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Introduction to Architectural Principles (ARTH 192)
This course explores themes that are essential to understanding architecture, and introduces students to key architectural concepts such as function, materials, decoration, structure, formal relationships, and classicism. Although not a linear survey course, we will nonetheless cover many historically remarkable buildings and structures. Lectures will focus on the best examples of how basic architectural elements have been interpreted and developed to create beauty and meaning.
For example, we will see how the ancient Egyptians, in order to achieve permanence, used their dry climate, easy access to stone and labor, religious views, and mummification techniques to develop the burial pyramids at Giza. Then, we discover a possibly more sublime and complex expression of permanence in Japan, which has a hot, humid climate, abundant timber, and frequent seismic activity. The Temple at Ise has been in continuous existence since 400 ad, because an exact replica has been rebuilt on an adjacent footprint, and the former temple dismantled, every twenty years—an elegant solution.
Stephen Atkinson
Architect
Stephen Atkinson received a master's degree in architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He has been in independent architectural practice since 2000, and has lectured at several schools, including the Rhode Island School of Design and the University of Maryland.
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Course Details
Wednesdays
7:00 - 8:50 pm
10 weeks
Sept 24 - Dec 3
2 units $365
Drop by: Oct 7
(No class on November 26)
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