Lower Division Courses

24.  Freshman Seminars. (1)   Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. One hour of seminar per week. Sections 1-2 to be graded on a letter-grade basis. Sections 3-4 to be graded on a passed/not passed basis. The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. (F,SP) Staff

39.  Freshman/Sophomore Seminar.   Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Seminar format. Sections 1-2 to be graded on a letter-grade basis. Sections 3-4 to be graded on a passed/not passed basis. Prerequisites: Priority given to freshmen and sophomores. Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester. (F,SP) Staff

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84.  Sophomore Seminar. (1,2)   Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. One hour of seminar per week per unit for fifteen weeks. One and one half hours of seminar per week per unit for 10 weeks. Two hours of seminar per week per unit for eight weeks. Three hours of seminar per week per unit for five weeks. Sections 1-2 to be graded on a passed/not passed basis. Sections 3-4 to be graded on a letter-grade basis. Prerequisites: At discretion of instructor. Sophomore seminars are small interactive courses offered by faculty members in departments all across the campus. Sophomore seminars offer opportunity for close, regular intellectual contact between faculty members and students in the crucial second year. The topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 sophomores. (F,SP)

98.  Special Group Study. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog. One to four hours of directed group study per week. Must be taken on a passed/not passed basis. This is a special topics course intended to fulfill the individual interests of students, and provide a vehicle for professors to instruct students based on new and innovative developments in the field of architecture. (F,SP) Staff

Upper Division Courses

100A-100B.  Fundamentals of Architectural Design. (6;6)   Two hours of lecture, six hours of studio, and two hours of computer graphics laboratory per week. Prerequisites: ED 11A-11B. Must be taken in sequence. Introductory courses in the design of buildings. Problems emphasize conceptual strategies of form and space, site relationships and social, technological and environmental determinants.
100A focuses on the conceptual design process.
100B stresses tectonics, materials, and energy considerations. Studio work is supplemented by lectures, discussions, readings and field trips. (F,SP) Staff

100C.  Architectural Design III. (5)   Eight hours of studio per week. This is a studio course in architectural design. Students work on individual and group design projects that build on topics from Architecture 100B with additional integration of conditions pertinent to architectural production that may include architectural precedents, context, landscape and urban issues, envelope, performance, structure, and tectonics in the design of buildings. (F,SP)

100D.  Architectural Design IV. (5)   Eight hours of studio per week. Students work on individual and/or group design projects that build on topics from previous studios with additional integration of conditions pertinent to architectural production that may include architectural precedents, context, landscape and urban issues, envelope, structure, and tectonics in the design of buildings. It may also include relevent and pertinent social, cultural, and technological issues facing architecture and design. (F,SP)

101.  Case Studies in Architecture. (5)   Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Three hours of lecture and five hours of studio per week. Prerequisites: 100A-100B. Problems in the design of buildings of intermediate complexity. Each section deals with a selected topic and concentrates on developing conceptual strategies in the analysis and design of buildings: internal spatial relationships, material, form, tectonics, social and environmental considerations and built landscapes. Studio work is supplemented by lectures, discussions, readings, and field trips. (F,SP) Staff

102A.  Capstone Project Preparation Seminar. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: Architecture 100A, Architecture 100B. This course is a course in architectural research methods with an emphasis on collaborative work. Students will work on individual facets of a collective topic of critical importance to the contemporary discipline of architecture within areas of faculty expertise. These include: architectural history and theory, structures, materials and methods of construction, building performance, energy and environment, and social factors and human behavior in architecture and the environment. The goal of Capstone Preparation is to develop a coherent research proposal that will be used as a topic for the Capstone Project course taken the following semester. (F)

102B.  Architecture Capstone Project. (5)   Four hours of seminar and four hours of studio per week. Prerequisites: Architecture 102A. Through individual and collective efforts, students will address topics selected in the previous semester under the guidance of faculty mentors. Topics in the field which may serve as a basis for capstone projects include: the history and theory of architecture; structures; the materials and methods of construction; building performance; energy and the environment; and social factors and human behavior. This course is aimed at students who wish to strengthen their understanding of the research methods used by the discipline of architecture and related disciplines (e.g., engineering or history), and is not solely design oriented. (SP)

107.  Introduction to the Practice of Architecture. (3)   Three hours of lecture per week. Formerly 120. Introduction to the business of architecture including client, developer and contractor relations, design proposals, competitions, and other marketing approaches as well as ethical issues of professional practice. (F,SP) Staff

108.  Architectural Internship. (5)   Two hours of lecture/seminar per week for fifteen weeks and an additional sixteen hours of internship per week for ten of those weeks. Prerequisites: 100B or consent of instructor. Formerly 128. An intensive and structured exposure to the professional practice, using the resources of practicing architects' offices as the "laboratory." The seminar discussion focus on understanding how design happens, how projects are managed and how buildings are constructed. (SP) Comerio

109.  Special Topics in Architectural Design. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. One to four hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Selected topics in the theories and conceopts of architectural design. For current offerings, see department website. (F,SP)

110AC.  The Social and Cultural Basis of Design. (4)   Three hours of lecture/forum and one and one-half hours of discussion per week. This course focuses on the significance of the physical environment for citizens and future design professionals. This course is an introduction to the field of human-environment studies, taught from an American Cultures perspective. Its objectives include: 1) being able to use the concepts in person-environment relations, 2) understanding how these concepts vary by subculture, primarily Anglo-, Hispanic-, and Chinese-American, 3) learning to use the methodological skills needed to conduct architectural programming and evaluation research, 4) thinking critically about the values embedded in design and the consequences for people, their behavior, and feelings. This course satisfies the American cultures requirement. (F) Cranz

