ARCH A185 - Environmental Design Systems

    Recent Professors
    Kevin Griendling, Don Lee
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
    Class Size
    24 students
    Credits
    4
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    This intermediate design course focuses on the environmental, cultural, and physical forces that effect architecture. Students will research and utilize design approaches and building components/systems that respond to human needs and the natural and built environments. Study topics will include site design and cultural context, environmental/climate responsive approaches to design, maintaining structural design integrity, incorporating life safety and access, and ecologically minded approaches to design.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 1:00pm–1:50pm, Mon Wed 6:00pm–6:50pm