49 courses in the 1983–84 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Associate Professor, Director L.W. Richards, BArch (Miami), MArch (Yale), MRAIC.
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Officer
A. Banerji, BArch (Calcutta), MArch (North Dakota State)
Professors
L.A. Cummings', AB (Washington), AM (Missouri), PhD (Washington). Recipient at the OCUFA (Ontario) Teaching Award
C.K. Knapper3, BA (Sheffield), PhD (Saskatchewan)
P.H. Nash*, BA, MA (UCLA), CE (Grenoble), MCP, MPA, PhD (Harvard), MCIP, AICP
R.H. Sims, AADip, (London), RIBA
F.H. Watts, AADip (London), MLA (Harvard), RIBA, MRAIC
Associate Professor
M. Elmitt, National Diploma in Design (High Wycombe)
B.R. Hunt, AADip (London), RIBA, MRAIC
0.B. Mcintyre, BArch (Toronto), MRAIC
R.M. Schuster?, 8S, MS (North Dakota State), PhD (iowa State}, PEng
J.C. Somfay, BArch (N.S.W. Sydney), MArch (Toronto), MRAIC
F. Thompson, BArch, MArch (Toronto), MRAIC
Assistant Professors
O. Dutt, BA (Punjab), BSe (London), MS (Wisconsin), PhD (Waterfoo), PEng.
E.R. Haldenby, BES, BArch (Waterloo), Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award
D. McKay, BArch (Toronto)
A. Wiljer, BA (Waterloo), MA (Ottawa)
Course Descriptions 279
Architecture
Adjunct Faculty
S. Arnold, BA (Southern tilinois)
M. Baraness, BArch (Paris), MArch (Toronto)
B. Boigon, BArch (Toronto)
E. Gustavs, BArch, MArch (Toronto), MRAIC
W. Lamb, BArch (McGill), MRAIC
H. Plumb, BArch, MArch (Toronto), MRAIC
P.J. Stokes, MArch, LLD (Toronto), FRAIC
F. Urban, AB (Merrimack), MA (Boston), BFA (Nova Scotia) .
J. Zvilna
Lecturers ; Oo G. Consiglio, BArch ( Toronto), MRAIC L. Pignatti, MArch (Toronto)
Visiting Professional Critics Internationally known practitioners and educators augment the program annually.
Faculty Members of Architecture holding cross and/or joint appointments to.
\English
2Civil Engineering
Faculty Members holding cross and/or joint appointments to Architecture from: 3Environmental Studies and Psychology 4Environmental Studies
Course Descriptions
Courses for Bachelor of Environmental Studies (Pre- Professional Architecture)
For Recommended Program, see page 162.
For Elective Course Requirements, see page 284.
Systems and Measures
Courses in this theme area give preparation leading to the application of mathematics, statistics and computer science as tools for analyzing quantitative and behavioural problems as prerequisites for ensuring studies; to develop an understanding of the qualities of materials and structural behaviour; to propose alternatives in structural engineering; and to perform independent mathematica) checks on simple, statically determinate and indeterminate structures.
Course Descriptions for Environmental Studies courses (ENV S ) begin on page 323).
Application of trigonometry and analytical geometry in architecture; geometrical constructions; differential and integral calcuts, applications in physical situations; life cycle costing; introduction of probability and statistics.
Building materials and the effect of environments on their performance; heat flow and air movement, quantitative considerations; visual and sonic environments; and their controt for human comfort.
Basic concepts, forces, moments.
“systems of forces, resolution of forces.
transformation of couples; resultant of force systems; centre of gravity of a system of forces and of composite bodies; equilibrium, free body diagrams; shears, moments, bar forces in simple trusses; friction, moment of inertia. Prereq: ARCH 175 or MATH 130
Simulation programing is developed in FORTRAN so as to build up meaningful architectural simulation concepts necessary in architectural planning: Specific simulation Janguages such as G.P.S.S. is introduced.
