ARC 231T
Design Theory

Instructor: Raimund McClain
Office: Battle 114A

Design and Systems Integration

This course is intended to accompany the Design V Sound Building Studio in architecture and interior design. It is organized as a series of lectures which will engage salient points regarding systems technologies, especially in regard to built architecture. Systems integration as an issue provokes some of the most fundamental discourses in architecture. Case studies presented in lecture suggest that systems can go beyond innovation and problem-solving implying the possibility of poetry in building. Speakers from within the SOA will present salient topics from both theoretical and practical perspectives. In addition, architects from outside the SOA will present recent work. Among the topics covered are: structure and infill, roof systems, HVAC systems, alternative construction systems, sustainability, representational systems in architecture, tectonics, day and artificial lighting, interior systems.