Architectural Design

Architectural Design is taught by Thomas Gamelin. According to the  Architectural Design syllabus, This course will examine architecture and its origins, through readings, and research, students will focus on issues concerning style, technology, urbanism, regionalism, function, and reform to address the diverse forces that have shaped modern architecture. Students will gain an understanding of the significance of architecture. Through in-class discussions and field trips, students will acquire skills to visually analyze buildings. Equally important to the class will be the development of research, writing, and critical-thinking skills through numerous assignments including quizzes, projects and papers.

“The first tri you get to go through the different historical types of architecture, so you go through Japanese architecture or Egyptian architecture and we would all do presentations and see the different aspects of how different cultures would make  their buildings” said senior Christian Davis