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SARCSARC 3100: Principles and Practices in Arts Administration (ARAD 3100/ COMM 3600)Sampson (T,R) 1700-1815 in Campbell 153

Arts Administration as a discipline exists at the crossroads of commerce and art, where an artistic creation – or any creative product - meets its audience. This survey course explores that intersection in theory and in practice, introducing tools of both business and of community building. Principles of theory provide context enabling students to consider the position and role of the arts and artists in our society. Practical techniques of business introduce tools and concepts for effectively managing arts and culture businesses and organizations, also relevant to architecture practices. Business school cases involving real-life problems are used as discussion topics and as papers. Guest lecturers from the field are used to illustrate classroom points. The course draws from both the visual and the performing arts worlds like non-profit museums, orchestras, and theater, opera and dance companies; yet also from the for-profit commercial art worlds of music, film and television in the entertainment industries.

3 credits / enrollment cap: 40

SARC 5050: Marketing for the Arts (ARAD 5050)Sampson (T,R) 1100-1215 location Fayerweather 215

Arts Administration is an interdisciplinary field which studies the practical management of arts, cultural, and entertainment organizations and businesses. By metaphor, it exists at a crossroads of commerce and art where an artistic creation, or any creative product, meets its audience and where the artist and community most intimately interact. The Arts Marketer is a key animator of this crossroads, balancing the needs and desires of the audience with the necessity to nurture and facilitate artists, creative people like architects, and their work. As an important interpreter of the work, the marketer uses both the tools of Business: management, marketing, financial accounting, operations and negotiation; and the tools of Community Building: fundraising, development, education, outreach, volunteerism, public policy and partnerships, to create thriving cultural and creative institutions. In this course, group work for a real-world project around Grounds will be

balanced by individual case responses and a final individual marketing plan.


SARC 5500: Carlo Scarpa and the Architecture of the Veneto: Seminar and WorkshopBrothers (T/R) 900-1100 from September 11 - 17Listed under Cammy Brothers but taught by Maddalena Scimemi and Vitale Zanchettin

Carlo Scarpa’s reputation is based on his original sensibility towards materials and shapes. His visual and technical knowledge allowed him to play with tradition, as well as to experiment with new techniques of the contemporary age. The seminar will contextualize Scarpa in the Venetian, Italian, and international scene, and consider his most renowned works in the Veneto from the 1950’s-1970’s. It will also include workshops with practical training in plaster techniques, from the most traditional to Scarpa’s innovations.

1 credit / enrollment cap: 20

SARC 5500-1: River People and Water SustainabilityRichter (F) 900-1130 in Campbell 302

In this course we will explore the dimensions of what “sustainability” and “sustainable development” mean in the context of water use and management. We will examine the different ways in which water is used, valued, and governed, examining sustainability through different lenses and perspectives. Lectures by global water experts, along with discussion sessions and readings, will provide students with a solid foundation for understanding the water cycle, water budgets, water scarcity, water economics, water governance, and ecosystem services – the building blocks of water sustainability. Lectures on sustainability will span economic, environmental, social and cultural considerations. We will take a close look at the consequences of unsustainable water use, examining a variety of case studies from around the world.


VISUALIZATION MODULESSARC 5555-1: Digital Ecologies: Parametric Modeling for Landscape ArchitectureOsborn (W) 1545-1815

Digital Ecologies introduces topics in parametric modeling with a focus on applications in Landscape Architecture. This course will introduce theoretical topics in digital design through selected readings and course discussion and will cover basic and advanced parametric modeling techniques through class tutorials and weekly assignments. Workshop discussions and skills will be tested through individual student projects. The course will be carried out over 3 distinct phases of work—each phase is designed to support a parallel line of investigation undertaken in the LAR 7010 and 8010 studios (Cho/Meyer).

Phase One will introduce students to parametric modeling, specifically through the development of agent-base systems, as a method of creating virtual and generative ecologies including interacting elements within a field. Lecture topics in Phase One include: Basic Parametric Modeling, Point-attraction, Data and List Management in Grasshopper, and Recursion (looping).

In Phase Two students will work to apply the concepts discussed in Phase One to a mapping of the various urban, food, and political networks associated with the studio topic and site (Downtown Mall and City Market). Phase Two will focus on the import of multiple forms of data into Grasshopper. Lecture topics in Phase Two include: Workflows between Excel and Grasshopper, Importing ESRI Shape files into Grasshopper, and Personal Data Collection through Mobile Device Apps.

Phase Three will continue the use of parametric modeling toward the development of site element scale designs related to student studio projects. Students will develop detailed designs iteratively through development of a parametric logic and full-scale prototyping.


SARC 5555-(2-4): Digital CraftSparkman (W) 1545-1815

Digital Fabrication is not a linear, fluid process—nor is it particularly tidy. For all of our efforts to construe digital fabrication as a neatly-wrapped package of automated CNC tools, Analog+Digital Fabrication has become increasingly recursive, chaotic, and messy. This course celebrates the messiness of Digital Fabrication as an opportunity to liberate Fabrication

from exercises in zero-tolerance and implement a bredth of Analog+Digital operations.

This research seminar will introduce students to Analog+Digital Fabrication through a series of modules (topics). We will focus on recursive workflows through analysis, computation, scripting, modeling, and prototyping that require students to master a broad range of conceptual and technical issues and make strategic decisions about when/how to factor emerging modes of computation and fabrication into complex Analog+Digital Workflows.

