ARCH 538: Integrative Design of Buildings

Course Description

This advanced course emphasizes understanding of the organizational and functional principles of buildings and their subsystems as a means of accomplishing desired project goals, and to develop the creative ability of designing buildings of great functional synergy and organizational coherence, thus creating maximal value. Specifically, the course aims at 1) understanding the functional and organizational principles of the requisite building systems, 2) understanding their inter-system relationships, organizational variations, and their implications on overall design and construction, and 3) developing comprehensive integrative design ability for maximum value creation. 4 graduate hours. No professional credit. Prerequisite: ARCH 536 and ARCH 537