshould make two (2) comments on these or other aspects of the chapters. Once, these are posted you will respond to three (3) of yourclassmates’ comments. Note that your comments are due on Wednesday of each week and your responses to others comments is due nolater than Friday of each week. This is to ensure that we will have a vibrant online discussion.Peer Critique: You are required to comment on two (2) of your classmates’ assignment each time an assignment is due. You are to giveconstructive criticism, make suggestions, make links with your own analysis, etc… Please note that your critiques are due by Wednesdayof the corresponding week.Documentation: Each student will submit proper documentation at the end of the semester. There will be specific guidelines for thesubmission. Final copies of the Canonical Chapter and the Portfolio will also be kept and these should be turned in by the Final Submittaldate.S. Hambright Drawing Canonical Ideas in Architecture UofA