Architecture 201 Introduction to Architecture Fall 2004
Associate Professor James Givens, Adjunct Faculty
Meeting Times:
- MWF 11:00-11:50, Room
177 Lawrence Hall
- Please be prompt; turn off all cell phones.
Class Assignments:
- Exercise 1: A True Place From Your Own Life
- Exercise 2: Responding to Context: A Study of Site-Specific Design
- Exercise 3: Establishing Longevity: A Study of Room Relationships
- Exercise 4: Achieving Full Synthesis: Analyzing a Beautiful Place
- Exercise 5: Establishing Vitality: Making Integral Ornament
Grading:
- Grading will be based on the five exercise described above,
assigned every two weeks
- There is no midterm or final examination for this class
- At the end of class, you will hand in a carefully bound notebook,
no larger than 8.5x11 inches that will include the following:
- Exercises 1-4 complete with grading remarks from GTF’s
- Exercise 5, ready to be graded
- Class Notes
- Notebooks will be available starting on Friday morning of Final
Exam Week and will remain available for pick-up through the first two
weeks of Winter Term 2005 in the hallway outside of the Department of
Architecture office
Required Texts:
- Synthesis 9 by William
Kleinsasser, available at the UO Bookstore
- The Nature of Order Volume 1: The Phenomenon of
Life
by Christopher Alexander, available on-line for a special class discount @
http://www.patternlanguage.com/oregon201.htm
IMORTANT: orders must be placed by midnight Oct. 8 in order to receive the
discount and be shipped together. Texts will be distributed by the GTF’s
after class, once the shipment arrives; photo ID required
Contact Information:
Graduate
Teaching Fellows:
- Amanda Clegg
- Jeff Galbraith
- Mary Louise Vidas
- Bradley Wright