The course will offer tutorials and instruction on various softwares and hardwares throughout the School, including: Rhino, Grasshopper (with a focus on toolpathing), MasterCAM, AutoCAD, 3D Printers, CNC Routers, Lasercutters, CNC Sewing Machines, and the family of Analog Tools in the Woodshop.

FORMATThe course will function like a research lab, where students will be expected to pursue their own interests and establish their own research agendas. I invite students to use this module to pursue the “offshoots” of studio projects or to engage the School’s research theme of Water and Hydrology.

Research will occur at 1:1 scale, approaching fabrications as mock-ups rather than models.

Students can work as teams or individuals, provided—of course—that their output reflects the number of collaborators.

SARC 5555-2 DIGITAL CRAFT 1: MATERIALS, METHODS, JOINTS (1 CREDIT, 4 WEEkS)Students will research and experiment with a single material (wood, foam, plastics, concrete, etc.) in response to emerging modes of digital and analog fabrication. We will develop connections and joints that push materials to their physical limits through a series of digital+analog operations (cutting, milling, folding, sewing, etc.).

SARC 5555-3 DIGITAL CRAFT 2: WORkFLOWS AND COMPONENTS (1 CREDIT, 4 WEEkS)Based upon research Students will move toward the construction of components and modules. We will develop complex workflows (from data-collection and analysis through fabrication) and strategically implement digital+analog fabrication to produce a larger assembly.

SARC 5555-4 DIGITAL CRAFT 3: PROTOTyPES AND ASSEMBLIES (1 CREDIT, 4 WEEkS)This final module in the Digital Craft series will allow students to continue their progress from previous modules to fabricate an installation. Alternatively,

students pursuing other Visualization Modules may enroll and direct their semester’s work towards the fabrication of a full-scale prototype.

1-3 credit(s) / enrollment cap: 12

SARC 5555-(5-6): Concrete Castingkitchin (W) 1545-1815

SARC 5555-5: INTRO TO CASTING (1 CREDIT, 4 WEEkS)Module A will introduce the basics of concrete casting, including form-making, formulas, textures, colors, surfaces, and admixes. We will design and cast several pieces that explore the potential of the material through small scale mock ups. We will also introduce different types of concrete, and work directly with ultra high performance concrete to distinguish its unique advantages and applications.

SARC 5555-6: ADVANCED CASTING (2 CREDITS, 8 WEEkS)Module B will assume a basic familiarity with concrete casting methods and formwork and explore more advanced concepts, formulas, applications and methods, including rubber molds, fiberglass molds, cnc formwork, repetitive casting and advanced applications of ultra high performance concrete in furniture scale and building components.

1-3 credit(s) / enrollment cap: 12

SARC 5555-7: Advanced GISMcManamon (W) 1800-2000

Geographical data has become a critical working tool for landscape analysis. This workshop explores advanced analytical techniques to understand the metrics of existing site conditions, test assumptions, and develop convincing cartographic arguments. Pattern analysis, surface analysis, and spatial relationships are among the topics to be covered. Students may use a studio or thesis site as the basis for analysis. Some familiarity with ArcGIS is required.


SARC 5555-8: Parametric Field OperationsDripps (W) 1545-1815

Introduction to concepts of parametric thinking through basic modeling with Grasshopper and Rhino.

Short projects will develop analytic processes that will direct simple design models allowing for multiple iterations to be evaluated based on a variety of parameters chosen by each student.

The course will concentrate on field strategies and their transformations in response to input parameters. Fields could be urban, landscape, or architectural and respond to human activity, environmental forces, or design considerations.The three modules will build on one another in order to develop a substantial degree of sophistication at the end. Students with no prior knowledge of Grasshopper would be advised to take these modules in sequence however students already familiar with the basics of the program might decided to take only the later units.

Students should arrive with the latest versions of either Rhino 4 or preferably Rhino 5 and the current version of Grasshopper. Students taking the course should email me for instructions for downloading the software in advance of the first class.

MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION TO ASSOCIATIVE MODELING WITH GRASSHOPPERA workshop introducing concepts of associative modeling by developing several small projects in Grasshopper.

MODULE 2: MODELING INTERACTIVE SURFACES IN GRASSHOPPERThis module builds on a basic knowledge of Grasshopper to explore building and landscape surfaces that are interactive and responsive to changing parameters. A working knowledge of Grasshopper is needed.

MODULE 3: ANALyZING SURFACE FLOWS WITH GRASSHOPPERStudents will use Grasshopper as an analytical tool to evaluate connectivity, proximity, flows of water and people, urban patterns, etc. then link this to a simple design output. This module requires a working knowledge of Grasshopper.

1-3 credits / enrollment cap: 30

SARC 5555-9: Draw to Understand - Draw to BuildNebot (W) 1545-1815

Today there are extraordinary computer programs that help the architect, who formally allow projects with any geometry. But I think it’s important to master the basic concepts of drawing (and representation) to intentionally apply the tools in the design process.

We will work as the observed draw: how it works, how it is constructed, and as we draw what we project: how it works, how to build.

1 credit

SARC 5555-9: Tas Building Designer SoftwareMurray (W) 1545-1815

Tas can model and simulate a building’s energy consumption and the effectiveness of natural ventilation. During this four week module, students will simulate a building design they completed in a studio. The first three weeks will review the three separate programs included in this software: 3D graphical interface for rendering, building simulator where users define inputs, and the graphical results

viewer. The last week will culminate with students presenting their results and reviewing outstanding technical issues.


