Title	Instructors	Location	Time	Description	Cross listings	Fulfills	Registration notes	Syllabus	Syllabus URL
ARCH 0110-301	Design, Race, and Climate Justice	Rashida Ng	ADDM 320	TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	Through a critical and historical lens, students will examine material, spatial, and ecological practices in architecture and design that perpetuate racial inequities and exacerbate climate injustices. This course will challenge students to consider the ways in which design decisions negatively impact black, indigenous, and other people of color, while also causing harm to the environment. The extraction of raw materials for production often leads to the displacement of communities, destruction of habitats and ecosystems, and the depletion of finite natural resources. Historically, urban planning and design has been used to enforce racial segregation and deny access to services and amenities to non-whites. The siting of toxic waste facilities, highways, and industrial zones in low-income communities of color has had devastating impacts on public health and quality of life. Probing the intersectional relationships between design, race, and climate change, students will engage with a range of texts, multimedia content, case studies, and hands-on projects. By the end of the semester, they will have a deeper understanding of the ways in which design impacts communities and the environment and be equipped with knowledge to advance a more just, equitable, and resilient future.		Humanties & Social Science Sector Cultural Diviserity in the U.S.
ARCH 1010-401	Introduction to Design	Scott L Aker	MCNB 410	R 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	An investigation of an object-oriented design process utilizing digital drawings, rapid prototyping, and digital fabrication techniques. This course introduces design as a creative act marking out a synthesis based on observation of a problem, interpretation of possibilities, and translation of a concept into meaningful three-dimensional objects that engage with society and social justice. The course includes a weekly lecture and studio component.	DSGN1011401
ARCH 1010-402	Introduction to Design	Scott L Aker	ADDM 203	T 8:30 AM-9:59 AM	An investigation of an object-oriented design process utilizing digital drawings, rapid prototyping, and digital fabrication techniques. This course introduces design as a creative act marking out a synthesis based on observation of a problem, interpretation of possibilities, and translation of a concept into meaningful three-dimensional objects that engage with society and social justice. The course includes a weekly lecture and studio component.	DSGN1011402
ARCH 1010-403	Introduction to Design	Scott L Aker	ADDM 203	T 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	An investigation of an object-oriented design process utilizing digital drawings, rapid prototyping, and digital fabrication techniques. This course introduces design as a creative act marking out a synthesis based on observation of a problem, interpretation of possibilities, and translation of a concept into meaningful three-dimensional objects that engage with society and social justice. The course includes a weekly lecture and studio component.	DSGN1011403
ARCH 1010-404	Introduction to Design	Scott L Aker	ADDM 203	T 12:00 PM-1:29 PM	An investigation of an object-oriented design process utilizing digital drawings, rapid prototyping, and digital fabrication techniques. This course introduces design as a creative act marking out a synthesis based on observation of a problem, interpretation of possibilities, and translation of a concept into meaningful three-dimensional objects that engage with society and social justice. The course includes a weekly lecture and studio component.	DSGN1011404
ARCH 2010-001	Design Fundamentals I	Seher Erdogan Ford Troy Leonard	NRN 00	R 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	This studio course develops drawing and model-making skills with emphasis on digital representation and digital fabrication. The capacity of nature-inspired design is explored as a foundation for the creative production of new forms of expression. As the second course in the five-semester cumulative sequence of required design studios, ARCH 2010 is preceded by ARCH 1020, an exploration of orthogonal geometry and orthographic and axonometric projection. ARCH 2010 focuses on the non-orthogonal geometries of animate form as the basis for the development of analogical and prototypical structures utilizing 3D digital modeling software and digital fabrication. In ARCH 2020, the design studio following ARCH 2010, students explore the movement of the body as a basis for design.
ARCH 2010-201	Design Fundamentals I	Seher Erdogan Ford	ADDM 203	TR 1:45 PM-3:44 PM	This studio course develops drawing and model-making skills with emphasis on digital representation and digital fabrication. The capacity of nature-inspired design is explored as a foundation for the creative production of new forms of expression. As the second course in the five-semester cumulative sequence of required design studios, ARCH 2010 is preceded by ARCH 1020, an exploration of orthogonal geometry and orthographic and axonometric projection. ARCH 2010 focuses on the non-orthogonal geometries of animate form as the basis for the development of analogical and prototypical structures utilizing 3D digital modeling software and digital fabrication. In ARCH 2020, the design studio following ARCH 2010, students explore the movement of the body as a basis for design.
ARCH 2010-202	Design Fundamentals I	Seher Erdogan Ford	ADDM 203	TR 3:30 PM-5:29 PM	This studio course develops drawing and model-making skills with emphasis on digital representation and digital fabrication. The capacity of nature-inspired design is explored as a foundation for the creative production of new forms of expression. As the second course in the five-semester cumulative sequence of required design studios, ARCH 2010 is preceded by ARCH 1020, an exploration of orthogonal geometry and orthographic and axonometric projection. ARCH 2010 focuses on the non-orthogonal geometries of animate form as the basis for the development of analogical and prototypical structures utilizing 3D digital modeling software and digital fabrication. In ARCH 2020, the design studio following ARCH 2010, students explore the movement of the body as a basis for design.
ARCH 2010-203	Design Fundamentals I	Troy Leonard	ADDM 203	TR 1:45 PM-3:44 PM	This studio course develops drawing and model-making skills with emphasis on digital representation and digital fabrication. The capacity of nature-inspired design is explored as a foundation for the creative production of new forms of expression. As the second course in the five-semester cumulative sequence of required design studios, ARCH 2010 is preceded by ARCH 1020, an exploration of orthogonal geometry and orthographic and axonometric projection. ARCH 2010 focuses on the non-orthogonal geometries of animate form as the basis for the development of analogical and prototypical structures utilizing 3D digital modeling software and digital fabrication. In ARCH 2020, the design studio following ARCH 2010, students explore the movement of the body as a basis for design.
ARCH 2010-204	Design Fundamentals I	Troy Leonard	ADDM 203	TR 3:30 PM-5:29 PM	This studio course develops drawing and model-making skills with emphasis on digital representation and digital fabrication. The capacity of nature-inspired design is explored as a foundation for the creative production of new forms of expression. As the second course in the five-semester cumulative sequence of required design studios, ARCH 2010 is preceded by ARCH 1020, an exploration of orthogonal geometry and orthographic and axonometric projection. ARCH 2010 focuses on the non-orthogonal geometries of animate form as the basis for the development of analogical and prototypical structures utilizing 3D digital modeling software and digital fabrication. In ARCH 2020, the design studio following ARCH 2010, students explore the movement of the body as a basis for design.
ARCH 3010-001	Architecture Design I	Halee Bouchehrian Elizabeth Lovett	NRN 00	R 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	An introduction to the design of architecture in the city. Students explore the relationships between two-dimensional patterns and their corresponding three-dimensional interpretations through the orthographic drawings of plan, section, and elevation and three-dimensional digital and physical models. ARCH 3010 focuses on Architecture’s connective role as a whole comprised of parts (a building comprised of components) a contributing part of a whole (a building within an urban, suburban, or rural environment).
ARCH 3010-201	Architecture Design I	Elizabeth Lovett	ADDM 208	TR 1:45 PM-3:44 PM	An introduction to the design of architecture in the city. Students explore the relationships between two-dimensional patterns and their corresponding three-dimensional interpretations through the orthographic drawings of plan, section, and elevation and three-dimensional digital and physical models. ARCH 3010 focuses on Architecture’s connective role as a whole comprised of parts (a building comprised of components) a contributing part of a whole (a building within an urban, suburban, or rural environment).
ARCH 3010-202	Architecture Design I	Elizabeth Lovett	ADDM 208	TR 3:30 PM-5:29 PM	An introduction to the design of architecture in the city. Students explore the relationships between two-dimensional patterns and their corresponding three-dimensional interpretations through the orthographic drawings of plan, section, and elevation and three-dimensional digital and physical models. ARCH 3010 focuses on Architecture’s connective role as a whole comprised of parts (a building comprised of components) a contributing part of a whole (a building within an urban, suburban, or rural environment).
