Architectural Design: Office building IS-FA-00059S

The course task: This course acquaints students with basic commercial building concepts (f.ex. office buildings) relating to small and medium size structures. The main task is to design a medium scale office building in a highly urbanized context (center of the city) with strong, cultural and historical values. It introduces methods of building with several combinations of materials.

Skills to be acquired: Advanced study and design skills related to the recognition, assessment, understanding and describing architectural space in its spatial and cultural (semantical) context that create the identity of a place and its inhabitants/users. Abilities and skills for producing final architectural drawings which show the essence of aesthetical idea.

Requirements:
Intermediate level knowledge of public utility buildings design, theory of architecture, computer aided design, elements of design, civil engineering.