PLAC/PLANPLAC 4010/5610: Neighborhood Planning WorkshopMoomaw (W) 900-1145 in Campbell 302

This is an applied class addressing neighborhood issues that are significant to the community and the residents involved. Class work proceeds from data collection and learning about the issues, to examining potential solutions, and recommending approaches, all while working in conjunction with the community.


PLAC 5430: Graduate Land Development WorkshopPrice (M) 1900-2130 at Darden 40

The class is an interdisciplinary, hands-on overview of the real estate development process. Working in small teams, students in design, land use policy and business will work together to create a detailed proposal for the development of a site in the Charlottesville area. Students teams will undertake weekly exercises exploring the development process, including market and policy analysis, conceptual design, fnancial modeling, contingency planning and marketing. The weekly assignments will be refined and edited into a fnal, comprehensive proposal for the development of the site, and an overview presentation made to class and invited critics.


PLAN 5580: Design and Health through FilmBeatley/Rainey (T) 1630-1800 in Campbell 158

An analysis and discussion of contemporary issues in design and health through the medium of films and filmmaking. Each week a recently released documentary film will be screened, with discussion to follow, guided by Professors Beatley and Rainey. Films include Biophilic Design, the Nature of Cities, Edens Lost and Found, and episodes of the PBS documentary series Garden Story, among others. At least two installments of the critically-acclaimed PBS series Designing Healthy Communities will also be screened, and the course will culminate in a lecture and visit by UCLA professor Dick Jackson, the host of this series. The film series and seminar will be open to the public, but students taking the class for credit will be required to prepare a research proposal for studying and tackling one or more of the issues identified in the films.

1 credit

PLAC 5800: Green Lands, Green InfrastructureFirehock (T) 930-1215 in Campbell 302 (LAR 5290)

This course assesses the existing ‘green infrastructure’ of counties in Virginia and develops strategies for protecting environmental assets and channeling future development to the most appropriate locations. Students will use the existing county comprehensive plan to create effective strategies for implementation of goals related to conserving open space and creating livable communities.


PLAN 3310/5310: History of American Cities and Planning Spain (W) 1500-1730 in Campbell 135

This course provides an overview of the 19th and 20th century American city as the context in which the American planning profession emerged and grew. An underlying assumption of the course is that knowledge of the past is a valuable asset for planners because it informs the present, and influences the future, of cities. The course is intended for planning undergraduate and graduate students, as well as for those outside the field seeking an understanding of the profession and its relationship to urban development.

The American planning profession originated in response to the “search for order” accompanying 19th century urbanization and industrialization. Initial voluntary efforts at municipal reform were eventually supplanted by the work of experts from the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, and the social sciences. The course addresses these experts, major events, and dates, but it also highlights lesser-known figures commonly overlooked in traditional histories. For example, the images here represent Daniel Burnham’s 1909 Plan for Chicago, which would have eliminated the Hull House Settlement founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr.


PLAN 5120: Geographic Information SystemsHuang (R) 1530-1815 & lab (F) 1000-1200 in Campbell 105

Reviews the use of computers in planning, emphasizing geographic information systems for collection, analysis, and display of spatial information in urban and environmental contexts.


PLAN 5300: Historic Preservation PlanningCollins (W) 900-1145 in Campbell 135

Examines the current literature on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of historic places. Develops techniques for surveying, documenting, evaluating, and planning for preservation. Analyzes current political, economic, and legal issues in preservation planning.


PLAN 5420: Economic Development PlanningMoomaw (T,R) 930-1045 in Campbell Exhibit C

The theory and practice of economic development are continually changing as the world and its demands change. No longer can individuals or communities depend on “anchor” firms that supply jobs and financial benefits to the community. They are now forced to think about a diversified economic profile and a larger investment in quality of life issues like schools, recreation, and health care. Further, they must be nimble in their ability to respond to new opportunities or unexpected crises. These new realities require an approach to economic development policy and practice that approaches the future strategically and systematically. This course explores the economy of a community, neighborhood, or region as an essential element, in livability and sustainability. Planners engage economic development by working with the community to assess needs and opportunities, through public-private business partnerships, by improving resident skills and by participating in the development process.


PLAN 5580-1: Site Planning (9/3-9/24)Huja (M) 9-11:45 in Campbell 135

Site planning reconciles developer desires, physical characteristics of the site and its surrounding and governmental regulatory requirements. This short course provides students an opportunity to learn about this process and the results.


PLAN 5580-2: Facilitation and Meeting Management (10/01 thru 11/05)Cobb (M) 900-1145 in Campbell 205

Effective meetings, whether they are a team meeting of students or professionals or a large community meeting to address planning or design issues,

are both a process design and a management challenge. Creating the agenda, allocating time, anticipating issues and creating opportunities for useful dialogue are starting points for quality meetings. Process management then takes over and facilitates meetings to successful conclusions. This short course provides students invaluable experience in designing and conducting effective meetings.


PLAN 5620: Sustainability and Adaptive InfrastructuresLucy (M) 900-1145 in Campbell 302

Infrastructure mediates between the needs of our urban communities and the systems, natural and constructed, which support them. This course is focused on the infrastructure of cities and urbanizing regions and includes topics such as transportation, drinking water, wastewater, energy, schools, parks, recycling, and public safety. The examines current challenges and a range of means for responding to and funding needed changes.

