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| ENV 200 - Space/Object I |
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| 3 credits. Chomowicz. Offered Fall. This is an entry-level studio course for majors and fine-arts students interested in environmental design. Conceptual questions about what makes a sense of place, and what creates significance within a place are developed along side assignments in which students examine the language and potential for comjmunication within the formal and material-based aspects of design. Projects explore the relationship between ideeation and realization; between the conceptualization of space and its representation in drawings and models. |
| ENV 201 - Fabrication Technologies |
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| 3 credits. Staff. Offered fall. Integral to the process of designing objects, furniture or buildings, are the material qualities that shape the image, feel and strength of the finished work. Equipped with an intimate working knowledge of materials, the environmental designer can fully exploit the character, condition and potential of the material choice. With this hands-on knowledge of material properties the designer is free to innovate, integrating material knowledge with the conceptual design process. THis three-credit studio is composed of a series of technical workshops in wood, fiber, steel, casting and is accompanied by assignments that deal with the processes of making and their imprint on the work as well as conversations and readings that help connect materiality to a conceptually-based approach to design. For Environmental Design majors this course is part of a two-part series - The companion course, Introduction to Environmental Design (ENV 200), focuses on a conceptual approach to observing and shaping the environment. |
| ENV 202 - Systems of Projection |
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| 3 credits. Wilson. Offered fall. THe geometric architectural types: plan, section, elevation, and perspective are all geometrically constructed drawing types that serve as a passport to communicating large-scale sculptural, environmental, and architecture scale works. Knowledge of thsi encoded set of conventions enables students to subdivide complex concepts into a set of parts to be explored and communicated through these graphic representations. |
| ENV 321 - Architectural Visualization |
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| 3 credits. Staff. Offered occasionally. Students will develop 3-D presentations and construction documents. This is the foundation of a continuously used studio design and documentation tool. Students will use the PC computer system for their project development. |
| FA 498 - Senior Thesis I |
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| 3-6 credits. Staff. Offered Fall. Seniors are given assistance in developing personal directions as artists. Work is independent, either at home or in a designated studio. The senior independent or thesis program offers qualified students an opportunity to work on a continuing series of projects of their own choice in studio spaces provided in the Fox or Main building. Requirements: at least three individual critiques with a participating instructor, a final critique with a visiting artist, and a mid-term review by a panel of the program's instructors. In addition to the regular individual and class critiques in each student's studio art courses, progress is evaluated by visiting artists, critics, writers, philosophers, and filmakers, and by various faculty members from different departments, with reviews of student work twice each semester. |
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| ENV 266 - O2: Object Design |
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| 3 credits. Alesina. Offered Spring. The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to the practice of product design with the emphasis on user-centered solutions. Design is problem solving, that is why students will be challenged to research and identify ways to improve human conditions, brainstorm solutions and create prototype products choosing the best suited production methods and materials. Emphasis will be placed upon innovative thinking, 2D and 3D mock ups, model construction and simple engineering concepts. Through team and individual projects, students will develop and understand goals and methodologies employed in this discipline, including contemporary material technologies and the global impact their design decisions may have. Throughout the course, short workshops and lectures are conducted on: social and envirmonmental issues, materials and processes, important designers, and patent law. Other activities include visits to local ID studios and prominent product design laboratories. Pre-Requisite: ENV 200: episteme et techne |
| ENV 366 - O3: Object Design |
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| 3 credits. Alesina. Offered Fall. This course will focus on design research including user needs, marketing and material studies. The "why behind the why" method will be used to identify the underlying necessitites of product development. Material properties, production methods, human factors, and social, environmental and economic project drivers will comprise critical aspects of each project. Students will engage in a continuous cycle of research, conceptualization and development. by utilizing a variety of research methodologies, students will arrive at a final "proof of concept-research" which validates the design solution. Prerequisite: ENV 266. |
| ENV 386 - O4: Object Design |
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| 3 credits. Alesina. Offered Spring. This course will focus on design as it is practiced by professionals in the business world. Comprehensive product design processes include research, ideation, development, documentation, sourcing and marketing. Students will identify markets, trends, new and emerging technologies and implement them in their designs. Digital communication and presentation techniques, latest 3D prototyping technology as well as traditional methods will be explored. Prerequisite: ENV 366. |