ARCH 3010-203	Architecture Design I	Halee Bouchehrian	ADDM 208	TR 1:45 PM-3:44 PM	An introduction to the design of architecture in the city. Students explore the relationships between two-dimensional patterns and their corresponding three-dimensional interpretations through the orthographic drawings of plan, section, and elevation and three-dimensional digital and physical models. ARCH 3010 focuses on Architecture’s connective role as a whole comprised of parts (a building comprised of components) a contributing part of a whole (a building within an urban, suburban, or rural environment).
ARCH 3110-001	Theory I	Vanessa Grossman Rami Kanafani	BENN 141	MW 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	Theory I offers an introduction to key topics in architectural theory, providing students with a foundational understanding of the discipline. Through readings, case studies, and diverse materials, participants will critically reflect on issues of contemporary relevance within the field of architecture. This course equips students with essential tools for thoughtful analysis and creative engagement in architectural discourse.
ARCH 3801-301	Topics in Landscape: Languages of Landscape	Miranda E Mote	FURN DSR	M 3:30 PM-6:29 PM	This course offers a timely exploration of issues of contemporary relevance within the area of landscape studies. Specific content will vary by semester and instructor. Open to all undergraduate students.
ARCH 3802-401	Topics in Theory: Modern Architecture in Japan - Culture, Place, Tectonics	Ariel Genadt	BENN 25	R 3:30 PM-6:29 PM	This course offers a timely exploration of issues of contemporary relevance within the area of architectural theory. Specific content will vary by semester and instructor. Open to all undergraduate students.	ARCH7110401
ARCH 4010-001	Advanced Design Workshop	Rashida Ng	ADDM 101	R 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	Advanced design course that engages contemporary contexts of architecture through historical, socio-cultural, and environmental frameworks. Students develop skills for collaboration, self-evaluation, and peer critique while learning how to effectively communicate design ideas to a public audience.
ARCH 4010-201	Advanced Design Workshop	Rashida Ng Brian Szymanik	ADDM 101	TR 1:45 PM-5:29 PM	Advanced design course that engages contemporary contexts of architecture through historical, socio-cultural, and environmental frameworks. Students develop skills for collaboration, self-evaluation, and peer critique while learning how to effectively communicate design ideas to a public audience.
ARCH 4120-301	Theory II	Eduardo Rega Calvo	TOWN 305	W 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	Theory II explores advanced topics in architectural theory. Through readings, case studies, and multi-media materials, students will explore contemporary concerns within the discipline of architecture in relationship to other areas of knowledge. By engaging with complex issues, students will hone their analytical abilities and develop a critical lens through which to examine architectural thought and practice.
ARCH 4310-401	Construction I	Philip J Ryan	MEYH B3	R 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	Lecture course exploring the basic principles of architectural technology and building construction. The course is focused on building material, methods of on-site and off-site preparation, material assemblies, and the performance of materials. Topics discussed include load bearing masonry structures of small to medium size (typical row house constuction), heavy and light wood frame construction, sustainable construction practices, emerging + engineered materials, and integrated building practices. The course also introduces students to Building Information Modeling (BIM) via the production of construction documents.	ARCH5310401
ARCH 4330-301	Building Systems Integration	Patrick L.P. Morgan	ADDM 101	M 3:30 PM-4:59 PM	What makes buildings livable and buildable. After the initial concept design and massing studies are complete the next step is detailing. This seminar will examine the detail, how they can inform and enhance a building's design. The primary goals of a building is that it stands up to external forces, protects inhabitants from the elements and provides a healthy environment. This course will look at the individual components of structure, skin and systems. More importantly though, it will examine the connections between them. The class will begin with lectures examining the different systems and then progress into applying these ideas as a whole to individual studio projects. The final results of this course will be a 3D wall section with accompanying details. These details will be developed in a variety of software as chosen by the student. Recommended options are Revit, Rhino, AutoCAD.					https://coursesintouch.apps.upenn.edu/cpr/jsp/fast.do?webService=syll&t=202430&c=ARCH4330301
ARCH 4350-401	Structures I	Richard Farley	MEYH B3	W 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	Theory applied toward structural form. A review of one-dimensional structural elements; a study of arches, slabs and plates, curved surface structures, lateral and dynamic loads; survey of current and future structural technology. The course comprises both lectures and a weekly laboratory in which various structural elements, systems, materials and technical principles are explored.	ARCH5350401
ARCH 5010-201	Design Studio I	Daniel G Markiewicz	NRN 00 NRN 00	MR 12:30 PM-6:29 PM W 1:45 PM-5:44 PM	This course is the first of a four-semester long design sequence that constitutes the core studio curriculum within the Master of Architecture program at the Weitzman School of Design. This studio introduces specific modes of architectural thinking, design, and practice through a set of projects that examine the foundational topics of component order and assembly . The semester will examine part-to-whole relationships through digital design techniques, tectonic and material studies and physical fabrication . The semester will culminate with the design of a small institutional extension that allows students to apply these foundational concepts to architectural space.
ARCH 5110-001	History and Theory I	Joan I Ockman	DRLB A2	T 3:30 PM-4:59 PM	This overview of the history of architecture from the mid-nineteenth century through World War II places modern architecture’s evolution into global perspective, taking into account not just transformations in architectural aesthetics and building practices around the world but also the broader sociopolitical, economic, technological, environmental, and intellectual forces that influenced them . We consider changing modes of production and reception, disciplinary and institutional innovations, animating debates, and global interdependencies and interchanges . Going well beyond iconic buildings and canonical “isms,” we pose the following questions: In what ways did the new architecture of the period respond to, participate in, and mediate the unprecedented experiences of modernizing societies? How did urban and environmental crises, colonial enterprises and devastating wars, national and international agendas, social changes, and technological advances affect architects’ understanding of the spaces they were called upon to design? How, in turn, did buildings and projects reflect different societies’ self-images and aspirations to become modern? What can architecture’s manifestations over the course of this formative period tell us about the emergent modern world? In attempting to answer these questions, we take note of shifting historiographic paradigms and reflect on the genealogical relationship and relevance of this epoch to architectural thought and practice today.
ARCH 5110-002	History and Theory I	Fernando Lara	PCPE 100	T 3:30 PM-4:59 PM	This overview of the history of architecture from the mid-nineteenth century through World War II places modern architecture’s evolution into global perspective, taking into account not just transformations in architectural aesthetics and building practices around the world but also the broader sociopolitical, economic, technological, environmental, and intellectual forces that influenced them . We consider changing modes of production and reception, disciplinary and institutional innovations, animating debates, and global interdependencies and interchanges . Going well beyond iconic buildings and canonical “isms,” we pose the following questions: In what ways did the new architecture of the period respond to, participate in, and mediate the unprecedented experiences of modernizing societies? How did urban and environmental crises, colonial enterprises and devastating wars, national and international agendas, social changes, and technological advances affect architects’ understanding of the spaces they were called upon to design? How, in turn, did buildings and projects reflect different societies’ self-images and aspirations to become modern? What can architecture’s manifestations over the course of this formative period tell us about the emergent modern world? In attempting to answer these questions, we take note of shifting historiographic paradigms and reflect on the genealogical relationship and relevance of this epoch to architectural thought and practice today.
ARCH 5110-201	History and Theory I	Rami Kanafani	MEYH B7	F 8:30 AM-9:59 AM	This overview of the history of architecture from the mid-nineteenth century through World War II places modern architecture’s evolution into global perspective, taking into account not just transformations in architectural aesthetics and building practices around the world but also the broader sociopolitical, economic, technological, environmental, and intellectual forces that influenced them . We consider changing modes of production and reception, disciplinary and institutional innovations, animating debates, and global interdependencies and interchanges . Going well beyond iconic buildings and canonical “isms,” we pose the following questions: In what ways did the new architecture of the period respond to, participate in, and mediate the unprecedented experiences of modernizing societies? How did urban and environmental crises, colonial enterprises and devastating wars, national and international agendas, social changes, and technological advances affect architects’ understanding of the spaces they were called upon to design? How, in turn, did buildings and projects reflect different societies’ self-images and aspirations to become modern? What can architecture’s manifestations over the course of this formative period tell us about the emergent modern world? In attempting to answer these questions, we take note of shifting historiographic paradigms and reflect on the genealogical relationship and relevance of this epoch to architectural thought and practice today.
