Graduate Design Studio III
Emphasis on architectural programming and the design of buildings incorporating technologies of materials and various architectural systems. Designing (and eventually building) is a physical task. Involving both intellect and the manual operation of making…
Launch Photo GalleryArchitectural Design I
Emphasis on two-dimensional representation of three-dimensional forms; development of basic skills in architectural design drawing and modeling. Through heuristic hands-on design exercises, this studio focuses on the development of architectural space through the composition of…
Launch Photo GalleryArchitectural Design IV
Architectural Design IV is taught in conjunction with Architectural Topics IV. These two courses are separate and distinct but organized to support and enhance each other. What is taught in one should be brought…
Launch Photo GalleryArchitectural Design IV
ARCH 2002/2102 is the fourth studio in the Bachelor of Architecture sequence at ϳԹ. This studio introduces and explores the connection between an architectural object and the landscape. The students investigated two trails in…
Launch Photo GalleryResearch Methods
ARCH 4700 introduces undergraduate architecture students to the art and logic of research. The purpose of this course is to offer an overview of research methods and guide students in the development and preparation…
Launch Photo GalleryArchitectural Design IV
ARCH 2002/2102 is the fourth studio in the Bachelor of Architecture sequence at ϳԹ. This studio introduces and explores the connection between an architectural object and the landscape. While the studio will again look…
Launch Photo GalleryFoundation Design Studio II
Foundation Design Studio II builds directly on the work and lessons begun in the fall. Projects continue to be focused on disciplined observation, iterative process, and critical graphic and verbal interrogation of ideas. The…
Launch Photo GalleryFoundation Design Studio
In the Foundation Design Studio, first-year architecture and landscape architecture students are introduced to fundamental design principles, methods, visual judgment, and the creative process. Projects are intended to provide practice in ordering a design…
Launch Photo GalleryEdges: Analog + Digital Fabrication
Concentration seminars focus on various topics related to architectural issues. Edges: Analog + Digital Fabrication familiarized students with analog and digital fabrication methods through the investigation of materials, assembly, and tectonics. Students were asked…
Launch Photo GalleryAdvanced Architectural Technology
The Advanced Architectural Technology seminar seeks to develop a critical understanding and application of material attributes, qualities, and properties in constructing architecture. Structure, components, finish, and performance are investigated in terms of construction methodology…
Launch Photo GalleryArchitectural Design IV
Architectural Design IV explores the connection between architecture and context. Students learn to investigate the qualities and complexities of the landscape and develop a system of notation; explore ecological and spatial characteristics that define…
Launch Photo GalleryArchitectural Design III
Architectural Design III begins with a series of non-programmatic exercises: aperture studies and trajectory studies. Students develop models and learn discipline specific language. The design process alternates between representational techniques—first producing a model or…
Launch Photo GalleryArchitectural Topics
In Architectural Topics, students use case studies to contrast the meanings of buildings designed in urban or rural environments. The course introduces and explores the relationships between architecture and site. Each week, site is…
Launch Photo GalleryArchitectural Techniques
Architectural Techniques is about architectural representation—the exploration of drawing, modeling, and digital applications to the design process. Introducing software as a design tool, the course is designed to aid students in the development of…
Launch Photo GalleryArchitectural Design V
Architectural Design V emphasizes the development of individual expression of architectural intent in relationship to site analysis and planning, functional planning, programming, and resolution of structural and architectural systems. Through the examination of relationships…
Launch Photo GalleryArchitectural Design VI
Architectural Design VI emphasizes planning buildings while incorporating studies in the technologies of materials, structure, environmental controls, lighting, and acoustics. Recently, the students’ first project was motivated by the functions of bathing—how the act…
Launch Photo GalleryArchitectural Design VIII: Steady State Studio
Architecture Design VIII “Steady State Studio” is about no place in particular. That’s one way to describe what in this studio we call “the margin”—sites that are in the gap, leftover, residual, in-between, or…
Launch Photo GalleryArchitectural Design VII
Architectural Design VII—a service-learning course referred to as Mid City Studio—aims to affect the viability of the Baton Rouge community through thoughtful design, public engagement, and collaboration. Students work closely with the Mid City…
Launch Photo GalleryArchitectural Design VIII: High-Rise Urban Housing
Architectural Design VIII focused on high-rise urban housing in New York City. The course began with a group study of current high-rise urban housing in New York, familiarization with the New York zoning code…
Launch Photo GalleryComprehensive Architectural Design
Comprehensive Architectural Design focuses on the comprehensive design of a single building, integrating material selection, mechanical, acoustical, structural, lighting, and two- and three-dimensional studies. The studio focuses on the comprehensive design development of a…
Launch Photo GalleryIssues in Sustainability
The Issues in Sustainability seminar examines issues in sustainability as they relate to the practice of architecture. The seminar utilizes design/build as a mechanism through which to explore relationships between material life-cycles and formal…
Launch Photo GalleryARCH 4155 Recording Historic Structures
Recording Historic Structures is a hands-on field and laboratory experience in current methods of documenting historic buildings, including hand methods, photography, and photogrammetry. The course provides demonstrations and exercises using technical drawing skills and…
Launch Photo GalleryARCH 5002 Architectural Design Concentration: Super Max City
The Architectural Design Concentration course emphasizes an architectural problem developed around faculty expertise and emerging opportunities in the profession. In Professor Crow’s studio, Super Max City, students investigated how architecture contributes to the political,…
Launch Photo GalleryARCH 5002 Honors: Architectural Design Concentration
The Honors Architectural Design Concentration independent research studio emphasizes an architectural problem developed around faculty expertise and emerging opportunities in the profession and is an opportunity for motivated students to define their own research…
Launch Photo GalleryARCH 7001 Graduate Design Studio I
Graduate Design Studio I introduces students to the process of design through a series of exercises that asks them to engage the questions of the profession, first in isolation, then in combination, with each…
Launch Photo GalleryARCH 7002 Graduate Design Studio II
Graduate Design Studio II emphasizes the design of buildings in a variety of physical settings. In Professor Crow’s studio, students drew inspiration from the myth surrounding the remains of a building known as The…
Launch Photo GalleryARCH 7003 Graduate Design Studio III
Graduate Design Studio III places emphasis on architectural programming and the design of buildings incorporating technologies of materials and various architectural systems. In the course taught by Professors Erdman and Tsolakis, students designed a…
Launch Photo GalleryARCH 7004 Losing Ground: Methods for Leeville, LA
Graduate Design Studio IV emphasizes the design of buildings incorporating technologies of environmental systems. In Professor Doyle’s studio, “Losing Ground: Methods for Leeville, LA,” students examined the small coastal town of Leeville, Louisiana, as…
Launch Photo GalleryARCH 7005 Graduate Design Studio V
Graduate Design Studio V introduces students to contextual building design in an urban setting with emphasis on site and context analysis and community planning in a collaborative working environment. Professor Zwirn’s studio focused on…
Launch Photo GalleryARCH 7006 Graduate Design Studio VI
Graduate Design Studio VI focuses on the comprehensive design development of a building program into a terminal project emphasizing the tectonics, mechanics, and presentation critical to the profession. Projects represent the culmination of the…
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