Architectural Studies

This foundation course introduces the concepts of design thinking in various practices, with a focus on design theories, principles and methods. The work of architects, artists and designers are examined through design. Design thinking is explored through conceptual thinking, the process of iteration, problem solving, and fabrication. Exercises include producing a sketchbook as a record of drawing/thinking, orthographic drawing, the study of parti, and 2D to 3D composition. PREREQ: None (lec 3), cr 3

This course examines cosmology myths and symbolic narratives from various global traditions in relationship to place, architecture and urban design historically and in the contemporary world. It reviews in a holistic manner the natural phenomena, cultural, societal, political, ecological, and technological factors which are unique to each of the global traditions studied. Student research and analysis skills are developed through, but not limited to, essay writing and model making. PREREQ: None (lec 3), cr 3.

This course introduces architectural design through a series of short studies regarding "place" that provide opportunities to develop basic design skills, including free-hand drawing, site analysis, and modeling. The theme of "place" is explored at a variety of scales, beginning with the geology of Sudbury, its foundations as a rail town, and its mining history as sources for design exercises. (exp 10.5) cr 6.

Ce cours est une initiation à la conception architecturale. Il repose sur une série de courtes études sur le lieu, notamment du dessin à main libre, l'analyse du lieu et la modélisation, qui permettent d'acquérir des compétences fondamentales en conception. Les exercices de conception explorent le thème du lieu à diverses échelles, en commençant par la géologie de Sudbury, ses origines de ville ferroviaire et son histoire minière. (10,5 h) 6 cr.

Building upon the previous studio, the study of PLACE continues to provide focus for studies in the region of Greater Sudbury. Design skills, including measured drawing, comparative scales of different types of sites, and site modelling in detail are emphasized. The theme of place continues to be recorded and understood at a variety of scales, including the geology of Sudbury and the 19th-century rail town. Emphasis is on developing a complex understanding of the place we are in through case studies and design exercises that introduce the concept of place-making within Sudbury and environs. PREREQ: ARCH 1505 (Inst, lec and site visits), cr 6 (in Design Stream).

Cet atelier qui fait suite au précédent se concentre lui aussi sur la région du Grand Sudbury et met l'accent sur les compétences en conception, notamment les dessins mesurés, les échelles comparatives de différents types de sites et la modélisation en détail. Le thème du lieu est encore enregistré et compris à diverses échelles, y compris celles de la géologie de Sudbury et de la forêt boréale. L'accent porte sur l'acquisition d'une compréhension complexe du lieu où nous nous trouvons au moyen d'études de cas et d'exercices de conception qui introduisent le concept de création de lieux à Sudbury et dans les environs. En hiver, les étudiants conçoivent et construisent une cabane de pêche sur la glace qui sera remorquée sur le lac Ramsey. (10,5 h) 6 cr.

This course introduces wood as a building material and its structural possibilities. Study of wood's structural capacity is explored through Indigenous bentwood, settler heavy timber, light wood framing & mass timber typologies. Through experiential analysis of wood's structure and the forest, physical and virtual modeling, construction drawings and detailing, students will develop an understanding of sustainable building practices, basic principles of statics, and strength of materials. PREREQ: None (lec 3) cr 3. Cannot retain credits for both ARCH-2316 and ARCH-1306.

The Drawing course focuses on the development of hand-drawing skills through the observation and representation of objects and spaces. Various drawing instruments and techniques are explored to create different types of architectural drawings. The history, theory and contemporary practice of architectural drawing is introduced to discover how architects have used the medium to represent buildings and explore their architectural imagination. PREREQ: None (lec 1, stu 2) cr 3.

This course examines precedents that draw upon Indigenous cultures across Turtle Island (North America) and northern and southern hemispheres, as they relate to the design of contemporary buildings and shared social settings. It aims to increase awareness about topics related to Indigenous architecture and design, as well as knowledge regarding precedents as a means to inform the design process. PREREQ: None (lec 3), cr 3. Cannot retain credits for both ARCH-3006 and ARCH-1017XXX.

