ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM REPORT

            Volume II

 

 

 

            University of Massachusetts-Amherst

            Architecture+Design Program

            Department of Art, Architecture, and Art History

            College of Humanities and Fine Arts

            457 Fine Arts Center

            Amherst, MA 01003

           

           

Tel       413-577-1575

            Fax      413-545-3929

 

 

            John Lombardi, Chancellor

            Charlena Seymour, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

            Joel Martin, Dean, College of Humanities and Fine Arts

            Ron Michaud, Chair, Department of Art, Architecture and Art History

            Stephen Schreiber, Director, Architecture+Design Program

 

 

 

 

 

September  2006

 

 


Table of Contents

 

 

1.         Introduction to the Program                               VOLUME I

2.         Progress since last Site Visit                                VOLUME I

3.         Conditions for Accreditation                               VOLUME I

 

 VOLUME II

4.         SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

4.1       Student Progress Evaluation Procedures                              1                     

4.2       Studio Culture Policy                                                              3

4.3       Course Descriptions                                                               5

4.4       Faculty Résumés                                                                   32

4.5       Visiting Team Report from the Previous Visit                        58

4.6       Annual Reports                                                                       89

                                   


 

4.    Supplemental Information

 

4.1    Student Progress Evaluation Procedures

 

Supplemental information to the APR must include the following:

• A description of the procedures for evaluating student transfer credits and advanced placement

 

BFA-DESIGN

 

Undergraduate application to the Program of Architecture+Design in the Department of Art, Architecture and Art History at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst is a two-part process. Prospective students need to apply concurrently to the University and to the Program of Architecture+Design. Students can enter the BFA-Design program one of three ways:

  • By applying directly to the BFA- Design major as a high school senior.  This process requires a portfolio that is reviewed by Architecture+ Design and Studio Art faculty.
  • By applying directly to the BFA-Art major as a high school senior.  This process requires a portfolio that is reviewed by Architecture+ Design and Studio Art faculty. The student then applies to the BFA-Design track at the end of the sophomore year after completing the Foundations sequence. (Typically, no portfolio is required to move from Art to Design status, if a GPA of 3.25 or higher has been maintained in Foundations classes)
  • By applying to BFA-Design major as an “undeclared major” at UMass or as a transfer from another institution. This process also requires a portfolio. Transfer credits from appropriately accredited institutions are evaluated by the UMass through the transcript review process; credits recognized by the university are then evaluated against Department and Program requirements.  Questions and evaluations concerning Architecture+Design course work completed at other institutions are resolved by the Program Director through portfolio and syllabus review.  Content is also compared to NAAB student performance criteria for appropriate courses.

 

MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE

 

All applicants to the Master of Architecture program, who have completed prior undergraduate or graduate coursework in architecture, must submit design portfolios and transcripts from all previous colleges/universities they attended (regardless of whether or not they graduated) in order to be considered for course waivers and advanced standing. In addition to this, students with foreign degrees must provide transcript evaluations that translates course grades and credits to U.S.-based grading standards.

 

After admissions decisions are made, the director conducts a formal review of transcripts and portfolios from all successful applicants who have earned pre-professional architecture degrees from schools with NAAB programs, or equivalent, to determine the number of course waivers given and placement within the design studio sequence

 

Waivers (with reduction in credit hours) can be given for coursework equivalent to introductory courses (500 level) in the 3 year Master of Architecture curriculum. The program may ask the student for more information— e.g., course syllabi--if questions arise relative to the content of certain courses that are being considered as the basis for graduate-level course waivers.   In order for a course to be waived it must achieve parity in content, credit hours, and in relevant NAAB criteria.  (For example, history courses must cover the same time periods and geographic emphases—non-western and western traditions—as UMass courses). In order for courses to be waived, students must have earned a “B” or better grade.

 

 In addition to grade reviews, portfolios are assessed to determine studio waivers and placement. Studio waivers and placement are based on the comparable quality and level of development of previous design projects to the master’s core studio sequence. If a student is placed in the advanced design sequence, previous work must be deemed exceptional and the appropriate credit hours of core design studios are waived.

 

All students who are issued course waivers are then issued a form which specifies all courses waived (and all remaining courses to be taken at UMass).

 

 Students who have completed graduate-level coursework elsewhere are eligible to receive up to 12 credit hours of course waivers at UMass, if those courses were completed with a “B” or better grade. This course must have been completed as part of an accredited program at another institution, or graduate courses at UMass taken under a non-degree seeking status.

 

• A description of the procedures for evaluating student progress, including the institutional and program policies and standards for evaluation, advancement, graduation, and remediation.

 

BFA-DESIGN

 

All students are updated regarding the status of their credit distributions prior to advising periods through a categorized audit sheet of all courses taken (in residence and transfer); this audit sheet is also available electronically via the UMass website (SPIRE).

 

There is a major checkpoint at the end of the sophomore year. At this point, in order to continue in the program, students must have maintained a 3.25 in all required department Foundations classes (including Arch-Des, Art and Art-Hist) and completed most general education requirements. Students with less than a GPA between 3.0 and 3.25 must submit a portfolio which is reviewed by the faculty. (The faculty may require additional coursework). Students with less than a 3.0 GPA cannot continue as BFA-Design majors. (They can, however, retake core course to improve GPA).

 

MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE

 

Student progress in the Master of Architecture program  is evaluated at regular intervals. The first major check occurs after the first year. The second one occurs prior to Research Forum (masters project planning).

 

Students also meet with faculty advisors each semester before signing up for the next semester’s classes. Graduate students must maintain an overall average of 3.0 (“B”) in the courses which a student is offering to satisfy degree requirements, a minimum standard for satisfactory work is a 3.0 average. A student who in any two semesters, consecutive or otherwise, has semester averages of below 2.8 is subject to academic dismissal.  A student must make satisfactory and reasonable progress toward completion of a degree program within the Statute of Limitations for that degree. A student who is not making satisfactory or reasonable progress is subject to termination.


4.2    Studio Culture Policy

 

Supplemental information to the APR must include the school’s current studio culture policy.

STUDIO GUIDELINES

THE STUDIO

 

The studio is a learning environment that is directly affected by its qualities as a physical place. Each studio should maintain a well ordered and constructive working environment by keeping trash picked up, neatly storing projects, and looking out for the security of the studio. Recycling of paper, cardboard and chipboard is mandatory - use the appropriate containers.

 

Each individual studio class is responsible for the condition of the studio. If you come into the room and it needs some straightening up, please act in the interest of the collective good and clean up. At the end of the Fall semester the studios must be cleaned and work stored and/or well organized. At the end of the Spring semester all work must be removed, the studios must be broom cleaned and prepared for the Junior/Senior show.

 

Students must use caution when using all materials. Read all safety and health literature supplied with materials. Aerosol sprays and solvents should only be used with adequate ventilation and not be used in the studios. Exercise caution when cutting materials with sharp blades.  Recycling and the proper disposal of hazardous waste is mandatory.

Keys for the studio can be ordered and are available through Lisa in the Art Department’s main office.


ATTENDANCE 

The general university rules and regulations regarding attendance, withdrawals, add / drops, incompletes and grading are followed by this program. The Program encourages sensible time management practices for students and faculty. Attendance to all studios, lectures and reviews is mandatory. You must be in studio on time and you must work in studio during class time. More than two absences from class will affect your grade and may lead to failure; two lates are equal to one absence. If you are ill or have an emergency leave a message for your instructor via email or with the Art department’s main office. You should also contact a classmate to find out the material you have missed. It is your responsibility to obtain any assignments and make up any missed work. If you feel your absence qualifies as an excused absence, please provide a note from a doctor to your studio instructor.

 

PARTICIPATION

Your participation and progress is important. The material presented and projects assigned in all courses is cumulative. The assignments will be graded not only on the concept and ideas in your project, but also on the quality of drawings, models, verbal / written presentation and how well your project’s concept and ideas have been expressed in your design. You are required to pin-up your work at the time when a project is due and participate in discussion of all the projects in the class.

 

DOCUMENTATION and COLLECTION OF WORK

At the end of each semester, each student is required to submit a Compact Disk with documentation of ALL WORK from the semester. Work for Studio classes may include, but not limited to:

photos of all models and 3-D work  and high resolution scans or digital copies of all process sketches and finished drawings.

Your documentation should cover the project's evolution as well as its final representation. Grades will not be issued until the CD is submitted.

 

In addition, selected projects will be collected and retained by the University, you will have limited access to your the projects once they are collected, so be sure they are thoroughly documented. These projects are a required part of the accreditation process for our program. Work from lecture and seminar classes should include hard copies of all written assignments, papers and exams.

 

GRADING

Your grades will be determined using the criteria described below. Projects will be evaluated according to the concept, development, craft, and degree of difficulty and completeness. Your evaluation will take into account both the tangible things which are evident in the work, but also those things which are not so evident and are often ephemeral such as, passion, dedication, determination and persistence. The following standards will be used in assigning grades:

 

A
Truly extraordinary work, which has gone far beyond the description of the stated problem. Work that makes evident a significant understanding of the problem, shows exceptional competence in the required skills, extraordinary craft and exhibits an advanced conceptual clarity and depth. The student exhibits an attitude of exploration, of open-mindedness, and a willingness to benefit from criticism.