3 credits / enrollment cap: 30 / this course is open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students

ARHARH 1010/7010: History of Architecture IBrothers (T,R) 1230-1345 in Campbell 153

The course aims to introduce important monuments in the history of architecture, as well as tools for analyzing the built environment. While the focus will be on the buildings themselves, they will also be considered in relation to architectural theory; to painting and sculpture; and to the political, social, economic and cultural circumstances surrounding them. Topics will include the language of architecture, architectural drawings, the classical orders, the problem of ornament, construction techniques, materials, site and the role of the patron. The course will be centered on a select number of buildings from ancient Egypt through the early Renaissance, with an emphasis on European and Islamic traditions.


ARH 2401/7401: History of Modern ArchitectureCrane (T,R) 1400-1515 in Campbell 158

This course examines the history of architecture over the past two centuries, focusing especially on developments from the 1870s through the 1970s. Throughout the course we will consider how architecture participates in imagining and producing modern subjects, in response to changing aesthetic, technological, social, environmental, and theoretical challenges. key topics will include changing utopian visions, the ordering of urban space, the influence of new visual technologies and new modes of publicity on architecture, the contested boundaries of public and private space, the global circulation of architects and architectural ideas, as well as the shifting importance of nationalism, internationalism, and transnationalism to architectural production and urban development. Although onsiderable attention will be paid to buildings, cities, and landscapes in Europe, the course emphasizes networks of movement and exchange encompassing Latin America, North Africa, Turkey, India, and Japan. Course meetings will focus on case studies of significant sites that we will examine in detail as a springboard for broader discussions of thematic issues, including those raised by the readings.


ARH 3601/7601: East meets West. Interactive ArchitectureHuang (M) 900-1130 in Campbell 108

This is a lecture class to introduce the brief history of architectural exchanges between the East and West world. The interaction in architecture is a post-renaissance phenomenon. The separated world had few chances to understand and learn from each other before sixteenth century. Both sides developed their own architectural forms and styles separately and they have reflected different traditions. Eighteenth century was a time when Westerners actively explored to the East. The western professionals brought strong influence to the architecture of the Eastern world. While the East nations were anxious to adopt the Western architectural forms, architects and scholars in the West found interest and value in Eastern architectural forms. The relevant works of Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis kahn, Le Corbusier, I. M. Pei, Minoru yamasaki, and others are discussed. The significance and impact of this interaction for modern architecture will be analyzed.


ARH 3604/7604 Historical ArchaeologyNeiman (W) 1630-1900 in Campbell 105

Historical archaeology is the archaeological study of the continental and transoceanic human migrations that began in the fifteenth century, their effects on native peoples, and historical trajectories of the societies that they created. This course offers an introduction to the field. It emphasizes how theoretical models, analytical methods, and archaeological data can be combined to make and evaluate credible inferences about the cultural dynamics of the past. The class combines lecture and discussion with computer workshops, in which students have a chance to explore historical issues raised in the reading and lectures. Our principle historical focus this semester is change in the conflicting economic and social strategies pursued by Europeans, Africans, and Native-Americans, and their descendants in the 17th-century and 18th-century Chesapeake. The course is designed to teach students in architectural history, history, and archaeology how to use theoretical models, simple statistical methods, and software applications, including spreadsheets, databases, and GIS, to address important historical questions.


ARH 3607/ 7607 Architecture and the Asia TradeLi (T,R) 930-1045 in Campbell 158

This course examines the architectural developments in Asia and Europe resulting from their contacts from the Renaissance to the end of the nineteenth century. The exchanges between Asian and Europe, initially driven by spice and silk trade, make up a complex condition in which cultural prejudices, romantic imaginations, economic pragmatism and political hegemony are inextricably linked together. Asia in the eyes of European explorers, traders, missionaries, moralists, capitalists and colonizers have all left indelible marks on European culture; ideas and practices in architecture, both in Asia and in Europe, presents a series of revealing examples for an understanding of the development of architecture in the global context. As our world re-orders itself in relation to a rising Asia in the twenty-first century, these past experiences in culture and architecture could offer important insights for decisions that will inevitably change today’s world.


ARH 4591-1: The Medieval Mediterranean.Confluence of Cultures (ARTH 4591-3)Reilly (R) 1300-1530 in Fayerweather 215

The Crusades are just one aspect of the many interactions between Muslim, Latin & Byzantine Christian and Jewish culture during the Middle Ages. Trade, intellectual exchange and diplomatic missions also provide opportunities for cultural exchange and interaction among these groups. This seminar will explore the architecture and art of the many culture which occupy the lands bordering the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages (with a focus on c. 800-c. 1400). Readings and research projects will explore the nature of these interactions through an analysis of visual culture from the Mediterranean as well as readings, which will focus on primary readings such as the travel diary of Muslim traveler Ibn Jubayr and the parallel account by Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela. The course will also emphasize the development of research and writing skills, as each member of the seminar will work on major research project throughout the semester.

3 credits / enrollment cap: 20 / prereq: previous courses in art/arch history or medieval history recommended

ARH 5001: Library MethodologyCooper (W) 1100-1150 in Campbell 107

The course will will be an exploration of concepts, methods, and tools for conducting research in

Architectural History at the graduate level. Students will be able to identify and select the best research resources for fields of inquiry related to Architectural History, select efficient and effective approaches to accessing information in a variety of formats, demonstrate a level of familiarity with the issues that affect access to information in Architectural History, including intellectual property, copyright, and licensing issues.


