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The In­tro­duc­tion to Ar­chi­tec­ture pro­vides a foun­da­tion for stu­dents en­ter­ing the BArch / BTech pro­gram to de­velop a “vi­sual lit­er­acy” of the built en­vi­ron­ment. Using New York City as a liv­ing lab­o­ra­tory, stu­dents ex­plore con­cepts of de­sign, com­po­si­tion, and con­struc­tion in the con­text of the city through their di­rect ex­pe­ri­ence of build­ings. By prac­tic­ing the basic skills of draft­ing, sketch­ing, and read­ing about build­ings, and with the op­por­tu­nity to pre­sent their un­der­stand­ings to oth­ers through writ­ten as­sign­ments and ver­bal pre­sen­ta­tions, stu­dents will de­velop meth­ods of rep­re­sent­ing and pre­sent­ing ar­chi­tec­ture ver­bally and graph­i­cally.

The Introduction to Architecture provides a foundation for students entering the BArch / BTech program to develop a “visual literacy” of the built environment. Using New York City as a living laboratory, students explore concepts of design, composition, and construction in the context of the city through their direct experience of buildings. By practicing the basic skills of drafting, sketching, and reading about buildings, and with the opportunity to present their understandings to others through written assignments and verbal presentations, students will develop methods of representing and presenting architecture verbally and graphically.