 

A- or B+

Exemplary work, which is attended with initiative beyond the description of the stated problem. The problem is well understood and the work shows competence, excellent craft and conceptual clarity and depth. The student exhibits an attitude of exploration, of open-mindedness, and benefits from criticism.

 

B
Good work that shows an understanding of the problem, displays a conceptual foundation and is well crafted. Shows overall competency, as well as, mastery in some areas. Is attended with an open and inquisitive attitude.

 

B- or C+

Acceptable work but with some deficiencies. Shows an understanding of the problem, but there is a need for some improvement to be at the appropriate level for the class / assignment.

 

C
Work which meets the minimum requirements of the problem and course. The problem is only partially understood and there is a clear need for improvement to be at the appropriate level for the class / assignment. Students should make every effort to meet with their instructor to identify their strengths and weaknesses.

 

C- or D+
Work which does not show an understanding of the problem, and demonstrates deficiencies in the mastery of skills, self-motivation and respect for criticism. Students should meet with the professor and discuss their course of study.

 

D

Unacceptable work which does not meet the requirements of the problem or course, shows a serious deficiency in the mastery of skills, and suggests that this course of study may be inappropriate for the student.

 

F
A grade of “F” is obvious

 

LATE / INCOMPLETE WORK
Students may be given an extension in the event of medical or emergency circumstances only. Late work will only be accepted at the discretion of the instructor. Incompletes will only be considered if a request is made in writing, the extenuating circumstances are explained and are consistent with University policies.

 

 

4.3    Course Descriptions

 

Supplemental information to the APR must include for each required and elective course in the accredited degree program a one-page description with an overview, learning objectives, course requirements, prerequisites, date(s) offered, and faculty member teaching it.

 

 


ARCH-DES 197F                       Design Investigations                                       3 units

Instructors: Krupczynski, Lugosch, Mann

 

Course description:

This course offers an exploratory introduction to strategies and concepts of design. Design is presented as an experimental practice where invention and investigation play essential roles. Students examine design as a discipline that does not produce answers or solutions to problems, but instead creates imaginative and open responses to the question of how form and space are organized and understood.

 

Learning objectives:

  • Engagement with a process-oriented approach to design.
  • Investigate a variety of design methodologies for the resolution of abstract problems.
  • Learn abstract and critical thinking skills and link it to concrete realization.
  • Understand the visual and verbal vocabulary of architecture and design.
  • Transformation from 2D to 3D
  • Explore Compositional strategies in 2D and 3D
  • Introduce “subtractive” and “additive” space making
  • Explore fundamental material/”making” processes (casting, joining, stacking, etc…)
  • Develop Model making skills in a variety of materials
  • Understand and use the process of critique through desk crits, informal pin-ups and formal presentations.
  • Gain practical drawing and model making skills.
  • Introduce the importance of visual, verbal and writing skills for design communication.
  • Breakdown pre-conceived ideas of the nature of architecture and design.
  • Value qualitative as well as quantitative approaches to design

 

Course requirements:

 

Transformation from 2-D to 3-D (Painting analysis: Diebenkorn and/or Mondrian)

Light as a design tool

“Invisible Cities”

Hidden object

 

 

Pre-requisites:             Foundations

 


ARCH-DES 197G                       Constructed Space                              3 units

Instructors: Krupczynski, Lugosch, Mann

 

Course description:

An introduction to concepts and skills required for interior and architectural design. Projects investigate the interrelationship of composition, form, space, light and use. The course provides a creative framework for exploring and understanding the fundamental elements necessary to produce meaningful spaces. Basic skills in model making and orthographic drawing are emphasized.

 

 

Learning objectives:

  • Introduction to individual design process
  • Introduction to concept development
  • Development of space making investigations: vertical planes, horizontal planes, additive and subtractive techniques etc
  • Intensive Development of Drawing techniques: Orthographic and Axonometric
  • Continued development of model making techniques
  • Introduction to simple programming
  • Introduce Issues of size, scale and measure
  • Introduce organizational principles
  • Develop an awareness of the importance of visual, verbal and writing skills for design communication.
  • De-familiarize the familiar through analysis and root projects in a re-visioning of everyday experience.

 

Course requirements:

Projects:

Passage/Threshold (additive/subtractive)

Space of Contemplation

Retreat (with dualistic site: water/earth, high/low, heavy/light)

 

 

Pre-requisites:             Arch-Des 197F


ARCH-DES 211                         The City                                                           3 credits

Instructor: Page                                                            

 

Catalog Description:

This seminar investigates the history of American cities, with an emphasis on the 20th century. Using readings in history, architecture, urban ethnography, and literature, this course seeks to uncover the largely invisible forces that have created the physical shape and social experience of the modem American city.

 

Learning Objectives:

Following the Shaker proverb -- "Every force evolves a form" -- we will pay special attention to the ways in which urban change has been reflected and refracted in the forms and spaces of the city. We will also be charting the reverse of the Shaker proverb by asking how the physical structures of American urban life - not simply buildings, but highways, suburbs, natural landscapes - become themselves forces in shaping individual and communal lives in the city.

 

Course requirements:

This course will require extensive readings and a series of short writing assignments culminating in a longer research paper.

 

Text:

LeGates and Stout, The City Reader, 2nd edition.

Conn and Page, Building the Nation, selected chapters to be distributed via email

Lisa Tolbert, Constructing Townscapes: Space and Society in Antebellum Tennessee

David Scobey, Empire City

Arnold Hirsch, Making the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago, 1940 to 1960

Richard W. Longstreth, City Center to Regional Mall: Architecture, the Automobile, and Retailing in Los Angeles, 1920-1950

Andres Duany, Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream

 

 

Prerequisites:

None


ARCH-DES 311                         Great Spaces                                                   3 credits

Instructor: Miller Pollin                                                               

 

 

Catalog Description:

This course investigates characteristics of a wide variety of remarkable architectural spaces

 

Learning Objectives:

Lectures will include a descriptive survey of these spaces selected from a range of historic and contemporary periods and cultures.  These case studies will provide the basis for discussion and analysis of what comprises memorable space—most particularly interior space.  Lectures will address not only the specific attributes of the case studies shown in slide form but also the more general concepts behind the evolution of these spaces.  Discussions and presentations are intended to stimulate critical thinking about the social, religious, economic and technical contextual influences on the formation of constructed environment as well as the natural environment.  Space types ranging from public to very private and from vernacular of indigenous to “high art” will be mined for their informative qualities for the emerging designer. Objectives include:

  • To broaden the students general perspective on a wide range of effective spaces and to encourage critical thinking about the spaces we encounter both routinely and occasionally
  • To provide research concepts for developing approaches to interior architecture.
  • To challenge preconceived notions of the relationship between programmatic space planning and space making
  • To heighten awareness of evolving attitudes about apace over time and in a range of cultures
  • To begin to assess the designers role as well as the users role in spatial perception

 

Course requirements:

Each class will begin with a one hour lecture accompanied by visual aids (slides, overheads, or handouts).  Case studies will be shown in order to magnify a particular point.  Historic examples will not be shown in chronological order but rather as they reinforce certain spatial characteristics.

 

Each student will be required to present a research project with appropriate visual aids in the classroom during the second half of the semester.  A written summary must accompany this presentation be the semester’s end.

Class attendance and participation:         50%              

Mid-term & Final Exam:                         25%

Final Research Presentation:                  15%              

3 Page Written Summary Paper:             10%

 

Text:

Time, Space & Architecture, Gideon, Sigfried

The Poetics of Space, Bachelard, Gaston

History of  Architecture, Kostof, Spiros

Modern Architecture, Curtis, William

Modern Architecture, Vols. 1 & 2, Benevolo

 

Prerequisites:

None

 


ARCH-DES 300                         Design I                                                           3 credits

Instructors: Mann, Miller Pollin, Schreiber                                   

 

Catalog Description

Development of a conceptual basis for design and planning. Basic spatial concepts, design skill development and communications skills applied to presentation of design solutions. Model-making, 2-D presentations of abstract and simple spaces. Enriched by an historic overview of 20th-century architecture and design, including products, furniture and major trends. Students must successfully complete this studio in order to enroll in any subsequent design courses.

 

Learning Objectives

This course offers an exploration of concept based design of form and space for human habitation, with particular attention to the interrelationship of body, space and measure.  Projects examine a sense of space related to body measure and standard measuring tools while introducing constructional, material, human and environmental forces that are fundamental to design.  Must be taken in conjunction with Analysis and Representation.

 

                 Development of individual design process

                Development of verbal presentation skills

                Introduction to literary, social and cultural aspects of form and space

                   making

                Introduce Proxemics and Ergonomics

                Design Development in response to program analysis

                Introduction to construction materials and vocabulary

                Introduce design detailing

                Increase awareness of important architectural and interior design

                  projects through analysis and case study

                Improvement of technical skills in drawing, model making, and other

                  presentation/communication techniques

                Introduction to the role of research in design

 

Course Requirements

AD I is a studio class which will meet twice weekly.  The normal studio day will consist of desk critiques for each student or group preliminary pin-up reviews.  A final project review will be held during the last week of the semester.  Grades will be based on the following: 

1.  Studio attendance and participation

2.  Timely completion of assignments

3.  Quality of conceptual work

4.  Quality of presentation and final projects

Late projects will not be accepted with out a written medical excuse.

