Department of Architecture

Francis and Kathleen Rooney Dean of the School of Architecture:
Stefanos Polyzoides

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Curriculum:
Samir Younés

Associate Dean for Research, Scholarship & Creative Work:
Ming Hu

Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies:
Richard Economakis

Director of Undergraduate Studies:
John Mellor

Director of the Michael Christopher Duda Center for Preservation, Resilience, and Sustainability:
Paul Kapp

Director of the Rome Studies Program:
Selena Anders

Professors:
Richard Economakis; Ming Hu; Sean Nohelty; Stefanos Polyzoides; Duncan Stroik; Samir Younés

Associate Professors:
Paul Kapp; Krupali Krusche; Alessandro Pierattini; Marie Soundy Escobar

Assistant Professors:
Xu Han; Mari Yoko Hara

Professors of the Practice:
Robert Brandt; Marianne Cusato; Ettore Mazzola; John Mellor; Michael Mesko

Associate Professors of the Practice:
Douglas Duany; Stephen Hartley; Rebekah Kik; Julio Cesar Perez-Hernandez; Paolo Vitti; Jonathan Weatherill

Associate Teaching Professors:
Selena Anders; Giuseppe Mazzone; Christopher Miller

Assistant Teaching Professor:
Andrea Avelar Tuchan

Concurrent Associate Professor of the Practice:
Luis Fargier Gabaldon

Concurrent Teaching Professor:
Brian Smith

Concurrent Associate Teaching Professor:
Kevin Walsh

Adjunct Professors:
Thomas Albrecht; Jean-François Lejeune; Richard Piccolo

Adjunct Professors of the Practice:
Tiffany Abernathy; Nikolas Vakalis

Adjunct Associate Professors of the Practice:
Lorenzo Fei; Stefano Fera

Adjunct Assistant Professors of the Practice:
Nicholas Rolinski; Todd Zeiger

Adjunct Assistant Teaching Professors:
Andrea Avelar Tuchan; Sara Bega; Kai Hu; Melissa Slavin

Visiting Professor:
Markus Tubbesing

Visiting Assistant Professor:
Cailin Nikel-Zueger

Teaching Scholar:
Nikolai Grigorevskii

Postdoctoral Research Associate:
Michelle Lynch-Koycu

While the primary objective of the Architecture curriculum is professional education, students have opportunities to explore fields such as business, engineering, environmental sciences, and the liberal arts through electives and building on University requirements.

In the spring of 2024 the School of Architecture completed its most recent NAAB accreditation evaluation and was granted a full 8-year term of accreditation. The next accreditation visit of all programs will be in 2032.

Since the early 1990s, the School’s curriculum has been based on education in traditional and classical architecture and urbanism. Instruction teaches the skills, cultivates the talents, and imparts the knowledge necessary to produce buildings that represent innovation within long-standing traditions, use nature’s materials responsibly, and contribute to building livable communities. The School believes this is best done by learning how recurring problems in designing and constructing buildings and fitting them into existing urban and rural settings have been addressed in the past and adapting those lessons to the ever-changing circumstances of the modern world.

The Department of Architecture offers their courses under the subject code of: Architecture (ARCH). Courses associated with their academic programs may be found below. The scheduled classes for a given semester may be found at classearch.nd.edu.

Architecture (ARCH)

ARCH 01110 Career Discovery: Architecture at Notre Dame (0 Credit Hours)

Two-week summer Program for high school students interested in Architecture.A two-week summer program for high school students who have completed their sophomore or junior year, to discover the nature of architecture, and to experience university life firsthand. The studies include studio classes in architectural design and construction, freehand drawing, and lectures on the history, theory, and practice of architecture.

ARCH 01120 Advanced Career Discovery: Architecture at Notre Dame (0 Credit Hours)

An advanced two-week summer Architecture program for high school students who have completed ARCH 01110: Career Discovery. The studies include studio classes in architectural design and construction, freehand drawing, and lectures on the history, theory, and practice of architecture, building upon what was learned in ARCH 01110: Career Discovery.

ARCH 10211 Introduction to a Global History of Architecture (3 Credit Hours)

This course offers a broad overview of the history of architecture and urbanism from antiquity to the present day. Global in its perspective, the course proceeds chronologically through a series of important historical moments and monuments. Lectures examine works as experiential wholes and within their specific contexts. In this way, the emphasis of the course is not on a history of styles but on buildings as complex cultural artifacts. To link examples across time, place, and culture, the course emphasizes themes like ritual and belief, the patron-client relationship, architecture's relationship to power, materials and construction techniques, the authority of historical models, the architect as artist and professional, and the rise of modern cities. In addition to developing a broad knowledge of major monuments, theoretical ideas, and figures in architectural history, the class will also develop skills for engaging more critically with the built environment. Through readings, assignments, and discussions, students will learn how to analyze visual forms of evidence and to read, think, and communicate about architecture. Lectures will be offered twice a week, but students will also meet in smaller groups each week for a discussion section with a teaching assistant, where they may participate actively in conversation about course readings, and engage in workshop activities. This introductory course is designed with both architecture majors and non-majors in mind.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKAL - Core Art & Literature, WKHI - Core History

ARCH 10214 Glbl Arch & Urbsm PreHist-17C (4 Credit Hours)

Glbl Arch & Urbsm PreHist-17C

ARCH 10311 Analysis of Architectural Writing (3 Credit Hours)

This course examines concepts of architecture within writings about architecture. It explores universal issues of function, strength, and beauty, along with the interactions between theory and practice and the tensions between tradition and innovation. The course work consists of readings and exams. It is open to all students. Required for those intending to enter the architecture program. Spring.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKAL - Core Art & Literature

ARCH 10342 Architectural Principles (2 Credit Hours)

Architectural Principles

ARCH 11011 Graphics I: Drawing (3 Credit Hours)

Instruction and practice in drawing as a means of exploring and communicating formal and theoretical concepts. Aspects of freehand drawing in pencil, charcoal, and watercolor are taught with subjects from buildings, nature, and the human figure. The course is open to all students. Studio format. Strongly recommended for those entering the architecture program. Fall.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKAL - Core Art & Literature

ARCH 11014 3D Digital Modeling (4 Credit Hours)

3D Digital Modeling

ARCH 11021 Graphics II: Drafting (4 Credit Hours)

Instruction and practice in the skills necessary to draw and think as an architect. The course emphasizes mechanical drawing with exercises that include descriptive geometry, perspective, and other means of representing three-dimensional architectural problems with two-dimensional techniques. The course is open to all students. Studio format. Required for those intending to enter the architecture program. Spring.

ARCH 11100 Abstract Design (5 Credit Hours)

Abstract Design

ARCH 11414 hands on wall (5 Credit Hours)

hands on wall

ARCH 12211 Introduction to a Global History of Architecture - Discussion Section (0 Credit Hours)

Discussion section for the Introduction to a Global History of Architecture course. Students may participate actively in conversation about course readings, and engage in workshop activities.

ARCH 12727 Skill Development in Math (1 Credit Hour)

A one-credit supplementary course focused on strengthening math skills needed for first year math and physics courses as well as fortifying the math foundations needed for future required technical courses in the architecture curriculum. Particularly for, but not limited to, architecture intents.

Corequisites: PHYS 10111

ARCH 20111 Introduction to Architecture II - Theory and Composition (3 Credit Hours)

Building on the broad context offered by the history survey during the first year, this course is a general introduction to some of the most enduring concepts in architecture and their applicability in design. The class is structured around seven principal themes and their derivatives: the idea of dwelling; the uses of architectural history; the uses of architectural theory; the essential concepts in architectural composition and theory; the essential components of the city; and an examination of recent architectural unfoldment: Modernism and Modern Traditional Architecture. The scope of the themes is meant to be cross cultural, illustrating many exemplary approaches to architecture and explaining the reasons for their exemplariness. These themes are presented in a basic form with the hope that future seminars will examine them in greater detail.