: Prereq: none
An overview of design logic and computer system requirement currently used for architectural design.
Prereq: CS 116 or consent of instructor
Concept of simple stress and strain; statically indeterminate axially loaded members; thermal stresses, torsion, shear and bending moments in simple beam: shear and moment diagrams.
qualitative deflected shapes, flexural and shearing stresses, deflection calculations; combined stresses, beams of different materials, compression members, Euler’s formula.
Prereq: ARCH 163
Study of loading conditions as per building code; stability of structural systems; geometric instability; analysis of statically determinate structures, beams, arches, cables, trusses, frames; approximate analysis of rigid frames; influence lines; deflections by conjugate beams; introduction to indeterminate structures. .
Prereq: ARCH 262
Exploration of new structural forms. Basic physical principles and laws governing these forms. Study of membrane surfaces. Arrangements of forms for structural efficiency. Minimum surfaces and modutar developments (close packing and hierarchies). Use of modular symmetry to create optimum structural systems.
Prereq: Architecture students should have completed first year; other students require consent of instructor.
ENV S 271 introduction to Quantitative Research Methods
Surveying types, instruments and measurements. Plotting of areas and contours; layout of buildings and underground systems. Types of soils, their identification and investigation; mechanics of strength, suitability of soils for various types of foundations.
An introduction to the field of preservation of older buildings, particularly in Canada; dealing mainly with older building technology, typical probiems in the preservation field and indicated steps toward solution.
Course Descriptions
Architecture
Input from various other courses is formulated into comprehensive data structures and simulated behaviour patterns; methods of synthesis problemsolving techniques, analysis of thought processes and protocol analyses. Course is project oriented.
Prereq: ARCH 213
Stee! and Concrete Design
Design and behaviour of structural steel systems, application of current building specifications, proportioning structural elements based on pertinent design considerations, bolted and welded; criteria for choosing steel systems; introduction to plastic design.
Prereq: ARCH 263
Concrete and Timber Designs
Design and behaviour of structural concrete systems, application of building specifications; analysis and design of concrete elements using ultimate strength principle; criteria for — choosing structural concrete systems; introduction to prestressed concrete. Behaviour and design of modern wood structures fasteners, ring connectors and their significance in timber construction; proportioning and design of sawn and laminated timber members. Prereq: ARCH 362
Instruction in the basics of solar technology, including principles of climatic design, solar basics, efficient building layout design, solar systems design, heat loss/gain calculations, and simple computer simulation of the designed systems.
Prereq: Consent of instructor (ability to figure heat calculations, basic knowledge of solar building).
Plumbing and drainage; heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems; electrical distribution for power and light; illumination; acoustics, geometrics and materials; vertical transportation systems.
Prereq: ARCH 293, or consent of instructor
Heating, ventitating and airconditioning systems for buildings; plumbing and drainage; electrical distribution for power and light in buildings: illumination; acoustics, geometrics and materiais; and vertical transportation systems.
Prereq: ARCH 372
Ecology
Courses in this Theme Area prepare the student to understand the structure and function of Man in the pre-existing environment as an individual and as a social animal; to recognize and be critical of the human/physical complex and its management for desirable human goals and quality in the natural and manmade Environments.
Course Descriptions for Environmental Studies courses (ENV S) begin on page 323.
Social Behaviour as the Human/Physical Interface
The biological and psychological basis of perception and cognition of environments; factors affecting percepts, images and meanings, small groups and the social environment; the structure, functioning and change of neighbourhoods and communities. Prereq: ENV S 195A.
An introduction to the design of landscape with emphasis upon the architectural attributes of plants and landforms. Prereq: ARCH 192, 193, 282 or consent of instructor.
Development of the means to appre-. ciate art and science of building; introduction to a history of architecture; introduction to the study of theories of architecture; development of skills in graphic communication; introduction to a study of building structure, construction, and materials; promotion and encouragement of the theory and practice of design. Field trip (1 week). Prereq: Architecture students only.