 

Text:  Various

 

Prerequisite: 

Art Foundations course work, admission to the major or consent of instructor.

                                                                       

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ARCH-DES 301                         Design II                                                                      3 credits

Instructors:  Schreiber, Mann, Lugosch, Miller Pollin

 

Catalogue Description

Studio. Continuation of ARCH-DES 300 (Formerly ART 250). Introduction to programming, interior construction and detailing, socially relevant issues and the planning of increasingly complex space results in the completion of a significant planning and design exercise. Major projects considered along with a minor project, written assignment(s) and in-class exercises. Visiting professionals provide basis for critique of design solutions during project juries. Prerequisite:  Limited to B.F.A. Design majors.

                                                                       

Learning Objectives

This studio is a continuation of Design I.  Projects explore architectural spaces and structures through the development of spatial organizations that are responsive to increasingly complex programs and spaces.  Through the case studies and spatial analysis students develop an understanding of concept, image, organization and intention in design.  Inhabitation is continually explored while incorporating issues of social agency, human behavior, and accessibility.

 

                Continued development individual design process

                Development of Spatial Concepts

                Understand spatial organization and ordering systems

                Explore architectural precedents

                Develop analytical skills

                Develop understanding of the roles of programming in design in general and in specific                

                  client/designer relationships

                Explore Color and Materials as intrinsic to the design process

                Awareness to the various design process options such as transformation,

                  media crossovers etc

                Development of ability to critique and describe existing built environments

                Introduction of health and safety factors and accessibility factors in design

                Development of methods of communicating design ideas through verbal, graphic and three          

                  dimensional means

 

Course Requirements

There will be a series of themed studio projects that allow students to work on a variety of projects.  Students investigate design issues using various media.  Guest lecturers, extensive readings, writing and class discussions supplement the studio-work.  There will be several projects throughout the semester.  Some projects will be divided into two to three assignments.  Each project will begin with an assigned reading(s) and/or a presentation as well as an outline of assignments and due dates.  Project development will occur both in the studio and at home.  Work in studio as much as possible.

 

Text

“Architecture on the Edge:  New Orleans”, Stephen Schreiber, Proceedings:  ACSA SE/SW Regional Meeting, 1995

 

“An Introduction to New Orleans House Types”, Carrie Bernhard and Scott Bernhard, 2006, unpublished manuscript, see

http://www.archrecord.construction.com/news/katrina/NO_House_Types.pdf

 

Pre Requisite: ART 151 & ARCH-DES 300

 

 

 

            


ARCH-DES 400                         Design III                                                         3 credits

Instructors:  Lugosch, Mann, Miller Pollin, Schreiber

            

 Catalogue Description 

Continuation of ARCH-DES 301 (Formerly ART 251). In-depth exploration of increasingly complex planning with significant emphasis on cost, special detailing, behavioral and architectural programming, social context of design and planning and opportunities to work with actual clients. Problem-solving for mass housing, entertainment, commercial, and institutional environments includes a focus on code analysis, program definition and development, cost and construction issues, creativity and communication and an integration of presentation with construction documentation. Continued exploration of design through written, visual, and dimensional opportunities. Extensive out of class work, portfolio development, advanced presentation techniques, and class participation/attendance required.

 

Learning Objectives

Projects in this studio explore more complex architectural structures and problem solving with attention to the interrelationship of concept and realization.  Context (urban, suburban, and/or rural) is critically considered and analyzed as an important part of the design process.  Practical integrations of material, structure, building systems and detail will be explored.

 

                 Continuation of all aspects of design introduced or developed in previous design studios

                 Further development of individual design processes and individual methods of expression

                 Study of the role of social responsibility and ethics in design

                 Introduction to the impact of structure on both interior architecture and architecture

                 Introduction to the importance of various building systems such as heating and cooling                          systems on design

                 Introduction to more complex building programs

                 Development of sensibilities about lighting both natural and artificial in the built environment

                 Investigation of existing prominent built environments through selected case studies

                 Emphasis on the importance of research in all stages of the design process

 

Course Requirements

The course will be conducted in studio format, meeting for three hours twice per week.   Studio teaching will revolve around individual desk critiques, group preliminary presentations as well as final more formal presentations to faculty and professionals.  Class attendance is very important and a critical part of grade calculations at the end of the semester. 

 

Text:   

 

Pre requisites: 

ART 151; ARCH-DES 300, 30. Limited to B.F.A. Design majors.

                                                                       

           

 

                                                                                                                                                                       

 

          


ARCH-DES  401                         Design IV                                                         3 credits

Instructors:  Miller Pollen, Lugosch

            

Catalogue Description

Several complex interior planning and design projects selected and explored from commercial, institutional, hospitality and retail perspectives. Emphasis on refined planning and presentation techniques. An interdisciplinary and/or large-scale team project undertaken. Focus on culmination of design experiences in preparation for the B.F.A. Project. Emphasis placed on individual design approach illustrating student's strengths.   Limited to B.F.A. Design majors.

                                                                       

Learning Objectives

This in-depth thematic design studio focuses on critical and synthetic solutions that incorporate conceptual, constructional, environmental and social contexts of design in a capstone project.  Projects emphasize the integration of site, form, light, materials, structure, building systems, life safely issues, building envelope systems, code analysis, and program definition and development.

 

Course Requirements

Projects consist of 12 to 24 boards plus 10 to 50 pages of written text. Research may deal with historical aspects of the building, behavioral attitudes of users, and/or the program.  Completed projects presented to faculty and students for professional and peer evaluation. Project instructions available in department office. Prerequisite: completion of Design Studio sequence.

 

Text                 

Architectural Programming,                                

 

Pre Requisite: ARCH-DES 400 

          


ARCH-DES 440                         Analysis & Representation I                                           3 credits

Instructors:  Pardo, Barufaldi

 

Catalogue Description 

The natural extension of architectural drawing. Mechanical perspective developed into representational drawings suitable for presentation work. Shades and shadows developed more intensely. Various media explored, including the application of color. Limited to B.F.A. design majors.

                                                            

Learning Objectives

Introduction to concepts and techniques involved in the representation of form and space.  Students develop a conceptual and technical understanding of drawing systems through hand drawn and digital techniques.  While precision and clarity of drawing are emphasized, students are also encouraged to explore mediums and invent new representational strategies.  A variety of drawing techniques, mediums and applications

are demonstrated.

 

Course Objectives:

                 Understand orthographic drawing techniques and conventions

                 Explore a variety of drawing media and presentation strategies

                 Learn basic skills in Photoshop and ArchiCAD.

                 See drawing as a tool for analysis as well as representation

                 Develop both analytical and perfect freehand drawing skills

                 Think with your hands and link imagination with perceptive seeing

                 Develop time management skills to achieve presentation goals

 

Course Requirements

Projects There will be several projects throughout the semester. Each will involve a series of assignments.  For the first half of the semester you will be learning hand drafting techniques.  The second half of the semester will involve integrating hand-drawn and digital techniques, as well as learning basic skills in Photoshop and AutoCAD.  At the start of each project an outline of assignments and due dates will be given out.

 

Sketchbook All students are required to keep a sketchbook (no smaller than 6x9”).  Students are required to complete a series of assignments from Design Drawing by

Francis D.K. Ching.  This book is a good source for information about freehand and drafted drawing techniques. A schedule of sketchbook assignments will be given out separately.

 

In addition to the assignments, you are expected to use your sketchbook as an important developmental tool for your design studio.  Although we will not work on the sketchbooks during class time, they are an important part of this studio and can have a substantial impact on your final grade.  Keeping up with the assignments is essential.

 

Graduate Student Project Each graduate student will work on an additional project during the semester.  This project should be a PowerPoint presentation that presents research on the representational strategy/intention of a major architect or designer.

 

Text

Architectural Graphics, Ching.

 

Co-requisite:  Arch-Des 400 or Arch-Des 500

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

 


ARCH-DES        441                   Analysis & Representation II                            3 credits

Instructor:  Pardo

 

Catalogue Description 

Visual communication skills necessary and related to interior/architectural design presentation. Black and white and color presentations. Techniques include perspective, axonometric, and medium exploration.

 

Learning Objectives

This course is designed to assist you in developing analytical tools, conceptual frameworks and representational techniques that you will encounter throughout your career in architecture or design.  This course will challenge your analytical and creative capabilities.  We will be focusing on graphic and material representations.  In order to allow you to develop these skills further, this class will be linked to your studio course by incorporating some of your studio projects.  The main goal of this course is to give all of you a strong background in graphic and representational techniques which you will bring with you into your future

 

Course Requirement

Material Representation 3-D model-making which will explore new materials and new material techniques.

Drawing Representation Here you are free to explore different techniques including graphite, collage or ink.

Graphic Representation Renderings will be done in ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, Revit 8.1, Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop and PowerPoint.

Critical Analysis and Dialogue You will be required to present your projects and to engage in a critical discourse with your instructors and colleagues in relation to the concepts presented in the class.

 

Text:

Architectural Graphics, Ching.