This course reviews climate change science and addresses the role of architecture in mitigating global warming and adapting buildings and cities. The course introduces issues of sustainability and means to design in regards to energy conservation, ecological footprint, resiliency and wellbeing: site conditions, passive strategies, envelope, materials, renewables, etc. Special consideration is given to design in northern climates and Indigenous perspectives. Prerequisite: 18 university credits.

Through a cross-disciplinary approach, this course examines the ecological systems that affect the design of buildings, and vice-versa. It introduces strategies for environmental stewardship and designing within ecologies by investigating topics such as landscape, ecosystems and ecozones, botany and biodiversity, geology, water and soil, environmental remediation, and lowimpact development. Special consideration is given to Indigenous Seven-Generation thinking as well as the Boreal Region, Great Lakes, and Hudson Bay Lowlands. PREREQ: 36 university credits (lec 3) cr 3.

Beginning with a survey of settler traditions and vernacular building, the course introduces the work of significant artists and architects throughout Canada. Consideration is given to Indigenous artists and the emergence of Indigenous architects. Lectures explore how regional architecture responds to the light, landscape and materials associated with specific geographic regions. The course highlights a diverse range of influences, including immigration, material cultures, and schools of thought. PREREQ: 18 university credits (lec 3), cr 3.

This course addresses the theme of landscape. Approached within a broad context, issues surrounding the natural landscape, manufactures landscape, cultural landscapes and the regenerative landscape of the Sudbury basin are introduced. The landscape of the Canadian Shield is investigated, as are representations of the shield. The initiative of the Nickel District Conservation Authority forms a basis for study. PREREQ: ARCH 1505 and 1515, taught afternoons(design studio inst, lec, and site visits), cr 6 (in Design stream).

Le thème de l'atelier de conception de deuxième année est le PAYSAGE. Les questions entourant le paysage naturel, artificiel, culturel et régénérateur du bassin de Sudbury sont abordées dans un vaste contexte. Le paysage du Bouclier canadien est étudié, tout comme des représentations du bouclier. L'étude repose sur l'initiative de la Commission de conservation du district du nickel. Les projets réalisés en atelier reposeront sur des projets comme Un paysage en renaissance : Celebrating Sudbury's Reclamation Success qui exposent l'initiative de reverdissement du Grand Sudbury au cours des dernières décennies. Ces projets consisteront à étudier les terres humides, l'horticulture, les pistes cyclables, et d'autres éléments. Prérequis: ARCH 1515 (10.5 h; 6 cr)

In this course the theme of LANDSCAPE is expanded to include architectural projects from the Italian villa to the work of Scarpa & Aalto to the High-Line project in New York City. The course examines case studies from Scandinavia and Iceland that incorporate the landscape as part of the architecture, as well as the notion of architecture as landscape. Indigenous and vernacular examples of living within the landscape, such as bermed houses, also form the basis for design projects. PREREQ: ARCH 1505, 1515 and 2505 (design studio inst, lec, and site visits), cr 6 (in Design stream)(taught afternoons).

Basé sur les travaux de la session précédente, le thème du PAYSAGE s'élargit pour inclure des projets architecturaux de la Villa italienne aux travaux de Scarpa et Aalto dans le projet « High-Line » de New York. Le cours contient des études de cas de Scandinavie et d'Islande qui incorporent le paysage dans l'architecture, ainsi que la notion d'architecture en tant que paysage. Des exemples autochtones et vernaculaires de vie dans le paysage, comme les maisons adossées à un talus, sont aussi à la base de projets de conception. Les projets réalisés en atelier doivent inclure des jardins de plantes médicinales ou des structures en bois courbé construites dans le Parc Rotary ou ailleurs. Préalable: ARCH 2505(10.5 h; 6 cr)

This course examines the composition and editing of individual architectural representations to enable students to develop and critically edit their design work. The course covers the appropriate use of software while developing techniques that best express individual graphic and design work. PREREQ: ARCH 1006EL. (lec/tut 3), cr 3. Students may not retain credit for both ARCH 2526 and ARCH 4526.