ARCH 20211 History of Architecture I (3 Credit Hours)

In this course, the development of Greek and Roman monumental architecture and the major problems that define them will be traced from the Mycenaean Period, through the formation and development of the classical Greek orders and building types (including the role of Egypt in their origins), through the various intersections of Greek and Roman culture and the role of both traditions in the architecture of Italy from the Etruscan occupation of Rome through the reign of the emperor Hadrian. Among themes to be treated are the relationship between landscape and religious architecture, between religious ritual and monumentality; the conception of divinity as expressed in the character of temple architecture; the architectural expression of religious tradition and even specific history; architectural procession and hieratic direction; the role of emblem and narrative in architectural sculpture; symbolism and allusion through architectural order, religious revival and archaism, and the breaking of architectural and religious canon.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKAL - Core Art & Literature

ARCH 20214 Global Arch & Urb 15th-21st C (3 Credit Hours)

Global Arch & Urb 15th-21st C

ARCH 20221 Architectural History II (3 Credit Hours)

This course continues the history survey, beginning with Renaissance and Baroque Europe and continuing to the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe and the United States. It extends to the modern movement as it affected countries as far-reaching as Japan and Australia.

Prerequisites: ARCH 20211

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKAL - Core Art & Literature

ARCH 20303 Watercolor I (3 Credit Hours)

MATERIALS FEE. This course is an introduction to the watercolor medium and deals with a variety of methods, materials, and techniques with special emphasis on color and composition.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKAL - Core Art & Literature

ARCH 20411 Building Technology I (3 Credit Hours)

Exploration and application of qualitative principles and theory of building construction to the design process. Fall.

ARCH 20511 Principles of Structural Engineering (3 Credit Hours)

Principles of statics. force, and moment equilibrium; area properties; stress and strain; beam and column analysis. Spring.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 20694 Introduction to Urban Studies (3 Credit Hours)

Introduction to Urban Studies

ARCH 21011 Introduction to Architecture I - The Architect's Eye (3 Credit Hours)

Building on the graphic kills acquired during the freshman year, the overarching goal for this class is to assist students in developing their manual skills in the service of their intellectual skills. this class demonstrates some of the ways in which the architect's mind, eye, hand, and tools are cultivated and refined by experience. the class overs a rigorous application of drawing methods in order to judiciously imagine and design buildings in their urban and natural contexts. to this is added a set of analytical exercises of exemplary drawings as well as paintings in order to demonstrate the configuration of forms in relation to other forms, perspectival representation, the relation between line, color, and shadow, as well as the regulating geometries and numerical relations inherent in buildings, in human and animal bodies, and in plants.

ARCH 21111 Design I (6 Credit Hours)

This studio and lecture course introduces students to design beginning with the classical elements of architecture. It proceeds to the design of components of buildings. Fall.

ARCH 21121 Design II (6 Credit Hours)

Principles of planning, design, and construction are developed in urban contexts and in complex building programs. The concentration on classical paradigms as a basis for architecture and urban design is continued. Spring.

Prerequisites: ARCH 21111

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 23222 Give Me Shelter (0-8 Credit Hours)

Give Me Shelter

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKAL - Core Art & Literature

ARCH 23611 Sustainability in Design (3 Credit Hours)

Sustainability in Design

ARCH 24200 Experiencing Architecture (3 Credit Hours)

The course provides a general outline to architecture. The aim is to introduce architecture as a cultural phenomenon. The course will increase the student's awareness of the built environment as it exists all around. It examines a variety of spatial experiences encountered in exemplary places and buildings. The scope of the course is not limited to buildings alone, but includes cities and landscapes as extensions of architecture. The course introduces a range of topics, including the historical, symbolic, aesthetic, functional, cultural and green aspects of architecture.

ARCH 24201 Arte y Arquitectura en Espana: Periodos y Estilos (3 Credit Hours)

The course covers Spanish art and architecture from Antiquity to the present day. It is structured chronologically, focusing on architecture, painting, and sculpture within their historical contexts. The theory is supplemented by three mandatory visits to the city of Toledo.

ARCH 24202 Contemporary Architecture: The Pritzker Prize Winners (3 Credit Hours)

Hong Kong, China (HT): The course introduces students to contemporary architecture through the study of the works of the winners of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. It will cover the foundation and awarding criteria of the Prize and the monographic studies of its winners from its establishment in 1979 to the present. Architectural styles and works of the awardees and the most recent trends in architectural design and technology will be covered as well.

ARCH 24222 Introduction to Urban Design (3 Credit Hours)

While our urban settlements can be viewed as our most enduring cultural artefacts, the form and evolution of the city is emerging as a significant global issue confronting contemporary societies. This unit seeks to develop an appreciation of the historic evolution of the city and the range of forces impacting on city development both across time and in different social, political and economic circumstances. This unit provides the opportunity for students to develop practical skills in the generation, representation, and communications of design.

ARCH 24611 Sustainable by Design (3 Credit Hours)

The course will focus on sustainable strategies and how to make them an integral part of the design process and our living. Throughout the course we will evaluate sustainable principles and how they relate to global, ecological, urban, built, material and cultural parameters. During the course there will be ongoing discussions about climate, energy issues, behavioral change and sustainable values. We will discuss the ways in which sustainability is evaluated in both the private and public sectors in Denmark and abroad. We will investigate sustainable initiatives local to Copenhagen, while looking at a variety of sustainable approaches. We will synthesize common themes and threads. The course will cover orientation, siting and appropriation of place and materials. We will look at passive and active design strategies, as well as solar geometry and daylighting. We will investigate water efficiency and how it relates to energy, climate adaptation, food production and waste. And we will look into our ecological footprint as human beings, social entrepreneurship, innovative business concepts and new green movements in society.

ARCH 30222 Italian Urbanism & Architecture II (3 Credit Hours)

Examines the essential elements of Roman urbanism, architectural composition, and tectonic considerations over time.

ARCH 31022 Graphics IV: Watercolor (3 Credit Hours)

Freehand graphic communication with watercolor, painting a variety of forms, such as still life, exteriors and interiors of architecture and the human form.

ARCH 34012 Advanced Graphics: Freehand Drawing (3 Credit Hours)

Freehand graphic communication with pencil, pen, and charcoal, drawing a variety of subjects, such as exteriors and interiors of architecture and the human form. Consideration of light, shade, and form. Fall and Spring.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKAL - Core Art & Literature

ARCH 34022 Advanced Graphics: Watercolor (3 Credit Hours)

Freehand graphic communication with watercolor, painting a variety of forms, such as still life, exteriors and interiors of architecture and the human form. Fall and Spring.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKAL - Core Art & Literature

ARCH 34112 Design III (6 Credit Hours)

Architectural and urban design relating to Rome and its environs, with an emphasis on the urban scale.

Prerequisites: ARCH 21121

ARCH 34122 Design IV (6 Credit Hours)

Architectural and urban design relating to Rome and its environs, with an emphasis on building scale.

Prerequisites: ARCH 34112

ARCH 34212 Roman Urbanism and Architecture I (3 Credit Hours)

Examines the essential elements of Roman urbanism, architectural composition, and tectonic considerations over time, through extensive analysis and direct on-site experience with an emphasis on composition and formal order.

ARCH 34213 Independent Studies - Remote (3 Credit Hours)

Independent studies on a topic agreed upon by the student, instructor, and Assistant or Associate Dean.

ARCH 34222 Roman Urbanism and Architecture II (3 Credit Hours)

ARCH 34233 Goan Architecture 1510 - pre (3 Credit Hours)

Goan Architecture 1510 - pre

ARCH 34301 The Italian Experience: Roman Cultural Enrichment for Architecture Students I (1 Credit Hour)

Group discussions, readings in Italian culture and current events, attendance at film, theater, exhibitions and other aspects of Italian life.

ARCH 34302 The Italian Experience: Roman Cultural Enrichment for Architecture Students II (1 Credit Hour)

Group discussions, readings in Italian culture and current events, attendance at film, theater, exhibitions and other aspects of Italian life.

ARCH 34303 Ancient Greek Architecture: Archaic to Roman Monuments (3 Credit Hours)

This course examines Ancient Greek architecture through the ruins and remnants of Athens including the ionic and doric orders and their lasting impacts on Athens. This includes studying the Acropolis and its many lasting structures, including the Parthenon, through the Roman monuments of the later Roman Empire. And the modern buildings that reflect the style of Ancient Roman and Ancient Greek architecture.

ARCH 34311 Roman Urbanism & Architecture (3 Credit Hours)

Roman Urbanism and Architecture examines the additive layers of Rome since antiquity. It analyzes essential elements of city making, architectural composition, and tectonics through direct on-site experience.

ARCH 34312 Architectural History III (3 Credit Hours)

Explorations in architectural history from the Industrial Revolution to present.

ARCH 34322 Architectural History IV (3 Credit Hours)

Structured field study and lecture presentations analyzing buildings and urban complexes in Italy from the Renaissance to the present.

