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Architectural Design
Students discover the challenges of turning a client’s requirements into a viable, aesthetically pleasing solution. By the end of this experience, students will have a better idea of what it means to go back to the drawing board.
Project-based activities include:
Activity: Structure Evaluation
Activity: Internet Research - Great Buildings
Activity: The History of Architecture
Activity: Architecture in the Future
Activity: Interviewing Clients
Activity: Site Planning
Activity: Plans, Elevations, & Sections
Activity: Mad Hatter's Teahouse
Activity: Diagramming a Problem & Drawing Elevations
Activity: Site Planning
Activity: Shading the Sun
Activity: Narrative Writing & Checkpoint Test
Activity: Directed Problem
Activity: Physics
Activity: Introduction to CAD
Activity: Technotown
Activity: Argumentative Writing, Career Research & Planning, and Checkpoint Test
Activity: Design Brief Research, Organization, Planning & Presentation
LAB
HS STEM
GRADES
9 to 12
CURRICULUM HOURS
20
CAREER CLUSTERS
Architecture & Construction, STEM
FEATURES
• NAF Approved
• University of California A-G Approved Course
• Project-Based Learning
• Career Ready Practices
• Reading and Writing in Context
• Customizable Content
• Directed Problem
PC Required