Number & Title of Course: ARPL 503 R1, Field Study Rome, 3 credits.

Course Description:

This course will involve excursions into the city of Rome and environs as well as trips elsewhere in Italy and Europe to study buildings and cities through visual notes.

Course Goals and Objectives:

● To use the city and learn through direct experience supplemented by on site lectures and a few lectures in the classroom.

● To take visual and text notes in a sketchbook.

● To recognize that by drawing one observes more closely and can understand more deeply.

● To explore and observe the building and its relationship to the city as physical/spatial artifact and as a social environment.

● To record the pertinent conceptual and formal aspects as well as the subjective experiences of the buildings and spaces visited.

● To study Rome and other cities at a variety of scales from detail to city.

● To improve drawing skills and analytical skills.

● To understand the historical ideas, motivations, myths, and rituals that shaped the built environment.

● To begin to get an idea of the special character and spirit (genius loci) of Rome.

● To develop an enthusiasm for architecture of all periods and to appreciate the potential of one’s own sketchbook to inspire design, be it of value immediately or in the future.

Student Performance Criteria addressed:

A.3 Visual Communication Skills

A.7 Use of Precedents

A.8 Ordering Systems Skills

A.9 Historical Traditions and Global Culture

Topical Outline:

The topics of the on-site sketching supplements the history/theory class (ARPL 314-R1) and the studio (ARPL 302-R1). This integration capitalizes on the opportunity afforded by foreign programs.

History: Ancient Rome, Early Christian, Renaissance, Baroque, Fascist, Contemporary

Studio: urban space, and urban elements, building types, tectonic details, elements of composition

Sites: - Rome and environs

- Florence

- Northern Italy: Como, Vals, Switz., Verona, Vicenza, Venice, Bologna (1 week)

- Vienna (3 day trip)

Prerequisites:

ARPL 102 Architectural Foundations II (representation), ARPL 211, 212, 311 – Architectural History Sequence

Textbooks/Learning Resources:

Crowe, Norman and Paul Laseau, Visual Notes for Architects and Designers, (1984)

Ching, Francis. Architectural Graphics. (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996)

Jenkins, Eric. Drawn to Design (Birkhaeuser, 2012)

Offered:

Spring only; annually.

Faculty assigned last two academic years:

Marina Kavalirek (P/T)