111.  Housing: An International Survey. (3)   Three hours of lecture per week. Introduction to international housing from the Architectural and City Planning perspective. Housing issues (social, cultural, and policy) ranging from micro-scale (house) to macro-scale (city) presented with a comparison of housing situations in developed and developing countries. (SP) Staff

119.  Special Topics in the Social and Cultural Basis of Design. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Fifteen hours of seminar/lecture per unit per semester. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Selected topics in the social and cultural basis of design. For current offerings, see departmental website. (F,SP)

122.  Principles of Computer Aided Architectural Design. (4)   Three hours of lecture and one and one-half hours of supervised laboratory sessions per week. Formerly 132. This course introduces students to Architecture's New Media; why and how computers are being used in architecture, and what are their current and expected impacts on the discipline and practice of architecture. Topics include presentation and re-presentation (including sketching, drafting, modeling, animating, and rendering); generating design solutions (including generative systems, expert systems, genetic algorithms, and neural networks); evaluation and prediction (using examples from structures, energy, acoustics, and human factors); and the future uses of computers in architectural design (including such topics as construction automation, smart buildings, and virtual environments). The laboratories introduce students to REVIT, a state-of-the-art architectural software, including drafting, modeling, rendering, and for building information modeling. This course is co-listed with 222. (F) Staff

127.  Workshop in Designing Virtual Places. (4)   Three hours of seminar and one and one-half hours of supervised laboratory sessions per week. This course introduces students to designing web-accessible, Multi User, Virtual Environments (MUVEs), inhabited through avatars. Such worlds are used in video games and web-based applications, and are assuming their role as alternative 'places' to physical spaces, where people shop, learn, are entertained, and socialize. Virtual worlds are designed according to the same principles that guide the design of physical spaces, with allowances made for the absence of gravity and other laws of nature. The course combines concepts from architecture, film studies, and video game design. It uses a game engine software and a modeling software to build, test, and deploy virtual worlds. (SP) Staff

129.  Special Topics in Digital Design Theories and Methods. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. One hour of lecture/seminar per unit per week. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Topics cover advanced and research-related issues in digital design and New Media, related to architecture. For current offerings, see department website. (F,SP)

130.  Introduction to Architectural Design Theory and Criticism. (4)   Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Prerequisites: Open to upper division undergraduates. Formerly 130A. This class introduces students to the history and practice of design theory from the late 19th century to the present, with emphasis on developments of the last four decades. Readings and lectures explore specific constellations of theory and practice in relation to changing social and historical conditions. The course follows the rise of modernist design thinking, with particular emphasis on the growing influence of technical rationality across multiple fields in the post World War II period. Systematic approaches based in cybernetics and operations research (amongst others) are examined in the context of wider attempts to develop a science of design. Challenges to modernist design thinking, through advocacy planning and community-based design, the influence of social movements and countercultures, and parallel developments in postmodernism within and beyond architecture, provide the critical background for consideration of recent approaches to design theory, including those informed by developments in digital media and technology, environmental and ecological concerns, questions surrounding the globalization of architectural production, and the development of new materials. (F,SP) Crysler

133.  Architectures of Globalization: Contested Spaces of Global Culture. (3)   Three hours of lecture/seminar per week. Prerequisites: This course is open to all graduate students and upper division undergraduates. This seminar examines the relationship between architecture and the processes associated with globalization. The social and spatial changes connected to the global economic restructuring of the last four decades are explored in relation to disctinctive national conditions and their connection to historical forces such as colonization and imperialism. Theoretical arguments about international urban political economy, uneven development, deindustrialization, and the growth of tourism and service industries, are grounded in specific urban and architectural contexts. Case studies explore issues such as urban entrepreneurialism and the branding of cities and nationstates; heritage practices and the postcolonial politics of place; border cities, and the urbanism of transnational production; cities, terrorism, and the global architecture of security; critical regionalism, localism, and other responses to debates on place and placelessness. Readings and class discussions examine course themes in a comparative framework and consider their implications for architectural design, education, and professional practice. (F,SP) Crysler

136.  The Literature of Space. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. The concept of space as it is applied to the fields of architecture, geography and urbanism can be understood as a barometer of the condition that we call "modernity." This course explores connections between the larger cultural frameworks of the past century, and the idea of space as it has been perceived, conceived and lived during this period. Readings include essays from the disciplines of philosophy, geography, architecture, landscape, and urbanism, and short works of fiction that illustrate and elucidate the spatial concepts. The readings are grouped according to themes that form the foundation for weekly seminar discussions. Chronological and thematic readings reveal the force of history upon the conceptualization of space, and its contradictions. (F) Stoner

139.  Special Topics in Architectural Design Theory and Criticism. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit. Fifteen hours of lecture/seminar per unit per semester. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Topics cover contemporary and historical issues in architectural design theory and criticism. For current offerings, see department website. (F,SP)

139X.  Special Topics: Design Theories and Methods. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Fifteen hours lecture/seminar per unit per semester. Prerequisites: 130. (F,SP)

140.  Energy and Environment. (4)   Three hours of lecture and three hours of discussion/laboratory per week. Prerequisites: Physics or equivalent, or consent of instructor. This course provides undergraduates and graduates with an introduction to issues of physical building performance including building thermodynamics, daylighting, and solar control. The course presents the fundamentals of building science while recongnizing the evolving nature of building technologies, energy efficiency, ecology, and responsible design. The course begins with a detailed explication of the thermal properties of materials, heat transfer through building assemblies, balance point temperature, solar geometry, and shading analysis. Students apply these principles later in the course to a design project. The latter part of the course also provides a survey of broader building science topics including mechanical system design, microclimate, and current developments in energy-efficient design. (SP) Benton, Brager

142.  Sustainability Colloquium. (1,2)   One and one-half hours of seminar per week. Must be taken on a passed/not passed basis. Presentations on a variety of topics related to sustainability, offering perspectives from leading practioners: architectural designers, city planners, consultants, engineers, and researchers. Students can enroll for one unit (required attendance plus reading) or two units (with additional writing assignments. (F) Brager