ARCH 5110-202	History and Theory I	Rami Kanafani	MEYH B7	F 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	This overview of the history of architecture from the mid-nineteenth century through World War II places modern architecture’s evolution into global perspective, taking into account not just transformations in architectural aesthetics and building practices around the world but also the broader sociopolitical, economic, technological, environmental, and intellectual forces that influenced them . We consider changing modes of production and reception, disciplinary and institutional innovations, animating debates, and global interdependencies and interchanges . Going well beyond iconic buildings and canonical “isms,” we pose the following questions: In what ways did the new architecture of the period respond to, participate in, and mediate the unprecedented experiences of modernizing societies? How did urban and environmental crises, colonial enterprises and devastating wars, national and international agendas, social changes, and technological advances affect architects’ understanding of the spaces they were called upon to design? How, in turn, did buildings and projects reflect different societies’ self-images and aspirations to become modern? What can architecture’s manifestations over the course of this formative period tell us about the emergent modern world? In attempting to answer these questions, we take note of shifting historiographic paradigms and reflect on the genealogical relationship and relevance of this epoch to architectural thought and practice today.
ARCH 5110-203	History and Theory I	Basak Eren	WILL 316	F 8:30 AM-9:59 AM	This overview of the history of architecture from the mid-nineteenth century through World War II places modern architecture’s evolution into global perspective, taking into account not just transformations in architectural aesthetics and building practices around the world but also the broader sociopolitical, economic, technological, environmental, and intellectual forces that influenced them . We consider changing modes of production and reception, disciplinary and institutional innovations, animating debates, and global interdependencies and interchanges . Going well beyond iconic buildings and canonical “isms,” we pose the following questions: In what ways did the new architecture of the period respond to, participate in, and mediate the unprecedented experiences of modernizing societies? How did urban and environmental crises, colonial enterprises and devastating wars, national and international agendas, social changes, and technological advances affect architects’ understanding of the spaces they were called upon to design? How, in turn, did buildings and projects reflect different societies’ self-images and aspirations to become modern? What can architecture’s manifestations over the course of this formative period tell us about the emergent modern world? In attempting to answer these questions, we take note of shifting historiographic paradigms and reflect on the genealogical relationship and relevance of this epoch to architectural thought and practice today.
ARCH 5110-204	History and Theory I	Jack Schonewolf	BENN 140	F 8:30 AM-9:59 AM	This overview of the history of architecture from the mid-nineteenth century through World War II places modern architecture’s evolution into global perspective, taking into account not just transformations in architectural aesthetics and building practices around the world but also the broader sociopolitical, economic, technological, environmental, and intellectual forces that influenced them . We consider changing modes of production and reception, disciplinary and institutional innovations, animating debates, and global interdependencies and interchanges . Going well beyond iconic buildings and canonical “isms,” we pose the following questions: In what ways did the new architecture of the period respond to, participate in, and mediate the unprecedented experiences of modernizing societies? How did urban and environmental crises, colonial enterprises and devastating wars, national and international agendas, social changes, and technological advances affect architects’ understanding of the spaces they were called upon to design? How, in turn, did buildings and projects reflect different societies’ self-images and aspirations to become modern? What can architecture’s manifestations over the course of this formative period tell us about the emergent modern world? In attempting to answer these questions, we take note of shifting historiographic paradigms and reflect on the genealogical relationship and relevance of this epoch to architectural thought and practice today.
ARCH 5110-205	History and Theory I	Jack Schonewolf	WILL 303	F 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	This overview of the history of architecture from the mid-nineteenth century through World War II places modern architecture’s evolution into global perspective, taking into account not just transformations in architectural aesthetics and building practices around the world but also the broader sociopolitical, economic, technological, environmental, and intellectual forces that influenced them . We consider changing modes of production and reception, disciplinary and institutional innovations, animating debates, and global interdependencies and interchanges . Going well beyond iconic buildings and canonical “isms,” we pose the following questions: In what ways did the new architecture of the period respond to, participate in, and mediate the unprecedented experiences of modernizing societies? How did urban and environmental crises, colonial enterprises and devastating wars, national and international agendas, social changes, and technological advances affect architects’ understanding of the spaces they were called upon to design? How, in turn, did buildings and projects reflect different societies’ self-images and aspirations to become modern? What can architecture’s manifestations over the course of this formative period tell us about the emergent modern world? In attempting to answer these questions, we take note of shifting historiographic paradigms and reflect on the genealogical relationship and relevance of this epoch to architectural thought and practice today.
ARCH 5110-206	History and Theory I	Basak Eren	WILL 316	F 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	This overview of the history of architecture from the mid-nineteenth century through World War II places modern architecture’s evolution into global perspective, taking into account not just transformations in architectural aesthetics and building practices around the world but also the broader sociopolitical, economic, technological, environmental, and intellectual forces that influenced them . We consider changing modes of production and reception, disciplinary and institutional innovations, animating debates, and global interdependencies and interchanges . Going well beyond iconic buildings and canonical “isms,” we pose the following questions: In what ways did the new architecture of the period respond to, participate in, and mediate the unprecedented experiences of modernizing societies? How did urban and environmental crises, colonial enterprises and devastating wars, national and international agendas, social changes, and technological advances affect architects’ understanding of the spaces they were called upon to design? How, in turn, did buildings and projects reflect different societies’ self-images and aspirations to become modern? What can architecture’s manifestations over the course of this formative period tell us about the emergent modern world? In attempting to answer these questions, we take note of shifting historiographic paradigms and reflect on the genealogical relationship and relevance of this epoch to architectural thought and practice today.
ARCH 5210-001	Visual Studies I	Nathan P Hume Daniel G Markiewicz	MEYH B3	T 1:45 PM-3:14 PM	The coursework of Visual Studies investigates architectural representation as the primary means for communication and development of an architect's work. Alongside the development of fundamental skills are weekly lectures on the history of representation exploring the introduction of new technologies, drawings relation to culture, and the impact on practice of representational turns. The first semester investigates documenting objects and space through orthographic projection and isometric drawing while also moving between virtual and physical space with means including photogrammetry and 3D printing.
ARCH 5310-401	Construction I	Philip J Ryan	MEYH B3	R 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	ARCH 5310 is the first of two courses explaining Construction Technology. The first course introduces the student to the relationship of design and construction in the creation of buildings. The early lectures trace the evolution and innovation of construction techniques throughout history and around the globe . This is used to ground the course in the kinds of environmental, economic, and technological pressures that have influenced the use of materials and methods in construction . Next, the course presents a primer describing how design and the act of drawing establishes a vocabulary that architects use to describe the construction of buildings. The balance of the course presents the building of a “light scale” building from the ground up; examining the fundamental material and construction concepts related to construction starting with excavation and ending with interior finishes . Bi-weekly labs complement the lectures with site visits to construction sites and trade facilities as well as more focused lessons.	ARCH4310401
ARCH 5350-401	Structures I	Richard Farley	MEYH B3	W 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	Theory applied toward structural form. A review of one-dimensional structural elements; a study of arches, slabs and plates, curved surface structures, lateral and dynamic loads; the sizing and selection of materials are undertaken using acceptable standards and code requirements; survey of current and future structural technology. The course comprises both lectures and a weekly laboratory in which various structural elements, systems, materials and technical principles are explored.	ARCH4350401
ARCH 5990-001	First Year Technology Lab	Richard Farley Philip J Ryan	ANNS 110	F 1:45 PM-3:14 PM	ARCH 5999 is a required lab/workshop that accompanies the core technology sequence in the M.Arch program in both the Fall and Spring terms. This non-graded lab section will offer additional instruction, workshops, lab time, and other support to the first year technology courses. Enrollment in ARCH 5999 is required for all undergraduate and graduate Architecture students taking ARCH 4350/5350, ARCH 4356/5356, ARCH 4310/5310, and/or ARCH 4320/5320.