These courses offer a vehicle for introducing additional electives to the program on a short term basis, and for developing future permanent courses. Prereq: Consent of instructor
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Theory and practice of visual form
based on formative processes and hierarchial structures. Propositions: form follows process, rotation is a universal form-generating process, symmetric form is a result of an asymmetric process and freedom is the single organizing principle.
Prereq: Consent of instructor.
Development of creative skills through group behaviour in problem soiving sessions by: (1) developing a clear understanding of each participant's own creative thought processes; (2) increasing his/her ability to consciously and detiberately make use of his/her own creative potential; (3) engendering an awareness of the capacity to use himself/herself and the peopie he/she works with to produce better solutions to the problems identified by the group. Prereq: Consent of instructor.
These Courses offer a vehicle for introducing additional! electives to the program on a short term basis, and for developing future permanent courses. Prereq: Consent of instructor
ARCH 284, 285 F,W 3C 05 Architectural Research
This offers a student an opportunity for independent research into architectural
. problems not offered in the regular curri-
culum, guided exploration of specific architectural problem areas, of appropriate complexity to the particular term. Prereq: Approval of (in house) UGAC
To develop in each student the ability to design on a small, personal scale and explore design as a thinking process. Small space design exercises where the student is required to define and analyze a problem and generate an architectural solution. Solutions are refined through a series of evaluations. Prereq: Architecture students only.
Design involving problems of human perception and dimension in complex or farge spaces, and to develop in each student the ability to generate solutions to architectural problems on a scale which involves “privacy and community”. Emphasis is placed on programming, analysis and solution evaluation. Problems of construction, servicing, and siting will be further explored. Field trip to Chicago (1 week).
Prereq: Architecture students only.
These courses offer a vehicle for introducing additional electives to the program on a short term basis, and for developing future permanent courses. Prereq: Consent of instructor
ARCH 384, 385 FW R05 Architectural Research
This offers a student an opportunity for independent research into architectural problems not offered in the regular curriculum. It allows guided exploration of a specific architectural problem area, of appropriate complexity to the particular term.
Prereq: Approval of (in house) UGAC
Design of complex environments; the effect of legal and adminstrative controls on the design of process and form: the influence of mechanical, structural and industrial building components on design process and architectural form. Projects will involve co-ordination of the design task with other disciplines ~ involved in such projects.
Prereq: Architecture students only.
The analysis and exploration of relationships between physical, social, political and economic systems that influence the physical environment; techniques for defining systems that influence the physical environment; techniques for defining the patterns of interaction and predicting the influence on physical form involving other disciplines; projects to explore the techniques and design with others at the city or community scale.
Prereq: Architecture students only.
Culture
Courses in cultural history give the student a critical and creative understanding of the basic ingredients of all “creative work, recognizing the seemingly unrelated forces for change in the cultural history of man, and comprehending the present as a part of the historical past. Open to any University student upon consent of instructor. No prerequisites are required for these courses except for Architecture students.
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Course Descriptions
Architecture
Conventions
Selected schemes of order, such as fate, Providence, natural law, the human will, as expressed in plays, poems, and fiction from various ages; selected conventions in literature, cinema, and the visual arts; the development of one or two archetypal symbols in literature and the visual arts; directed to lead into more detailed studies of symbolic patterns in Iconography 2.
Prereq: Consent of instructor
A survey of the symbolic Nature of the Environment
A study centred on ancient life to initiate the student into the stream of cultural history and the complex problems of what the artist is, the quality of human existence, culture, environment, as well as the working of the icon from raw state of perceived image to its function as an expressive symbol in poetry, music, dance, architecture and other works of art; a study of modern work in comparison to an ancient achievement.