This course examines environmental management in buildings, and the way humans interact with architecture to achieve comfort, especially in northern contexts. Buildings are studied as integrated systems, including building envelope and service systems. Learning is achieved through systems research and building detail development using digital techniques. Building environmental performance assessment tools, codes and regulations are examined for achieving well-tempered environments as the synthesis of human well-being with energy and resource optimization. PREREQ: ARCH-1306 (lec 3) cr 3. Cannot retain credits for both ARCH-2336 and ARCH-3306.

This course introduces students to work placements in various industries in and around Northern Ontario, and further afield if necessary. This first placement is intended to expose architecture students to industry internships, from mining to fabrication to friendship centers. The goal is to develop skills in the work-place as part of the professional practice co-op model. The paid placement is for a period of 13 weeks, with an employer/student report to be submitted at the end of the term. Internship preparation, interviews and placement are guided by the Co-op coordinator, but employment is ultimately the responsibility of each student. French speaking students are placed within French office environments wherever possible. Students are required to complete Co-operative Term 1A or 1B before being eligible to register for third year ARCH courses. (internship and reporting), cr. 1 (in Prof. Practice Stream).

Ce cours initie les étudiants aux stages au sein de diverses entreprises situées dans le nord de l'Ontario et plus loin le cas échéant. Ce premier stage vise à les exposer à ce qu'est le stage dans des milieux allant de l'industrie minière au secteur de la fabrication en passant par les centres d'amitié, afin qu'ils puissent perfectionner leurs compétences au travail dans le cadre du modèle d'enseignement coopératif de pratique professionnelle. Les étudiants francophones sont placés, dans la mesure du possible, dans des bureaux où le français est la langue de travail. Les étudiants doivent avoir fait le stage d'enseignement coopératif 1A ou 1B avant de pouvoir s'inscrire aux cours ARCH de 3e année. (Stage et rapport, cr 1, pratique professionnelle)

This course examines the material behaviour and structural performance of wood, steel and concrete across a spectrum of scales. It focuses on the behaviour of these structural systems, the forces they resist, proceeding from associated design from roof to foundation through the reactions of particular structural elements through calculations, digital modeling and hands-on experimentation. PREREQ: ARCH-2316 (lec 3) cr 3.

This design studio is the first to require a complex architectural resolution. Northern Building is dedicated to building design within the context of Northern Ontario or other northern climates. It introduces students to the method of working with a particular community, through consultation, towards a shared architectural program and project. Creating an inventory of northern building types forms a base for the study of program and appropriate form. Design emphasis is placed on northern climate, local materials, and maximizing resources from within the community. PREREQ: ARCH 2515 (studio 10.5) cr 6 and ARCH 0100 (exp) cr 1.

L'atelier de conception de 3e année, le premier à exiger une résolution architecturale complexe, est consacré à la conception des bâtiments dans le contexte du nord de l'Ontario ou d'autres climats nordiques. Il initie les étudiants à la méthode de travail avec une collectivité particulière, par la consultation, vers un programme et un projet architectural commun. La création d'un inventaire des types de bâtiments du Nord constitue une base d'étude du programme. L'accent en conception sera mis sur le climat du Nord, les matériaux sur place et l'optimisation des ressources au sein de la collectivité. Préalables : ARCH 2515 et ARCH 0100 (exp) cr 1.

Northern Building 2 continues to investigate community design projects with various communities. The course offers several possible directions: a) continue to complete the design-build activities of the fall term; b) draw and interpret the project that was built in order to draw lessons from it; or c) begin a related project in the same community or another community with similar interests. Case studies of northern towns as well as a design-build project are introduced. Since third year Design studio requires a complex architectural resolution, students are assessed and evaluated on how well they resolve the matrix of community, built form, and tectonics.

