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Course number	Arch E 203
Course title	Introduction to Architectural Design I
Course description	Introduction to the interaction between architecture and the engineering disciplines. Theories of building and site design, technology as an integral component of design, plan and spatial organization, structural clarity, formal composition, and environmental context are considered as principle form determinants.
Prerequisites	None
Required materials	Ching, Francis D.K., Form, Space and Order (latest edition), John Wiley & Sons (formerly Van Nostrand Reinhold), New York, NY 1995 Ching, Francis D.K., Architectural Graphics (latest edition), John Wiley, & Sons (formerly Van Nostrand Reinhold), New York, NY 1996 Ching, Francis, D.K., Building Construction Illustrated (latest edition), John Wiley & Sons (formerly Van Nostrand Reinhold), New York, NY 2001
Course objectives	Learn theories with special emphasis on contemporary building design. Understand fundamental concepts of architectural and building type analysis, and apply these concepts toward the successful solution of contemporary building design problems.
Course topics	Design Process: apply the identification of client needs, and the resulting influences upon architecture, to the design of contemporary buildings. Design Theory: introduction to historical and contemporary analysis of (1) formal building types - central, linear, cluster, modular, etc. and (2) functional building types - residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, education, etc. Skills and Techniques: introduction to developing and using architectural analysis and programming diagrams, matrices, and similar organizational devices.
Prereqs by topic	None
Course structure	1-6-3 (class hours/week, laboratoryhours/week, credits)
ABET content	Engineering topics - 0, Design - Yes, General education - 3, Math/science - 0, Other - 0
Laboratory topics	All lecture/labs occur within the same time period and follow topics time frame as listed above.