 

Prerequisite:  Arch-Des 401 or Arch-Des 501

                                                                       

 

           

 

          


 

ARCH-DES 500                             Graduate Design Studio I                             6 credits

Instructors:  Mann, Lugosch, Miller Pollin

 

Catalogue Description 

The exploration of how a project is generated through careful attention to program and site is further developed in the context of a larger scale interiors project. Greater attention given to issues of detailing. Continued exploration of materials from Design II (Formerly Interior Design II).

                                                                       

   Learning Objectives

                 To reinforce individual design process

                 To emphasize the synthesis of layers of empirical information

                 To examine and discuss methods of approaching key contemporary issues                               

                  in the built environment including sustainability/”green architecture”

                 To work with complex building programming

                 To advance students presentation and communication techniques ranging from

                  computer aided rendering to free hand sketches and writing

 

Course Requirements

 

The course will meet in two studio sessions per week.  All students are strongly encouraged to have and use a workstation in the studio.  Studio time will primarily be spent with individual and group critiques of student work.  Slide presentations will be given as appropriate to the project and the project stage.  Several field trips are planned outside of studio hours. 

 

Attendance for all studio sessions is required.  Unexcused absenses will negatively affect grades even if work is completed on schedule.  Late projects will not be accepted.  Grades for each project will be weighted by the proportion of time allotted for the assignment during the semester.

 

Students will be working on a series of projects increasing in size and complexity as the semester evolves.  The final projects will have content and program related to the fine arts in higher education.

 

Text

Various

 

Prerequisite:  Admission to MArch or MS

           

 

           


ARCH-DES 501                         Graduate Design Studio II                               3 credits

Instructors:  Lugosch, Mann, Krupczynski, Miller Pollin

 

Catalogue Description 

Studio projects emphasize the evolution of an interior design project through careful attention to program and site. Students analyze the physical spaces that surround them, paying careful attention to issues of materiality, dimension, color, and light. A series of exercises, including analysis of built projects, encourages understanding of the history of the discipline and the importance of creative thinking. Emphasis is on acquiring the skills necessary to communicate design intention.

                                                                                     

Learning Objectives

Using methods that you have developed in previous studios, in addition to skills that you develop in this class, you will begin to work with increasingly complex spaces, programs, bodily demands and regulatory conditions as the semester progresses.

Components will include analysis of your culture and special backgrounds, training in the use of color, culture research,  the study of anthropometrics and environmental psychology, program analysis and development, issues of assistive and universal design, and regulatory analysis and application.  Students will come to understand that the best design emerges from factual understanding and deep empathy into the experiences of others.

 

Course Requirements

This advanced studio combines research methods and creative thinking to explore innovative solutions to pressing problems in society.  Research and writing will be combined with design exploration and production.  Field trips and guest lectures will be components of research.

 

Text

Architectural Access Board Rules, Rules and Regulations, CMR 521

 

Israel, Toby, Some Place Like Home, Wiley-Academy, London, UK, 2003.

 

Prerequisite:  Arch-Des 500

 

            


ARCH-DES 510                         Furniture Technology & Design                       3 credits

Instructors:  Mann, Krupczynski

 

Catalogue Description 

Furniture design in drafting and sketch models only. One-of-a-kind and mass produced furniture, free-standing and built-in architectural woodwork. Advanced drafting and small-scale sketch model making. Three furniture design projects in presentation drawings and/or models, plus materials and methods research, field trips and special lectures.  

 

Learning Objectives

This course provides a broad-based introduction to furniture design.  We will explore furniture as a response to fundamental needs, furniture as a bearer of the human body, furniture as a material challenge, furniture as it shapes space, furniture as an emblem of material culture and furniture as a product.  We will use our hands and our heads as we explore several design and analysis projects, culminating in a free-standing found-object piece.

 

Course Requirements

Projects, Lectures, Field Trips This course is structured to interweave various learning devices.  There will be regular lectures as well as studio design projects.  Several field trips are also planned.  Since the course meets only once a week, with additional field trips on Fridays, self pacing and attendance at all classes and field trips are of the utmost importance.

Workbook/Sketchbook You will be given weekly assignments based on material from the readings that may not be covered in class.  These are to be turned in for pin-up and discussion each week, and then assembled into a bound notebook by each student at the end of each semester.

Scrapbook Throughout the term, keep a large (9x12) sketchbook with notes, sketches, clippings from readings, images and anything that you feel has inspired you.  This will become a valuable tool both for your design process, and my evaluation of your progress throughout the term.

Models, etc. We will be working in drafted and rendered drawings, 3-D models and bas relief models, mock-ups and prototypes throughout the term.  If you are taking the CAD course, you are encouraged to do some of the assignments on the computer.  You are encouraged to use the various workshops on campus.

 

Text

Various

 

 

Prerequisites:  Arch-Des 501 or Arch-Des 400

                                                                       

 

 

 

 

            


ARCH-DES 520                         Building Physics I                                            3 credits

Instructor:  Fisette

 

Catalogue Description 

Energy conservation in contemporary residential construction. Emphasis on: energy efficient building materials, products and construction technology; alternative energy sources; passive solar design; environmental concerns, regulatory issues and building codes.

 

Learning Objectives

“Energy Efficient Housing” presents residential energy conservation as a primary energy resource.  Energy conservation is the most cost-effective, environmentally safe method for lowering energy costs and reducing dependence on  a finite supply of fossil fuel.  Conservation must not be confused with personal sacrifice or going without.  It means being smarter and using better, more efficient technology.  Students explore alternative sources of energy, but primary discussion in Energy Efficient Housing involves technical issues, dealing with building methods and materials used to save energy while at the same time, improving comfort and performance.  Political, economical and environmental issues are inextricably connected to conservation and enter into classroom dialogue.  Classroom lectures focus on the fundamentals of residential energy-use involving:  energy-saving materials and products; energy-efficient technology and design; sustainable construction; alternative energy sources; affordable housing, political impact, and regulatory developments.

 

Course Requirements

1)  Students are expected to play an active role in classroom learning by participating in group discussions.  This means that students must research discussion topics prior to class and be prepared to participate.

2)  Regular class attendance is expected.  Guest lecturers may be invited to present an overview of projects they are currently involved with.  Attendance is mandatory for these presentations. 

 

Text

Energy Crafted Home Builders Guide, West River Communications, Inc., 1991.  Sponsored and written by Northeast Utilities.

 

Insulate and Weatherize by Bruce Harley, The Taunton Press, 2002

 

Prerequisites:  Physics

 

          

 

 

 

 

            


ARCH-DES 550                         Tectonics I                                                       3 credits

Instructor:  Fisette

 

Catalogue Description 

Analysis and review of the entire light-frame construction process, from regulation and design through site preparation, project management, and ultimate delivery of a completed structure.

 

Learning Objectives

Principles of Light-Frame Structure Technology provides students with an understanding of the construction industry, processes and building materials used in contemporary residential and light frame construction.  The entire residential construction process is reviewed:  from regulation and design through site preparation, project management, and ultimate delivery of a completed structure.  Close attention is paid to the sequence of events as they occur in most construction projects.  Leading-edge products and technologies are analyzed and compared to more familiar ones.  Students investigate basic structural loading, recognize load paths and use span tables to size structural elements for a variety of basic applications.

Throughout the semester, focus is drawn to the structural performance of various building elements, materials, systems, and strategies used to construct enduring and sensible homes.  Coursework is tied closely to the arrival of new products, technologies and regulatory issues affecting the construction industry.  This course investigates the products, systems and participants that shape the building-materials and construction industry.

 

Course Requirements

Grading             20%                  Exam #1

                        20%                  Exam #2

                        25%                  Final Exam

                        15%                  Homework, reports and class contribution

                        20%                  4 quizzes

Attendance/Participation Regular class attendance is expected.

Academic Honesty The integrity of the academic enterprise of any institution of higher education requires honesty in scholarship and research.  Academic honesty is therefore required of all students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.  Academic dishonesty is prohibited an all programs of the University.  Academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to:  cheating, fabrication, plagiarism and facilitating dishonesty.

 

Text

Fundamentals pf Residential Construction, by Edward Allen and Rob Thallon, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2002.

 

Supplemental readings will be distributed in class and posted on the web page,

http://courses.umass.edu/bmat313

 

 

 

            


ARCH-DES 600                         Graduate Design Studio III                              3 credits

Instructor:  Krupczynski

 

Catalogue Description 

Principles and process of architectural design. Projects developed and presented by student with individual attention from instructor. Each project reviewed by open jury system with visiting critics. Readings from texts and journals. Design projects, sketch problems.

 

Learning Objectives

Students will build upon skills developed in previous courses to conceptualize and holistically develop a critical, creative architectural design which is conceptually consistent in its 1) organization, 2) tectonic expression, 3) technical, legal, and financial feasibility, and 4) environmental sustainability.  Students will inform design conceptualization and development through research and analyses of architectural precedents and regional typological antecedents.  Students will analyze physical, environmental, and cultural site conditions and critically engage these conditions through the employment of conceptually consistent strategies of placing the building into a given situation.  Working collaboratively, students will continue to develop iterative design processes that draw from and build upon individual experiences and previous design successes.