144.  Introduction to Acoustics. (1)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week for five weeks. Must be taken on a passed/not passed basis. This course focuses on what architects need to know about acoustics. The first part deals with the fundamentals of acoustics including how sound levels are described and measured, and human response to sound. The course then covers building acoustics, mechanical equipment noise and vibration control, office acoustics, design of sound amplification systems, and environmental acoustics. (F) Salter

149.  Special Topics in Energy and Environment. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit. One hour of lecture/seminar per unit per week. Prerequisites: 140 and consent of instructor. Special topics include climatic design, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning systems, lighting, and acoustics. For current offerings, see department website. (F,SP)

150.  Introduction to Structures. (4)   Forty-five hours of lecture and thirty hours of discussion per semester. Prerequisites: Physics 8A. Study of forces, materials, and structural significance in the design of buildings. Emphasis on understanding the structural behavior of real building systems. (F) Black

154.  Design and Computer Analysis of Structure. (3)   Thirty hours of lecture and 45 hours of laboratory per semester. Prerequisites: 150. Design and analysis of whole structural building systems with the aid of finite element analytical methods. Advanced structural concepts explored in a laboratory environment. (SP) Black

155.  Structure, Construction, and Space. (3)   Three hours lecture/seminar per week. Prerequisites: 150. In profound buildings, the structural system, construction materials, and architectural form work together to create an integrated work of art. Current practice segregates these three areas by assigning separate and rigid roles to 1) an engineer, 2) a contractor, and 3) an architect. The goal of this class is to blur these traditional boundaries and erase the intellectual cleft though hands-on experience. Students are given weekly assignments which focus on one or more of the three areas. They may be asked to analyze a structure, to construct something from actual materials, or research a case study and present it to the class. Each assignment to geared to help students integrate construction and structural issues into their architectural design, so that they can maintain control of the entire design process. (F) Black

159.  Special Topics in Building Structures. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit. One hour of lecture/seminar per unit per week. Prerequisites: 150 and consent of instructor. Special topics such as experimental structures and architural preservation. For current offerings, see department website. (F,SP)

160.  Introduction to Construction. (4)   Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. This introduction to the materials and processes of construction takes architecture from design to realization. The course will cover four material groups commonly used in two areas of the building assembly (structure and envelope): wood, concrete, steel, and glass. You will understand choices available and how materials are conventionally used. By observing construction, you'll see how our decisions affect the size of materials, connections, and where they are assembled. Architects must understand not only conventions, but also the potential in materials, so we will also study unusual and new developments. (SP) Black

169.  Special Topics in Construction Materials. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit. Fifteen hours of lecture/seminar per unit per semester. Prerequisites: 160 and consent of instructor. Formerly 169X. For current offerings, see department website. (F,SP)

170A-170B.  An Historical Survey of Architecture and Urbanism. (4;4)   Forty-five hours of lecture and 15 hours of seminar/discussion per semester. The first part of this sequence studies the ancient and medieval periods; the second part studies the period since 1400; the aim is to look at architecture and urbanism in their social and historical context. (F,SP) Staff

173.  Case Studies in Modern Architecture. (3)   Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: 170A-170B and consent of instructor. Formerly 173A. This course examines developments in design, theory, graphic representation, construction technology, and interior programming through case studies of individual buildings. Our survey technique will be highly focused rather than panoptic. Each lecture will delve deeply into one or two buildings to examine program, spatial organization, graphic representation, critical building details, construction technology, and the relationship of the case study building with regard to other contemporary structures and the architect's overall body of work. From this nucleus, we will spiral outward to consider how the case study is embedded within a constellation of social and economic factors crucial to its design and physical realization. This survey of "modernism's built discourses" provides multiple perspectives on the variety of architectural propositions advanced to express the nature of modernity as a way of life.

C174.  Architecture in Depression and War. (4)   Three to four hours of lecture and zero to one hours of discussion per week. The Great Depression and World War II are arguably the two most influential events for the development of the built environment in the 20th century. Not only did they alter the socio-economic and political landscape on which architecture and urban planning depend, but they also led to technological innovations and vital debates about the built environment. This course examines the 1930's and 1940's topically, studying the work of the New Deal, corporate responses to the Depression and war, the important connections between architecture and advertising, the role of the Museum of Modern Art in the promotion of Modernism, the concept of the ideal house, and key tests, theories, and projects from the period. Also listed as American Studies C111A. (SP) Shanken

175.  Introduction to Architectural Theory 1945-Present. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: Open to upper division undergraduates and graduate students. This seminar provides an introduction to architectural theory since 1945, with emphasis on developments over the last three decades. Class readings and discussions explore the post-World War II crisis within modernism, postmodernism within and beyond architectural culture, and more recent developments around issues such as rapid urbanization, sustainability, the politics of cultural identity, and globalization. Transformations in architectural theory are examined in relation to historical forces such as the economy, the growth and transformation of cities, and the changing relationship between design professions and disciplines. The influences of digital media, new materials and production techniques on architectural education and practice are explored and the implications for architectural theory assessed. Key issues are anchored in case studies of buildings, urban spaces, and the institutions and agents of architectural culture. (F,SP) Crysler

176.  American Architecture. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. The first half of this course surveys American architecture from Colonial times to contemporary trends. Stylistic and spatial analysis is linked with the socioeconomic, political, and environmental influences on architecture, issues on originality, American exceptionalism, the influence from abroad, regionalism, and the role of technology. The second half delves more deeply into the history of specific building types--house, church, museum, library--grafting the earlier themes onto a history of modern institutions as they took shape in the United States. (F,SP) Shanken