ARCH 34369 Geographical Perspectives on Rural Change (3 Credit Hours)

This course evaluates rural geography in Ireland through the lens of policy, community-based actions, and environmental factors. There is a changing nature in rurality, especially as the climate changes, because we rely on rural regions for much of the worlds food. Using theoretical frameworks of change, we analyze the types of changes occurring and whether they are beneficial for sustainable development.

ARCH 34371 Urban Architecture: Contemporary stories in an Ancient City (3 Credit Hours)

Is it possible for a student to understand the complexity of the Mediterranean metropolis within a single semester? Can the variety of public spaces in Athens be fathomed? What phenomena define these architectural and social spaces? How can experiences in the city be rooted? Is there a methodology to help us reach a deep understanding about any city in the world? In this course, we will address these and other questions to try to reveal the structure of urban and social spaces and phenomena in Athens. We will investigate this Mediterranean capital as a city evolving through time, bringing together historic and contemporary architecture, as well as spaces of the communal, public and private realms.

ARCH 34939 Exploring the Sustainable City (3 Credit Hours)

This module introduces you to some key themes, concepts, and debates in urban geography. In particular it will focus on the concept of urban regeneration. The module first considers the historic development of urbanisation, the transition to urban-based economies, and the development of urban studies. It then focusses specifically on the urban impacts of globalisation, in particular how cities in the developed world have managed the shift from industrialism to post-industrialism. Finally, the module examines regeneration from a number of perspectives. Particular attention will be given to the circular nature of processes of urban growth and decline and how regeneration efforts include and exclude particular social groups and identities.

ARCH 37111 Independent Studies (0-3 Credit Hours)

Independent studies on a topic agreed by the student, instructor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

ARCH 40411 Environmental Systems I (3 Credit Hours)

This course investigates the relationship between architecture and environmental systems. Lectures, readings, and exercises probe topics that include heating, ventilating, and air conditioning, passive energy design, plumbing systems, water conservation and usage, electrical systems, illumination, and acoustics.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 40421 Building Technology II (3 Credit Hours)

A study of building construction methods and materials.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 40424 History of Christian Architecture (3 Credit Hours)

A broad survey of purpose-built spaces for Christian worship, from the beginnings to the present. The course will attend to questions of form and aesthetics and the functionality of these spaces for liturgy or other church activities. Finally, the course will consider the social, economic, and political dimensions of church building projects.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKAL - Core Art & Literature, WRIT - Writing Intensive

ARCH 40511 Structural Design-for Architect (3 Credit Hours)

The study of wood and steel structures, including the design and analysis of beams, columns, and connections using building codes and national design standards. Additional topics address a review of structural analysis and the determination of structural loads, including gravity, wind, and seismic loads.

Prerequisites: ARCH 20511

ARCH 40521 Applied Structural Systems (3 Credit Hours)

The study of concrete structures, including the design and analysis of beams, columns, slabs, and steel reinforcement using building codes and national design standards. Additional topics include concrete material properties, concrete mix design, and laboratories activities associated with testing concrete and steel reinforcement.

Prerequisites: ARCH 40511 and ARCH 20511

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 40711 Building the Affordable House: Seeking Solutions That Are Well-Designed, Well-Built, and Affordable (3 Credit Hours)

Housing in the United States has become increasingly unaffordable to many, whether as renters or home owners. New housing construction, particularly in the South Bend / Mishawaka area, is focused primarily on large-scale suburban developments and very high-end custom infill housing. Neither of these approaches meaningfully addresses the issues related to housing that is affordable in this region. Through this seminar, the Notre Dame School of Architecture hopes to take a leadership role in the design and development of better housing models for the South Bend / Mishawaka area. The seminar is intended to seek out both new and traditional design and construction ideas that promote sustainable, well-designed, well-built, and affordable housing solutions. This elective seminar is open to architecture majors and non-majors interested in affordable housing. The format of seminar has a two-part structure - classroom and jobsite. First, the class will focus on researching topics related to housing and construction: no drawing is required to take this course, only an interest in affordable housing. Second, students will participate in the construction of a house designed by students in the previous Spring semester. Participation in construction will be required and conducted in partnership with Habitat for Humanity, St. Joseph County (HFH). The goal of this partnership with HFH will be the construction of at least one new affordable housing unit each academic year.

ARCH 40811 Painting with Light: An Examination of Stained Glass through History (3 Credit Hours)

Architectural glazing occupies a unique role in the design and construction of buildings. As both an exterior protection from the elements and an interior ornamentation, the production and application of stained glass within structures has both excited and fascinated people for centuries. This lecture class will introduce students to the history of leaded architectural glazing for the last 600 years. From its inception as the “poor man’s bible” to its modern “art glass” uses, students will learn to identify prominent techniques, styles, and artisans associated with the medium. In addition to its uses, students will also gain an understanding of the materials and techniques used to create these works of art. Documentation and restoration techniques will also be discussed, with students gaining practical experience with documenting and assessing existing windows through visits to local sites. It is anticipated at the conclusion of this course, students will have gained a greater understanding of the history of architectural glazing as a medium and comprehend the processes for designing and executing both new works and restoration campaigns for existing elements.

ARCH 41011 Graphics V: Computers (3 Credit Hours)

Study of basic skills necessary for the analysis and representation of architectural form through the medium of the computer. Students will study drafting as well as three-dimensional modeling.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 41110 Berlin Summer Studio Completion (5 Credit Hours)

Completion of summer studio in Berlin.

ARCH 41111 Design V (6 Credit Hours)

Design V involves the design of buildings within urban settings, with a special emphasis on building types in relation to cultural, ethnic, and civic priorities.

Prerequisites: ARCH 34122

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 41121 Design VI (6 Credit Hours)

Design VI presents students with the opportunity to select one among a number of studio options. Specific focus of studios varies from year to year and is designed to address needs and specific to each fourth-year class.

Prerequisites: ARCH 41111

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 41711 Charrette Lab (3 Credit Hours)

This course provides an opportunity for students to learn about the charrette process and urban design methodology by assisting in follow-up and preparatory work for the Dean's Charrettes as well as consulting on research case studies as part of the School of Architecture's Housing and Community Regeneration Initiative. This course works at both a macro and micro level. We will explore all steps of the charrette process to see how they work together. At the same we will dive into the details of how to communicate a compelling narrative verbally, graphically, and strategically. Through this work you will gain professional experience by utilizing lessons from the classroom in practice and engage with clients on real world projects that will make an immediate impact in our region.

Course may be repeated.

ARCH 41811 Beginning Furniture (3 Credit Hours)

Students gain an understanding of scale, proportion, and construction of furniture. Lectures and demonstrations expose students to the history of furniture, properties of wood, and the use of woodworking equipment. Fall.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 41821 Advanced Furniture (3 Credit Hours)

Students construct furniture of original design. They learn to understand furniture's relationship to architectural context. Spring.

Prerequisites: ARCH 41811

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 43201 American Housing & Social Justice: The History of Housing Segregation & Future of Equitable Cities (3 Credit Hours)

This course will follow the evolution of housing in the context of American Urbanism over the last hundred years and explore not only the methods employed to discriminate against minority communities, but also how these policies have ended up failing the suburban and rural communities they were intended to privilege. Consequently, the outcomes are not only ongoing racial injustice but also a nationwide affordable housing crisis and crumbling infrastructure. The course will be broken down into three parts. We will explore the history and evolution of housing segregation; the current results of decades of racist policies and actions; as well as potential ideas to reverse the inequities in housing to create a stronger future for all communities. No existing knowledge of architecture or urbanism is required.

ARCH 43213 The Renaissance City and the Natural World: Architectural History and the Environmental Humanities (3 Credit Hours)

Conversations about environmental disaster, sustainability, and resilience that are everywhere in our news feeds today also shaped the buildings and cities from the Renaissance period in profound ways. How was nature conceptualized in the early modern world? And how did architects, engineers, and city-planners confront environmental forces like floods, earthquakes, and viral plagues? With a focus on Italy, this elective course explores how cities like Rome, Florence, Ferrara, and Venice historically dealt with its natural environments. We will begin by asking how "nature" was understood in the Renaissance period in relation to art and architectural history. Looking at primary sources like period texts, drawings, prints, buildings, and cities, we will trace themes like sustainability, environmental justice, and resource management. The goal for this course is to provide a framework for understanding how early modern societies faced environmental stresses, managed their natural resources, and addressed issues like sustainability.