 

Course Requirements

Students will perform group research and design.  The highest level of professionalism is expected during the quarter.  Excellent attendance (to class, reviews, charrettes, presentation, etc.), timely completion of work (late and incomplete work will not be reviewed by the client), and appropriate preparation for classes and meetings are expected from every student.  Students are encouraged to utilize digital technology, assignments whenever appropriate.

 

Prerequisites:  Arch-Des 501

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ARCH-DES 601                             Graduate Design Studio IV                           6 credits

Instructor:  Lugosch, Miller Pollin, Mann, Krupczynski

 

Catalogue Description  Continuation of Graduate Design Studio II.  Several complex interior planning and design projects. Emphasis on refined planning and presentation techniques.

                                                                       

 

Learning Objectives

Investigation of the interaction between user requirements, environmental determinants, site and urban context conditions, technological factors, and design intentions in the development of design solutions for projects of medium scale and complexity.  The analysis, design, and coordination of the various resulting systems, including structural, circulation, service networks, space zoning and use, environmental control systems at the interface between interior and exterior of a building.  Representation of these relationships and systems in diagrams and models, and their manifestation in design and construction details.

 

Course Requirements

Design Issues of Emphasis

                 Interior-exterior spatial relationships and the nature of their architectural                                    separation

                 Site utilization and “exterior space” design

                 Adherence to project program requirements, interior and exterior.

                 Access and circulation:  Horizontal and vertical with ADA and other code

                  compliance issues

                 The tectonic design, understanding, and use of building structure as a definer

                  of interior space and giver of exterior form

                 Design of mechanical spaces (horizontal and vertical) as they  relate to usable                                     interior space and function

                 Edges, corners, ground and sky conditions, etc.

 

Text

None

 

Prerequisite:  Arch-Des 600

           

 

 

           

 

          


 

ARCH-DES 602                             Graduate Design V                                       6 credits

Instructor:  Lugosch, Miller Pollin, Mann, Krupczynski

 

Catalogue Description:  Similar to ARCH-DES 600. Different and more advanced series of problems.

 

Learning Objectives

Design of multi-purpose buildings of medium to large scale and complexity.  Issues of community and neighborhood design as they relate to the design of buildings.  Restoration and adaptive re-use of existing historic buildings.  Focus on thinking through as will as documentation the complete building system and process.

 

Course Requirements

In this course students will engage the design of buildings and public space in a comprehensive and holistic manner.  This studio will engage the making of buildings

place and space from a number of points of reference including (but not limited to geography, topography, ecology, economy, sociology, ritual. culture, and art.  It is expected that all students will develop design strategies that express clear and critical thinking.

 

Text 

 

Prerequisites:  Arch-Des 601

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ARCH-DES 620                             Building Physics II                                        3 credits

Instructors:  Mann, Lugosch

 

Catalogue Description 

The importance of light in shaping the physical environment. Developing a lighting plan. Lecture topics include the physics of light and color, basic electricity, the characteristics of different lamp sources and the psychological impact of lighting. Field trip to view successful lighting installations. Studio exercises include the redesign of an existing lighting scheme and the design of a luminaire.

                                                                       

           

Learning Objectives

This course is designed to examine the role of light, both natural and artificial, in transforming a building from the ordinary into the extraordinary and concurrently, in the creation of place identity, memory, “experiential architecture”; the role of light in the phenomena of sensory space.

 

Course Requirements

The course will consist of lectures, case study presentations, short assignments, quizzes, exam, studio exercises and field trips.

 

Text:

Interior Lighting for Designers 4th Edition, Gary Gordon (available at the UMass book store)

 

Detailing Light, Jean Gorman (used on line)

 

Light Construction, Terrance Riley

 

Prerequisites:  Physics


ARCH-DES 630                         Philosophy of Arch & Design                          3 credits

Instructor:  Page

 

Catalogue Description

Lectures, discussions and practicum sessions. Review and analysis of environmental behavior and related design literature. Emphasis on need for user-based evaluations of design environments as an important component of the environmental design process. Concepts, techniques, and qualitative and quantitative approaches from behavioral sciences and design professions.

 

Learning Objectives

This course is an intensive reading and writing course on the central theories and philosophies shaping architectural discourse in the 20th century, with an emphasis on the past forty years.  We will look at some of the key thinkers and theoretical approaches that have shaped 20th century architecture (phenomenology, structuralism, postmodernism) and then move to a chronological focus on the past few decades of architectural culture.  The goal of the course is twofold: to gain some mastery over the foundations of contemporary architectural theory, and, equally, to understand how architects and designers can put these theoretical explorations to work in their own practice.

 

Course Requirements

1. Readings -- The heart of the course is an intense engagement with the readings

 

2 Weekly journal - To augment your reading, and to develop your capabilities as writers on architecture, for each class you will write a 2-3 page essay in which you engage with the readings for the week.  I will sometimes insist on a focused critique of one of the readings, or ask you to go to visit a particular building and write about it.  But in other weeks, I will leave it open, and encourage you to write on whatever was inspired by the readings.   We will spend some class time most weeks discussing approaches to architectural writing. You may skip two weeks.

 

2. Group project -- The concept of beauty, which largely fell out of favor as a way of talking about architecture for the past two decades, is returning in new guises.  The class project will be to examine the key writings on beauty, the central intellectual problems around the idea, and to put together a one-day symposium in the spring of 2007 which will bring together scholars and practitioners together to wrestle with these ideas. 

Text

K. Michael Hays, ed., Architecture Theory since 1968

Neil Leach, ed., Rethinking Architecture   (“L” in the syllabus)

Elaine Scarry, On Beauty and Being Just 

Strunk and White, Elements of Style

 

Prerequisites:

Admission to MArch or MS

 


ARCH-DES 650                         Tectonics II                                                      3 credits

Instructor:  Clouston, Schreyer

 

Catalogue Description

Introduction to the mechanical behavior of building materials for students of construction technology and architecture.  Basic structural concepts, including statics and strength of materials, are addressed in a practical hands-on manner.

 

Learning Objectives

Mechanics of Building Materials for Construction introduces students of building construction and architecture to the mechanical behavior of building materials.  Basic structural concepts, including statics and strength of materials, are addressed in a practical hands-on manner.  Practical applications are highlighted throughout the course through in-class examples and illustration, homework assignments and lab tutorial sessions.

Specific course objectives include:

                 Calculation of external and internal forces in simple, statically determinate                                plane structures

                 Calculation of bending and shear stresses in simple beams

                 Calculation of bending and shear stresses in simple beams

                 Understanding the concept of stability with slender columns

                 A general introduction to basic principles of mechanics of materials

 

Course Requirements

The course will have four basic components:

1) Lectures:  Class will meet for a 50 minute session on Wednesday and Friday mornings to introduce and discuss new topics and to go through sample problems.

2) Labs:  Class will meet for 115 minutes on Monday mornings for a problem solving tutorial.  Working in assigned groups, students will solve questions that are similar to the homework questions to be completed the following week.

3) Assignments:  Homework will be assigned every Monday during the lab. Due dates will be set when homework assigned, but will generally be the following Monday.  Assignments must be submitted on time.  Late submittal (without prior Professor approval)

will result in a 5% penalty for each day that it is late (including weekends).  No assignments will be accepted after homework solutions have been handed out.

4) Exams:  There will be two mid-term exams and one final exam.  All exams will be closed book but cheat sheets and calculators will be allowed.

Text

B. Onouye and K. Kane, Statics and Strength of Materials for Architecture and Building Construction.  Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 2nd ed., 2002

 

Prerequisite:  Tectonics I

 

                                                                       

 

 


ARCH-DES 660                         Business of Building                                        3 credits

Instructor:  Damery

 

Catalogue Description

Introduction to issues affecting the operation of a professional interior design/architecture office: programming, office structures, liability insurance, project scheduling, IDP and RE orientation, code search, cost estimating, portfolio and interviewing procedures. Includes field trips. Prerequisite: Design sequence through Design III

 

Learning Objectives

Introduce business concepts to students interested in design and fabrication of structures.  Managing a project, contracts, marketing, scheduling, personnel, leadership, interpersonal communication, human behavior, finance, budgeting, ethical and legal considerations.

 

Students will gain understanding of and will hone verbal, writing, and research and collaborative skills. 

 

They will also be exposed to and gain awareness in the areas of:

 

                 Critical Thinking Skills                          Contracts and Specifications

                 Human Behavior                                    The Legal Context of Architectural                            Legal Responsibilities                                                       Practice

                 Building Economics and                        Firm Organization and Management

                  Costing                                                Leadership

                 Technical Documentation                       Ethics and Professional Judgment

 

Course Requirements

Students are required to read material relevant to the topic area and skills building from textbook, course packet and on-line materials.  Lecture will be used to introduce, explain, and expand on reading materials.  Lectures will include in-class discussion, and in-class written and oral assignments to supplement learning.

 

Ten individual written homework assignments are assigned.

 

To enhance decision-making and problem solving skills, groups are assigned and two written case-study projects are required.

 

Three exams are scheduled.

