3 Credits / Meets every 2 weeks. Prerequisites: Design 4 & Building Tech 4
This elective course allows students with a course director-approved internship/job to enroll. Student assignments include a running journal of events and experiences at the workplace for class discussion, as well as opinion reviews, written and graphic reports, and a final presentation of project/s produced at the internship workplace.
Come with JOB IN HAND** for approval, working minimum 8 hours/week
Contact: Prof Kenneth Conzelmann
kconzelmann@citytech.cuny.edu
**For help with finding a job, see OPENLAB postings and jobs websites including HANDSHAKE: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/architecture-jobs/
Also, contact Prof Conzelmann directly or other Professors for possible work opportunities.
Description from College Catalog: “Assignment to field work/study situations of approximately eight to ten hours per week at one of the following: an architectural office; engineering office; interior design office; architecture, engineering or interior design branch of a municipal agency or corporate design office; construction administration or office practices branch of a construction firm, drafting position with a non-architectural firm subject to review. Each student will keep a log/journal to be shared in-group seminars. Supervision will be by faculty and by the job supervisor.”
An introduction to basic materials of construction and the fundamental principals of hand drafting and system analysis. The coursework includes surveying existing conditions, development of plans, elevations, and sections, and basic details as well as the study of material properties and applications.