ARCH 43310 After Urbanism: Modernity and the Neo-Traditional City (3 Credit Hours)

A consideration of the possibilities for traditional urbanism within the context of contemporary culture; specifically, the way in which contemporary culture frustrates traditional urban ambitions, and the extent to which it may be possible for traditional urbanism to both critique and transform contemporary culture.

ARCH 43311 Catholicism and The City: Good Urbanism as Human Flourishing, Env. Stewardship, and Sacramentality (3 Credit Hours)

Catholicism and The City is an Architecture course intended primarily but not exclusively for undergraduate and graduate architecture students, and for undergraduate students from other disciplines. Viewed through the lenses of Catholic metaphysics and social teaching, the norms of historic classical humanist architectural and urban theory and practice, and related contemporary academic disciplines, the course is an introduction to cities generally, and more specifically a typological and historical introduction to the physical and spatial characteristics of the traditional urbanism of western Christendom, its global expansion, present devolution, and future prospects. The course addresses generally the nature and purpose/s of cities as cooperative human artifacts embodying particular cultural ideals and related forms of economic and political organization; and considers specifically cities as they relate to a Catholic understanding of human flourishing grounded in truths about God, creation, and human nature, including strategies for urbanism in a post-urban world in which human beings can flourish in towns and city neighborhoods that both anticipate and sacramentally participate in the City of God.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKCD-Core Cathol & Disciplines

ARCH 43411 The American Building Tradition: Architectural Style and Building Techniques through History (3 Credit Hours)

This seminar class in an introduction to the study of the architectural history of the United States, with particular emphasis placed on the construction techniques and building materials which have formed the basis for the progression of architectural styles in the United States, and with special attention paid to the impact of industrialization on the homogenization of styles throughout the country. While this course will follow a linear timeline model of architectural history, the course will deviate from a traditional architectural history course framework by focusing on the "unknown craftsmen" rather than the "great designer" model. During the semester, students will be required to demonstrate their understanding of course materials through written and visual assignments and presentations as well as in-class examinations. Upon completion of this course, students will have gained a greater understanding of the materials and construction methodologies which comprise the American building tradition.

ARCH 43511 Introduction to Historic Building Pathology and Assessment (3 Credit Hours)

This lecture class in an introduction to the processes and procedures of preforming a building assessment on a historic property. Often the first step in initiating a preservation project, the assessment of a structure identifies current areas of concerns in the building and offers remediation recommendations on the correct procedures for maintaining both historic fabric and economic feasibility of a proposed project. This class will introduce students to the techniques commonly used to assess a structure, as well as the correct format in which to present these findings to a client. The class will take a step by step approach to examining assessment techniques for all areas of a structure. Student will be introduced to common construction techniques found throughout the United States, common deterioration issues found in these components, as well as typical remediation techniques used to address these issues. Concepts pertaining to adaptive rehabilitation of buildings to meet modern code requirements as well as sustainability will also be addressed.

ARCH 43611 Carbon Neutral Development through Net Impact Design (3 Credit Hours)

Knowledge about the relationship between built environment development and global and local challenges, such as climate change, resource depletion, environmental impact, justice and health, is of key importance to move towards a sustainable and resilient future. This course takes a trans-disciplinary approach to understanding how to decarbonize the built environment. Linkages between and perspectives from engineering, architectural design, and social sciences are emphasized throughout the course. This course provides students with real-world problems to work with such as urbanization-related pollution in China and urban revitalization needs for the aging building stock in Germany. This course is composed of two modules: (1) Carbon neutral development at the urban scale is examined through three real case studies to explore the different development principles, design strategies and patterns. (2) Net zero building design and related environmental impact are examined through research literature and real case projects.

ARCH 43613 Cuba's Cultural Heritage: The Magic and Poetry of its Architecture and Urbanism (3 Credit Hours)

This course introduces students to Cuba's cultural heritage and the magic and poetry of its Architecture and Urbanism, and its cross-cultural (European influence) and immediate regional background. The course explores the formation of a multiracial nation, and particularly the history and urban evolution of Havana, the country's capital city, and considers the key role of architecture in its ever-changing construction. Through a holistic approach, the students will learn and understand the distinct features—similarities, differences, and synchronicities— in the fields of art, architecture, and urbanism in Cuba, and examine how cultural identity has been a central organizing paradigm. A series of presentations will allow students to identify, recognize and discern the main features of Cuban architecture and urbanism and relate them to the universal culture. Critical thinking will allow the students to relate research and theoretical content with historic preservation themes, the concept of cultural landscapes, as well as practical design knowledge.

ARCH 43711 Figurative Design Systems (3 Credit Hours)

This seminar class consists of lectures, readings, and assigned design vignettes to delve into the complexities of ornamental theory - its meanings, patterns, and applications from individual motifs to whole buildings and grounds. Vignette projects assigned in class will give students the chance to apply various figurative design techniques. Class includes a trip to Cranbrook Academy and/or guest lectures by practitioners.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKAL - Core Art & Literature

ARCH 44110 Summer Design Studio-Berlin (1 Credit Hour)

The Berlin summer studio will focus on the former center of the German capital to the medieval heart of Berlin and the oldest square in the city: the Molkenmarkt. This fourth-year studio course will search for alternative designs for the future of this urban quarter that are historically aware, socially sustainable, and meet high aesthetic values. How can we succeed in providing a suitable and diverse urban context for the valuable monuments and archaeological findings?

ARCH 44212 Vitruvius, Architecture, and the Liberal Arts (3 Credit Hours)

The Roman architect Vitruvius Pollio dedicated his ten papyrus scrolls on architecture to the emperor Augustus in the late first century B.C.E., confident that his work furnished all the information an attentive reader needed to make competent decisions about building, from choosing a site to the fine points of interior decor. In addition, the form and structure of his treatise made a second, and no less ambitious, claim: that architecture should be considered a liberal art, requiring intellectual acuity above and beyond any technical skill. This course will investigate Vitruvius both as a man of ancient Rome and as one of the most influential writers of all time, showing how his aesthetic systems are rooted in ancient rhetoric - that is, in oratory and literature -, and how his pioneering treatise, thanks to its broad philosophical framework, innovative vocabulary, and systematic reasoning, became one of the most influential books of all time, including its role in shaping the curricula of the first universities. We will also investigate the ways in which readers from different centuries and different cultures have adapted (and often distorted) interpretation of the ancient text to fit different circumstances and views of the world, aiming to read him as clearly as possible, for his own time and for ours. We will be using the illustrated translation published by Cambridge University Press. Students who want to follow the text in Latin are encouraged to do so.

Prerequisites: ARCH 44211

ARCH 45997 Professional Internship (0.5-3 Credit Hours)

Professional internship for architecture students.

Course may be repeated.

ARCH 45998 Professional Internship (1 Credit Hour)

Internship credit in the School of Architecture for international students seeking full time employment for an agreed upon duration. Students must have a firm job offer before being given permission to enroll. In addition to the successful completion of employment, students must submit weekly reflections to the instructor on a series of questions relating the employment experience to the academic program.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 45999 Professional Internship (1 Credit Hour)

Internship credit in the School of Architecture for international students seeking full time summer employment directly related to the discipline [or field] of architecture. Students must have a firm job offer before being granted permission to enroll. Students will submit weekly reflection essays to the instructor on a series of questions relating the employment experience to the academic program.

Course may be repeated.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 47122 Independent Studies, Design (3-6 Credit Hours)

Independent studies on a design topic agreed upon by the student, instructor, and Assistant Deans.

Course may be repeated.

ARCH 47123 Independent Studies, Design (6 Credit Hours)

Independent studies on a design topic agreed upon by the student, instructor, and Assistant Deans.

ARCH 50211 Architecture and Power in the Roman World (3 Credit Hours)

The course explores how architectural innovations, materials, and structural forms evolved, examining major building types such as triumphal arches, fora, basilicas, and baths, not just as technical solutions but as physical manifestations of imperial ambition and strategic tools for shaping social life. By analyzing primary sources like Vitruvius or Suetonius and archaeological evidence, the course assesses the complex religious, societal, and political factors that intrinsically linked Roman technical mastery to its design solutions, uncovering the deeper power dynamics behind the built environment.

ARCH 50218 Teaching Concepts/History of Architecture I (3 Credit Hours)

Teaching assistants aid professor in grading examinations and preparing lectures for ARCH 20211. Fall.

ARCH 50219 Teaching Concepts/Introduction to Architecture II (3 Credit Hours)

Teaching assistant in the sophomore Introduction to Architecture II course.