 

Text

Ebert, Ronald J. and Ricky W. Griffin, Business Essentials, 5th Edition, Prentice-Hall, 2004

 

                                                                       

 

           

 


ARCH-DES 670                         Research Forum                                              3 credits

Instructors:  Lugosch, Mann

 

Catalogue Description

Design criticism, current design literature, man/environment problems, design education, sociology of design, energy conservation through design, etc. Guest speakers, possibly one or two field trips; each participant prepares a class presentation on a chosen topic.

 

Learning Objectives

A degree project is a self-initiated major research/project which reflects an area of design that is your particular interest.  The project could be a town hall, community center, store complex, adaptive reuse of buildings, congregate housing, office spaces, hotel, restaurant, transportation center, museum, or any other major design project.  The expectations for projects are for a truly significant project, though large size and programmatic complexity may not necessarily be the primary determinant-your project’s significance may emerge from the types of research themes that accompany the project.  Consider the type of work you plan to do in the future as you decide, for this project will become a central portfolio piece.

 

The Objective of the BFA/MS Degree Project is to provide a comprehensive overview of your education.  The final research document, oral presentation and drawings should reflect the course work completed in your major as well as your readiness to enter the design field.

 

Course Requirements

Project Binder The main product of the workshop is a Workshop Project Binder in which you will compile the research completed during the semester.  I suggest lightweight plastic sleeves in a roomy binder that can hold a variety of research items from clippings to material samples to code research, to your writings and graphics (also, you need to keep track of bibliographic information for various items, so you can keep track of sources.  Small post-it pads may be useful).  The Project Binder that you develop during this semester’s workshop will evolve into your Degree Project Book as you supplement the Workshop Binder with additional writing/analysis/documentation of your design process and completed design over the course of your Degree Project Design semester.   Two copies of the Degree Project Book must be handed in at the end of your Degree Project Design semester in the week following your oral presentation.

 

Writing /research samples handed in during the course of the workshop semester-other than the actual binder review should be copies of what you have in your binder, so that you keep a set of information before you, even as I am reviewing your research.

 

Weekly discussion will focus on the nature of thesis concepts and how research and writing can help to hone interests.  In addition, practical issues of how to assemble program and site material will be reviewed.

Text

Research Methods, Groat

 

 

                                                                       

 

 

          


 

ARCH-DES 700                             Integration                                                            3 credits

Instructor:  Miller Pollin

 

Catalogue Description

Professional design procedures consisting of complete design solutions from inception to completion of project. Theory and practice seminar discussions to enlarge knowledge and understanding of the practice of designing interiors in architecture.

 

Course Objectives

Summary course in the technology sequence in which construction, structural, and environmental technology systems are integrated within architectural design projects.  Emphasis is placed on the poetic as well as the technical aspects of building systems.

 

The intent of this course is to teach the skills necessary to proceed from a Schematic Design Phase, consisting of those drawings illustrating a project’s scale and relationship of components, to the Design Development Phase, consisting of those drawings and other documents necessary to fix and describe the size and character of the project as to architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical systems and materials.  Primary emphasis will be placed on the selection and dimensional interrelationship between building systems and their appropriateness, cost and code requirements.  Further emphasis will be placed on the historical comparisons and precedents for similar design elements.  This ability to understand the “how to” of construction is critical to the future practitioners place in the profession.

 

 

Course Requirements

Approach and Methods Schematics- Defined by plans, elevations, building sections, axonometrics including the following:  Parti, Basic Massing; Entrance; Circulation; Services; Module/geometry utilizing dimensions; Inside/outside.  Criteria to be utilized in Design Development process for the selection of system/materials:  Parti Reinforcement; Environmental/climate; Wind; Water; Sun; Context/situation; Construction sequence; Costs, and Codes.  Design Development-the following systems:  Civil; Architectural; Structural; Mechanical; Plumbing; Fire Protection; Electrical.  Define the interrelationships of the systems at the following intersections:  roof wall juncture; wall ground relationship; exterior building corner; entrance; window (4) and spandrel panel details; door details (4), and roof design element.

 

Text

Building Construction, Edward Allen

 

Prerequisite:  Arch-Des 602

 

 

 


ART-HIST 342/642                     19th Century Architecture                                   3 units

Instructor: Rohan

 

Catalog Description:

          Architecture as art, proper architectural terms, architecture as tool of society. Flow of architectural style from 1750 to 1900 in Europe and America; attempts to account for frequent changes in style, beginning with Romanticism, continuing through variety of tastes of the mid-century, concluding with rise of the skyscraper and early Frank Lloyd Wright. Architecture as humanistic study; basic for architects, regional planning, landscape and town planning, and preservation.  (Planned for Fall)

 

Learning Objectives

This lecture class surveys the practice of architecture in Europe and America from the mid-eighteenth-century to the early 1900s.  It looks at the economic, social and political forces that led to the creation of new building types, institutions and technologies peculiar to the nineteenth century.  In a chronological fashion, the course focuses on seminal figures, monuments, urban environments and movements- such as Schinkel, Ruskin, Viollet-le-Duc, Frank Lloyd Wright, Hausmann’s Paris, Olmstead’s Central Park, Gothic Revival, Arts and Crafts, and Art Nouveau.  A particular emphasis will be placed upon architecture’s relationship to history and labor.  The architect’s role as a critic seeking social reform will also be stressed, Students will develop a working vocabulary of germs that will be used on quizzes and exams.  It is helpful for those taking 343, 20th Century Architecture in the Spring.

 

Course Requirements

A quiz (5%) Sept. 17, mid-term exam (15%) Oct 20, final exam (20%), short 5-page paper (20%) due Oct. 15 in class, a 10-12 page research paper (40%) due Friday, Dec.3 in class.  Graduate student requirements are different.

 

Text

Barry Bergdoll’s European Architecture 1750-1900  and Henry-Russell Hitchcock’s Architecture:  Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries are required.  Both are available at the textbook annex.  Other readings will be on reserve and there may be some supplements.

                                                                       

 

 

        

Prerequisite:  ART-HIST 110 or 115.

        

 


ART-HIST 343/643                     20th Century Architecture                                3 units

Instructor: Rohan

 

Catalog Description:

Recognition and explanation of stylistic trends of our era, beginning with Frank Lloyd Wright and other 20th century innovators, ending with contemporary developments. Changing theories of modern architecture and their historical sources; views of modern architects through reading and critiquing. Preparation for careers in architecture, environmental design, interior decoration and art history.  (Planned for Spring)

 

Learning Objectives:

This course examines the architecture, design and theory of the Modernist movement from 1910 to the present.  It begins with the examination of the different avant-garde movements that contributed to the formation of Modernism.  It looks at the International Style’s relationship to Art Deco and the totalitarian architecture of the 30’s.  Attention is paid to the positions staked out by critics, historians and the canonical founding figures-Wright, Mies, Gropius and Le Corbusier. in the mid 70’s by Venturi and others and the contemporary fascination with architecture as spectacle in the form of museums by Gehry,  Meier and others.  Topics include machine vs. organic metaphors, mass-production, European vs. American ideals, and the impact of war, mass-culture and new technology.  Students will develop a working vocabulary of terms useful for discussing 20th century architecture, a familiarity with the ideas and technologies of the century and skill at reading architectural images and plans. 

 

Course Requirements:

2 Reading exercises 5% each

Quiz - 5%--on avante–garde movements

Midterm - 20% same format as quiz

Short paper - 20%--5 pages on an assigned topic

Final paper – 25% -- 10-12 page analysis of a modern building

Final exam – 20% -- cumulative

Other papers or quizzes might be assigned as the instructor sees fit.

 

Text

William J.R. Curtis.  Modern Architecture Since 1900.

Ulrich Conrads.  Programs and Manifestoes on 20th Century Architecture.

Le Corbusier.  Towards A New Architecture.

Robert Venturi, Denise Scott-Brown, and Steven Izenour.  Learning From Las Vegas.

Packet:  Selected chapters from William H. Jordy.  American Buildings and Their Architects, Vol. 4:  The Impact of European Modernism in the Mid-Twentieth-Century.  Available only at the Textbook Annex.

Other articles on reserve indicated on syllabus.

 

                                                                       

Prerequisites: ART-HIST 110, 115 or 191A

 


 

4.4    Faculty Résumés

Supplemental information to the APR must include a maximum two-page résumé for each faculty member teaching in the accredited degree program.

 

Art, Architecture, Art History (Architecture+Design Program)

Joseph Krupczynski

Assistant Professor

Kathleen Lugosch

Associate Professor

Ray Kinoshita Mann

Associate Professor

Sigrid Miller Pollin

Professor

Max Page

Assoc. Professor,  Dept. Grad Director

Stephen Schreiber

Professor, Program Director

Art, Architecture, Art History (Art History Program)

Timothy Rohan

Assistant Professor

Building Materials and Wood Technology

David Damery

Assistant Professor

Peggi Clouston

Assistant Professor

Paul Fisette

Professor

Alexander Schreyer

Lecturer

Engineering

Charlie Curjia

Assistant Professor

Scott Civjan

Associate Professor


 

JOSEPH KRUPCZYNSKI

Assistant Professor

 

TEACHING

 

Constructed Space

Design Investigations

Two Dimensional Design

Representation, (Rendering)

Design 4

 

EDUCATION

1999-2001

1982-1987

1978-1982

 

1993

Master of Science in Design, University of Massachusetts

The Cooper Union,  Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture

Parsons School of Design, Department of Environmental Design,

BFA with Honors,

Wide Awake Garage. Daniel Kelm, Bookbinder, Easthampton, MA, Apprenticeship with master bookbinder.

