Syllabus for Shelter: Ecological Design in the Real World
Winter Quarter, 2000
as of January 4, 2000
NOTE: Changes to this schedule will be listed on the Updates Page.
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Week |
Studio |
Day |
Topic |
Readings † |
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1 |
start-up timber frame drawings; revise workspaces pin-up T critique W |
Tuesday |
Structures overview |
no reading |
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Thursday |
Structures analysis and calculations |
UB–Chap. 1 |
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Friday |
analyzing architecture — intro |
AA–pp 9-24 |
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Friday |
A design narrative |
Pollan, A Place of My Own |
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2
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Tuesday |
Water cycle |
COL–Chap. 1 |
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Thursday |
Global carbon cycle |
COL–p. 19-30, 41-60 |
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structure/materials dream house or catchment tank
pin-up T critique W |
Friday |
analyzing architecture (cont) |
AA–pp 25-52, 85-98 |
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Friday |
A perspective on design process |
Buchanan, "Wicked Problems and Design Thinking" |
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3 |
Tuesday |
Building enclosure — multiple functions |
UB–Chap. 2 |
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Thursday |
Ecological/human impacts on the C-cycle |
COL–Chap 4., p. 165-169, 73-77 |
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Friday |
analyzing architecture (cont) |
no new reading |
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Friday |
Humans and nature |
Spirn, "Constructing Nature" (in Cronon, pp. 91-113) |
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4
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Tuesday |
How markets are supposed to work; codes and regulations |
WDWR–Chaps. 1-3; UB–Chap.7 |
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Thursday |
Dealing with costs: recycling and elsewhere |
WDWR–Chaps. 4-5 |
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places/sources strip mine restoration or urban rehab
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Friday |
analyzing architecture (cont) |
AA–pp 53-84, 99-163 |
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Friday |
The idea of place |
Moore, "Dimensions" (reprint) and Norberg-Schulz excerpts (reprint) |
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5 |
Tuesday |
Global nitrogen cycle |
COL–p. 30-35. 61-70 |
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Thursday |
Global nitrogen cycle (cont.) & nitrogen fixation |
COL–Chap. 5 |
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Friday |
analyzing architecture (cont) |
no new reading |
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Friday |
Humans and nature (cont) |
Cronon, "In Search of Nature," Price, "Looking for Nature at the Mall" and Davis, "’Touch the Magic’" (in Cronon, pp. 23-68, 186-203 and 204-232) |
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6 |
pin-up T critique W |
Tuesday |
Recycling options and conclusions; codes and regulations (cont) |
WDWR–Chaps. 6-10 |
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Thursday |
Human impacts on the nitrogen cycle |
COL–Chap. 5 |
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Friday |
analyzing architecture (cont) |
no new reading |
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Friday |
Economics, society, and rebuilding |
Medoff and Sklar, Streets of Hope, pp 145 — 324 |
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7
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Tuesday |
Water flows in and around buildings |
UB–pp 110-127 |
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Thursday |
Air flows in and around buildings |
UB–Chap. 3 |
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forces/flows ventilation or wind farm
pin-up T critique W |
Friday |
analyzing architecture (cont) |
AA–pp 25-30 (reprise), 169-196 |
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Friday |
Multisensory design |
Heschong, Thermal Delight in Architecture |
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8 |
Tuesday |
Closing the cycles: What happens after you flush |
TBA |
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Thursday |
Sewage treatment continued/ Ecological design implications of the nutrient cycles |
TBA |
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Friday |
analyzing architecture (cont) |
no new reading |
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Friday |
Living with natural flows |
McPhee, The Control of Nature (first half) |
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9 |
Tuesday |
Ecological design, light and fluid flows |
UB–Chap. 5 |
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Thursday |
Ecological design implications of the nutrient cycles |
TBA |
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Friday |
analyzing architecture (cont) |
no new reading |
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Friday |
Living with natural flows (cont) |
McPhee, The Control of Nature (second half) |
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10
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end of quarter closure — festivals, etc |
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† Text abbreviations used: AA–Analysing Architecture by Unwin // COL–Cycles of Life by Smil // UB–Understanding Buildings by Reid // WDWR–Why Do We Recycle? by Ackerman
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