ARCH 50319 Teaching Concepts/Global History of Architecture (3 Credit Hours)

Teaching assistant in the first-year Global History of Architecture course.

Students in the School of Architecture college may not enroll.

ARCH 50320 Teaching Concepts/Theory & Composition (3 Credit Hours)

Teaching assistants for ARCH 20111 to provide instructional support to students during class and helping with grades.

ARCH 50418 Teaching Concepts/Building Technology I (3 Credit Hours)

Teaching assistants guide second-year students taking ARCH 20411 in developing technical solutions to architectural studies. They assist in evaluation of submitted work and prepare and deliver short presentations on current building techniques. Fall.

ARCH 50419 Environmental Systems II (3 Credit Hours)

This course investigates the integration of building envelope systems, structural systems, and environmental control systems in an architectural project. Additional topics include the study of regulatory requirements and accessible design.

ARCH 50518 Teaching Concepts/Structural Design (3 Credit Hours)

Teaching assistants aid professor in grading examinations, assigning homework, and preparing lectures for ARCH 40511. Fall.

ARCH 50711 Professional Practice (3 Credit Hours)

Lecture and assignments covering professional services, marketing, economics of practice, programming, design drawing development, contracts, and project management. Spring.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 51018 Teaching Concepts/Drawing (3 Credit Hours)

Assist professor in demonstrating techniques and critiquing student work for ARCH 11011. Fall.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 51028 Teaching Concepts/Graphics II (3 Credit Hours)

Teaching assistant in the first-year drafting course.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 51038 Teaching Concepts/Introduction to Architecture I (3 Credit Hours)

Teaching assistants for ARCH 21011 to provide instructional support to students during class and helping with grades.

ARCH 51058 Teaching Concepts/Graphics V (3 Credit Hours)

Teaching assistants for ARCH 41011 provide instructional support to students in the computer cluster during class and help with grading.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 51111 Design VII (6 Credit Hours)

Integrates the students' previous study of building design and construction in thematic studios.

Prerequisites: ARCH 41121

ARCH 51121 Design VIII Thesis (6 Credit Hours)

Required of all students in architecture. Students devote the semester to the preparation and presentation of an independent architectural project fulfilling the NAAB criteria of a "comprehensive project." Spring.

Prerequisites: ARCH 51111

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 51368 Teaching Concepts/Digital Graphics (3 Credit Hours)

Teaching assistance for ARCH 61021: Introduction to CAD

Prerequisites: ARCH 41011

ARCH 51411 Research and Documentation of Historical Buildings (3 Credit Hours)

The course provides a detailed reference to the recording methods and techniques that are fundamental tools for examining any existing structure. It also includes information on recent technological advances such as laser scanning, new case studies, and material on the documentation of historic monuments. The students will get to work on a live project and help serve in saving a historic building in the city of South Bend.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 51421 Historic Construction and Preservation Lab (0 Credit Hours)

Bi weekly demonstration session for ARCH 53341, Historic Construction and Preservation.

Corequisites: ARCH 53421

ARCH 51431 Architectural Analysis of Historic Buildings (3 Credit Hours)

The course introduces students to a holistic, scientific methodology for understanding historic buildings as complex, dynamic systems by teaching them to "read" architectural evidence. The course focuses on identifying and analyzing materials, building techniques, structural matters, and pathologies to unveil a building's complete history, from its original construction to its current state of decay. Students will engage in hands-on critical documentation, using both on-site graphic records and the creation of detailed 2D and 3D explication drawings, understanding this documentation not as simple recording but as a crucial act of discover and future stewardship. *This course will meet on Tuesday and Thursday with five Saturday site visits scheduled during the semester. Prior to a Saturday site visit the course will not meet on Tuesday and Thursday.

ARCH 53111 Evolving Urban Forms: Designing Traditional Cities for the 21st Century (3 Credit Hours)

The American auto-dependent built environment today is confounding – ugly, unhealthy, and problematic by countless environmental, social, and economic metrics. Venturing down any ubiquitous corridor of big-boxes, subdivisions, and parking lots, it seems at once that the built environment sprawls with endless bounds, and yet never reaches any actual kind of “place.” How did modern urbanism fall so far astray, and how can we learn to design great urban spaces again? This course offers participants both an understanding of the historical roots of contemporary auto-dependent urbanism, and advanced design study in traditional urbanism, especially through the analytical drawing of great urban precedents. First, a historical review of modern urban development, dating from the advent of 19th century industrial cities, will illuminate the challenges and concerns that influenced problematic 20th century planning paradigms. By discussing the parallel evolution of urban design theory, students will also be equipped to confidently participate in ongoing urban design discourses today. Second, after reviewing general principles of traditional urbanism, students will be initiated in urban analysis drawings at two scales, to better understand nuances of good urban form. City-scale diagrams will reveal how character, walkability, and livability begin in the macro-level structures of the built environment. Various street- and block-scale studies will encourage students to understand urban components in greater complexity and detail. This portion of the class is conceived as an interactive, collegial form of learning through pin-ups: as students present their drawings of diverse examples of traditional urban places and spaces, we will learn through discussing and comparing examples and their applications together.

ARCH 53112 Drawing Global Vernacular Architecture (3 Credit Hours)

This course aims not only to enhance students' drawing and painting techniques but also to offer participants a transformative journey into the study of vernacular architecture worldwide. Through hands-on artistic exploration, students will delve into the rich history, cultural significance, and sustainable design principles inherent in vernacular architecture. Vernacular architecture, rooted in the wisdom of generations, embodies a deep understanding of local climates, materials, and construction techniques. It seamlessly integrates with the natural landscape, fostering sustainable solutions that resonate with the surrounding environment while nurturing a strong sense of community and identity. Studying the diverse vernacular architectures across the globe provides invaluable insights into human adaptation, creativity, and resilience in the face of various challenges. Through drawing and painting, students will forge meaningful connections with cultures, places, and people they may not be familiar with, gaining a deeper appreciation for the beauty of human diversity and ingenuity. This course will be structured as a series of weekly workshops, each comprising vignette exercises aimed at improving participants' drawing skills while immersing them in the captivating world of vernacular architecture. The main media would be pencil and pen-ink in the fall semester, and watercolor/colored pencil/marker in the spring semester. Students will utilize various media of their choice to bring to life the scenes depicted in carefully selected reference images, capturing the essence of the architecture, people, space, and daily life.

Enrollment limited to students in the School of Architecture college.

ARCH 53231 History and Theory of Preservation (3 Credit Hours)

This class will introduce students to the history, theory, and practice of architectural historic preservation in Europe and the United States, beginning with the origins of the movement in the late eighteenth century, classic theoretical statements of the nineteenth, and its application by means of legislation and regulation worldwide in the twentieth. Required for students in the Preservation/Restoration Concentration in the B.Arch. degree. Open to all juniors, seniors, fifth-year and graduate students.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 53311 Issues in Sacred Architecture (3 Credit Hours)

The goal of this course is to focus on the history, theory, and practice of ecclesiastical architecture. The focus will be on five principles of sacred architecture. Students will be required to engage fundamental questions about sacred architecture, including: what makes architecture sacred? How does church architecture reflect Catholic liturgy? Which aspects are universal and which aspects can be local? What should be the place of sacred architecture in the city and in the world? The course is open to architecture students and students in other disciplines.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKAL - Core Art & Literature, WKCD-Core Cathol & Disciplines

ARCH 53321 Architectural Treatises (3 Credit Hours)

Consideration of the theoretical and practical background of traditional architecture through a careful reading both of primary theoretical sources (including Vitruvius, Alberti, Serlio, Palladio, Vignola, Claude Perrault, and others) as well as influential pattern books; and the pertinence of both to contemporary architectural discourse and practice.