Prereq: ARCH 142
The study of gardens as works of art reconciling man with his wortd. Gardens of Europe and Western Asia are studied as responses to specific human needs, the stress and aspirations of an age, and to the climate and landscape of the tand in which they were created.
American scene. Analyses of important buildings of twentieth century. Philosophies of internationally known architects and designers. Study of the development of architectural styles, trends and schools of thought in North America and other countries.
Prereq: Second year standing
Sense of Periods and Styles Recognition of patterns of life and concepts of order and conduct, models of the universe and other, moving metaphors and myths by means of study of the thoughts, acts, art, architecture, technology, literature, music and town
design of the West from the break-up of the Roman Empire until the Renaissance. Field trips to museums, concerts in Toronto, Detroit or Buffalo. Prereq: ARCH 143 or consent of instructor.
Sense of Periods and Styles
Analysis of the various styles emerging out of provincial and international Gothic, especially Italian use of classical modets, the spread of this ~ “renaissance” made, leading to consideration of the Mannerist, the Baroque, the Rococo, the Neoclassical; investigation of the course of men’s attitudes from humanism, nationalism, and Reformation through the Enlightenment until the French Revolution and Hume's dethronement of Reason. Field trips to museums, concerts in Toronto, Quebec, Detroit or Buffalo, Stratford Festival.
Prereq: ARCH 246 or consent of instructor.
An introduction to the field of preservation of older buildings, particularly in Canada; reference wil! be made to the philosophies and attitudes towards the preservation of older buildings and will be combined with the Study, in brief, of historical, social and architectural influences on Canadian building.
An introduction to the development of architectural theory from the mid-19th century to thé 2nd World War, through an examination of architectural movement and philosophies of the period and of the architecture, built and imagined, which they generated. Prereq: Consent of instructor
Sense of Periods and Styles
Depiction of “modern” culture as one in which the notion of environmental order as the fulfilling of natural law is replaced by a notion of order as the creation of the autonomous human wilis. Selected works in philosophy, - literature, art and architecture will be studied. an Prereq: ARCH 247 or consent of instructor.
The course attempts to establish a basis for the understanding of the functions of myth, ceremony and ritual, the structures of primitive and ancient built environments, man’s attitude towards nature, and his use of the resource environment, the development of classical culture, and beginnings of science.
Prereq: ARCH 346 or consent of instructors.
Architecture and urban design from the early fifteenth to the early seventeenth century in central and northern Italy. Special attention is paid to the development of theory and its relation to architectural practice. tn addition to the works of the major figures of the period. typical relationships between buildings and their urban and natural contexts are considered.
Prereq: ARCH 247 for architecture Students and consent of instructor for others.
Courses for Bachelor of Architecture
(For Recommended Program, see page 163). The courses for the Bachelor of Architecture Program are intended to prepare the student to demonstrate professional skill in separating, organizing, and conceptualizing actual problems in the man-made environment in his/her role as an architect, alone and in a team; to synthesize mechanical, structural and functional systems into architectural expressions which adapt to social needs and aspirations of society, user, client and community, atone and with the help of others; to adapt his/her skills to (a) real wortd constraints, (b) to the evolution of social economic and technologicat changes, and (c) to influence change both in constraints and environmental problems and know the current methods and procedures in professional practice for defining and solving environmental problems; to organize patterns of behaviour which assure continuing development for professional competence and relevance at all times; and to pass the examination for registration as an architect if he/she aspires to become a practising professional.
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Course Descriptions 283
Architecture
The application of critica! thought will be exercised regularly through oral and written assignments on a wide range of designed human experiences; secondarily, there will be reading assignments to facilitate the practice of criticism through a broadening knowledge of critical theory and its relationship to culture.
Prereq: Consent of instructor
The course provides a survey of the history of settlement and urban form on the Italian penninsula from antiquity to the present day. In it the influences upon the structure of public and private space are outlined for each historical period. These include the constants such as geography and climate, but more especially the factors that induce and manifest change: politics, warfare, economics, social structure, the arts and theory.