Le cours BÂTIMENT DU NORD 2 poursuit l'examen des projets de conception communautaires avec diverses collectivités et offre plusieurs directions possibles : a) continuer à mener à bien les activités de conception-construction du trimestre d'automne; b) dessiner et interpréter le projet bâti dans le but de tirer les leçons de ce qui a été construit; ou c) commencer un projet connexe dans la même collectivité ou une autre ayant des intérêts similaires. Des études de cas de villes du Nord ainsi qu'un projet de conception-construction seront présentés. L'atelier de conception de 3e année est le premier à exiger une résolution architecturale complexe et, de ce fait, les étudiants seront évalués et notés selon leur aptitude à résoudre la matrice de la collectivité, la forme bâtie et la tectonique. Ateliers de conception 1 à 5 sont des préalables. Mode d'enseignement : atelier de conception, cours magistraux et visites sur place. (6 crédits)

This course continues with skills development in the workplace as part of the professional practice co-op model. The Co-op coordinator guides internship preparation, interviews and placements, but employment is ultimately the responsibility of each student. The paid work-study placement is for a period of 14 weeks. PREREQ: ARCH 0100EL (exp) cr 2.

This course examines the historical evolution and contemporary development of urban settlements worldwide. Seminal precedents, significant utopian experiments, treatises/manifestoes and the diverse cultures that inhabit cities and settlements are examined. An understanding and appreciation of the intricate and complex relationship between both a city's and settlements' physical morphology, its practical processes, it symbolic and ideological values and its conflicts over time is fostered. PREREQ: ARCH-2036 (lec 3) cr 3.

This course aims to develop a deeper understanding of digital design and fabrication in order to expand making, design and representation skills. It focuses on digital tools, software programs, models and processes. Through hybrid methods of making and comparisons between traditional and digital craft, students will gain proficiency in integrating digital fabrication within their repertoire of design. PREREQ: ARCH-2515 and ARCH-2526 (lec 1.5, lab 1.5) cr 3. Cannot retain credits for both ARCH-3326 and ARCH-4306.

This course will provide an understanding of the cultural and social dimensions embedded in the built environment by examining a series of case studies, texts and architectural works. The course requires critical reflection on the values embedded in design, the consequences of design for the practices, knowledge and livelihoods of users and communities globally, as well as the different roles of architects in society. PREREQ: ARCH-2515 and ARCH-2036 (lec 3), cr 3. Cannot retain credits for both ARCH-3026 and ARCH-4016

Ce cours initie les étudiants aux stages travail-études dans des cabinets d'architecture, de génie et d'autres domaines établis de conception dans le nord de l'Ontario, au Canada, et à l'étranger. Le deuxième trimestre de stage est destiné à exposer les étudiants à des bureaux afin qu'ils puissent continuer à perfectionner leurs compétences au travail dans le cadre du modèle d'enseignement coopératif. La coordonnatrice du programme d'enseignement coopératif guidera la préparation au stage, des entrevues aux placements, mais l'emploi est en dernière analyse de la responsabilité de chaque membre du corps étudiant. Le stage travail-études rémunéré s'étend sur 14 semaines. Les étudiants francophones seront placés, dans la mesure du possible, dans des bureaux ou le français est la langue de travail. Dans des situations extrêmes, l'École d'architecture peut approuver les sujets de recherche individuels à la place de stages travail-études. Préalable : ARCH 0100. (2 crédits)

This course furthers architectural history knowledge and critical thinking skills by reconstructing selected buildings' conceptual and theoretical aspirations. Programs and morphologies of exemplary historic and contemporary buildings from around the world are examined as a convergence of cultural, political, ecological, and technological developments at a specific place and time. Student research and analysis skills are synthesized through exercises such as drawing, diagramming and modeling. PREREQ: ARCH-3006 (lec 3) cr 3.

This course gives students an overview of the various digital tools and software programs related to fabrication. Examples of projects may include millwork, industrial design, furniture making, or other forms of digital fabrication applied to the craft of making. As a teaching method, comparisons are made between manual craft and digital craft. What are the limitations and potentials of either craft? The course evaluates how students integrate digital fabrication within their repertoire of design & representation skills. PREREQ: None (lec, lab) cr 3 (in Technology stream).