ARH 5602: Community History WorkshopBluestone (R) 1300-1530 in Campbell 325

This course will undertake an in-depth historical analysis of the architecture, planning, and landscape form of a single Virginia community. The investigation will focus upon social and cultural history as it relates to and is expressed in community design. In developing the history of the place and a narrative of its significance, the class will explore the uses of building, population census, land conveyance, subdivision, condemnation, tax, probate and other court records. Newspapers, manuscripts, topographical, insurance, and plat maps, historic and aerial photographs will also be employed. Unlike most architectural history, which tends to emphasize the initial emphasize the dynamics of architectural and cultural change; in particular it will scrutinize the ways in which the meaning of place is invented and reinvented through time, both with and without changes in existing buildings. The course will focus as well upon the architectural and cultural distinction between the private domestic landscape and civic and commercial forms. The ways in which constructions of gender, class, race, and aesthetics have historically affected the form and use of community space are also of particular interest.


ARH 8001: Methods in Architectural HistoryCrane (F) 900-1145 in Campbell 107

This seminar is concerned with the history and practice of architectural history. What are the origins of architectural history as a distinct field? How has the discipline situated itself over time in relationship to art history, historical preservation, architectural training and practice, and to adjacent disciplines in the design fields, the humanities, and the social sciences? How have the questions and aims of research changed over time? How do historians of architecture define their task? What are the questions that determine their research methods? What interpretative tools have they used,and what kinds of evidence have been used to support their

arguments? How have important theoretical debates influenced the work of architectural historians?


ARH 9520: Architecture and Painting in Renaissance Rome (ARAH 9520)Brothers (T) 1530-1800 in Campbell 108

Renaissance Rome was the site of remarkable innovation and experimentation in the fields of both architecture and painting. Topics will include the figure of the painter-architect, the culture of antiquarianism, villa and garden culture, and the development of architectural drawing. Figures such as Bramante, Giuliano da Sangallo, Michelangelo, Peruzzi, Raphael, Antonio da Sangallo and Giulio Romano will be central to the course.


ARH 9540: Arts and Crafts (ARAH 9540)Wilson (M) 1530-1800 in Campbell 108

This course will examine the works, theories, and contexts of the Arts and Crafts and related movements in the period 1860-1930. Attention will be directed to the designs and the writings of the principle proponents along with later commentary and interpretations. Many issues including social and cultural reform preoccupied the different movements, but several themes seem to emerge: morality, nationalism, tradition, and modernity. For the participants the direct and vital relation of these concepts to the physical making of buildings, objects, and landscapes became central. Image and style, or how buildings, furniture, gardens, landscape, and cities (and other related objects) looked, had moral and national dimensions. Although some aspects of the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau have been interpreted as “modern” there was another aspect that was conservative and looked to tradition. The line between modernity and tradition was frequently very thin, and traditionalism could very easily flow into revivalism. A nationalistic impulse lay at the base of belief for many Arts and Crafts-Art Nouveau designers that could place them in close proximity to many more conventional revivalist designers.


ARCHARCH 4820/8800: Teaching Lessons in MakingIlliescu

This course offers advanced students the opportunity to deepen their understanding of fundamental design principles by being part of a team teaching basic design to first-year undergraduates in Lessons in Making. While I as the instructor will prepare the curriculum, give lectures, and write the project assignments, you as a “section leader” will provide a critical, more personal level of instruction. Together, we will bring the ideas of Lessons in Making to life for beginning design students. Through teaching fundamental ideas in art and architecture and through mentoring and coaching beginners, you will grow and learn yourself. your students’ work will inspire and surprise you, and you will question and reflect upon your own design process. Ultimately, by being an active and caring teacher, you will refine and deepen your own design ideas. By working with your teaching peers you will uncover new ways towards creativity and self-expression. To see work by section leaders and beginning students in Lessons in Making see: http://www.arch.virginia.edu/designfundamentals/2011/index.html

ARCH 4992/5993: WEBSITE: Form + ContentIliescu

I’m looking for 3 to 5 capable, imaginative designers to re-design, improve and update our website for the course LESSONS IN MAkING. you need to know some basic website design (code / html) and/or be willing to learn fast. We’ll meet once a week for one hour at convenient time for all to be determined by us as group. If you’re interested take a look at our current website (it’s pretty interesting--2012 spring is the work of Alex D’Aversa, Tamrat Gebremichael and katie Cullinan--recent graduates who did the website seminar with me last year.)

ARCH 5160: Models for Higher Density HousingRoettger (R) 1400-1645 in Campbell 302

Residential projects often provide the “background” buildings or the fabric of the city’s structure. As cities have spread out or decayed at the core, the variety of housing options have decreased leading to a growing divide between where and how people can afford to live. This seminar will focus on density and contemporary housing issues, specifically related to affordable housing. We will focus on the policies and

design challenges in the United States while looking at examples from around the world.

The first half of the course will be devoted to lectures, readings, and discussion to question the design of housing types related to culture, density, climate, and policies over time. The second half of the course will be spent looking at current affordable policies, global issues, and built local housing projects. Students will research, analyze and present 2 case study projects; leading to a final series of analytical diagrams.


