Honors Architecture & Interior Design

T&E

Curriculum

Course Title: Honors Architecture & Interior Design

Department: Technology & Engineering

Units of Study:

· Computational and Analytical Skills

• Analyze and/or design a simply supported beam

• Select a floor system to support applied loads

• Perform a closed loop (control) survey

• Perform sieve analysis and classify a soil sample

• Calculate heat loss/gain

• Calculate head loss and pressure in a pipe

• Estimate the simple cost of a small building system or project

• Calculate storm water runoff from a site

• Size a spread footing

• Create a project schedule for a small design project

· Design Experience

• Design a small single-family residential structure that reflects a set of basic building guidelines

• Create a site opportunity map and site plan for a small residential structure

• Create a simple residential electrical plan

• Document a residential design with construction drawings and a 3D computer model using 3D architectural software

• Collaborate effectively with peers to design a renovation to an existing commercial facility according to applicable building codes and regulations

• Collaborate effectively with peers to design a viable small commercial building that meets identified code and ordinance requirements

• Use Low Impact Development principals to design a site that support a commercial facility

• Document the design or renovation of a commercial facility with construction drawings and a 3D computer model, using 3D architectural software

• Design a sewer lateral

• Analyze a given building/site design and make recommendations to identify errors and/or omissions, improve energy efficiency, and reduce the quantity and/or improve the quality of storm water runoff

· Tools and Software

• Building Design Software

• Structural Analysis Tool

• Survey equipment - Autolevel

• Budgeting and Project Management

· Professional Skills

• Team collaboration

• Project management

• Problem-solving

• Communication skills

• Presentation skills

• Technical writing

· Course Knowledge

• History

• Historical development of civil engineering and architecture

• Elements and principles of design

• Careers

• Educational and professional requirements related to civil engineering

• Educational and professional requirements related to architecture

• Primary responsibilities of civil engineers and architects

• Specialty disciplines related to civil engineering

• Design Teams and Charrettes

• Residential Design

• Residential framing methods and roof styles

• Cost of construction

• Heat loss/gain and energy efficiency

• Residential building code requirements

• Universal Design principles

• Green building and sustainable design

• Site design and orientation

• Residential building systems (plumbing, electrical, wastewater, and water supply)

• Commercial Design

• Commercial building code requirements

• Building loads

• Zoning Ordinance

• Land development regulations

• Energy code requirements

• Commercial wall, roof, and floor framing systems

• Commercial foundation systems

• Utilities and Services

• Land surveying

• Low Impact Development (LID)

• Parking lot and site design

• Project viability

• Project management

• Project report and presentation12.2020

Curriculum-Based Assessments: N/A

Standardized Assessments: N/A

Description of Course: This course involves advanced techniques in preparing house plans and the detailed construction of a to-scale house. Students work with square footage and room requirement limitations to design their house and then use the Computer-Aided-Design/Drafting (CADD) software to complete their drawings. Students will also prepare a series of Interior Design schemes for several rooms in their house. The students will construct a to-scale, 3-dimensional model of their houses.