ARCH 53361 Nine Themes in Modern Architectural Theory (3 Credit Hours)

Knowledge of the most important themes that frame architectural thought is essential for a rounded education -for justifying one's architectural convictions in comparison with other convictions whether in agreement or in opposition. The seminar examines nine of the most important themes to have animated architectural thought since the early twentieth century. It will consider how each of the nine themes was justified by modernism, post-modernism, and traditional architecture. The themes are: 1) type, character, and style; 2) architectural imitation and invention; 3) architecture and the cultural theory of modernity; 4) architectural form and tectonics, technique, and technology; 5) architectural expression and the public and private realms; 6) architecture and the philosophy of history; 7) the relationship between art and architectural discourse and discourses deriving from cultural theory; 8) the concept of architecture as an autonomous discipline; and 9) the usefulness of architectural conflicts in advancing architectural culture. The material is intended to invite an in-depth discussion about how architecture is justified and judged. Certain themes that have been outlined in the introduction to architectural theory during the first year and elaborated during multiple discussions in studios, will be examined in greater depth. The seminar is open to Students in the Fifth Year and Fourth year, as well as Graduate Students. Discussions of readings, a semester paper and drawings, will constitute the class requirements. Class meets once per week.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 53381 Why Are Buildings Ugly?: Training Your Eye to Recognize & Avoid Common Mistakes in Classical Arch (3 Credit Hours)

Why do some buildings look and feel better than others? While beauty is in the eye of the beholder, there are universal characteristics and elements that differentiate good and bad designs. This course explores how and why things go wrong so you can recognize and avoid common mistakes. In some cases, Classical architecture goes bad because of modern code constraints. In other cases, it is because of the limits of available products. But most often, it is simple mistakes in speaking the language of Classical Architecture that throw the designs off track. This course will explore all of these factors and introduce alternatives for creating buildable designs that are true to Classical principles.

ARCH 53411 History of American Architecture 1630-1915 (3 Credit Hours)

This course is seminar on the history of architecture in the United States from the colonial period in the 1600s until World War I. The purpose of this course is to introduce some of the formative ideas, major monuments, and characteristic experiences of different building cultures in the United States and to investigate various problems of interpretation raised by the material under review. Architecture will be defined in the broadest possible terms to include vernacular as well as high architecture examples of buildings, distinctive urban configurations, and landscape design. Architectural History will be defined as the record of the rich diversity of human experiences evident in the different ways Americans have shaped the built environment to pursue social, civil, and religious ends. By the end of the semester, students should have an understanding of the cultural and historical factors that shaped American architecture from 1630 to 1915 and should have the ability to identify and distinguish between the different styles and periods of architecture from this period. They should have the research skills to prepare scholarly and theoretical papers and essays on the subject, and they will have experience with in-class presentations on topics related to their research. Course requirements consist of attendance at seminars, completion of required readings and writing assignments.

Prerequisites: (ARCH 20211 or ARCH 20221) or (ARCH 60211 or ARCH 60221)

ARCH 53412 Historic Preservation, Resilience, and Sustainability (3 Credit Hours)

The course emphasizes technical methods for measuring the effects of and responses to climate change and investigates the contributions of cultural heritage (tangible and intangible) to addressing environmental issues through conservation and sustainable development.

ARCH 53421 Historic Construction and Preservation (3 Credit Hours)

This course explores the materials, methods and resources available to American architects of the eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries, and the means to preserve their structures today. Historic Construction and Preservation will provide preservation professionals with information needed to analyze, modify, and certify historic buildings for modern use. A survey of data on period structural components, such as foundations, masonry walls, and wood, wrought-iron, and cast-iron columns and beams will provide a basis to determine loads that structural components were originally designed to bear and methods to determine if they are still capable of performing as intended. Demonstrations of production or fabrication methods for stone, brick, mortar, paints and wood framing and trim will give first-hand knowledge to preservation specialists. Acceptable practices for structural rehabilitation will be discussed and evaluated. Students completing this course will have the basis for understanding the process used to build historic structures and the means to preserve them.

Corequisites: ARCH 51421

ARCH 53511 Architecture of Conviviality: Architecture, Place, Craft, Beauty, and Community (3 Credit Hours)

Seminar participants develop a philosophy toward the design and making of buildings and places that afford human thriving. We focus particularly on reviving habits of more deeply human intellection and affectivity. Topics include these: beauty versus “the cool”; the problem of craft in the modern economy and subsidiarity; our relation to food and stuff more generally; the imagination; and slow and just cities.

ARCH 53512 Accessing Archives: An Introduction to Primary Source Research (1 Credit Hour)

This course is an introduction to primary source research within a physical or digital archive. Archives are vital repositories of historical and cultural knowledge, and this course aims to demystify their role and make them accessible to all students, regardless of their prior experience. Through hands-on experiences and theoretical study, students will learn how to find and access repositories, and evaluate and utilize primary source materials. The course includes visits to physical and digital archives, offering students firsthand experience with how archives operate and how to navigate their collection management systems. by engaging with a range of archival materials and participating in interactive discussions, students will gain a deeper appreciation for how archives contribute to meaningful research.

ARCH 53521 The Art of Detailing (3 Credit Hours)

This is an in-depth study and survey of various details of construction employed by notable architects of the 19th to 21st centuries. The course focuses on architectural detailing as it applies to the use of materials, material assemblies and their components in the construction of buildings using modern and traditional assemblies. Details of floor, interior and exterior walls, roof and window wall, atrium assemblies including materials and their responses to the elements and context to building loads are explored.

ARCH 53611 Traditional City: Theory and Reality (3 Credit Hours)

The seminar will uncover emerging theory of the traditional city for its relevance in urban design. In the pursuit of human, resilient and authentically local neighborhoods buildings and landscapes the Western traditional city is our inspiration. We will discuss and decipher concepts and theories, and how to reapply them as we retrofit existing and design new urban and natural environments. Along with short readings and previews of images, students will sketch and draw, during classes and independently, testing ideas brought out in the seminar and how they impact future resilient settlements. A sketchbook is required. The final assignment will be to compose graphic representations of an idea. Class Structure: lectures by professors, invited colleagues and professionals, round table discussions, sketching & drawing

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 53631 Architecture and the City: Urban Form, Elements, and Principles (3 Credit Hours)

This course provides a platform for the reassessment of architecture's relationship to urbanism by examining the long evolution of the traditional city, its urban design, and its town planning—from classical Greek cities to contemporary (so- called) "eco-cities." It is, above all, an argument for civic life.

ARCH 57123 Independent Studies (1-3 Credit Hours)

Independent studies on a topic agreed upon by the student, instructor, and Assistant Deans.

ARCH 57213 Research Assistance - Undergraduate (0.5-3 Credit Hours)

Undergraduate student assistance to the faculty in original research

Course may be repeated.

ARCH 57811 Special Projects in Furniture I (3 Credit Hours)

Students pursue specific interests in design and construction of furniture. Fall.

Prerequisites: ARCH 41821

Course may be repeated.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 57821 Special Studies in Furniture Design II (3 Credit Hours)

Continuation of Architecture 57811. Spring.

Prerequisites: (ARCH 57811)

Course may be repeated.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 57831 Independent Study (0-3 Credit Hours)

Independent study.

ARCH 60021 Measuring Sustainability: Life Cycle Assessment for Policy and Practice (3 Credit Hours)

“Life Cycle Assessment” is a lecture- and practicum-based class primarily targeted at graduate students. The class is designed as a once-per-week session where we will spend about half the time on lectures and the other half on hands-on activities to practice LCA. The class is designed to introduce you to Life Cycle Assessment as a method for evaluating environmental, and social impacts of products, policies, systems, and services, with a focus on International Standards Organization (ISO)-compliant LCA. We will primarily be using OpenLCA, with some exposure to alternative tools. This course will particularly focus on LCA practice in the context of policy development, with emphasis on LCA’s role as a decision support tool. We will address the implications of LCA and related methods being increasingly required in policy contexts (e.g., for prioritizing grant recipients and allocating tax subsidies). We will also address the challenges associated with disparities in the maturity of various life cycle methods, most notably social LCA in comparison to environmental LCA and life cycle costing. We will evaluate published LCAs in forms like Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements, and also investigate the use of life cycle thinking and LCA for Environmental Product Declarations. The course will also emphasize the role of LCA in the energy transition, particularly given LCA’s strong role in greenhouse gas accounting, and explore how both technological and climate dynamics pose challenges for LCA practice. This course is primarily a methods course, and we will work through case studies and examples together both in and out of class, with a topical emphasis on energy, buildings, and climate due to LCA’s particular relevance in those areas.

ARCH 60211 Architectural History I (3 Credit Hours)

Part of a two-semester survey introducing graduate students to the history of architecture, this course covers antiquity to the 1300s. The approach is based on the concepts of architectural type and character, and the material is multicultural in scope. The study of type also extends to urban context and placemaking.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKAL - Core Art & Literature

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

Enrollment limited to students in the School of Architecture college.

