Fall 2025 Architecture Electives
The School of Architecture’s Fall 2025 electives encourage students to engage with a range of diverse topics, including painting and collage, construction techniques, digital modeling, contemporary urban issues, digital fabrication and traditional woodworking. Full course details are listed below.
ARC 590: Two Dimensional Media
Mondays 10:00-12:30 | Prof. Mark O'Bryan
"Composite Types - Collage Compositions" focuses on the visual art of painting, starting with exercises in pictorial analysis that cover color theory, media content, art history, and spatial representation. Students will explore techniques like oil painting on canvas, drawing, observation, and collage to create both painting studies and final pieces, along with a research-based analytical text on a specific topic and artist.
ARC 634/499: Architectural Detailing
Wednesdays 9:00-11:00 | Prof. Bill Massie
This detailing course explores innovative building construction techniques through their assembly. It includes weekly lectures focused on contemporary methodologies and student-led research presentations. Students will spend the semester researching an architect and building, examining details in the context of construction and conceptual ideas, and ultimately producing a written and graphic contribution to the seminar detail book.
ARC 405: Digital Visualization I
Schedule Varies | Prof. Martin Summers
This course introduces students to computer visualization in architecture, focusing on 3D modeling, rendering, and animation software, workflows and advanced methodologies for architectural projects. This course consists of a series of workshops, from which students participate in four workshops to be graded. The course also includes readings and discussions about the last 30 years of computational advancements and their impact on architectural tools, techniques, and discourse.
UED 501: Introduction to Urban Environmental Design
Thursdays 10:00-12:30 | Prof. Jeff Fugate
Urban Environmental Design plays an increasingly vital role in urgent social, political, and environmental issues. UED501 introduces students to the structure and function of cities, contemporary urban issues, spatial analysis, and foundational design approaches. The course, structured as a workshop, will use case studies and exercises to develop skills and perspectives in Urban Environmental Design.
ARC 591: Topics in Furniture Design
Mondays 9:00-11:30 | Prof. Jill Leckner
This furniture design course explores digital design and fabrication, as well as traditional woodworking, to create two furniture prototypes. Over the course of the semester, students will acquire in-depth knowledge of the fabrication shop, craftsmanship, and fine woodwork detailing and joinery. They'll also acquire knowledge of contemporary furniture design and fabrication techniques through case study research assignments.