ARCH 5360: Concepts in Architectural DetailingFord (R) 1900-2130 in Campbell 158

Examines the role the detail in architecture in the technical historical and esthetic sense, based on the assumption that details are not an accessory to of meaning in architecture but an essential component. Students, working in groups of three, will prepare and present a presentation to the class on the construction of 2-3 buildings. Individually each student must write four two page graphic essays on the five major types of detail described in the course of the course. Buildings examined will include works by Greene and Greene, Wagner, Le Corbusier, Rietveld, Wright, Fay Jones, Saarinen, Scarpa, Aalto, Prouvé, Libeskind, Gehry, koolhaus, Hadid, Wiliams/Tsien, Mecanoo, MVRDV, Eisenman, UN Studio, Bohlin, Ito, Coop Himmelblau, Morphosis, Calatrava, Souta de Moura, kuma, FOA and SAANA


ARCH 5380: Soft Surface Operations. Engaging the wild energies in a continuous urban landscape.Phinney (T,R) 1400-1515 in Campbell 425

In the past year, a series of tools have been introduced that offer a comprehensive and fundamentally new approach to architecture and landscape architecture. These tools facilitate 1) the collection of data -such as various flows across urban surfaces, 2) the wireless communications of data streams to 3D modeling programs, 3) the graphic analysis of this live data -translating from comma separated values to three dimensional form, 4) the ability to re-order layers of data, perception, and performance in terms of spatial formations, aka -design, 5) the two way connection between sensors that record data and actuators that transform surfaces -with all the potential for re-evaluation and iteration that this suggests, and finally 5) the ability to take graphic files into CNC fabrication.

This is an exciting moment to be a designer, as these

new tools are expanding the design field, creating synergies between disciplines, and significantly changing the nature of design professions. From the common perception of architecture as a set discontinuous artifacts, protected behind thermal barriers and separated from the landscape, we can now envision a reciprocity between inside and outside with the potential for fundamentally new connections between human habitats and the surrounding biotic matrix. As designers at this particular moment, we have the potential and the responsibility to chart this new territory.

In the context of the expanded field of design, Soft Surfaces will focus on the means to adjust the flow of wild energies to create optimal microclimatic conditions using the Grasshopper platform as an aggregator for our research. We will use Grasshopper to generate climate readings through software such as Ecotect, DIVA, Firefly, gHowl, and urbaWind. We will connect these readings to physical models through sensors and actuators driven by arduino microcontrollers.

3 credits / enrollment cap: 15 / pre-req: a basic familiarity with parametric modeling- specifically the Grasshopper plug-in for Rhino

ARCH 5420: Computer Animation. Design in MotionMark (T,R) 1400-1515 in Campbell 105

An exploration of NURBS three-dimensional modeling and rendering will be the basis for representing built and natural environments, sculpting characters and creating complex geometrical forms. The work of the seminar will also be informed by screenings of student work and of other movies. Discussion of perceptual phenomenon will provide a framework for the development and critique of individual exercises. The principal software is Maya, a professionally used product in computer animation and movie production. Related technology will be introduced as time allows for animation, including composite editing, sound editing and production, and special effects.


ARCH 5470: Information SpaceField (T,R) 1100-1215 in the Insight Lab / Shure Studio

This is a class about information visualization. This course concentrates on the identity and role of information in our environs: in language, in the buildings and cities that we inhabit, in our expanding communications networks, and in the tools and technologies we create to help us navigate, understand, and collaborate on the problems that we face.

Science and technology can model, map, and simulate almost anything, and produce multitudes of data. But most of us don’t understand data. We need to see it; we need to visualize it to make effective decisions. This class is about using information to construct visual and spatial thinking - to find and even invent approaches toward visualizing, envisioning, and understanding - to make better informed decisions about the problems of our world.

We will study language, graphics, and urban form as dialects of `Information Space`, while we work with paper-based and interactive web-based graphical information tools as a technical vehicle to build new architectures and interfaces that use, visualize, and analyze information well.


ARCH 5500-1: Art of the Moving Creature IGoldman (arch)/ Schmidt (studio art) / Warner (drama) (T) 930-1045, (R) 930-1215 in Campbell 139

From giant urban mechanical puppets to wind-driven, beachcombing beasts, moving “creatures” are a mix of joyful spectacle, precise engineering, fearless experimentation, and resourceful fabrication techniques. This interdisciplinary class will engage students from Architecture, Studio Art, and Drama in a collaborative workshop to research, to design, and to construct “creatures” that will come to life for The Festival of the Moving Creature in April 2013. Funded by an Arts in Action grant, we will teach Creature I in the fall and Creature II in the Spring utilizing all three Arts Grounds Shops to build prototypes, to bring in visiting artists for hands-on experimentation, and to foster a larger discussion about spectacle, the built environment, and creative material and building processes that engage multiple disciplines. The Creatures are coming…

4 credits / enrollment cap: 28 / instructor consent

ARCH 5500-3: Paper MattersAlday (W) 900-1130 in Campbell 305

Which is the role of publications in the contemporary architectural debate and in a school of architecture? The seminar has the purpose of experimenting the critical edition of contents, reflect on the instruments and educate in the related skills. It will combine the research on themes and other publications, the presence of experts and the editorial staff meetings. And will include short exercises, the definition of an editorial line and the production of an editorial project.

3 credits / enrollment cap: none

ARCH 5500-4: Urgent Matter, WaterMcDowell (R) 1530-1800 in Campbell 425

The 21st Century is facing an elevating crisis with water. The seas are rising, the deserts are expanding, and the cities are growing at alarming rates. This seminar will employ the threats surrounding water as a design provocation. Planners, architects, and landscape architects must redefine the relationship between the built environment and water.