| Studio Electives-any department |
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| ENV 267 - S2: Spatial Design |
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| 3 credits. staff. Offered occasionally. The premise of this studio is that architecture is understood as a set of relationships. Spatial Design II introduces students to the complex conceptual, social and theoretical study of architecture through a series of more comprehensive, individual design projects. The course examines the intersection between abstract and formal principles, determinants (scale, dimension, light, etc.), external factors (site, program, time, culture), and process, as well as the role of structure, of materials and of craft. The students will look at the implications of program, site, environment and performance as determinates of form and space. Emphasis will be placed on design research and on process as a means of generating architecture. The course will focus on the investigation of these dynamic relationships in three dimensions. Students will be further introduced to the field of design through several relevant trips during the semester. Pre-Requisite: ENV 200:episteme et techne |
| S3: Architecture |
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| S4: Architecture |
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| IN 204 - Lighting Design |
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| Students learn basic lighting design techniques, then practice using them through application to studio design projects. |
| Studio Electives-any department |
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| ENV 337 - The Historic Ship |
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| 3 credits. Wilson. Offered Fall. This course will utilize the historic ship as a vehicle to allow students to formulate a vision for his/her professional future and use this course as a step to make this vision a reality. Students will learn to work together in teams towards specific goals, using real time design projects. Students will form these teams to document, study and interpret a selected ship, using methods and techniques of institutions that professionally preserve and interpret historical ships. The class will learn the elements of ship design, develop criteria for evaluation of the proposed ship restoration and design an interpretation facility, using design drawings, renderings, architectural models and computer related presentation techniques. The completed project will be presented to a board of preservation professionals drawn from, but not inclusive to, The Historic Ship Foundation, The United States Navy, The United States Department of Interior-National Park Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and related maritime museum administrators. As part of the curriculum, required field trips will be made to specific ship sites and museums, i.e. the USS Roger B. Taney, the USS Constellation, The USS Barry and the Newport News Maritime Museum, Virginia. |
| ENV 400 - Urban Design Studio |
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| 3 credits. O'Meara. Offered fall. This studio considers current urban issues within evolving patterns of urban form. Students are encouraged to observe and test theoretical readins and historical patterns of urban growth using Baltimore City and its environs as a laboratory and site. Readings in urbanism, architecture and urban geography will ber combined with local research and fieldwdork to discern patterns of decay, growth and change within the city and suburbs. Students will develop one significant project within the course, selecting a lens such as Public-ness, safety, race, or class as it is reflected in the physical form of one aspect of the city or its surroundingsd such as neighborhoods, public transportation, higways, suburbs or the Central Business District. |
| ENV 428 - Lighting:Concept & Application |
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| 3 credits. Shrum. Offered spring. Architect Louis I. Kahn stated, “We only know the world as it is evoked by light.” The role of illumination in our perception of the built environment serves as the basis for this introductory course in lighting design. Demonstrations in MICA’s Lighting Lab, experiential exercises, slide presentations, and tours of built projects will increase the student’s awareness of light as an architectural element. This course has three major objectives: (1) to discuss qualitative issues in architectural lighting design and the potential of integrated design solutions, (2) to develop an understanding of the basics of current lighting technology and, (3) to offer students an environment investigating the relationship of light to architectural form and material. Lecture presentations by the instructor and studio assignments will be included in the course. |
| Collaborative Design Studio (MICA/Osaka University of the Arts) |
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| Historic Maritime Architecture (MICA/US Naval Academy) |
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| Umm el-Marra: The Ancient City of the Future (MICA/JHU) |
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| Scenic Design for the Theatre |
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| ENV 322 - Ancient Joinery &Modern Design |
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| This course focuses on the use of hand tools to join furniture structures and how this process influences design. Students will learn the nature and behavior of wood. A prescribed complement of hand tools in which to learn to work wood is required. Students select final projects in woodworking joinery to be completed independently during the summer and critiqued during the first week of September. Prerequisite: Foundation year or equivalent. |
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| Istanbul and the Turquoise Coast: Modern Cities—Ancient Paths |
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