# Materials And Design

## ARCH-2510

Materials and Design introduces basic structural and material strategies and explores their creative and technical application to the architectural design process. The course establishes an understanding of the most common building materials including their physical properties, appropriate applications, and the implications of their uses in the larger context of embodied energy and material life cycles. Complementing performance characteristics, the phenomenology of materials is introduced as a key concept in architectural design. The performance of material assemblies, as synergy between form and material properties, is explored through analysis of architectural case studies. Design experiments are conducted that introduce such major concepts as structural loading, properties of sections, and resulting system performance. These experiments take the form of digital simulations and constructed scale models, with student documentation and reflection on their design processes. Students will study and analyze structural and material strategies in built works, communicating their findings through language, images, drawings, and diagrams. This course is required of all architecture undergraduates in the B.Arch. program.

2 credits Introductory Level Course
Prereqs:
none

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2026 |  |  |

2025

Materials And Design (2c)

- John Clifford Loercher
- Claire Eileen Moriarty

Seats Taken: 77/130

2024

Materials And Design (2c)

- Leandro Piazzi
- Jefferson A Ellinger

Seats Taken: 61/110

2023

Materials And Design (2c)

- Claire Eileen Moriarty
- Leandro Piazzi
- Michael Todd Stradley

Seats Taken: 98/180

2022

Materials And Design (2c)

- Leandro Piazzi
- Marcus Carter
- Michael Todd Stradley

Seats Taken: 95/105

2021

Materials And Design (2c)

- Joshua William Hugo Draper
- Michael Todd Stradley

Seats Taken: 69/135

2020

Materials And Design (2c)

- Joshua William Hugo Draper
- Daniel Rosenberg

Seats Taken: 67/127

2019

Materials And Design (2c)

- Christopher Parkinson

Seats Taken: 5/12

Materials And Design (2c)

- Daniel Rosenberg

Seats Taken: 83/90

2018

Materials And Design (2c)

- Demetrios Andreas Comodromos

Seats Taken: 9/12

Materials And Design (2c)

- Daniel Rosenberg

Seats Taken: 69/90

2017

Materials And Design (2c)

- Demetrios Andreas Comodromos

Seats Taken: 74/90

2016

Materials And Design (2c)

- Demetrios Andreas Comodromos

Seats Taken: 3/20

Materials And Design (2c)

- Demetrios Andreas Comodromos

Seats Taken: 70/68

2015

Materials And Design (2c)

- Demetrios Andreas Comodromos

Seats Taken: 54/60

2014

Materials And Design (2c)

- Demetrios Andreas Comodromos

Seats Taken: 58/78

Materials And Design (2c)

- Demetrios Andreas Comodromos

Seats Taken: 6/20

Materials And Design (2c)

- Ajmal Latif Aqtash

Seats Taken: 71/100

2013

Materials And Design (2c)

- Demetrios Andreas Comodromos

Seats Taken: 63/70

Materials And Design (2c)

- Jeremie E Carvalho
- Demetrios Andreas Comodromos

Seats Taken: 5/12

2012

Materials And Design (2c)

- Demetrios Andreas Comodromos

Seats Taken: 58/65

Materials And Design (2c)

- Jefferson A Ellinger

Seats Taken: 6/12

2011

Materials And Design (2c)

- Demetrios Andreas Comodromos

Seats Taken: 52/72

Materials And Design (2c)

- Demetrios Andreas Comodromos

Seats Taken: 5/12

2010

Materials And Design (2c)

- Reese J. Campbell
- Demetrios Andreas Comodromos

Seats Taken: 68/72

Materials And Design (2c)

- Demetrios Andreas Comodromos

Seats Taken: 3/12

2009

Materials And Design (2c)

- Reese J. Campbell
- Demetrios Andreas Comodromos

Seats Taken: 55/59

Materials And Design (2c)

- Demetrios Andreas Comodromos

Seats Taken: 5/8

2008

Materials And Design (2c)

- Reese J. Campbell
- Demetrios Andreas Comodromos

Seats Taken: 55/59

2007

Materials And Design (2c)

- Demetrios Andreas Comodromos

Seats Taken: 70/90

Materials And Design (2c)

- Andrew Saunders

Seats Taken: 3/25

2006

Materials And Design (2c)

- Steven Van Dessel

Seats Taken: 67/90

Materials And Design (2c)

- Jefferson A Ellinger
- David J. Riebe

Seats Taken: 4/25

2005

Materials And Design (2c)

- Steven Van Dessel

Seats Taken: 56/90

Materials And Design (2c)

- Frances Bronet

Seats Taken: 2/25

2004

Materials And Design (2c)

- David J. Riebe
- Jefferson A Ellinger
- Mark Steven Mistur

Seats Taken: 66/90

Materials And Design (2c)

- Kenneth Warriner

Seats Taken: 13/25

2003

Materials And Design (2c)

- Steven Van Dessel

Seats Taken: 57/75

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