Students will connect modern structural and architectural designs to historical architectural
and civil engineering achievements.
Students will identify the primary duties, and attributes of a civil engineer and
architect along with the traditional path for becoming a civil engineer or architect.
Students will use 3-D architectural software to design, model and document a small
building.
Students will calculate the heat loss for a building envelope with given conditions
appropriate for a project.
Students will calculate the storm water runoff from a site before and after development.
Students will use 3-D architectural software to create appropriate documentation to
communicate a commercial building design.
Students will use building codes and other technical resources to determine the required
floor loading for a given building occupancy.
Students will use 3-D architectural software to design and document a commercial site
design.
Students will create an oral presentation to present a proposal for the design and
development of a commercial building project.
Students will identify the primary reasons people choose or not choose architecture
as a profession.
Students will identify and describe the the five major phases of an architectural
project - Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents, Bidding and
Negotiation, and Construction Administration.
Students will identify and describe the different types of professional schools of
Architecture.
Students will identify and describe the three major components of architectural registration
- education, experience, and exam.
Students will identify and explain how architects obtain work, type of clients, and
typical compensation methods.
Students will identify and describe regulatory requirements that architects must comply
with.
Students will identify and explain some basic ethical principles that architects are
expected to comply with.
Students will determine the proper length of a drawn line using various scales found
on an architect's and engineer's scale.
Students will identify minimum code requirements for emergency escape windows, room
sizes, stair components, room natural lighting and ventilation.
Students will prepare a basic plot plan given the metes and bounds legal description.
Students will identify proper aligned dimensioning techniques, dimensioning line placement
and spacing, and proper dimension numeral placement.
Students will prepare a basic residential plumbing plan delineating the proper fixture
locations and the routing of the cold water, hot water, sewage, and gas lines.
Students will prepare a basic residential electrical plan delineating the proper locations
and symbols for lights, outlets, switches, and circuit lines.
Students will prepare a basic residential floor plan using proper scale accuracy,
dimensioning, notations, and symbols.
Students will recognize Egyptian architecture as permanent and unchanging; know the
Pyramids of Giza, and their various functions.
Students will identify Greek Classical architecture including the Parthenon, and the
measures used to make the resource appear perfect to the eye.
Students will identify Italian Renaissance architecture, and understand how it references
Greek Classical and Ancient Roman architecture.
Students will identify the design intentions of Modern architecture, and the meaning
of "form follows function".
Students will recognize Los Angeles architecture including the missions, architecture
that integrates indoors and out, and architecture catered to the automobile.
Students will identify a building's International Building Code (IBC) occupancy classification
based on its intended use.
Given a building occupancy and type of construction, students will identify the basic
allowable area, maximum building height in feet, and maximum number of building stories.
Students will identify minimum widths for basic components of the means of egress
system.
Students will determine occupant loads for basic components of the means of egress
system.
Students will determine maximum travel distances for basic components of the means
of egress system.
Students will recognize "Integrated Design" and how this approach differs from the
typical, linear design approach.
Students will identify the potential materials or systems that can impact Indoor Environmental
Quality (IEQ).
Students will recognize the concept of "Greenhouse Effect" and how solar energy and
the atmosphere effect climate change.
Students will know the specific goals of "Low Impact Design" (LID) and how it deals
differently with storm water runoff.
Students will identify GREEN-washing and understand that materials and systems are
never "LEED-Certified", only buildings are.
Students will prepare interior elevations detailing millwork for bath room and kitchen
cabinets given sketches and specifications.
Students will prepare wall-roof-ceiling details given a rough sketch and detailed
material and construction notes.
Students will identify the basic components of a residential wall section including
footing and roof connections.
Students will determine minimum residential stair dimensions and draw the stair cross
section given a floor-to-floor height.
Students will identify the basic components of a fireplace section.
Students will apply the basic principles of freehand descriptive sketching to create
a realistic sketch of an object.
Students will generate the two-dimensional orthographic views of a building given
a three-dimensional paraline view.
Students will generate a three-dimensional paraline view of a building given two-dimensional
orthographic views.
Students will construct a two-point perspective of a building given two-dimensional
orthographic views.
Students will create aerial and elevation views of a complex multi-component shape
delineating shades and shadows.
Students will configure AutoCAD for architectural drafting and sketch a basic floor
plan using available coordinate entry systems.
Students will create a window schedule using table styles and manual data input.
Students will create a dimension style in compliance with industry standards and properly
dimension a basic floor plan.
Students will create flooring plans delineating finish materials and areas using the
proper hatching patterns, sizing, and scales.
Students will create and locate basic architectural floor plan symbols using available
object snap odes and editing commands.
Students will create static and motion design projects based on the interaction between
the foreground and background colors.
Students will design an abstract composition delineating axial, radial and occult
balance.
Students will delineate smooth-to-rough gradation using line work, photographs and
material samples.
Students will determine the proper shades and shadows for a complex composition.
Students will explain the functional organization, structural system, circulation
patterns and building materials of a famous building.
Students will create a complex wireframe surface model using 3-D primitives with faceted
surfaces and polygon meshes.
Students will create a 3-D modeling environment with multiple views and dynamically
view-edit a 3-D model.
Students will create a complex solid model using 3-D solid primitives, region modeling
techniques and Boolean operations.
Students will extract orthographic and sectional views from a solid model.
Students will render a solid model after attaching materials, adding light sources,
various effects and choosing a viewpoint.
Students will create a 3-D building mass model using primitives, profile creation
and extrusion.
Students will create a variety of 3-D wall styles and generate a 3-D floor plan using
these styles given a basic layout.
Students will create a variety of 3-D door and window styles and place them in a given
3-D floor plan.
Students will extract a building section and elevation form a 3-D building model and
create one sheet for plotting both views.
Students will create and place door tags in a floor plan, then extract a door schedule
from these tags.
Students will survey, then compare and contrast the most important works of modern
architecture (i.e. post 1890) and select three personal favorites.
Students will research the building construction and design philosophy of an important
work of modern architecture and explain why the building was selected as important.
Students will organize a team and determine each member's responsibilities to further
research a building's construction in order to prepare detailed design drawings and
a building model.
Students will complete collaborate design projects as evaluated by student peers.
Students will complete building models and start a student design portfolio in preparation
for university transfer.
Students will create Three-Dimensional Floor Levels using a variety of circulation,
door, wall and window styles.
Students will create and join Three-Dimensional roof styles including flat, gable,
hip and shed roofs.
Students will create Exterior and Interior Elevations from a building model and add
a curtain wall.
Students will create Building and Wall Sections from a building model. Students will
also create Two-Dimensional details.
Students will create Three-Dimensional Interior Design Layouts including cabinets,
office furniture and toilet fixtures.
Students will create Exterior and Interior Renderings of the Building Model.
Students will create a set of Construction Documents using the Views they created
during the class assignments.