ARCH 6010-201	Design Studio III	Hina Jamelle	NRN 00 NRN 00	MF 12:30 PM-6:29 PM W 1:45 PM-5:44 PM	The third core studio proposes the design of a 50,000 square foot, urban sited building that positions a new urban housing project with an existing structure. Students engage architecture in its role as a cultural agent and examine the way buildings establish and organize dynamic relationships between site, program and building materials . Urban access, relationship to siting, mass-transit, and the larger city will be considered . The curricular goals of the studio include the exploration of building massing, housing unit scale and variation, and the creation of hybrid forms of housing/dwelling as they relate to adaptive reuse and public programs within the urban environment .
ARCH 6110-001	History and Theory III	Brendan D. Moran	WILL 319	R 10:15 AM-1:14 PM	This course builds on the previous History/Theory sequence (ARCH 5110 and ARCH 5120), moving from an emphasis on history to focus on contemporary theories of architecture. The goal is to build literacy in contemporary architectural discourse in correlation with design culture. Students will gain awareness of where the field of contemporary architectural theory currently stands, especially in terms of its societal and scientific relevance. Lectures and discussions will look at the aesthetic, political, and ethical implications of design, and will consider the global context of architecture in light of climate change and emerging building and design technologies. Successful students will gain skills in reading and discussing theoretical texts and will be able to better articulate their own critical thinking and positioning in the field.
ARCH 6110-002	History and Theory III	Eduardo Rega Calvo	FAGN 218	R 10:15 AM-1:14 PM	This course builds on the previous History/Theory sequence (ARCH 5110 and ARCH 5120), moving from an emphasis on history to focus on contemporary theories of architecture. The goal is to build literacy in contemporary architectural discourse in correlation with design culture. Students will gain awareness of where the field of contemporary architectural theory currently stands, especially in terms of its societal and scientific relevance. Lectures and discussions will look at the aesthetic, political, and ethical implications of design, and will consider the global context of architecture in light of climate change and emerging building and design technologies. Successful students will gain skills in reading and discussing theoretical texts and will be able to better articulate their own critical thinking and positioning in the field.
ARCH 6110-003	History and Theory III	Vanessa Grossman	FAGN 114	R 10:15 AM-1:14 PM	This course builds on the previous History/Theory sequence (ARCH 5110 and ARCH 5120), moving from an emphasis on history to focus on contemporary theories of architecture. The goal is to build literacy in contemporary architectural discourse in correlation with design culture. Students will gain awareness of where the field of contemporary architectural theory currently stands, especially in terms of its societal and scientific relevance. Lectures and discussions will look at the aesthetic, political, and ethical implications of design, and will consider the global context of architecture in light of climate change and emerging building and design technologies. Successful students will gain skills in reading and discussing theoretical texts and will be able to better articulate their own critical thinking and positioning in the field.
ARCH 6210-201	Visual Studies III	Nathan P Hume Daniel G Markiewicz	MEYH B3	T 3:30 PM-4:59 PM	The final course in the Visual Studies sequence integrates more dynamic modeling, texturing, and rendering applications to synthesize and propel work from the earlier semesters. To avoid tropes and the inherent biases of the tools, the courses serve to help comprehend not only the technical and aesthetic but also the theoretical and political implications of representation. The three-semester arc provides an understanding of contemporary drawing, modeling, and visualization techniques while also creating the necessary grounding in the historical context needed to position one's work. This allows the students to engage and critique larger discussions in the field as well as to shape and impact culture and the built environment.
ARCH 6310-001	D3: Details, Data, Delivery	Franca Trubiano	FAGN 118	W 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	This course is focused on advanced subjects in the project delivery of buildings, subjects inclusive of Biogenic and Carbon Responsive Materials and Details, Environment, Resiliency, and Fossil Fuel Free Building Systems Integration, Advanced Fabrication, Robotic Manufacturing, and Building Labor, and Computational Workflows, Artificial Intelligence, and Simulating Building. Students study complex, integrated, and sustainably determined buildings seeking their systems based, technological, and labor-based innovations. Students engage in advanced research methods and forensic analysis of artifacts and primary source documents associated with the material detailing, fabrication, data-scaping, virtualizing, simulating, and workflow planning of building projects. Students organize the collection of firsthand/primary source information and interview members of the project delivery team. Identifying how, why, and to what end products and practices are deployed in the construction of innovative projects is the goal.
ARCH 6330-001	Environmental Systems I	Eric Teitelbaum	MEYH B3	T 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	The course prepares the students to understand the role of environmental systems in building design, and how to apply principles of building science such as the building heat balance, solar heat gain and daylighting in the early building design, through calculations and simulations. Issues of climate, health and environmental sustainability are explored as they relate to architecture in its natural context. The classes include lectures, site visits and lab sessions.
ARCH 6999-001	Second Year Technology Lab	Mohamad Al Khayer	MEYH B3	T 12:00 PM-1:29 PM	ARCH 6999 is a required lab/workshop that accompanies the core technology sequence in the M.Arch program in both the Fall and Spring terms. This non-graded lab section will offer additional instruction, workshops, lab time, and other support to the second year technology courses. Enrollment in ARCH 5999 is required for all Master of Architecture students taking ARCH 6330, ARCH 6340, ARCH 6310, and/or ARCH 6360.					https://coursesintouch.apps.upenn.edu/cpr/jsp/fast.do?webService=syll&t=202430&c=ARCH6999001
ARCH 7010-201	Design Studio V	Simon Yoo-Hyun Kim	NRN 00 NRN 00	MF 12:30 PM-6:29 PM W 1:45 PM-5:44 PM	The fall Advanced Design Studio focuses on the dynamic transformations shaping the 21st-century city. These transformations are multi-faceted, deep-rooted, and impact all aspects of contemporary urban life. Studio topics encompass a wide range of themes, including technological innovations, sociopolitical and environmental challenges, and cultural and historical shifts that typify architecture in the urban realm today. All studios travel to domestic and international cities to engage local stakeholders and conduct research on site.
ARCH 7030-201	Advanced Architectural Design Studio	Ali Rezaur Rahim	NRN 00	MWF 12:30 PM-6:29 PM	An Advanced Architectural Design Studio specifically tailored to post-professional students. Through this studio, students engage in the challenges and opportunities presented by changes in society, technology, and urban experience. Through design projects, they explore alternative modes and markets for practice, along with new directions and new tools for design.
ARCH 7090-201	Environmental Building Design Research Studio	William W Braham	NRN 00 NRN 00	MF 12:30 PM-6:29 PM W 1:45 PM-5:44 PM	Architecture is a process of discovery, of deciding what to work on, before it ever becomes a matter of design (disegno, drawing). For environmental building design, the process of discovery is even more profound, involving issues of resource consumption, modes of living and working, and of ecological interconnection that have to be explored before questions of performance can even be addressed. This design studio uses research at multiple scales to identify the topic of the studio, then student teams develop design for buildings of maximum (ecological) power.