The seminar will explore the urgency for innovative, sustainable solutions to combat the concerns for drought, desertification, flooding, rising sea level, severe storms, hurricanes, clean water, and erosion. We will analyze existing water management infrastructures and envision new “soft” prototypes for the many complications existing with water.

This seminar is to act as a catalyst for an exhibit in the Spring of 2013 and a forthcoming book in the Fall of 2013.


ARCH 5500-5: Generative Tropes of Contemporary ArchitectureAbbasy-Asbagh (T) 1530-1800 in Campbell ExB

At the cusp of a new digital era - that of the parametric - laden with scripted form, and built with a combination of digital and manual fabrication tools, this seminar will consider the production of architecture in the past two decades with a critical eye: one that considers the project of architecture as an aesthetic and formal one, irrespective of theoretical underpinnings outside the discipline. In the absence of specific styles or canons in this period, we will set out to identify formal tropes, or systems that have been repeatedly utilized in the production of contemporary architecture. While the goal is not to elevate these tropes to the level of paradigm, it is imperative that they are acknowledged as recurring systems and studied syntactically. By categorically identifying recurring formal themes in contemporary architecture, the overarching pedagogical agenda of this seminar is to enable students to develop tectonic and formal literacy.

The first part of this seminar will involve a survey of contemporary architecture in order to identify and categorize recurring formal tropes. The second part of the seminar will include projective and analytical diagramming of select buildings in order to identify the role of these same tropes as generative tools in production of contemporary architecture, while investigating the possibilities of genealogical relationships within the categories.

requirements: Case studies involving analytical and

projective diagramming, supported by assigned reading and class discussion.


ARCH 5590-1: Maximum Minimum HouseMenefee time and location TBD

Work of this semester will involve determining and documenting parameters derived from the integration of rituals, needs, and construction.

Research Topics include issues of Orientation, Energy Consumption, Food Production, Space Utilization, Construction, and Communal Services and Amenities.


ARCH 5590-2: Special Applications of TechnologyField (R) 1300-1530 in the Insight Lab / Shure Studio

This course is an independent research seminar for students wishing to explore and apply topics in advanced technology that are above and beyond what can be investigated in a standard course. Students would take this course to pursue new independent research or to extend a topic they are working on in another course or studio. The focus of this seminar is a topically applied exploration in a selected problem or technology.

The course is essentially an independent-study within a group seminar environment, oriented toward problem solving through the use of advanced technologies. Each participant in the seminar will identify a specific topic or problem along with a technology to apply to the study of that problem. The semester will be spent working through the problem with advice from the instructor and other seminar participants, and collaboratively reviewing, discussing, and learning approaches and solutions.


ARCH 5590-3: reCOVER Research & DevelopmentCanfora (T) 1530-1800 in Insight Lab / Shure Studio

This course will focus on research and development of the reCOVER Transitional Disaster Recovery Housing (TDRH) system. Building materials, fabrication technologies, and component assemblies are critical areas of investigation. The course emphasizes specific aspects of prefabrication and building assembly methods while considering important historical influences and field-tested case studies in the area of disaster recovery housing. Unitized panel fabrication, composite material subassemblies, automated

fabrication processes, building envelope assembly sequencing, mechanical systems distribution, and site staging and assembly are inextricably tied to effective deployment strategies. Working directly with industry partners and humanitarian organizations, the research and development of the TDRH prototype will require you to work collaboratively to determine how building processes, off-site and on-site, can be advanced by innovations in material, manufacturing, component assembly, systems integration and deployment logistics. The primary objective of this course is to develop supportive living environments which exceed the expectations of beneficiary communities while introducing innovations in disaster recovery housing.


ARCH 5750: Drawing and Sketching Black (T) 1530-1800 in Campbell 139

This is a self-contained studio course with the exception of a few outside sketching problems. Lectures and demonstrations will be a part of each drawing session.

This course focuses primarily on the human form to study line, tone, mass, proportion and composition. Students will be introduced to various drawing techniques and media with an emphasis on the creative process. The premise of this course is “drawing to know,” which promotes the idea of learning through the creative process. Through direct observation exercises, students become familiar with the structure underlying the human body and other related forms. The information gained in this course can be applied to all areas of design.

3 credits / enrollment cap: 15 / instructor consent / prereq: due to space restrictions, this course serves 3rd year, 4th year and graduate students first. Others are invited to come to the first class to see if there is any additional space.

ARCH 6410/3410: Computer Aided Architectural Design. 3D Geometrical Modeling and VisualizationMark (R) 1530-1815 in Campbell 158

Architecture 6410/3410 (http://www.arch.virginia.edu/arch6410) is a comprehensive course in three-dimensional computer aided design with an emphasis on geometrical modeling. It can be taken as a first course in computer aided design or as a follow-up course to more introductory subjects. A conceptual and a hands-on treatment is taken from a beginning to an advanced level. Our approach is based on exploring the quantitative basis and invisible geometrical order of shapes found in nature and that serve as a foundation

for design and fabrication in architecture or landscape architecture. We work with the derivation of complex geometrical forms, their spatial organization, materiality, interaction with light, tectonic and other qualities. The course strongly exercises skills in three-dimensional thinking such as through the use of parametrical design tools. An understanding of geometry is increasingly essential to design practice in a discipline that has now taken to exploring it on a computer as a previous generation came to rely upon descriptive geometry. Lecture and discussion.


