Class Info

  • Date: Tuesday, 2/1
  • Meeting Info: Voorhees V-305

To-Do Before Class

  • Enjoy your winter break! 

Topic(s)

General Course Introduction

Activities

  • Introduce ourselves to each other
  • Review the OpenLab site and course syllabus together
  • Set up your OpenLab account (if you haven’t already) and join this course
  • Sign the Academic Integrity Pledge
  • Review the class Miro board
  • Pre-Assessment (30 Minutes)
  • Introduction to the BTech and BArch programs at City Tech
    • Watch the video together
    • Review the PDF outlining the different paths you might take toward becoming a licensed architect in New York
    • In-Class Writing:
      • Write about the path you might want to take to become an architect: what education you might choose and what you might want to do professionally when you graduate.  You can choose several approaches toward licensure or several career paths, but with each you choose, write about why you’re interested in following this pathway.
      • NOTE:  You are not being asked to make your choice now; this is intended to get you thinking about the opportunities available to you.
  • In-Class Video – Archiculture. Experience architectural studio culture with a visit to Pratt:
  • In-Class Writing: 
    • Read the two-page description about a day in the life of an architect in the PDF posted below
    • Based on the reading and what you’ve learned today about the architectural profession, imagine yourself 10 years from now…
    • Which career path did you take? Are you an architect? Builder? Designer? Something totally different?
    • In an ideal world, what would you be doing on an average day?
      • In one page or less, describe what that day looks like:
        • When do you get up?
        • What are you doing? Working on?
        • Who are you interacting with?
    • It might be difficult to envision at this point, but really try to consider – at least in this moment right now – what you see yourself wanting to do on a day to day basis
Printable_-A-Day-in-the-LifeDownload

To-Do After Class

  • Introduce ourselves to each other
  • Sign the Academic Integrity Pledge
  • Purchase a sketchbook (8”x10” or so), an architect’s scale, drawing pencils, a drafting board or t-square (to be used on a square edged table only) and a triangle.
  • Read Vitruvius, Ten Books of Architecture: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20239/20239-h/20239-h.htm
    • Book I, Chapter 2: The Fundamental Principles of Architecture
    • Book III, Chapter 1: On Symmetry: In Temples and in the Human Body
  • Writing Assignment: In Book III, chapter 1, Vitruvius relates symmetry to the human body. What does Vitruvius mean by symmetry? How is the human body symmetrical? How is a building symmetrical?
    • Write a 200- to 250-word (long paragraph) and describe what Vitruvius means by symmetry. Your paper should be written in full sentences in paragraph form using 12 point Ariel font on 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper. Place your name, date, course number (ARCH1101), professor’s name (Prof. Christo), and assignment number (Assignment 1) in a column in the upper left-hand corner of the paper.
    • Write a 200- to 250-word (long paragraph) and discuss the importance of the principles of Order, Arrangement, and Eurythmy as described by Vitruvius.
    • Submit essays in PDF or Word Doc format
      • Due Tuesday, 2/15 by 12:00pm
      • Submit to Miro 
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