ARCH 7100-001	Contemporary Theory 1989-Present	Ariane Harrison	FAGN 114	T 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	A chronological overview of the approaches and attitudes adopted by architects, theorists and inter-disciplinary writers from 1993- today that havehelped shape the current discourse of architecture. This course will introduce and contextualize key projects, and polemics over the last 25 years. Central themes in this course include the impact of digital technologies and methods of design, production and materiality. These are explored through texts, movements, projects and buildings that help form an overview that has shaped the contemporary condition that we live in. There have been a myriad of different approaches and through a select set of readings and lectures students will be exposed to crucial texts, projects and buildings making students versatile and knowledgeable in the important concepts that shape our current discourse. A focus will be the organization, configuration and articulation of buildings and the conceptual and cultural arguments they are associated. Formal, organizational and material characteristics of this period will be explored. This class will develop students' knowledge and provide a platform from which they can continue the discussions surrounding architectural thought and practice. The students will learn to communicate their ideas verbally and in writing. Contemporary topics in architecture theory and projects are introduced in a weekly lecture format critical to the shaping of our discipline today. A weeklyrecitation session allows students to engage with the readings critically in the subject matter. A mid-term and final paper are required to pass this class. (Topics to be covered: Seminal projects and buildings in the last 25 years, situating the architects work within a culture of debate and discourse identifying the important readings surrounding each building/project.) This course is a requirement of the MSD-AAD curriculum.					https://coursesintouch.apps.upenn.edu/cpr/jsp/fast.do?webService=syll&t=202430&c=ARCH7100001
ARCH 7100-201	Contemporary Theory 1989-Present	Dimitris Hartonas	WILL 25	T 3:30 PM-4:59 PM	A chronological overview of the approaches and attitudes adopted by architects, theorists and inter-disciplinary writers from 1993- today that havehelped shape the current discourse of architecture. This course will introduce and contextualize key projects, and polemics over the last 25 years. Central themes in this course include the impact of digital technologies and methods of design, production and materiality. These are explored through texts, movements, projects and buildings that help form an overview that has shaped the contemporary condition that we live in. There have been a myriad of different approaches and through a select set of readings and lectures students will be exposed to crucial texts, projects and buildings making students versatile and knowledgeable in the important concepts that shape our current discourse. A focus will be the organization, configuration and articulation of buildings and the conceptual and cultural arguments they are associated. Formal, organizational and material characteristics of this period will be explored. This class will develop students' knowledge and provide a platform from which they can continue the discussions surrounding architectural thought and practice. The students will learn to communicate their ideas verbally and in writing. Contemporary topics in architecture theory and projects are introduced in a weekly lecture format critical to the shaping of our discipline today. A weeklyrecitation session allows students to engage with the readings critically in the subject matter. A mid-term and final paper are required to pass this class. (Topics to be covered: Seminal projects and buildings in the last 25 years, situating the architects work within a culture of debate and discourse identifying the important readings surrounding each building/project.) This course is a requirement of the MSD-AAD curriculum.
ARCH 7100-202	Contemporary Theory 1989-Present	Ibiayi Briggs	BENN 141	T 3:30 PM-4:59 PM	A chronological overview of the approaches and attitudes adopted by architects, theorists and inter-disciplinary writers from 1993- today that havehelped shape the current discourse of architecture. This course will introduce and contextualize key projects, and polemics over the last 25 years. Central themes in this course include the impact of digital technologies and methods of design, production and materiality. These are explored through texts, movements, projects and buildings that help form an overview that has shaped the contemporary condition that we live in. There have been a myriad of different approaches and through a select set of readings and lectures students will be exposed to crucial texts, projects and buildings making students versatile and knowledgeable in the important concepts that shape our current discourse. A focus will be the organization, configuration and articulation of buildings and the conceptual and cultural arguments they are associated. Formal, organizational and material characteristics of this period will be explored. This class will develop students' knowledge and provide a platform from which they can continue the discussions surrounding architectural thought and practice. The students will learn to communicate their ideas verbally and in writing. Contemporary topics in architecture theory and projects are introduced in a weekly lecture format critical to the shaping of our discipline today. A weeklyrecitation session allows students to engage with the readings critically in the subject matter. A mid-term and final paper are required to pass this class. (Topics to be covered: Seminal projects and buildings in the last 25 years, situating the architects work within a culture of debate and discourse identifying the important readings surrounding each building/project.) This course is a requirement of the MSD-AAD curriculum.
ARCH 7100-203	Contemporary Theory 1989-Present	Luna Eaton Sharon	BENN 25	T 3:30 PM-4:59 PM	A chronological overview of the approaches and attitudes adopted by architects, theorists and inter-disciplinary writers from 1993- today that havehelped shape the current discourse of architecture. This course will introduce and contextualize key projects, and polemics over the last 25 years. Central themes in this course include the impact of digital technologies and methods of design, production and materiality. These are explored through texts, movements, projects and buildings that help form an overview that has shaped the contemporary condition that we live in. There have been a myriad of different approaches and through a select set of readings and lectures students will be exposed to crucial texts, projects and buildings making students versatile and knowledgeable in the important concepts that shape our current discourse. A focus will be the organization, configuration and articulation of buildings and the conceptual and cultural arguments they are associated. Formal, organizational and material characteristics of this period will be explored. This class will develop students' knowledge and provide a platform from which they can continue the discussions surrounding architectural thought and practice. The students will learn to communicate their ideas verbally and in writing. Contemporary topics in architecture theory and projects are introduced in a weekly lecture format critical to the shaping of our discipline today. A weeklyrecitation session allows students to engage with the readings critically in the subject matter. A mid-term and final paper are required to pass this class. (Topics to be covered: Seminal projects and buildings in the last 25 years, situating the architects work within a culture of debate and discourse identifying the important readings surrounding each building/project.) This course is a requirement of the MSD-AAD curriculum.
ARCH 7110-302	Design Research, Writing, and Critical Methodologies	Matthew Shaw	MEYH B7	T 5:15 PM-8:14 PM	A seminar on advanced topics in architectural design and theory. Topics and instructors will vary.
ARCH 7110-303	Queer Pedagogies of the City	M.C. Overholt	MEYH B7	R 5:15 PM-8:14 PM	A seminar on advanced topics in architectural design and theory. Topics and instructors will vary.
ARCH 7110-401	Modern Architecture in Japan - Culture, Place, Tectonics	Ariel Genadt	BENN 25	R 3:30 PM-6:29 PM	A seminar on advanced topics in architectural design and theory. Topics and instructors will vary.	ARCH3802401
ARCH 7130-401	Ecological Thinking in Art and Architecture	Mantha Zarmakoupi	JAFF 104	R 10:15 AM-1:14 PM	This seminar will address the diverse narratives of ecological thinking in the history of art, architecture, and urban planning during the 20th century. The course will contextualize and interrogate contemporary disciplinary discourses as well as historical assumptions related to ecological thinking in art and architectural history and environmentally-conscious practices. By mapping received trajectories of Eco Art, Ecocritical Art History, and Ecological Histories of Architecture and Urban Planning, the course will work from a subtly hidden foundation of eco-historical knowledge that connects these fields of inquiry, while also critiquing these trajectories and seeking to provide more focused and robust alternatives for knowledge production in the present. It aims to attract students from the School of Arts and Sciences and the Weitzman School of Design in a discussion on the interconnected histories of art and architecture during the 20th century.	ARTH5770401				https://coursesintouch.apps.upenn.edu/cpr/jsp/fast.do?webService=syll&t=202430&c=ARCH7130401
ARCH 7220-301	Vibrant Artifacts	Barry Wark	MEYH B6	M 7:00 PM-9:59 PM	As we move into an age of environmental consciousness and the nature-architecture dichotomy dissolves in favor of emerging ideologies of interconnectedness, it may no longer be appropriate to perpetuate the notion that our buildings are impervious and separate to the environments in which they are sited. Through the design of prototypical details cumulating in a spatial object, students will speculate on conditions of permissible weathering, degradation and inhabitation of our artifacts by non-human entities. In support of this task, students will learn the surrounding theoretical context by studying key texts from Ruskin, Mostafavi and Leatherbarrow, Kallipoliti, Morton and Bennet that focus on the topics of weathering, ruination and contemporary ecological ideas; where and why these various effects occur in the built environment at present; and procedural design, modelling workflows in Houdini FX that integrate computational intelligence through weather simulation and geometric analysis.
