Housing Design and Theory

Course Code
ARC364
Course Title
Housing Design and Theory
Course Description

The course initiates with understanding of housing developments, policies, and their design in context of regional and cultural aspects, besides understanding the parameters of design quality in housing. At halfway point the course focuses on techniques to analyze the existing housing layouts and master plans in context of density, layouts, environment, and size criteria. The last section of course comprising of housing issues, surveying and data acquisition through surveying tools and case studies. In addition, the last section of course also imparts a teamwork skill to handle small to moderate size of land parcels in context of developing housing master plan.

Prerequisites
ARC220
Credits
3
Course Type
Theory, Studio
Offered
Spring