LARLAR 4210/5210: Topics in Contemporary Theory: Situating Sustainability. Beyond Green Infrastructure to the Sustaining Pleasures & Obligations of Public SpaceMeyer (W) 900-1130 in Campbell 108

This seminar will provide a critical and creative perspective on the theories and practices of sustainable design and planning. A particular concern of this year’s seminar is the intersection of contemporary conceptions, receptions, and perceptions of aesthetics, public space and sustainability. Discussions will be based on close reading of texts, and their connections to specific contemporary designed landscapes and public spaces. This reading and discussion seminar will review the core literature about sustainability, and then consider how that literature, and its associated theories and practices, is located within broader historical and cultural discourses. After an introduction to the threads that connect sustainability to earlier themes in urban planning, landscape architecture, green history and environmental design, the seminar will explore the connection between sustainability and contemporary cultural, social, economic and aesthetic concerns. Several discussion sessions will be dedicated to the literature on: Ecosystem services, metrics and sustainable design; Aesthetics, pleasure, affectivity and sustainability; Resilience, emergence, self-organization, performativity and sustainability; Modernization, neo-liberal capitalism, consumption and sustainability; and Public space, urban theory and sustainability. This seminar includes close readings of texts from inside and outside the design fields to shed light on how designers and planners can translate those concerns into design theories, consider ethical debates about the environment relative to design forms and spaces, and challenge representational codes and design methods that limit the imagination of more responsive environments. Through these readings, we will explore sustainability’s interconnections with the spatial turn, environmentalism, aesthetics, and politics, and find new—critical and creative--ways to connect our professional aspirations and working methods to a wider community. To prepare for each discussion section, students will write short weekly position papers and pursue an independent research project, such as an annotated bibliography, final paper or series of analytical drawings.


LAR 5250: Technological Revolutions in Landscape HistoryLee (F) 900-1145 in Campbell 325

This seminar will explore the role of technological revolutions in the practice and culture of landscape architecture. By examining the innovations that have had the greatest historical impact on the field, we will seek to develop a general framework for understanding the reciprocal dynamics linking creativity in landscape design with advances in technical skills and knowledge.

The first half of the course will consist of analytic case studies drawn primarily from the early modern period and Industrial Revolution. Themes will include innovations in hydraulics and irrigation design, transportation infrastructure and civil engineering, construction materials and techniques, horticulture and the plant trade, administrative science and the advent of “bureaucratic vision,” and the evolution of landscape representation in book and print culture. Our theoretical framework will include readings from the history of science, the sociology of technology, and classic treatises in landscape theory and practice.

The second half of the course will be structured around individual student projects that expand upon these and similar themes. These projects will not be limited to the periods covered in the case studies, however, and may include topics ranging from landscape technologies in the ancient world to the effects of the digital revolution on modern theory and practice.

The primary course assignment will be an individual research project determined in consultation with the instructor. Toward the beginning of the term, each student will make a short presentation in class (10-15 minutes) describing the proposed topic and the research methods to be used. The final results will be presented as a 30-minute Powerpoint slide show, with an additional 20 minutes afterward for discussion. The Powerpoint file, along with a written summary of the presentation, will be due May 15th.


LAR 5290: Green Lands, Green InfrastructureFirehock (T) 930-1215 in Campbell 302 (PLAC 5800)

This course assesses the existing ‘green infrastructure’ of counties in Virginia and develops strategies for protecting environmental assets and channeling future development to the most appropriate locations. Students will use the existing county comprehensive plan to create effective strategies for implementation of goals related to conserving open space and creating livable communities.


LAR 5590: Memorializing GardensTakahashi (W) 900-1130 in Shure Insight Lab

The untimely death of a young student is a troubling matter with which many university communities have to contend. In the face of recent accidental deaths and killings, and the certainty that more untimely student deaths will occur, UVA Student Council initiated a project to create a new Student Memorial Garden on Grounds. The goal is to design a place for community gathering, healing, and commemoration for the student/faculty community and comes with the support of The Office of the Architect and The Office of the Dean of Students. The current site where the garden will be built is a small residual garden between Clemons Library , the Harrison Institute, and Newcomb Hall. A small student memorial is located there, but it and the garden are not inviting or used.

This course will consider the current memorial space, its history, and other healing garden precedents. Students will take the project through design and detail approval process working with the Office of the Architect. The garden is expected to be built with the help of students next spring 2013.


LAR 5590: Forests to Urban ArboricultureGail-Izard (R) 1300-1530 in Campbell 325

Urban forests are often a consequence of a non-planned decision. They are an addition of independent interventions through the history of the city. The objective of research will be to rethink urban forests in cities taking as a base the existing reality, through a review of its history, but also returning to the original forest. The main objective of the research will be to rediscover new models to design with trees in the city. We’ll consider CHARLOTTESVILLE as a city inside a forest. We’ll compare trees as individual entities and trees as a community. We’ll propose new typologies of design where city and trees will share the same objective: working together with complexity and efficacy.

3 credits

LAR 6420: Representing Landscape II: Mapping and GIS for Landscape ArchitectsMcManamon (R) 1800-2000 in Cmpbell 105

Geographical data is an important tool for understanding and interpreting landscapes. This workshop explores advanced analytical techniques to understand the metrics of existing site conditions, test assumptions,

and develop convincing cartographic arguments. Pattern analysis, surface analysis, and spatial relationships are among the topics to be covered. Students may use a studio or thesis site as the basis for analysis. Some familiarity with ArcGIS is required.

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