ARCH 7250-401	Design Thinking	Ulises Reyes	TANG 706	F 8:30 AM-11:29 AM	Creating new product concepts was once a specialized pursuit exclusively performed by design professionals in isolation from the rest of an organization. Today's products are developed in a holistic process involving a collaboration amont many disciplines. Design thinking - incorporating processes, approaches, and working methods from traditional designers' toolkits - has become a way of generating innovative ideas to challenging problems and refining those ideas. Rapid prototyping techniques, affordable and accessible prototyping platforms, and an iterative mindset have enabled people to more reliably translate those ideas into implementable solutions. In this course, students will be exposed to these techniques and learn how to engage in a human-centered design process.	IPD5720401
ARCH 7280-401	Design of Contemporary Products: Design for Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility	Sarah E. Rottenberg	NRN 00	R 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	The power of design to shape the world we live in is increasingly obvious, as is the responsibility of designers to challenge our assumptions about who designs, who is included or marginalized by our designs, and how we can make sure that all design is inclusive design. This course will address issues around designing for equity, inclusion and accessibility and co-design. We will ask, What is inclusive design? Who does it serve? What should it look like? To answer these questions, we will engage with the current discourse around designing for equity, inclusion and accessibility, with a particular focus on accessibility. We will engage with disability justice frameworks and critical disability studies to challenge our assumptions about disability and engagement. And we will connect with members of the disability community and co-design along with them. This course is intended for anyone who considers themselves a designer: of physical or digital products, places, or services who wants to prioritize inclusion in their practice	IPD5280401
ARCH 7310-301	Experiments in Structures	Mohamad Al Khayer	MEYH 321	M 8:30 AM-11:29 AM	This course studies the relationships between geometric space and those structural systems that amplify tension. Experiments using the hand (touch and force) in coordination with the eye (sight and geometry) will be done during the construction and observation of physical models. Verbal, mathematical and computer models are secondary to the reality of the physical model. However these models will be used to give dimension and document the experiments. Team reports will serve as interim and final examinations. In typology, masonry structures in compression (e.g., vault and dome) correlate with "Classical" space, and steel or reinforced concrete structures in flexure (e.g., frame, slab and column) with "Modernist" space. We seek the spatial correlates to tensile systems of both textiles (woven or braided fabrics where both warp and weft are tensile), and baskets (where the warp is tensile and the weft is compressive). In addition to the experiments, we will examine Le Ricolais' structural models held by the Architectural Archives.					https://coursesintouch.apps.upenn.edu/cpr/jsp/fast.do?webService=syll&t=202430&c=ARCH7310301
ARCH 7322-301	Tech Elective: Daylighting	Janki Vyas	MEYH B3	T 5:15 PM-8:14 PM	Technology Designated Electives enable students to deepen their understanding of architectural issues, and M.Arch students must complete 1 CU of any ARCH 732x and/or ARCH 736x course(s). But these courses are not limited to students in the department of architecture any graduate student at Weitzman is invited to register for a Technology Designated Elective of interest, space permitting. Topics vary between semesters, and specific details can be found in the “Section Details” area in course search.
ARCH 7323-301	Tech Elective: Matter, Making & Testing: Designing with Next Generation Precast Concrete	Richard J Garber	MEYH B2	T 3:30 PM-6:29 PM	Technology Designated Electives enable students to deepen their understanding of architectural issues, and M.Arch students must complete 1 CU of any ARCH 732x and/or ARCH 736x course(s). But these courses are not limited to students in the department of architecture any graduate student at Weitzman is invited to register for a Technology Designated Elective of interest, space permitting. Topics vary between semesters, and specific details can be found in the “Section Details” area in course search.
ARCH 7324-301	Tech Elective: Parametric Life Cycle Assessment for Buildings	Kayleigh Houde	DRLB 4N30	T 12:00 PM-2:59 PM	Technology Designated Electives enable students to deepen their understanding of architectural issues, and M.Arch students must complete 1 CU of any ARCH 732x and/or ARCH 736x course(s). But these courses are not limited to students in the department of architecture any graduate student at Weitzman is invited to register for a Technology Designated Elective of interest, space permitting. Topics vary between semesters, and specific details can be found in the “Section Details” area in course search.
ARCH 7325-301	Inquiry into Biomaterial Architecture Fabrication	Laia Mogas Soldevila	ADDM 320	W 8:30 AM-11:29 AM	Technology Designated Electives enable students to deepen their understanding of architectural issues, and M.Arch students must complete 1 CU of any ARCH 732x and/or ARCH 736x course(s). But these courses are not limited to students in the department of architecture any graduate student at Weitzman is invited to register for a Technology Designated Elective of interest, space permitting. Topics vary between semesters, and specific details can be found in the “Section Details” area in course search.
ARCH 7370-301	Semi-Fictitious Realms: A History and Future of Virtual Reality	Jeffrey Anderson	PCPE 225	R 8:30 AM-11:29 AM	The pursuit of immersive digital experiences has long been a goal of the computing industry. Early wearable displays designed in the 1960s depicted simple three-dimensional graphics in ways that had never been seen before. Through trial and error, digital pioneers reframed the relationship between user and machine, and over the last five decades, have made strides that advanced both the input and output mechanisms we are so comfortable with today. As a field, architecture has been reliant on these advancements to design and document buildings, but these tools still leave the architect removed from the physicality of the design, with their work depicted as 2D lines or 3D planes alone. This course will study the evolutionary advancements made that now allow us to fully inhabit digital worlds through Virtual Reality. Using the Unity Video Game Engine, students will generate immersive, photo-realistic models of unbuilt architectural works and explore digital/physical interactivity. These models will be designed to have compatibility with both 6-DOF and 3-DOF Virtual Reality equipment as well as flythrough-style experiences for keyboard and mouse using various web-hosting platforms. From the terraces of Paul Rudolph's Lower Manhattan Expressway to Boullée's Cenotaph for Newton, the goal of this course is to breathe new life into places and spaces that have, until this time, never been built or occupied.
ARCH 7390-301	New Approaches to an Architecture of Health	Mikael L Avery	WILL 28	T 12:00 PM-2:59 PM	Health care is taking on a new role in our society - with a refocusing from episodic care for those who are ill or symptomatic to providing life-long care geared towards maintaining wellness. These changes are evident across numerous areas of design, from wearable technologies that track and analyze, to large scale building initiatives that aim to create healthier environments and improve lives through strategic planning initiatives. A concrete, physical representation of this paradigm shift can be found within the hospital building itself and in the new manner in which hospitals are looking to serve their patients and care for their clinicians. Simultaneously both public and private spaces, hospitals are complex systems in which sickness, health, hospitality, technology, emergency, and community share space and compete for resource. In order to frame our present day understanding of the role of architecture (and design) in fostering health for individuals and within communities, this seminar will begin with an exploration of the historical and contemporary perspectives on the role of the architect and built environment on health. (Parallels between design and our ever-changing understanding of the biological, social, and environmental causes of sickness and disease will also be explored.) During this conversation, students will read articles and study recently constructed projects in order to examine the ways in which the architects approached these topics through built form. Following from this foundation, students will craft arguments for a new approach to the individual, the community, health, and architecture through a written response and architecturally designed scenario that argues for their perspective on how architecture can and should shape the health of those who inhabit it. Throughout the course, students will engage in weekly readings (and discussions) of critical texts exploring ideas around the role and impact of architecture on health. Various content experts will be included in the course to provide additional insights into key areas of theory and practice in order to lend additional perspectives and ground the conversation.
ARCH 7410-201	Architecture Design Innovation	Amy Wu	NRN 00	F 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	The mastery of techniques, whether in design, production or both, does not necessarily yield great architecture. As we all know, the most advanced techniques can still yield average designs. Architects are becoming increasingly adept at producing complexity & integrating digital design and fabrication techniques into their design process - yet there are few truly elegant projects. Only certain projects that are sophisticated at the level of technique achieve elegance. This seminar explores some of the instances in which designers are able to move beyond technique, by commanding them to such a degree as to achieve elegant aesthetics within the formal development of projects.
ARCH 7410-202	Architecture Design Innovation	Bhavana Priya Balasubramanian	NRN 00	F 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	The mastery of techniques, whether in design, production or both, does not necessarily yield great architecture. As we all know, the most advanced techniques can still yield average designs. Architects are becoming increasingly adept at producing complexity & integrating digital design and fabrication techniques into their design process - yet there are few truly elegant projects. Only certain projects that are sophisticated at the level of technique achieve elegance. This seminar explores some of the instances in which designers are able to move beyond technique, by commanding them to such a degree as to achieve elegant aesthetics within the formal development of projects.
