Maricopa Community Colleges  DFT138   19886-20086 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 07/22/08
DFT138 19886-20086 L+L 3 Credit(s) 6 Period(s)
Basic Environmental Design
Introduction to basic principles of architectural design. Topics include ordering principles, proportion and scale, form and space, organization, and circulation elements.
Prerequisites: DFT121 or equivalent.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
DFT138   19886-20086 Basic Environmental Design
1. Visualize proportions of form and space and explain the difference. (I, II, III)
2. Define space by using a number of different strategies including horizontal and vertical elements. (III)
3. Organize spatial relationships of forms and spaces. (IV)
4. Use circulation elements to express spaces and paths which exist within a building. (IV)
5. Define proportion and scale within such systems as the golden section, the modular, the ken, etc. (V)
6. Define symmetry, datum, transformations, axis, and other ordering principles. (VI)
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DFT138   19886-20086 Basic Environmental Design
    I. Primary elements
        A. Point
        B. Line
        C. Plane
        D. Volume
      II. Form
          A. Primary shapes and forms
          B. Platonic solids
          C. Additive Forms
            1. Centralized
            2. Linear
            3. Radial
            4. Grid
          D. Formal collisions of geometry
        III. Form and space
            A. Defining space
              1. Horizontal elements
              2. Vertical elements
              3. Overhead plane
              4. Base plane
            B. Qualities of architectural space
              1. Light
              2. View
              3. Degree of closure
            C. Openings in space defining elements
          IV. Organizations
              A. Organization of form and space
              B. Spatial relationships
              C. Building entrance
              D. Path and space relationships
              E. Form of circulation
            V. Proportion and scale
                A. Proportioning systems
                  1. Golden rectangle
                  2. The orders
                  3. The modular
                  4. Anthropomorphic proportions
                B. Scale
              VI. Principles
                  A. Ordering
                  B. Axis
                  C. Symmetry
                  D. Datum
                  E. Transformation
                  F. Hierarchy
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