178.  Visionary Architecture. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. This course explores architectural visions as historical windows, examining them from a number of angles. Using a variety of case studies drawn from different media (architectural theory, film, advertisements, architectural projects, and so on) and periods (turn of the century, the Modern Movement, Depression, World War II, 1960's, etc,) it provides a sampling of possibilities and models for the final student project, an in-depth, original research paper. Several themes thread their way through the course, including the role of the "unbuilt" in architectural practice; the uses of the future in the construction of national and personal identities, cultural narratives, and modern mythologies; and the importance of the future as cliche, and the role of play in cultural production. (F,SP) Shanken

179.  Special Topics in the History of Architecture. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit. Fifteen hours of lecture/seminar per unit per semester. Prerequisites: 170A-170B and consent of instructor. Special topics in Architectural History. For current section offerings, see departmental announcement. (F,SP)

198.  Special Group Study. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog. Must be taken on a passed/not passed basis. Studies developed to meet needs. (F,SP)

199.  Supervised Independent Study and Research. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit. Must be taken on a passed/not passed basis. Enrollment is restricted by regulations in the General Catalog. Studies developed to meet individual needs. (F,SP)

Graduate Courses

200A-200B.  Architectural Design Studio. (5;5)   200A must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. 200B must be taken for a letter grade. Eight hours of studio per week. Introductory course in architectural design and theories for graduate students. Problems emphasize the major format, spatial, material, tectonic, social, technological, and environmental determinants of building form. Studio work is supplemented by lectures, discussions, readings, and field trips. (F) Staff

200C.  Representational Practice in Architectural Design. (3)   200C must be taken in conjunction with 200A. Three hours of seminar per week. This course will address three distinct levels of representational practice in architectural design: 1) cultivate an understanding of the foundational discourse and diversity of approaches to architectural representation; 2) develop a fluency in the canonical methods found in architectural practice; 3) encourage the development of a personal relationship to forms of modeling and formats of drawing. (F) Steinfeld

201.  Comprehensive Architecture Studio. (5)   Course may be repeated for credit. Two hours of lecture and six hours of studio per week. Prerequisites: 100A-100B or 200A-200B. The design of buildings or communities of advanced complexity. Each section deals with a specific topic such as housing, public and institutional buildings, and local or international community development. Studio work is supplemented by lectures, discussions, readings, and field trips. (F,SP)

202.  Advanced Option Studio. (5)   Eight hours of studio per week. Focused design and research as the capstone project for graduate students. Staff

203.  Final Project Preparation Seminar: Thesis. (3)   Students may take 203/204 or 203/205 to complete the studio requirements. Three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Formerly 209D. Specific research topics organized to prepare students for their final project studio or thesis. (F,SP)

203A.  Final Research Seminar. (3)   Students may take 203/204 or 203/205 to complete the studio requirements. Three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Formerly 203. Specific research topics organized to prepare students for their final project studio or thesis. (F,SP)

204.  Final Project Studio: Studio Thesis Option. (5)   Eight hours of studio per week. Formerly 202A. Focused design research as the capstone project for graduate students.

204A.  Final Thesis Seminar. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. Formerly Architecture 204. Focused design research as the capstone project for graduate students.

204B.  Thesis Studio. (5)   Eight hours of studio per week. Formerly 204. Focused design research as the capstone project for graduate students. (SP)

205.  Final Project Studio: Independent Thesis Option. (5)   Eight hours of studio per week. Prerequisites: Consent of Chair of Graduate Advisors during fall semester. (F)

205A.  Studio One, Fall. (5)   Eight hours of studio per week. Prerequisites: Consent of Chair or graduate advisors during fall semester. Formerly 205. This course is a one-year, post-professional design studio intended for those students who have a professional architecture degree and wish to explore current design issues in a stimulating, rigorous, and highly experimental studio setting. (F)

205B.  Studio One, Spring. (5)   Eight hours of studio per week. Prerequisites: Consent of chair or graduate advisors. Formerly 205. This course is the second semester of a one-year, post-professional studio intended for those students who have a professional architecture degree and wish to explore current design issues in a stimulating, rigorous, and highly experimental studio setting. (SP)

207A.  College of Environmental Design Lectures Colloquium. (1)   One hour of lecture per week. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. This course accompanies the required introductory design studio in the three-year option of the Master of Architecture program. It is the first in a series of three one-unit colloquia, scheduled consecutively for the first three semesters of the program. Students will attend all Wednesday evening lectures of the College of Environmental Design lecture series. Every third week, they will meet with the instructor for a one-hour discussion. (F)

207B.  Architecture Research Colloquium. (1)   One hour of lecture per week. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: Co-requisite with Architecture 200B. This course accompanies the second semester of the required introductory design studio in the three-year option of the Master of Architecture program. It is the second in a series of three one-unit colloquia, scheduled consecutively for the first three semesters of the program. For a one-hour session each week, faculty in the department of architecture and other departments of the College of Environmental Design will present lectures on their research and design practice. (SP)

207C.  Professional Practice Colloquium. (1)   One hour of lecture per week. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. This course accompanies the required comprehensive design studio in the three-year option of the Master of Architecture program. It is the third in a series of three one-unit colloquia, scheduled consecutively for the first three semesters of the program. (F)

207D.  The Cultures of Practice. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: 201. The nature of architectural practice, how it has evolved and how it is changing in today's world is the theme of the class. The course considers how diverse cultures--both anthropological and professional--contribute to practice, and how the culture of practice evolves. The class has three five-week modules, devoted to the following themes: traditions of practice, research in the culture of the profession, and innovations in practice. (SP) Comerio, Cranz

208.  Introduction to Construction Law. (3)   Two hours of seminar/discussion per week. The course introduces graduate students to legal and related professional practice issues that often arise during a design professional's career. Careful practitioners can avoid or mitigate many legal problems through vigilance and loss prevention techniques. Course topics include standard of care, business formation, contract analysis and negotiation, intellectual property rights, projects delivery models, insurance, and dispute resolution. (SP) Sharafian