This course expands on the knowledge acquired in previous building system courses, addressing the applied integration of systems such as building envelope and service systems (HVAC, artificial lighting, electricity, plumbing, etc.), with an emphasis on detail design and design documentation. Complex performance assessment tools and energy efficiency codes and regulations are also introduced to calibrate building systems. Special consideration is given to northern climates and concrete and steel buildings. PREREQ: ARCH-3306 (lec 3) cr 3.

The final design studio of the BAS program proposes programs for various mid-scale buildings, from housing to industrial or cultural projects. Design projects are intended to incorporate building systems in a comprehensive manner. In keeping with CACB accreditation criteria, each project must display an "Ability to project a comprehensive design based on an architectural idea, a building program and a site. The design or designs should integrate structural and environmental systems, building envelopes, building assemblies, life-safety provisions, and environmental stewardship." While this scope is covered over two terms, the first term is devoted to site selection, architectural design, and building and environmental systems. A series of technical studies are integrated with the final design project. PREREQ: ARCH 3515 (stu 10.5) cr 6 and ARCH 0300 (exp) cr 2.

Cet atelier propose des programmes englobant divers bâtiments de taille moyenne, allant de projets de logement à des bâtiments industriels ou culturels. Les projets de conception visent à intégrer de nombreux systèmes de construction d'une manière globale. Selon les critères d'agrément du CCAC, chaque projet étudiant doit témoigner d'une « capacité à projeter une conception globale fondée sur une idée architecturale, un programme de construction et un site. La conception ou les dessins doivent intégrer des systèmes structurels et environnementaux, les enveloppes du bâtiment, les ensembles de construction, les dispositions touchant la sécurité des personnes et la gérance de l'environnement. » Même si cette matière est abordée sur deux trimestres, le premier trimestre sera consacré à la sélection du site, à la conception architecturale ainsi qu'aux systèmes de construction etenvironnementaux. Une série d'études techniques est intégrée au projet de conception finale. Préalables : ARCH 3515 et ARCH 0300 (exp) cr 2.

This course requires students to work in groups in order to reiterate a particular design project from the previous term (ARCH 4505). Various consultants from outside are brought in for specialized knowledge regarding "building assembly requirements, building codes, life-safety systems, and environmental issues." Design projects are further developed to integrate "structural and environmental systems, building envelopes, building assemblies, life-safety provisions, and environmental stewardship." (CACB). The final project includes a detailed technical report on the integrated design work of each individual or group. PREREQ: ARCH 4505 (design studio inst, lec, and site visits) cr 6 (in Design stream) (taught afternoons).

Ce cours exige de travailler en groupe afin de réitérer un projet de conception particulier mené au trimestre dernier. Divers consultants externes spécialistes en la matière viendront aborder des volets spécifiques : exigences d'assemblage de construction, codes du bâtiment, systèmes de sécurité des personnes et questions environnementales. Les projets de conception du trimestre dernier seront développés encore en vue d'y intégrer « les systèmes structurels et environnementaux, les enveloppes du bâtiment, les ensembles de construction, les dispositions de sécurité des personnes et la gérance de l'environnement » (CCCA). Le projet final comprend un rapport technique détaillé et un exposé des travaux de conception intégrés réalisés par chaque membre du corps étudiant ou du groupe. (Préalable ARCH 4505 ; atelier ; conf. ; sém. ; cr 6)

This course introduces students to a broad range of writings in both architecture and urbanism. Selected writings include manifestos and critical texts within broader theoretical frameworks, from historical and contemporary architecture and urbanism. Students are assigned readings and will be required to critically reflect and take part in discussion on the content, form and style. Student research and analysis is synthesized through different genres of writing. PREREQ: ARCH-3026 (lec 3), cr 3. Cannot retain credits for both ARCH-4026 and ARCH-3017.