ARCH 60221 Architectural History II (3 Credit Hours)

Part of a two-semester survey introducing graduate students to the history of architecture, this course covers the 1300s to present. The approach is based on the concepts of architectural type and character, and the material is multicultural in scope. The study of type also extends to urban context and placemaking.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 60311 Foundations & Theory (3 Credit Hours)

The course serves as a broad survey of the theoretical underpinnings, essential themes and history of new classical and traditional architecture and urbanism. It is organized in three five-week modules, each taught by different faculty members. The first module begins with definitions, focusing on the nature of the traditional city, building typology, and traditional architectural expressions, which range from ordinary building assemblages (vernacular) to an intellectualized, poetic vocabulary of forms rooted in straight-forward construction (classical). It continues with a description of the contemporary crisis that has resulted from the abandonment of normative urban, typological and formal strategies, and a critique of modern attitudes toward the making of buildings and cities. It is followed by a discussion of the resurgence of classical / traditional architecture and urbanism, and concludes with a summary of traditional analytical and compositional strategies. The second module opens with a discussion of the nature of humanist culture and urbanism and its grounding, by way of Platonic and Aristotelian thought, in the Catholic intellectual tradition. It continues with a description of traditional urban formal order from spatial, anthropological and typological points of view. The third module focuses on a number of themes, beginning with the intellectual history of Modern Traditional Architecture, that is, the reasons that led an international group of architects to cohere a comprehensive reform of architectural practice and education. This reform addressed ecological, urban, architectural matters side by side with a host of cultural productions (e.g. artistic theory, philosophy of history) that frame the intellectual milieu in which architecture is justified. The third module continues to clarify some vital, yet sometimes misunderstood, concepts such as the nature of Modernity and that of Modernism; architectural types, characters and styles; the nature of artistic imitation and invention; and the idea of technique and the distinction between techne and tectonics.

ARCH 60411 Building Technology I/Masonry and Timber (3 Credit Hours)

Qualitative and quantitative principles of traditional building assembly and detailing in masonry and timber.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

Enrollment limited to students in the School of Architecture college.

ARCH 60421 Building Technology II: Concrete, Steel, and Glass (3 Credit Hours)

Qualitative and quanitative principles of modern building assembly and detailing in concrete, steel and glass.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 60511 Structures I/Introduction to structures (3 Credit Hours)

Basic principles of building structures with a focus on statics. General topics include structural stability, dynamics and lateral loads, structure types and materials. Computational subjects involve vectors and forces, torque, shear, bending moments, spanning cnoditions, beams, columns, funicular structures, arches, and domes.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

Enrollment limited to students in the School of Architecture college.

ARCH 60521 Applied Structural Systems (3 Credit Hours)

The study of concrete structures. Studies include beams, columns, frames, shear walls and connections. Subjects include reinforcement, material properties, seismic design, foundations, and building codes.

Prerequisites: ARCH 60511

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 60611 Architecture of and on Display (3 Credit Hours)

Architectures of and on Display critically examines historical methods of exhibition as a spatial practice while also exploring architecture as an object of curation. Beginning with the Curiosity Cabinets of the Late Renaissance, this seminar traces the emergence of modern spaces of display through the Schatz- and Wunderkammern, public, encyclopedic, and national museums, and built spectacles of the panorama and World’s Fair, before considering the museumification of architectural patrimony and the development of the open-air museum. Throughout the course, students will assess the impact of traditional and modern technologies on the representation and communication of architectural works as framed in historical exhibition contexts, touching upon their mediation through tactile and visual modes of reproduction, such as casts, models, and photographic media from the 19th and early 20th centuries. In addition, students will also investigate the roles of and challenges to Imperialism, Orientalism, and nation-building processes in the narration of architectural heritage on display, while debating notions of the museum as a public good and a site of knowledge production.

ARCH 61011 Introduction to Architectural Representation (0 Credit Hours)

Instruction in the techniques of traditional architectural drawing and presentation. Required of all incoming graduate students.

ARCH 61012 Introduction to Architectural Representation for Historic Preservation (0 Credit Hours)

Instruction in the techniques of traditional architectural drawing and presentation, emphasizing graphic skills specifically related to historic preservation work. Required of all incoming MSHP students.

ARCH 61021 Digital Graphics (3 Credit Hours)

Instruction in analysis and representation of architectural form through the medium of the computer, including drafting and three-dimensional modeling.

ARCH 61111 Foundational Design I (6 Credit Hours)

Introduction to classical design principles and to principles of traditional urbanism. Projects involve drawing the orders, their application to architecture, and the creation of traditional urbanism in the context of existing American settings. (Fall)

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

Enrollment limited to students in the School of Architecture college.

ARCH 61121 Foundational Design II (6 Credit Hours)

Part two of a required two semester studio sequence introducing all 3-year M-Arch students to the grammar, syntax, and composition of classical architecture and the latter's relationship to tectonics, expression, and urbanism.

Prerequisites: ARCH 61111

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 61211 Drawing/Painting Urban Architecture (3 Credit Hours)

This specialized course offers a comprehensive study for students who not only have an interest in improving their drawing and painting skills but also wish to explore new places with diverse cultural context. Its focus extends beyond enhancing drawing and watercolor painting skills to encompass a contextual understanding of cities like Rome, Paris, and other capital cities (in a global context) and Washington, DC/South Bend (in a local context), as well as Notre Dame's campus, through the medium of drawing and painting.

ARCH 63511 Introduction to Historic Building Pathology and Assessment (3 Credit Hours)

ARCH 70211 History of Rome (3 Credit Hours)

A history of Rome from its origins through the Republic and Empire, its ongoing character as the spiritual and administrative center of European Christendom, and its role as the capital of modern italy, with special attention to the relationship between its political and religious history and its formal order.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

Enrollment limited to students in the School of Architecture college.

ARCH 70311 Urban Elements and Principles (3 Credit Hours)

A theory course entailing a broad survey-both typological and historical-of the physical characteristics of traditional western cities and their development, with special emphasis upon urban form as a cooperative human artifact embodying particular cultural values and ideals.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

Enrollment limited to students in the School of Architecture college.

ARCH 70411 Environmental Systems I (3 Credit Hours)

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 70419 Environmental Systems II: Lighting & Acoustics (3 Credit Hours)

ARCH 70531 Structures III: Wood and Steel (3 Credit Hours)

The study of wood and steel structures. Studies include beams, columns, frames and connections. Additional topics address vertical loading, bracing, moment resistive structures and wind forces.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

Enrollment limited to students in the School of Architecture college.

ARCH 71111 Elements & Principles of Classical Architecture & Traditional Urbanism (6 Credit Hours)

A required first design studio for all M.ADU and 2-year M.Arch students, introducing them to the grammar, syntax, and composition of classical architecture and the latter's relationship to tectonics, expression, and urbanism.

Enrollment limited to students in the School of Architecture college.

ARCH 71121 Traditional Architecture Studio (6 Credit Hours)

Studio course designed to introduce MSHP students to the fundamentals, principles, and approaches associated with historic architectural languages, types, structures, precedents, and contexts. Those aspects of traditional architecture most closely related to issues of resilience and sustainability will be emphasized.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Historic Preservation.

ARCH 71131 Architectural Design III (6 Credit Hours)

Integrative Design Studio: design of a simple program building in detail, allowing students to demonstrate their ability to integrate structural and environmental technologies into their building design.

Prerequisites: ARCH 61121

Enrollment limited to students in the School of Architecture college.

ARCH 71152 Independent Studies - Design (6 Credit Hours)

Independent studies on a design topic agreed upon by the student, instructor, and Assistant or Associate Dean.

ARCH 71321 Urban Conservation Studio (6 Credit Hours)

An introductory urban design studio with a conservation emphasis. The focus will be on traditional urban neighborhoods and their preservation in terms of physical fabric as well as with respect to social, economic, political, and cultural resilience and sustainability. The close interaction between architecture, urbanism, and historic preservation will be explored through student design proposals.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture or Historic Preservation.

ARCH 71411 Research and Documentation of Historic Buildings (3 Credit Hours)

ARCH 71421 Historic Preservation and Construction Lab (0 Credit Hours)

Bi-weekly demonstration session for ARCH 73421: Historic Construction and Preservation.

Corequisites: ARCH 73421

ARCH 73111 Evolving Urban Forms: Designing Traditional Cities for the 21st Century (3 Credit Hours)

ARCH 73231 History and Theory of Preservation (3 Credit Hours)

ARCH 73321 Architectural Treatises (3 Credit Hours)

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 73421 Historic Preservation and Construction (3 Credit Hours)

This course explores the knowledge that leads to successful preservation of historic construction. The study of materials, methods and resources available to architects from antiquity, through the early twentieth century is requisite for all rational choices made for preservation structures today. Historic Preservation and Construction will provide preservation professionals with information needed to analyze, modify, and certify historic buildings for modern use. Demonstrations of production or fabrication methods for stone, brick, mortar, paints and wood framing and trim will give first-hand knowledge to preservation specialists. Acceptable practices for structural rehabilitation will be discussed and evaluated. Students completing this course will have the basis for understanding the process used to build historic structures and the means to preserve them. Course requirements consist of attendance of seminars, completion of required readings and assignments. There will be a midterm and final exam.