209.  Special Topics in Architectural Design. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. One to four hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Second- or third-year graduate standing. Formerly 209X. Topics deal with major problems and current issues in architectural design. For current offerings, see departmental website. (F,SP) Staff

209A.  Seminar in Architectural Theory. (1-4)   (F,SP)

209C.  Current Issues in Architecture. (1-4)   One to four hours of seminar per week. (F,SP)

209X.  Special Topics: Architectural Design. (1-4)   (F,SP)

211.  Theory and Methods in the Social and Cultural Basis of Design. (3-4)   Course may be repeated for credit. Three hours of seminar per week plus individual advising. Prerequisites: 110 or consent of instructor. Explores a variety of theories which explain and document the relationship between humans and the environment they build; outlines the research methods appropriate to each theory. (SP) Cranz

212.  Body-Conscious Design: Shoes, Chairs, Rooms, and Beyond. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. This seminar prepares students to evaluate and design environments from the point of view of how they interact with the human body. Tools and clothing modify that interaction. Semi-fixed features of the near environment, especially furniture, may have greater impact on physical well being and social-psychological comfort than fixed features like walls, openings, and volume. Today, designers can help redefine and legitimize new attitudes toward supporting the human body by, for example, designing for a wide range of postural alternatives and possibly designing new kinds of furniture. At the urban design scale, the senses of proprioception and kinesthetics can be used to shape architecture and landscape architecture. This course covers these topics with special emphasis on chair design and evaluation. The public health implications of a new attitude toward posture and back support are explored. The course heightens students' consciousness of their own and others' physical perceptions through weekly experiential exercises. Students produce three design exercises: shoe, chair, and a room interior. (SP) Cranz

215.  Landscape, Architecture, Infrastructure, and Urbanism. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. This seminar aims to explore how the physical and conceptual understanding of landscape can enrich current forms of architectural and urban design practice. At the junction of landform, infrastructure, urban design, and architecture lies a rich field of possibilities that is increasingly superseding the narrower field of each of the disciplines by themselves. In the past century, contemporary culture and technology-automobiles, televisions, cell phones, and the internet have socially, culturally, environmentally, and physically reshaped the urban fabric, calling into question the very definition of urbanity. The course will explore the implications for public space in an era of increased security and risk mitigation and how designers may direct the various invisible forces which give form to the world around us. (F,SP) Davids

216.  The Sociology of Taste in Environmental Design. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: 110, or consent of instructor. Taste is at work in the way we display our things as much as in the qualities of things themselves. A performance-oriented model of taste observes that objects fall into two broad categories: pragmatic (that support behavior) and symbolic (that identify a person). People visually organize these two categories of objects using both explicit and subconscious aesthetic rules to produce visually unified displays. Depending on how it is used, how it is placed in relation to other things, an object's meaning can vary. The display of taste is where objects take on--and shed--meanings, depending on how they are combined with one another. This seminar reviews the extensive body of 20th-century theory and empirical research on taste and considers the implications of theories about taste for design creation, design education, and for client-professional relations. (F,SP) Cranz

217.  Social Aspects of Housing Design: Mid-Rise Urbanism. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. The course explores strategies to bring coherence and continuity back to the city focusing on mid-rise, higher density urbanism and the potential and difficulties of this scale of urban fabric to contribute to the form of cities, without losing the potential of choice and diversity. The seminars are organized in case studies revolving around four cities: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Beijing, and New York. Design exercises parallel the case studies as a way to test and challenge the potentials of mid-rise urbanism. (SP) Chow

218.  Housing, Urbanization, and Urbanism: Design, Planning, and Policy Issues in Developing Countries. (4)   One and one-half hours of lecture and one and one-half hours of seminar per week. This seminar is concerned with the study of housing, urbanization, and urbanism in developing countries, studying not only the physical landscapes of settlements, but also the social, economic, political, and cultural dimensions. This course's focus will be on housing, its lens will be their processes of urbanization, and its intent will be to investigate the space for action by the professionals of the "urban" in the arena of housing. While the emphasis of the course will be on the diverse trajectories of developing countries, "First World" experiences will also be used to illuminate the specific transnational connections and their use in the making of housing theory and policy. The seminar complements the series of lectures offered in 111 and City Planning 111. (SP) AlSayyad

219.  Special Topics in the Social and Cultural Basis of Design. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Fifteen hours of lecture/seminar per unit per semester. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Topics include the sociology of taste, personal and societal values in design, participatory design, semantic ethnography, environments for special popultions such as the elderly, and building types such as housing, hospitals, schools, offices, and urban parks. For current offerings, see departmental website. (F,SP)

219A.  Design and Housing in the Developing World. (3)   (SP) Staff

221.  Graduate Seminar in Digital Design Theories and Methods. (3)   Course may be repeated for credit. Three hours of seminar per week. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Formerly 235. This seminar is intended to help graduate students develop a coherent research agenda in the area of digital design theories and methods. In addition, it is intended to serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas (e.g., work in progress, potential directions for research, etc.) in the area of shared interest. The course provides students with a set of questions as guides, readings, and guest lectures. (F,SP) Staff

222.  Principles of Computer Aided Architectural Design. (4)   Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. This course introduces students to Architecture's New Media; why and how computers are being used in architecture and what are their current and expected impacts on the discipline and practice of architecture. Topics include presentation and re-presentation (including sketching, drafting, modeling, animating, and rendering); generating design solutions (generative systems, expert systems,genetic algorithms, and neural networks); evaluation and prediction (using examples from structures, energy, acoustics, and human factors); and the future uses of computers in architectural design (including such topics as construction automation, smart buildings, and virtual environments). The laboratories introduce students to a REVIT, a state-of-the-art architectural software, including drafting, modeling, rendering, and building information modeling. This course is co-listed with 122. Graduate students will have a discussion section instead of the laboratory that 122 students undertake. (F) Staff