ARCH 7410-203	Architecture Design Innovation	Khang Truong	NRN 00	F 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	The mastery of techniques, whether in design, production or both, does not necessarily yield great architecture. As we all know, the most advanced techniques can still yield average designs. Architects are becoming increasingly adept at producing complexity & integrating digital design and fabrication techniques into their design process - yet there are few truly elegant projects. Only certain projects that are sophisticated at the level of technique achieve elegance. This seminar explores some of the instances in which designers are able to move beyond technique, by commanding them to such a degree as to achieve elegant aesthetics within the formal development of projects.
ARCH 7410-301	Architecture Design Innovation	Hina Jamelle	FAGN 218	W 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	The mastery of techniques, whether in design, production or both, does not necessarily yield great architecture. As we all know, the most advanced techniques can still yield average designs. Architects are becoming increasingly adept at producing complexity & integrating digital design and fabrication techniques into their design process - yet there are few truly elegant projects. Only certain projects that are sophisticated at the level of technique achieve elegance. This seminar explores some of the instances in which designers are able to move beyond technique, by commanding them to such a degree as to achieve elegant aesthetics within the formal development of projects.
ARCH 7510-001	Ecology, Technology, and Design	William W Braham	LERN 210	T 8:30 AM-11:29 AM	This course will examine the ecological nature of design at a range of scales, from the most intimate aspects of product design to the largest infrastructures, from the use of water in bathroom to the flow of traffic on the highway. It is a first principle of ecological design that everything is connected, and that activities at one scale can have quite different effects at other scales, so the immediate goal of the course will be to identify useful and characteristic modes of analyzing the systematic, ecological nature of design work, from the concept of the ecological footprint to market share. The course will also draw on the history of and philosophy of technology to understand the particular intensity of contemporary society, which is now charachterized by the powerful concept of the complex, self-regulating system. The system has become both the dominant mode of explanation and the first principle of design and organization. The course will also draw on the history and philosophy of technology to understand the particular intensity of contemporary society, which is now characterized by the powerful concept of the complex, self-regulating system. The system has become both the dominant mode of explanation and the first principle of design and organization.
ARCH 7520-301	EBD Research Seminar	William W Braham	LERN 210	R 8:30 AM-11:29 AM	Directed student research of selected topics in environmental building design. These topics will be further explored in ARCH 7080: Bioclimatic Design Studio and will provide the basis for the research documents developed with each student's design project. Course work will include lectures, discussions, weekly readings, and in-class exercises. Each student will be required to make a presentation and submit a research report.
ARCH 7530-001	Building Performance Simulation	Janki Vyas	MEYH B13	M 5:15 PM-8:14 PM	The course provides students with an understanding of building design simulation methods, hands-on experience in using computer simulation models, and exploration of the technologies, underlying principles, and potential applications of simulation tools in architecture. Classroom lecturers are given each week, with a series of analysis projects to provide students with hands-on experience using computer models. This course is required and reserved for MSD-EBD students.
ARCH 7550-301	Innovation and Prototyping in Environmental Building Design	Jihun Kim	DRLB 3N6	F 8:30 AM-11:29 AM	This course serves as preparation for a research project by students in the MSD-EBD or PhD programs. The students will learn how to develop, plan, and conduct experiments and will develop the tools to write research papers based on these experiments. During the semester, topical lectures and case-studies of novel work in architectural technology will be presented to the students by the instructor and guest lecturers. The research proposal developed during the course will be used as a basis for hands-on exercises in the lab portion.
ARCH 7610-301	Introduction to Real Estate Development for Architects	Richard J Garber	DRLB 3N6	T 12:00 PM-2:59 PM	The course introduces students to the participants and components to the development process, as well as specific development strategies and design tools for engaging them. Design in this sense is not simply a vision, or a concept utilized for obtaining approvals, it is understood as an encompassing set of procedures that both allow for and ensure that goals are being met at all stages of a project, from early conception through the approval process and building construction. Students will learn how to engage municipal land-use laws and regulations, produce strategies for geometric development based on land-use and environmental constraints, and use simulation to perform value-adding operations to a development proposal. Through lectures and exercises, students will have the opportunity to analyze a building and the redevelopment procedures surrounding it and develop a geometric response and then parse data from that model to drive a series of documents relating to project cost, funding, and schedule. These documents will be analyzed against a variety of construction means and funding models so time- and cost-effective basis that meets design intentions can be developed.
ARCH 7650-301	Project Management	Charles A Capaldi	MEYH B5	F 8:30 AM-11:29 AM	This course is an introduction to techniques and tools of managing the design and construction of large, and small, construction projects. Topics include project delivery systems, management tools, cost-control and budgeting systems, professional roles. Case studies serve to illustrate applications. Cost and schedule control systems are described. Case studies illustrate the application of techniques in the field.					https://coursesintouch.apps.upenn.edu/cpr/jsp/fast.do?webService=syll&t=202430&c=ARCH7650301
ARCH 7680-401	Real Estate Development	Alan F Feldman	JMHH G65	M 3:30 PM-6:29 PM	This course evaluates "ground-up" development as well as re-hab, re-development, and acquisition investments. We examine raw and developed land and the similarities and differences of traditional real estate product types including office, R & D, retail, warehouses, single family and multi-family residential, mixed use, and land as well as "specialty" uses like golf courses, assisted living, and fractional share ownership. Emphasis is on concise analysis and decision making. We discuss the development process with topics including market analysis, site acquisition, due diligence, zoning, entitlements, approvals, site planning, building design, construction, financing, leasing, and ongoing management and disposition. Special topics like workouts and running a development company are also discussed. Course lessons apply to all markets but the class discusses U.S. markets only. Throughout the course, we focus on risk management and leadership issues. Numerous guest lecturers who are leaders in the real estate industry participate in the learning process. Format: predominately case analysis and discussion, some lectures, project visits.	REAL3210401, REAL8210401
ARCH 7710-001	Professional Practice II: The Practice	Philip J Ryan	MEYH B3	R 12:00 PM-2:59 PM	The discipline of architecture demands an inquisitive mind capable of synthesizing a multitude of technical, aesthetic, social, environmental, and conceptual elements. This essential characteristic is not limited to the mere creation of built spaces; it also extends to formulating a process of labor that is both responsible and fair, and capable of adapting to the ever-changing conditions of the world. In ARCH 7710, students explore the intricacies of running a successful architectural practice within the contemporary construction, liability, and regulatory environment. Building upon the knowledge gained in ARCH 6710, this course examines how an architectural office can be strategically designed to facilitate seamless execution of design and construction processes . Throughout the course, a wide range of essential topics is covered. These include issues related to finance, liability, ethics, and the regulatory codes that significantly impact the design and construction industry . By addressing these critical aspects, students gain valuable insights into the operational aspects of an architectural practice, ensuring they are well-prepared to navigate the complexities of the professional sphere . The lectures in ARCH 7710 effectively bridge the gap between the students' studio design knowledge and real-world practice. Drawing from the instructor's extensive experience in the field, local building examples are presented, enriching the learning experience. Additionally, the course features guest lectures by relevant professionals, who share their expertise, experiences, and insights. This exposure to industry practitioners enhances students' understanding of the architectural landscape and prepares them for the challenges and opportunities they may encounter in their careers.
ARCH 7899-001	Robotic Approaches to Spatial 3D Printing	Robert James Stuart-Smith	MEYH B4 MEYH G1	W 8:30 AM-9:29 AM W 9:30 AM-12:00 PM	Architecture Topics courses vary with each semester. Topics courses can feature current events relevant to the semester in which the course is offered, be taught by a visiting lecturer, or have another reason for being offered only once or twice. Detailed descriptions of topics courses, when offered, are included in “Section Details” on Path.