Corequisites: ARCH 71421

Enrollment limited to students in the School of Architecture college.

ARCH 73422 Historic Building Cultures of the Americas-Cultural Contributions to Diversity in Arch. Form (3 Credit Hours)

This seminar class in an introduction to the study of the architectural history of the Americas, with a focus on North American architecture. While we will be studying the progression of styles throughout history, this course will primarily focus on how "fragment societies" (Winks, 1976) have adopted the traditions of their homelands to the geographical and material variations of their new environs, and how these adaptations have developed into widely held concepts of "national" styles. It is with this concept in mind, that this course will deviate from a traditional "march through history" framework typically adopted by architectural history courses, and instead will focus on regional developments of design and construction which not only reflects the ethnic groups which settled the areas, but the larger societal forces which have influenced their development. During the course of the semester, students will be required to demonstrate their understanding of the course material through written and visual assignments and presentations as well as in-class examinations. It is anticipated that by the end of this course, students will gain a greater understanding of the complexities which comprise the study of architectural history of the Americas, and how to apply their complexities in developing sustainable approaches to both the conservation of existing structures and the design of new compatible buildings.

ARCH 74012 Independent Studies - Remote (3 Credit Hours)

Independent studies on a topic agreed upon by the student, instructor, and Assistant or Associate Dean.

ARCH 74152 Rome Graduate Studio (6 Credit Hours)

Architectural and urban design relating to Rome and its environs, including analytical study of Roman/Italian building and urban types and typologies.

ARCH 74212 Architectural & Urban History of Rome (3 Credit Hours)

This course discusses the social history and cultural influences of Rome with a clear emphasis on architectural and urban forms, their formal influences and successors from antiquity to today. This course largely consists of guided walks around Rome which include analytical drawing and sketching.

ARCH 74312 Italian Architectural & Urban Theory (3 Credit Hours)

This course focuses on the evolution of the ideas and intellectual debate which impacted the development of Rome and its architectural and urban expressions from antiquity to the medieval and from the Renaissance and Baroque to the 19th century and today.

ARCH 74314 Italian Architectural & Urban Theory II (1.5 Credit Hours)

This course continues the study of the evolution of the ideas and intellectual debate which impacted the development of Rome and its architectural and urban expressions from antiquity to the medieval and from the Renaissance and Baroque to the 19th century and today.

ARCH 75999 Professional Internship & Fieldwork in Historic Preservation (0-1 Credit Hours)

During the course of the students' work, they will gain first-hand experience and continue their practical training as they directly apply the technical knowledge and skills which have been developed through studio projects and other coursework in a professional setting to preservation activities in the field or in the office.

Course may be repeated.

ARCH 77122 Independent Studies, Design (3-6 Credit Hours)

Special projects in urban and or architectural design, jointly chosen by the student and instructor. The project, an architectural, landscape and urban study, will serve as a foundation for future course work.

Course may be repeated.

ARCH 77123 Independent Studies--Computers (3 Credit Hours)

Special projects in Revit and related computer programs.

ARCH 77211 Independent Studies (1-3 Credit Hours)

Independent studies on a topic agreed by the student, instructor and Director of Graduate Studies.

Course may be repeated.

ARCH 77212 Independent Studies (3-6 Credit Hours)

Independent studies on a topic agreed by the student, instructor and the Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies.

Course may be repeated.

ARCH 77312 Independent Study (3 Credit Hours)

Independent studies on a topic agreed by the student, instructor, and the Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies.

ARCH 80212 Design Preparation (3 Credit Hours)

In this course, students will focus on the preparatory process necessary for any architectural or urban design project, developing research, analytical, and programming skills. Students will each consider a different building type and location. Exposure to this variety will expand each student's understanding of the range of questions and avenues of inquiry required in design at both the building and urban scales.

ARCH 80511 Preservation Practice (3 Credit Hours)

The examination of the practice of historic preservation within an architectural firm or other professional pursuits. Through a project-based approach, the course will integrate preservation philosophies, programs, financial incentives, project research, documentation, and design through the lenses of private, non-profit and governmental roles in both American and international contexts.

ARCH 80711 Professional Practice (3 Credit Hours)

Lectures and assignments covering professional services , marketing, economics of practice, programming, design drawing development, contracts and project management.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 81153 Upper Level Graduate Studio (6 Credit Hours)

The Upper Level Graduate Studio offers students the opportunity to explore design at both the urban and building scale, in varying proportions, and their interconnection through one of a selection of studio projects. Special emphasis may be placed on a variety of social justice, economic, sustainability, and theoretical concerns.

Prerequisites: ARCH 71111

ARCH 81161 Thesis Studio--Post-Professional (6 Credit Hours)

In this course,each student demonstrates a mastery of the architectural design process and design thinking through an independently selected project with the guidance of a faculty advisor. This project is used as means to explore the student's thesis--a statement of position--regarding a central issue in the contemporary architectural and urban debate. The thesis project must address both the building and urban or landscape scale.

Prerequisites: ARCH 81153

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

Enrollment limited to students in the School of Architecture college.

ARCH 81162 Thesis Studio--Professional (6 Credit Hours)

In this course, each student demonstrates a mastery of the architectural design process and design thinking through an independently selected project with the guidance of a faculty advisor. This project is used as means to explore the student's thesis--a statement of position--regarding a central issue in the contemporary architectural and urban debate. The thesis project must address both the building and urban or landscape scale. The student must complete technical design drawings in keeping with the NAAB integrative design requirements in fulfillment of the professional degree.

Prerequisites: ARCH 81153

ARCH 81341 MSHP Thesis (6 Credit Hours)

Independently selected final project focusing upon a topic of the student's choice related to preservation, resilience, and sustainability. MSHP students have the option of doing a building design, urban design, conservation plan, or research project.

ARCH 83311 After Urbanism: Modernity and the Neo-Traditional City (3 Credit Hours)

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Architecture.

ARCH 83411 Historic Preservation, Resilience, and Sustainability (3 Credit Hours)

ARCH 84012 Field Drawing and Watercolor (3 Credit Hours)

A focus on the representation of architectural form in context, through a variety of monochrome drawing media, and watercolor. Principles of perspective, shade and shadow, and materiality, informed by the tradition of architects drawing in Rome, underpin the practice of working on site, both inside and outside buildings, in urban spaces, and in the landscape within and around Rome.

ARCH 84331 Historic Preservation Studio (6 Credit Hours)

Based on the studios and courses in the preceding semesters, the studio in Rome introduces the student to the international context of conserving buildings, urban districts, and landscapes, whether highly formalized monumental works or examples of vernacular building cultures. An international approach to conservation will be highlighted and the relation of conservation to resilience and sustainability will be emphasized.

Prerequisites: ARCH 71321

ARCH 84411 Research and Documentation of Historic Sites (3 Credit Hours)

This course introduces students to advanced techniques for documenting and analyzing historic sites, including both manual and advanced digital technologies. Drawing on the resources of the Digital Heritage Architectural Research and Materials Analysis Laboratory (DHARMA), students will participate in actual documentation projects at important sites in Rome and elsewhere.

ARCH 84421 International Conservation Laboratory (3 Credit Hours)

This seminar class will provide "hands-on" opportunities to meet practitioners in the field and observe advanced techniques for physical analysis and conservation of historic art and architectural materials. The class will include guest lectures and demonstrations by international experts based in Rome and elsewhere.

ARCH 84431 European Building Cultures (3 Credit Hours)

A companion to Historic Building Cultures of the Americas in the previous semester, this course is a survey of the architecture and urbanism characteristic of historic building cultures in Western Europe, with attention to their subsequent diffusion elsewhere. The relation of stylistic, material and constructional aspects of resilience and sustainability are emphasized.

ARCH 87123 Independent Studies, Furniture (3 Credit Hours)

Special projects in furniture design and construction, developed jointly by the student and instructor.

ARCH 87127 Independent Studies, Research (3 Credit Hours)

Special projects in architectural and urban research, jointly chosen by the student and instructor.