TWO NEW LECTURE / SEMINAR COURSES FOR 07-08

We are pleased to announce two new lecture/seminar based courses for next year. One will focus on contemporary architecture and give you a greater appreciation of the role of materials selection in architecture. The other course will be invaluable in terms of defining career paths that are related to the built environment: professional positions that may not be transparent to you at this point, (at the same time you will get a more detailed look at architecture as a profession, and study the work of the architects that will speak in the Spring Architectural Lecture series). These are both electives that you definitely want to consider, and both will give you opportunities to be engaged in discourse on contemporary architecture.


CEE 138A:
Contemporary Architecture: Materials, Structures, and Innovations

This course explores the structural and material bases for contemporary architecture, which has its roots in the innovations of the modern period. Recent technological developments have allowed for the use of surprising new materials and playful structural expressions. We examine these innovations by looking at specific buildings and construction techniques. Throughout the course, students come to understand and think critically about the design strategies, material properties and structural techniques that architects and engineers use to create buildings. These strategies allow for increasingly dynamic and expressive buildings, such as those that seem to defy the laws of gravity.

Autumn, 2 mtgs./week (tbc), 3 units, (Johnson)

CEE 131A:
Introduction To The Design Professions

Seminar course introduces various paths to careers that contribute to the design and construction of the built environment; e.g., architecture, landscape architecture, project management, construction management, civil engineering, urban planning, sustainability coordination, etc. Guest lecturers will present their work, background and describe their role and relationships to the other disciplines. Class includes guest lecturers, class discussion, field trips, written/ and oral presentations, and attendance at the four Wednesday evening lectures of the Spring Architecture and Landscape Architecture series.


Spring, Thur. 1:15-3:05, 2 units, (Blake)

An Intermediate Studio: 137A - Spring 07- Final Review Photos

Steven presenting
Originally uploaded by Stanford Architecture

GRADUATION DAY 07 PHOTOS - Sat. June 17

glenn.joseph
Originally uploaded by Stanford Architecture

GRAD SPOTLIGHT- Arch Design -06- Lauren Schneider

Lauren Schneider- Arch Design- 05-06- is continuing as a co-term at Stanford for a Master’s in Structures. This spring 07, she is TAing CEE277S : Design For A Sustainable World. The course researches existing seismic technologies in the Himalayas.

While an undergraduate in architectural design, Lauren completed an internship with
a nongovernmental organization called the Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society. Starting two days after the 2004 tsunami, the organization started working in the Andaman Islands, 800 miles west of India, to help rebuild homes and infrastructure. Schneider took on a project to design a community center. On her own, she designed the open-air meeting space with a wood floor and a thatched roof- pictured below.