Prereq: Registration in ARCH 492 or consent of instructor
History of settlement and building in Rome and the surrounding area from antiquity to the present. Acts of design in architecture, urban form and landscape
related to political, cultural and spiritual
authority of Rome. Comparison drawn between the image of the city, represented in literature and art, and the material facts of the place. Field trips, lectures.
Architectural working drawings and specifications; bidding requirements; general conditions; genera! requirements trade divisions; reference and source material; assembly and reproduction; structural, mechanical and electrical consultants.
Prereq: BES standing
Exposure of the student to the administrative responsibilities of the practicing architect's work in the building industry, which includes: bidding, bid opening and analysis; contract award; administration of the contract; contractors organization; sub-contractors; labour relations, estimating and cost control.
These courses offer a vehicle for introducing additional electives to the Program on a short term basis, and for developing future permanent courses. Prereq: Consent of instructor
ARCH 484,485 F,W 3R 0.5 Architectural Research
This offers a student an opportunity for independent research into architectural problems not offered in the regular curriculum. It allows guided exploration of a specific architectural problem area, of appropriate complexity to the particular term. . Prereq: Approval of (in house) UGAC
ARCH 492,493 F,W 3C,18std 2.0each Design Studio
The intent of these courses is to develop skills and gain experience in architectural design through the application of design and analysis techniques to complex building types. This is approached through a series of design projects aimed at the exploration of generative factors in the definition of built form. Projects are related to existing contexts and respond to current concerns of architectural theory and practice. Both individual and group work are included. Term held in Rome or Waterloo.
Prereq: Architecture students only.
Introduction to the important determinants of the development, growth and re-planning of the various man environments, including development law, land use development, land use planning, appraisal, mortgage tending and accounting.
Prereq: Arch 455
ARCHS55S S 2C 05
Architectural Practice *
The profession
Discussion of the legal and ethical aspects of architectural practice in Canada and in Ontario in particular, contracts, bonds and insurance, mechanics’ liens, by-laws and regulations, architectural partnership. The legal background, client-architect relations, partial services, professional problems. Prereq: BES standing
State-of-the-art review of cable-suspended construction. Analysis of
cable networks, basic equations. Effect of live loads on cables; dynamic considerations. Double cable systems; synclastics and anticlastic surfaces. Cable-stayed systems; analysis of space structures; space frames and roof systems; one and two-way design. Prereq: 4B architecture standing or equiva/ent.
These courses offer a vehicle for introducing additional electives to the Program on a short term basis, and for developing future permanent courses. Prereq: Consent of instructor
ARCH 584,585 W.S 3R 0.5 Architectural Research
This offers a student an opportunity for independent research into architectural problems not offered in the regular curriculum. It allows guided exploration of a specific architectural problem area, of appropriate compiexity to the particular term.
Prereq: Approval of (in house) UGAC
ARCH 592,593 W,S 32C 3.0 each Design Studio
The course provides an opportunity for the student to select an area of concentration for study and design in depth. A thesis topic is to be submitted and approved during term 8 (4b) and all research work completed by the end of the 8 month co-op work term 5. Terms 9 and 10 (5a and 5b) will be spent developing the thesis for presentation during term 10. The thesis is to be a vehicle for thinking and design at an innovative level, Thus considerable emphasis is placed on both theory and development of design solutions.
Prereq: Architecture students only.
Electives
Students are permitted to study courses given by the University at large which are in the area of the student's individual interest, with the aim of providing better orientation and more interdisciplinary communications.
Electives are divided into the following two categories: (TE) . Theme Elective (BES Degree) courses within the Faculty of Environmental Studies which deal with ecological issues. Theme Elective (BArch Degtee) any course within the School of Urban and Regional Planning.
Each student pursuing a BES degree must have accumulated one and a halfcourse credits in the theme area of.
Course Descriptions
Architecture