226.  Collaboration by Digital Design. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. This project-based seminar studies the problem of multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural collaboration in the building industry. It employs two complementary approaches: 1) a theoretical approach, which examines the nature of collaboration in general and in architecture in particular, looks at the methods that have been used to foster and support it, and interrogates their advantages and shortcomings; and 2) a practical approach, which use a web-based multi-person design 'game' that allow students to play different roles (architect, clients, engineer, builder, etc.) while collaborating in the design of a building. Offered alternate years. (F,SP) Staff

227.  Workshop in Designing Virtual Places. (4)   Three hours of seminar and one and one half hours of supervised laboratory sessions per week. This course introduces students to designing web-accessible, Multi User, Virtual Environments (MUVEs), inhabited through avatars. Such worlds are used in video games and web-based applications, and are assuming their role as alternative 'places' to physical spaces, where people shop, learn, are entertained, and socialize. Virtual worlds are designed according to the same principles that guide the design of physical spaces, with allowances made for the absence of gravity and other laws of nature. The course combines concepts from architecture, film studies, and video game design. It uses a game engine software and a modeling software to build, test, and deploy virtual worlds. (SP) Staff

229.  Special Topics in Digital Design Theories and Methods. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Fifteen hours of lecture/seminar per unit per semester. Prerequisites: 210 or consent of instructor. Selected topics in digital design theories and methods. For current offerings, see departmental website. (F,SP)

229A.  Introduction to Construction Law. (1-4)   (SP)

230.  Advanced Architectural Design Theory and Criticism. (3)   Forty-five hours of lecture/seminar per semester. Prerequisites: 130A or consent of instructor. Seminar in the analysis and discussion of contemporary and historical issues in architectural design theory and criticism.

231.  Research Methods in Architectural Design Theory and Criticism. (2)   Course may be repeated for credit. Thirty hours of lecture/seminar per semester. Seminar in methods and use of research in contemporary and historical architectural design theory and criticism. Required for doctoral students in this study area.

233.  Architectures of Globalization: Contested Spaces of Global Culture. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: This course is open to all graduate students and upper division undergraduates. This seminar examines the relationship between architecture and the processes associated with globalization. The social and spatial changes connected to the global economic restructuring of the last four decades are explored in relation to distinctive national conditions and their connection to historical forces such as colonization and imperialism. Theoretical arguments about international urban political economy, uneven development, deindustrialization and the growth of tourism and service industries, are grounded in specific urban and architectural contexts. Case studies explore issues such as urban entrepreneurialism and the branding of cities and nation-states; heritage practices and the postcolonial politics of place; border cities, and the urbanism of transnational production; cities, terrorism and the global architecture of security; critical regionalism, localism and other responses to debates on place and placelessness. Readings and class discussions examine course themes in a comparative framework and consider their implications for architectural design, education and professional practice. (F,SP) Crysler

236.  The Literature of Space. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. The concept of space as it is applied to the fields of architecture, geography, and urbanism can be understood as a barometer of the condition that we call "modernity." This course explores connections between the larger cultural frameworks of the past century, and the idea of space as it has been perceived, conceived, and lived during this period. Readings include key essays from the disciplines of philosophy, geography, architecture, landscape, and urbanism, and short works of fiction that illustrate and elucidate the spatial concepts. The readings are grouped according to themes that form the foundation for weekly seminar discussions. Chronological and thematic readings reveal the force of history upon the conceptualization of space, and its contradictions. (F) Stoner

237.  Ulterior Speculation: Monographs and Manifestos. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. An examination and analysis of architectural manifestos and monographs from the first half of the 20th century to today. The class analyzes the possibilities and limits of grounding a discourse in practice as well as theory. The seminar complements thesis preparation or can serve as an introduction to critical thinking in architecture. (F) Fernau

238.  The Dialectic of Poetics and Technology. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. Formerly 209A. This seminar examines the relationship between technology and design philosophy in the work of architects through analysis of individual buildings within the cntext of the complete oeuvre and an examination of the architect's writings and lectures. The seminar poses the following questions: What is the role of technology in the design philosophy of the architect and how is this theoretical position established in the architect's writings, lectures, interviews? How is this position revealed through the work moves to the developing world? How is this position negotiated in the design and construction of an individual building? Is this a successful strategy for achieving technical performance? Is this a successful strategy for achieving a coherent theoretical statement? A series of lectures explores these questions in relation to the architect and a set of required readings introduces the work of the architect and explores the relationship between technology and design philosophy. Students choose one building to investigate in parallel with the methods and issues discussed in class. These studies are presented in class as completed and assembled for submission as a final project. (F,SP) Ubbelohde

239.  Special Topics in Architecture Design Theory and Criticism. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Fifteen hours of lecture/seminar per unit per semester. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Selected topics in contemporary and historical architectural design theory and criticsm. For current offerings, see departmental website. (F,SP)

239A.  Design and Computers. (1-4)  

239X.  Special Topics: Design Theories and Methods. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. (F,SP)

240.  Advanced Study of Energy and Environment. (3)   Three hours of lecture/seminar per week. Prerequisites: 140 or consent of instructor. Minimizing energy use is a cornerstone of designing and operating sustainable buildings, and attention to energy issues can often lead to greatly improved indoor environmental quality. For designers, using computer-based energy analysis tools are important not only to qualify for sustainability ratings and meet energy codes, but also to develop intuition about what makes buildings perform well. This course will present quantitative and qualitative methods for assessing energy performance during design of both residential and commercial buildings. Students will get hands-on experience with state-of-the-art software -- ranging from simple to complex -- to assess the performance of building components and whole-building designs. (F,SP) Staff