ARCH 8010-201	Material Agencies: Robotics & Design Lab I: Part I	Andrew Saunders	NRN 00 NRN 00	WF 1:45 PM-5:44 PM M 1:45 PM-4:59 PM	Material Agencies Section 1 is the half-semester introductory studio to the Master of Science in Design: Robotics and Autonomous Systems (MSD-RAS) program at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design. This course will introduce students to the Robotic Lab through a software / hardware routine to engage the ABB IRB4600-60 6-axes industrial robot with a hot-wire foam cutting end effector. The studio focuses exclusively on working with an industrial robotic arm and a large-scale hot-wire cutter end-effector to cut foam. This relatively simple robotic extension quickly introduces students to the robotic lab, robot interface and ultimately produces tangible results quickly, yet also highlights the designer’s need to develop designs within geometrical constraints that are tightly related to specific manufacturing processes – in this case, the hot-wire cutter’s production of ruled surface geometries. Operating through ruled surface geometries enables the designer to have maximum control over the manufactured output whilst removing the need for post-design geometric rationalization or value engineering activities. The architectural project for the studio is a speculative ceilingscape re-design for one of the large galleries in Meyerson Hall that currently features a ubiquitous hung acoustical tile system.
ARCH 8011-201	Material Agencies: Robotics & Design Lab I: Part II	Alicia Nahmad Vazquez	NRN 00 NRN 00	M 1:45 PM-4:59 PM WF 1:45 PM-5:44 PM	The Fall Material Agencies course consists of two half-semester long sections and is supported by two aligned Core Technical Seminars of half-semester length each. Students will typically work in pairs. Section 1: Programmed Matter: Introduces students to a generative approach to digital design and robotic manufacturing with the goal of unifying design and production within one creative process. The studio will commence with students gaining first-hand experience programming and operating Penn's industrial robots. 3d design models will be developed in parallel to fabrication experiments and digital simulations. The design brief will focus on a small scale design prototype that is explored at a micro-scale of resolution relative to normative architectural practice. Material placement and material affect will be considered intrinsic to design expression and integral to considerations of space, form, structure and production concerns. The brief will focus on a small scale object or architectural part design with ornamental features. The course introduces material dynamics, robot programming, 3d modelling and computer programming within design. Section 2: Manipulative Matter explores both robotic fabrication and the use of sensors and actuators within responsive fabricated objects or architectural elements. Design Prototyping involving manipulation-based Manufacture. Eg. Sheet metal folding. This will complement the first studio by requiring more pre-determined design intent, fabrication rationalization and robot sensor and electrical integration. A final design prototype will demonstrate embodied material intelligence - through an integrative approach to material organization, electronic circuity, production and design. Electronic wiring and parts will be integrated within larger material prototypes through fabrication methods such as: inlays, additive manufacturing, casting, soldering, painting, laser-cutting, or milling.
ARCH 8030-301	General Overview of Algorithmic Design and Robotic Fabrication	Patrick W Danahy	TOWN 305	R 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	Directly supports ARCH 8010 Material Agencies I: Section 1. This seminar will teach students computer and robot programming skills that will be utilized to deliver a complimentary and integral aspect of design-prototyping and fabrication work. Topics will vary in application to suit the studio brief. Participants will be introduced to the Robotics Lab, and will learn to set up ABB Industrial Robot tasks. Design algorithms will be developed that establish a conceptual relationship to the manufacturing process and attempt to leverage it for creative forms of design expression whilst addressing material and production performance constraints. Examples include computer programming that simulates a material placement and robotic manufacturing process such as additive manufacturing, filament winding or weaving, and utilizes these tasks in a generative design methodology, where design character, variation in material organization is evaluated relative to performance criteria such as material quantities, production time, etc. Submissions will be technical in nature and will also be implemented within ARCH 8010 prototypes. The course provides a foundation for more specialist technical development in Semester 2.
ARCH 8050-301	Intro to Cyberphysical Systems	Jeffrey Anderson	TOWN 305	R 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	Directly supports ARCH 8010 Material Agencies I: Section 2. This seminar will teach participants to design and assemble electronic circuits using sensors/actuators and micro-controllers, and to program digital and analogue means of data exchange. Students will develop a closed or open loop reactive system that consists of embedded sensor systems that will operate within the Design Studio project prototype, and utilizes feedback from sensors to drive designed affects (E.g. kinetic, lighting, variations in porosity.). The course will consider degrees of control, feedback, energy and force in relation to interactions of matter, space and active bodies (human and non-human). Participants will learn how to design electric circuits, solder and weld these and to integrate circuits with micro-processors, sensors and actuators. Exact equipment and methods will vary over time as these technologies evolve rapidly. At present possible micro-controllers utilized include Arduino, Raspberri Pi, Odroid, Intel Nuc, Atom and others. Sensors such as flex, pressure and proximity sensors will be utilized. Possible forms of actuation include servo and stepper motors, linear actuators, NiTinol muscle wire, pneumatic actuators. A Programming Language will be utilized to for the writing of simple control algorithms that clarify how input and output data is processed and acted upon, with a particular focus on leveraging physical world actions within a designed control loop where possible.
ARCH 8070-301	RAS Theory	Emek Erdolu	MEYH B4	T 10:15 AM-1:14 PM	This seminar provides a theoretical context to the program, relating autonomous robotics and fabrication research to architectural discourse, philosophy, science and technology. The course commences with a historical overview of scientific topics including cybernetics, complexity theory, emergence/self-organization, evolution/developmental biology, behaviour-based robotics. The course also critically assesses present and future societal trajectories in relation to technology, exploring socio-political, ethical and philosophical arguments that concern a broader technological shift that has occurred during the last decade which has given rise to our unquestioned reliance on algorithms within our everyday lives (social media, shopping, navigation), and similar impact from Urban OS's, Industry 4 and driverless car technologies. Readings cover philosophy, computer science, cybernetics, robotics, sociology, psychology, and will be discussed in relation to their consideration within the domain of architectural design and building technology. Examples include: Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Maurice Conti, Norbert Weiner, Kevin Kelly, Ray Kurzweil, Ed Finn, Donna Haraway, Andre Gorz, Bruce Sterling, Daniel Kahneman, Timothy Morton, Levi Bryant. A theoretical written statement related to ARCH 801 Material Agencies I Section 1 or 2 will be produced by participants within this core seminar.
ARCH 8110-301	Theories of Architecture: Environments, Techniques, and Expressive Means	Fernando Lara	BENN 20	M 8:30 AM-11:29 AM	This theory seminar provides an in-depth review and discussion of key architectural topics and texts, published from the 19th century until today. It is a required course for students in the PhD program in architecture and in the Master of Science program, who come from both technology and history and theory backgrounds. Both areas of research share the necessity to understand how ideas condition and inspire the practice of architecture, and how architectural creation contributes to the way one thinks discursively about the world. The seminar is designed to equip those embarking on careers in teaching, scholarship, and research in architecture with the practices, methods and habits of scholarly inquiry that are typical in the field. The preparation and experience of seminar activities provide both technical skills and knowledge in a range of topics pertinent to architectural research in the 21st century.
ARCH 8160-301	Advanced Topics in Architecture Culture from World War II through 2001	Joan I Ockman	FURN DSR	T 12:00 PM-2:59 PM	This directed reading, research, and writing seminar will explore historical developments in architecture related to the same time frame as ARCH 5120 but in greater depth and at a more advanced level. In-class conversations will be focused around specific case studies, some determined by the instructor, others selected by the members of the seminar. Problems of historiography—including periodization, reception, archives, canon and counter-canon, and other methodological and theoretical issues—will also be discussed. This is an opportunity for students to develop a substantial research paper on a topic of their own choosing over the course of a semester. The class is open by permission to students with a solid background and strong interest in the architectural history of the last three quarters of a century.
ARCH 9960-003	Dissertation Work Abroad	Franca Trubiano			While abroad, writing and submitting a dissertation are among the final steps leading to the award of the PhD degree. At the University of Pennsylvania, a student presents and defends the dissertation publicly, and then, with the approval of the dissertation committee and graduate group chair, submits the final manuscript for publication. Finally, the PhD degree is awarded to the candidate upon the recommendation of the Graduate Council of the Faculties.--PennLibraries
ARCH 9999-001	London AA - Fall 2024	Homa Fardjadi	NRN 00		This course enables students to undertake self-directed study on a topic in Architecture, under the supervision of a faculty member. Students are required to make a proposal for the study to the Department Chair, outlining the subject and method of investigation, and confirming the course supervisor at least two weeks prior to the beginning of the semester.