 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

 

1997-2001

2001-present

1988-1990

1985, 1986

 

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Lecturer,

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Assistant Professor

Parsons School of Design, Department of Continuing Education

Parsons School of Design, Department of Environmental Design

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

2001-present

1995-2001

1992-1994

1992

1988-1991

1986

1985

1985-7

1983-4

 

studio projects design, Principal, Northampton, MA

Thomas Douglas Architects, Architectural Designer, Northampton, MA,

Wormser and Associates Architects, Project  Architect, New York,

Architrope Architects, Project Architect, New York, New York,

Averitt Associates Architects & Planners, Project Architect, New York

Tod Williams/Billie Tsien Associates, Designer/Draftsman, New York,

Kutnicki / Architect, Designer/Draftsman, New York, New York

Interiors Magazine, New York, New York, 1985-1987

Daniel Brown and Associates, Draftsman, New York, New York

 

RESEARCH AND CREATIVE WORK

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

2002

 

2002

 

2002

 

2001

 

2000

Man and Wood,”, 2005, Lecture (with Timmy Aziz) at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland

“New Modelling,” Co-Curated Exhibition at the Student Union Gallery, UMass, Amherst

“Materials, Process, Sequence: Interior Design Accreditation Show,” Curated Exhibition at the Student Union Gallery, UMass, Amherst

“Constructed Space,” Curated Exhibition at the Student Union Gallery, UMass, Amherst MA, 2002

The Labyrinth’s Section,” Lecture, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland

“The Virtual and The Real;  The Imaginative and The Material,” Essay/Introduction for the book New Modelling, Switzerland

“Daedalus Theater,” Installation/Exhibition, Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA

“Earthbound”, Group Exhibition , Hamden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA  

 

SERVICE

 

2005

2006

 

Five College Lecture Series coordinator

Public Art Committee of the Northampton Arts Council, Chair

 

REGISTRATION  and PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

 

NCIDQ

 

AWARDS

 

2006

2003-2004

2003

 

College Outstanding Teacher Award, College of Humanities and Fine Arts

Lilly Teaching Fellowship, UMASS Amherst

Historic Northampton Award, for Cafe Casablanca

University of Massachusetts Chancellor’s Show, Amherst, MA

 

RECENT AND CURRENT PROJECTS

 

2006

2005

 

2005

2005

2005

2005

2005

2005

2005

2005

 

2005

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

2003

2003

 

2003

 

2002

 

2002

2002

2002

 

Skinner Building Study. Holyoke, MA, Development report and analysis.

Sunderland Memorial Competition. Sunderland, MA / Competition entry for the design of a memorial park.

Urban Habitat Competition. Charlottesville, VA / Competition entry for the design multi-family housing on the site of a Trailer Park.

Alvarez Residence. Northampton, MA / Design for Kitchen and dining room in an existing home.

Ice Pond House. Northampton, MA.  Design for a three-bedroom house in new residential development area.

575 Granby Road Commercial Center. South Hadley, MA. 2005 / Schematic Design for new 12,000 sq. ft. commercial center.

Fort Hill Road House. Easthampton, MA / Schematic Design for renovations of an existing house.

Hein/Hemment House. Amherst, MA  / Design of a small house.

Lake Glenville Condominiums. Lake Glenville, NC. / Schematic Design for new lake front condominiums.

One West Street. Hadley, MA / Schematic Design for renovations of an historic house on the Connecticut River.

Caribbean Walk Street Signage. Holyoke, MA / Design of street signage for Latino/a businesses.

Academy of Music Signage. Northampton, MA / Design for new marquee and signage structure

New Housing / New York, Competition Entry, New York  / Design for new housing units in Brooklyn

U2 Tower Competition, Dublin, Ireland / Competition Entry for new landmark tower.

Porcella/Derose Studio, Whately, MA / Design of an artists studio          

495 Sprout Brook Road. Harrison, NY / Design of kitchen and study in existing residence.

Hampden + Pleasant Street Development. Holyoke, MA  / Development study for a mixed use new construction.

Herold / Smith Residence. Northampton, MA  / Renovations and addition to existing house.

Café Casablanca, Northampton MA  / Exterior and interior design of local café.

GO (in development), Northampton MA /  New Bar/Club/Restaurant

Veracruzana (in development), Amherst MA /  Interior Design Project (Restaurant)Café

 


 

 

KATHLEEN LUGOSCH

Associate Professor

 

 

TEACHING

 

Constructed Space, Design Investigation

Design I, Design II, Design IV, Arch Des I, Arch Des II, Grad Studio I, Grad Studio II

Construction Methods + Materials

Architectural Lighting (Building Physics II)

Rendering, AllPlan, (Representation)

Professional Practice

BFA, MS Degree Project Research, BFA, MS Degree Project Design

Independent Study , Practicum

EDUCATION

1983

1974

1972-1973

Harvard University Graduate School of Design,  Master of Architecture 1983

St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, Bachelors of Arts. 1974

Universidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

1995-2006

1988-1994

1984-1986

1981-1983

Program Director (1995-2005) -Associate Professor (2000):Architecture + Design, UMass

Visiting Instructor/Guest Critic,  I. D. /A. S., University of Massachusetts 

Boston Architectural Center, Boston, MA, Instructor/Guest Critic.

Harvard University Graduate School of Design: TA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1986-Present. 

1983-1986

1982-1983

1981-1983

LugoschArchitect, Amherst, MA, Principal. 

Graham Gund Architects, Cambridge, MA, Project Architect

Leers Weinzapfel Associates, Boston, MA, Architectural Designer. 

David Handlin, Cambridge, MA, Architectural Designer. 

RESEARCH AND CREATIVE WORK

2006- present

 

2002

 

2000-2001

 

1999

 

 

1999

Cowls Attainable Housing, duplex prototype student design through construction

American Performing Arts Collaborative, Harlem, NY,. Design of a multi-use dance studios, with Professors Miller Pollin and Page.

Hampden Hampshire Housing Partnership, HAP, Springfield, MA,

Affordable housing prototype for the historic McKnight neighborhood

Mt. Toby Environmental Retreat, studio design project in collaboration with Professor Fisette, Building Materials and Wood Technologies and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management. 

Architecture for Humanity, Transitional Housing Competition, unfolding structures recyclable into permanent housing. With Professor Fisette, and alumna, Anita Licis. 

SERVICE

1995-2005

Architecture + Design Program Director;

Coordinated Master of Architecture Degree Program Approvals:

University of Mass, Faculty Senate Committees and Committee of the Whole

Massachusetts Board of Higher Education

Coordinated NAAB candidacy procedures

Coordinated FIDER accreditation efforts

Coordinated curriculum redesign and implementation

Art Department Visual Arts Center: promotion, fund raising and Building Committee

Art Department AQAD APR and Team Review

REGISTRATION

1986

1991

Registered Architect, Commonwealth of Massachusetts  #6682,

Energy Crafted Home Certified

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

1986-present

2002-2005

American Institute of Architects

Illuminating Engineering Society of North America

AWARDS

2003

 

 

2002

2002

2002 + 2003

2001-2003

2002

Lighting for Tomorrow, Energy Efficient Luminaire Design.

                        Honorable mention: Lugosch + Licis Portable

                        Phase 2 Invitational Competition ‘ 04

WM AIA Honor Award,: Private Residence Renovation and Addition

WM AIA Honor Award,

WM AIA Awards Traveling Show,

Healey Travel Grant, The phenomena of light in architecture.

St. Lawrence University Retrospective Print Show

RECENT AND CURRENT PROJECTS

 

 

Rodgers Summer House, Belchertown, MA.  design of 1800 s.f. summer home

Miller House Addition, Heath, MA. Addition of garage, Entry, Master Bedroom to a house designed by LugoschArchitect in 1989

Mottern  Northampton, MA. Apartment Build-out exploring low cost design features

Vacation House, Tolland, MA. 2,000 s.f. lakeside home to replace a house destroyed in fire.  Regulatory issues: Conservation Commission,  Neighborhood review.

Perlman Renovation, Northampton, MA.  Gut renovation

Western Mass Residence, Shutesbury, MA.  Passive solar design featuring energy conserving materials and detailing

Sunderland Vietnam Memorial Competition and Exhibit, Sunderland, MA

"Flying Porch" Shutesbury, MA. Detached 2nd floor Screen Room with storage below.

Designers Lighting Forum, New York. Invitational Exhibit: The Flowering of Fluorescent.

Density Housing Competition, Boston, MA, BSA

Short Residential Renovation/Addition, Montague, MA, 100+ year old farm house renovation, addition, re-visioning of Yankee tradition building with locally available materials, honoring joining, with care to detail and wear over time.

Kwasnoski/West Renovation /Addition, MA, Separate/Connected/Shared.  A midlife marriage.  "Memory walls" in collaboration with paper artist and alumna Petula Bloomfield.

Shiga Competition, Japan.  Museum for Japanese poet.  