241.  Research Methods in Building Sciences. (3)   Course may be repeated for credit. Three hours of seminar per week. Required for doctoral students in the area of environmental physics. Brager

242.  Sustainability Colloquium. (1,2)   One and one-half hours of seminar per week. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Presentations on a variety of topics related to sustainability, offering perspectives from leading practitioners: architectural designers, city planners, consultants, engineers, and researchers. Students can enroll for one unit (required attendance plus reading) or two units (with additional assignments. (F) Brager

243.  Natural Cooling: Sustainable Design for a Warming Planet. (3)   Three hours of lecture/seminar per week. Prerequisites: 140 or consent of instructor. Course focuses on zero- and no-energy climate responsive cooling strategies for both residential and commercial scale buildings. The course reviews designs and technologies that include low- and high-tech solutions, dynamic high performance facades, natural ventilation, and a range of other innovative cooling strategies. The course also explores the relationship between building design and operation, energy use, and climate change. (F,SP) Brager

244.  The Secret Life of Buildings. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. This exploratory seminar addresses a secret life of buildings related to physical performance. Students examine architectural, lighting, and mechanical systems in existing buildings with attention to energy use, occupant well-being, and architectural spacemaking. The seminar applies a collection of measurement techniques, often involving novel approaches, to reveal operating patterns in the complex environment of contemporary buildings. The personal experience students gain in performing the evaluations contributes to the students' experiential base at a formative time. Analysis of data collected in the field and the comparison of these data to values given by simulation tools provides a foundation for understanding the more abstract tools and standards used by designers in practice. The juxtaposition of design intention and post-occupancy performance can be a powerful learning experience now, as well as preparation for evaluating building performance in the future. (F,SP) Benton

245.  Daylighting. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: 140 or consent of instructor. This exercise-based seminar explores qualities of daylight with attention to developing an understanding of the physical and perceptual mechanisms that shape our experience of daylight. Students use three-dimensional models as a tool for the investigation of daylight in buildings. The distribution of natural light in architectural space is a particularly complex phenomenon that defies realistic numerical analysis. In contrast to the complexity of a computer simulation, physical models offer a practical tool for understanding natural light in architectural space. Well suited to the skills of an architect, this technique can be used at all stages of the architectural design process. Models can predict a design's performance in quantitative detail and provide immediate visual information for assessment of qualitative issues. Student work will include the construction and analysis of lighting models as well as a series of exercises designed to hone students' capacities to observe and understand light. (F,SP) Benton, Brager

249.  Special Topics in the Physical Environment in Buildings. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Fifteen hours lecture/seminar per unit per semester. Prerequisites: 140. (F,SP) Staff

253.  Seismic Design and Construction. (3)   Three hours of lecture/seminar per week. Prerequisites: 150. Contemporary design and construction techniques for improving the performance of new and existing buildings in earthquakes. Topics will include 1) basic principles of seismic design and building performance, 2) retrofit of existing buildings and evaluation techniques, 3) design and planning for disaster recovery and rebuilding. The course will use Bay Area and campus buildings as case studies. (F) Comerio

255.  Structure, Construction, and Space. (3)   Three hours of lecture/seminar per week. Prerequisites: 150. In profound buildings, the structural system, construction materials, and architectural form work together to create an integrated work of art. Current practice segregates these three areas by assigning separate and rigid roles to 1) an engineer, 2) a contractor, and 3) an architect. The goal of this class is to blur these traditional boundaries and erase the intellectual cleft through hands-on experience. Students are given weekly assignments which focus on one or more of the three areas. They may be asked to analyze a structure, to construct something from actual materials or research a case study and present it to the class. Each assignment is geared to help students integrate construction and structural issues into their architectural design so that they can maintain control of the entire design process. (F,SP) Black

256.  Structural Design in the Studio. (1-3)   Three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: 150 or equivalent. Teaching structures to architecture students on their own turf: in a design studio. The course is organized around weekly desk reviews and assignments for students enrolled in a 201 design studio or thesis. The reviews and assignments focus on the structural issues of the students' projects. A central goal of the course is to help students understand structural issues as they relate to design and to help them become comfortable with structural concepts so that they can begin to integrate the structure and architecture. The course can be taken for 1 unit, 2 units, or 3 units depending on the amount of time a student wishes to commit to it. A final report showing the evolution of each student's project with clear reference to how structural understanding influenced design decisions is required of all students regardless of units taken. Enrollment strictly limited to 10 students. (SP) Black

259.  Special Topics in Building Structures. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Fifteen hours of lecture per unit per semester. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Selected topics in building structures such as experimental structures and architectural preservation. For current offerings, see departmental website. (F,SP)

259X.  Special Topics: Building Structures. (1-4)   One to four hours of lecture per week. Special topics such as experimental structures and architectural preservation. (F,SP) Staff

260.  Introduction to Construction, Graduate Level. (3)   Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. This course addresses the methods and materials of construction. While students will not be experts at the end of the semester, the course should give students the confidence to feel comfortable on a construction site or when designing a small building for a studio. The course will focus on four major territories: structural materials, building envelope, built elements such as stairs and cabinets, and costs, labor conditions, conventional practices, and the regulatory environments that control design. (F) Buntrock

262.  Architecture in Detail. (3)   Course may be repeated for credit. Three hours of seminar per week. This seminar will reevaluate the material nature of buildings by studying and understanding construction details and the new technologies that are revolutionizing design construction and labor relations in architecture. (F) Davids

264.  Off-Site Fabrication: Opportunities and Evils. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: 160, 260 or consent of instructor. This seminar looks at the implications of off-site fabrication in architecture: consistent, protected environments; worker efficiency and safety; coordination of trades; cheaper, semi-skilled labor; construction periods shortened; and completion dates more predictable. Off-site fabrication can allow for increased refinement and trial assemblies. However, it may also create monotonous sameness when the processes and results are not considered with care. (F) Buntrock

265.  Japanese Craft and Construction. (3)   Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Prerequisites: 150, 160, or consent of instructor. The class addresses the role craft and construction play in Japanese architecture and applies these lessons to the evaluation of an exemplary recent building having unusual technical features. Buildings are expressions of theoretic and technical intent and a response to cultural and economic forces; Japanese architecture is regarded as particularly innovative. In studying a system where there is an emphasis on collaboration, students also see the values of North American systems of architectural production. (SP) Buntrock

269.  Special Topics in Construction and Materials. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Fifteen hours of lecture/seminar per unit per semester. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Selected topics in construction and materials. For current offerings, see departmental website.

269X.  Special topics: Construction and Materials. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. One to four hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Selected topics such as construction management implementation and geological hazards to construction. For current section offerings see department web site. (F,SP) Staff

270.  History of Modern Architecture. (3)   Three hours of lecture per week. This course examines developments in design, theory, graphic representation, construction technology, and interior programming through case studies of individual buildings. Each lecture will delve deeply into one or sometimes two buildings to examine program, spatial organization, critical building details, and the relationship of the case study building with regard to other parallel works and the architect's overall body of work. Castillo

271.  Methods in Historical Research and Criticism in Architecture. (4)   Sixty hours of lecture/seminar per semester. Prerequisites: Doctoral candidate or consent of instructor. (SP)

273.  Case Studies in Modern Architecture. (3)   Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: 170A-170B and consent of instructor. This course examines developments in design, theory, graphic representation, construction technology, and interior programming through case studies of individual buildings. Our survey technique will be highly focused rather than panoptic. Each lecture will delve deeply into one or two buildings to examine program, spatial organization, graphic representation, critical building details, construction technology, and the relationship of the case study building with regard to other contemporary structures and the "architect's overall body of work". From this nucleus, we will spiral outward to consider how the case study is embedded within a constellation of social and economic factors crucial to its design and physical realization. This survey of "modernism's built discourses" provides multiple perspectives on the variety of architectural propositions advanced to express the nature of modernity as a way of life.

275.  Introduction to Architectural Theory 1945 - Present. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: The course is open to upper division undergraduates and graduate students. This seminar provides an introduction to architectural theory since 1945, with emphasis on developments over the last three decades. Class readings, and discussions explore the post-World War II crisis within modernism, postmodernism within and beyond architectural culture, and more recent developments around issues such as rapid urbanization, sustainability, the politics of cultural identity and globalization. Transformations in architectural theory are examined in relation to historical forces such as the economy, the growth and transformation of cities, and the changing relationship between design professions and disciplines. The influences of digital media, new materials and production techniques on architectural education and practice are explored and the implications for architectural theory assessed. Key issues are anchored in case studies of buildings, urban spaces, and the institutions and agents or architectural culture. (F,SP) Crysler

276.  Spaces of Recreation and Leisure, 1850-2000. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. A reading and research seminar surveying the building types, social relations, and cultural ideas of recreation in the American city, including the tensions between home, public, and commerical leisure settings. Offered alternate years. (SP) Groth

278.  Visionary Architecture. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: 170A-170B and cosent of instructor. This course explores architectural visions as historical windows, examining them from a number of angles. Using a variety of cases studies drawn from different media (architectural theory, film, advertisements, architectural projects, and so on) and periods (turn of the century, the Modern Movement, Depression, World War II, 1860's, etc.) It provides a sampling of possibilities and models for the final student project, an in-depth, original research paper. Several themes thread their way through the course, including the role of the "unbuilt" in architectural history and architectural practice; the uses of the future in the construction of national and personal identities, cultural narratives, and modern mythologies; the importance of the future as cliche, and the role of play in cultural production. (F,SP) Shanken

279.  Special Topics in the History of Architecture. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Fifteen hours of lecture/seminar per unit per semester. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Selected topics in the history of architecture. For current offerings, see department website.

279D.  History of Housing. (1-4)  

281.  Methods of Inquiry in Architectural Research. (4)   Four hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: M.S. or Ph.D. standing or consent of instructor. This is the introductory course in methods of inquiry in architecture research to be required of all entering Ph.D. students in all areas of the program. The purpose is to train students in predissertation and prethesis research strategies, expose them to variety of inquiry methods including the value of scholarly research, the nature of evidence, critical reading as content analysis and writing, presenting and illustrating scholarship in the various disciplines of architecture. (F) Staff

298.  Special Group Study. (1-4)   May be repeated for credit up to unit limitation. Sections 1-3 to be graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Sections 4-10 to be graded on a letter grade basis. Special group studies on topics to be introduced by instructor or students. (F,SP)

299.  Individual Study and Research for Master's and Doctoral Students. (1-12)   Course may be repeated for credit. Individual studies including reading and individual research under the supervision of a faculty adviser and designed to reinforce the student's background in areas related to the proposed degree. (F,SP)

602.  Individual Study for Doctoral Students. (1-8)   Course may be repeated for credit. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Individual study in consultation with the major field adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare themselves for the various examinations required of candidates for the Ph.D. This course may not be used for units or residence requirements for the doctoral degree. (F,SP) Staff

Professional Courses

375.  Seminar in the Teaching of Architecture. (2)   Two hours of seminar per week. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Formerly Architecture 300. This class is intended for first-time graduate student instructors, especially those working in studio and lab settings. The class covers a range of issues that normally come up when teaching, offers suggestions regarding how to work well with other graduate student instructors and faculty, and how to manage a graduate student instructor's role as both student and teacher. The greatest benefit of this class comes from the opportunity to explore important topics together. Using a relatively light, but provocative set of readings, the seminar will explore the issues raised each week. There will be one assignment intended to help students explore their own expectations as educators. (F) Staff