Hastings Residential Renovation and Addition, Northampton, MA, 2002.

Schneider House, Amherst, MA.  2002, 5,000 sq. ft. private residence.

Cohen House, Northampton, MA. 4,000 square foot a live/work project.

 

 

 


 

RAY KINOSHITA MANN

Associate Professor

 

TEACHING

 

Constructed Space, Design Investigation

Design I , Design II, Design III, Design IV (undergraduate and graduate)

Construction Methods + Materials

Architectural Lighting (Building Physics II)

Furniture Design & Technology

Design Theory Seminar

Advanced digital design

BFA, MS Thesis supervision

Independent Study , Practicum

Research forum

EDUCATION

1988.

1983.

Harvard Graduate School of Design, Master of Architecture, with distinction,

Harvard-Radcliffe College, Bachelor of Arts in Visual and Environmental Studies

(minor in Structural Engineering), magna cum laude,

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2001-present

Spring 2002

1998-2001

1995-1998

1987-88

1987.

UMass. Associate Professor of Architecture+Design

Acting Area Coordinator,

UMass. Assistant Professor of Interior Design and Architectural Studies.

UMass. Lecturer in Interior Design and Architectural Studies.

Harvard Graduate School of Design, Studio Assistant,.

Harvard Graduate School of Design, Career Discovery Program, Instructor,

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1990-present

 

1988-1992

 

1988-1990

 

1987-1988

 

 

1986

 

1984-1985

 

1980-1982

R K Studio, Amherst, Massachusetts.  Principal Architect

Residential, commercial, cultural, and institutional projects.

The Stein Partnership, New York City, New York, Design Associate,  Women's Rights National Historical Park.

The Marshall Kinoshita Partnership, Cambridge, Massachusetts,. 

Design Partner, residential projects.

Rafael Moneo, Architect, Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Design Assistant, Cultural and ecclesiastical projects (Joan Miro Museum, Dominican monastery).

Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam, Netherlands,.  Design Assistant, Civic projects (The Hague City Hall competition).

Jeremiah Eck, Architect, Boston, Massachusetts,.  Design Assistant,

Residential projects (Waxman Residence, BSA Award).

Harvard University Office for Energy Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts,.  Energy Auditor, Lighting Designer.

RESEARCH AND CREATIVE WORK

2003-present

2002-present

2001

2001

Woman Building –the life and work of architect Itsuko Hasegawa

Memory, Culture, Care –responsive design for Alzheimer’s care environments

“From the Gecko,” Boston Magazine, Best of Boston Issue, August,.

“Elegant Setting for a High-Wire Act,” Boston Globe.

SERVICE

1997-2003

 

1997-1999

American Association of University Women, Selected Professions Fellowships

(Chair 2001-2003).

Town of Amherst Planning Board, member.

 

REGISTRATION

 

Registered Architect: Massachusetts #8921, New York #021912,  Vermont #003-0002118, Arizona #30377,  NCARB Certification #43,058

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

2004-2005

ACADIA member

1996-2003

American Institute of Architects,  Western Massachusetts Chapter

AWARDS

2001-2002. 

2001

2001

1999-2000

Five College/Graham Foundation grant($10k) for curriculum development.

Best of City Search 2001, Best Restaurant Design (editorial & audience winner),

Conde Naste Traveler, Salamander Restaurant named  Top 100 Tables in the US

Faculty Grant for Teaching, University of Massachusetts, $1,500,.

RECENT AND CURRENT PROJECTS

2006-present

2006-present

2006-present

2006-present

2005-present

2005-present

2005-present

completed 2006

completed 2005

completed 2004

completed 2001

 

completed 2001

1998-2001

completed 2000

Evaluation of Terrazzo Cracking in Elevated Walkways

Annie Oakley Center, Greenville, Ohio, new construction, schematic design.

Mann Residence, Hadley, Massachusetts, new construction.

Women’s Rights National Historical Park, consultation.

Firestone Weiss Residence, Longmeadow, Massachusetts, new construction.

Thompson Cardasis Residence, Leverett, Massachusetts, new construction.

The Ark, phase II: fountain, altar and signage, Amherst, Massachusetts.

Welsch Residence, North Andover, Massachusetts, new construction.

The Ark Five College Episcopal Center, Amherst, Massachusetts, addition.

Machover/Kinoshita bath suite and studio barn, renovation.

Vilar Center Temporary Offices, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts, renovation,.

Salamander Restaurant, Boston, Massachusetts, new construction,.

M.N. Spear Memorial Library, Shutesbury, Massachusetts, schematic design.

“Brain Opera,”  with MIT Media Lab, House of Music, Vienna, permanent installation

 


 

SIGRID MILLER POLLIN

Professor

 

 

TEACHING

 

Undergraduate Design Studios

Graduate Design Studios

Constructed Space

Great Spaces

EDUCATION

 

M. Arch,  Columbia University

BA,  Vassar College Art History

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

 

Asst. Prof, Assoc. Prof, Full Professor, Dept Chair – Dept. of Architecture California State Polytechnic University Pomona

Full Professor- Architecture + Design University of Massachusetts Amherst

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Mitchell Giurgola Associates, New York NY

Johnson & Burgee, New York, NYU

Prentice, Chan, Olhausen Architects New York, NY

RESEARCH AND CREATIVE WORK

 

2005

2004           

2003

2003   

2003

2002

2001

2001

Project Publications:

Contract Magazine Multi-tasking Gordon Hall UMass Amherst

LA Architect Fashion as Inspiration

Gordon Hall “Outdoor Classrooms” citation Architecture Magazine

Western Massachusetts AIA News Landscape Of Learning

World Trade Center Competition Entry with historian Max Page

The New Gordon Hall UMass Magazine

Students Retooling Mill Space, Union News,  Holyoke Ma

Hauser Magazine: Seriose Architektur

SERVICE

 

Current Member Western Massachusetts AIA Executive Board

REGISTRATION

 

Registered architect: MA, CA, NV, NY

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

Member AIA

NCARB

Past Memberships:

Editorial Board Architecture California

AWARDS

 

Finalist National AIA Award Mt. Vernon Ave Residences, Riverside CA

AIA Inland California Award of Excellence for Interior Design

Award of Honor Inland Design Institute Loring Building

First Award of Honor Colton Sr. Housing International Design Competition

Travel & Design Fellowship Curtin University, Perth Australia

AIAIC Award of Excellence 3.5 Houses Riverside CA

RECENT AND CURRENT PROJECTS

 

Architectural Design:

1290 House, Amherst, MA

The Octagon House, Monson, MA

Barkley Residence Laguna Beach CA

All Fired Up! Restaurant, Hadley MA

Gordon Hall UMass Amherst MA

Telecommunications Offices UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA

Master Plan & Schematic Design Riverside School for the Arts Riverside CA

Fais-One Performing Arts Center, Harlem New York

House I, House II,& House III Riverside CA

Loring Building Riverside,CA

Teller Residence House for a Magician Las Vegas,NV

World Savings & Loan Bank Sun City, CA

World Savings & Loan Bank Lake Elsinore CA

Avalon/El Segundo Sr. Housing Watts, CA

 

 

 


 

MAX PAGE

Associate Professor

 

TEACHING

 

United States urban and architectural history, historic preservation, United States social and cultural history, the place of memory

EDUCATION

1995

1988

Summer 1991

University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D. in History.

Yale University, B.A. magna cum laude in History

Harvard University GSD, summer architectural program

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2003-2004

2001 – present

1999 –2001

1998-99

1996-99

1995-96

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow

University of Massachusetts, Department of Art, Associate Professor,

Lecturer, Department of History, Yale University           

Leverhulme Visiting Research Professor, University of Nottingham,        

Assistant Professor of History & Director, Heritage Preservation Georgia State U.

Lecturer, Department of History, University of Pennsylvania         

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

 

RESEARCH AND CREATIVE WORK

2005

 

2003

 

2003

 

1999

 

 

 

2004

The City’s End: Two Centuries of Fantasies, Fears, and Premonitions of New York’s  Destruction (Yale University Press).            

Building the Nation: Americans Write About Their Architecture, Their Cities, and Their Landscape (University of Pennsylvania Press)

Giving Preservation a History: Essays on the History of Historic Preservation in the United States (Routledge Press), co-edited with Randall Mason.

The Creative Destruction of Manhattan (Chicago: University of Chicago Press). The book appears in the Historical Studies in Urban America series edited by James Grossman and Kathleen Conzen. Winner of the 2001 Spiro Kostof Award of the Society of Architectural Historians: the best work on urbanism and architecture in the previous two years.

“Inventing Times Square, Inventing Modern America: An Exhibition at the New-York Historical Society”, chief curator

 

SERVICE

2006-08

2001

1999 -

Massachusetts Society of Professors (faculty union at UMass), President

Radical History Review Editorial Collective Member

Referee: American Studies, The Public Historian & Journal of American History

Board of Advisers, The Gotham Center, NY

REGISTRATION

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

 

 

AWARDS

2003

2001

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship 

Spiro Kostof Award, Society of Architectural Historians

 

RECENT AND CURRENT PROJECTS

 

 


 

STEPHEN  SCHREIBER

Professor

 

TEACHING

 

Design I

Design II

Design III