ARCH345Architecture Design Studio I
6 credits | Pre-requisite: (ARC214 Or ARCH230) And (ARC212 Or ARCH220)
The workshop introduces the visual interpretation of variables and parameters for an architectural project.
ARCH350Architecture Design Studio II
6 credits | Pre-requisite: ARC201 Or ARCH345
Students are introduced to architectural production in order to comprehend the chain of events from concept to execution.
ARCH445Architecture Design Studio Project III
6 credits | Pre-requisite: ARC202 Or ARCH350
Architecture project in social and cultural context.
ARCH450Architecture Design Studio Project IV
6 credits | Pre-requisite: ARC301 Or ARCH445
Architectural project with urban and rural residential character
ARCH485Architecture Design Studio V
6 credits | Pre-requisite: ARC302 Or ARCH450 Or (ARC361 And ARC461)
Architectural project with symbolic and public character
ARCH405Architecture Schematic I
2 credits | Pre-requisite: (ARCH230 Or ARC214) And (ARCH345 Or ARC201)
This workshop takes the students through targeted short exercises with the ability to develop techniques of expression, in addition to providing creative tools to visualize the architectural object within its spatial setting.
ARCH455Architecture Schematic II
2 credits | Pre-requisite: ARC203 Or ARCH405
The workshop consists of short exercises at advanced level which enable the students to perfect their architectural expression while adapting it to their own personal style.
ARCH330Building Technologies
2 credits
The course aims at identifying different construction materials and familiarizing students with a variety of building systems and integrating different materials to define an architectural composition, while also familiarizing them with the description of an execution report.
ARCH475Construction Document and Internship
3 credits | Pre-requisite: ARCH450 Or ARC302 Or (ARC361 And ARC461)
Initiate students to the concept of the execution report within acceptable international norms, so they become familiar with real-time work requirements.
ARCH425Electrical and Lighting Equipment
2 credits
Initiate the students in power supply systems and lighting within security and protective norms.
ARCH310History and Culture of Architecture I
3 credits | Pre-requisite: DAA241 Or ARI241 Or DAA208
The course aims to introduce concepts of architectural theory, from antiquity till the Renaissance, in a historical chronological order and to emphasize the movements, structural system, composition values and cultural aspects of each period through the works which mostly shaped it.
ARCH410History and Theory of Architecture II
3 credits | Pre-requisite: ARCH310 Or ARC240
The course will familiarize the students with the principles of theory critique and application, starting with the Industrial Revolution of the 20th century, in addition to providing knowledge of chronological events, architectural movements and situating them within historical and political contexts.
ARCH340Reinforced Concrete I
3 credits | Pre-requisite: ARCH335 Or ARC221
Introductory notions of materials and their behavior. Simple twist, shear, centered posts, cement – steel adherence.
ARCH440Reinforced Concrete II
3 credits | Pre-requisite: ARCH340 Or ARC324
Based on the prerequisite Reinforced Concrete I this course will tackle and emphasize torsions, tiles, floors and continuous beams.
ARCH420Sanitary and Mechanical Equipment
2 credits
Introduce students to the installations which facilitate the use of clean water and the evacuation of used water, in addition to introductions to the maintenance of artificial ambiance which allow humans to be able to live and function properly.
ARCH470Standards, Codes & Building Laws
2 credits | Pre-requisite: ARC302 Or ARCH450 Or (ARC361 And ARC461)
Introduce students to urban zoning laws, construction laws, building quotas and other practical legal matters pertaining to their profession.
ARCH235Strength of Materials I
3 credits
Study of the physics of static forms and the particles of solid objects in order to apply it to the resistance of materials. This course will familiarize students with problems in equilibrium of forces, and how the cumulative forces apply to the ground in static constructions, and provides useful tools demonstrated through practical examples.
ARCH335Strength of Materials II
3 credits | Pre-requisite: ARCH235 Or ARC220
Based on the prerequisite when the students were introduced to the idea of equilibrium of forces and moments in addition to the flow of forces within a structure, the aim of this course is to become acquainted with the mechanical characteristics of materials, concepts of constraints and deformations and dimensioning of pieces subject to fundamental changes, be they axial, flexing, shearing or torsion.
ARCH320Structural Design
2 credits | Pre-requisite: ARCH225 Or ARC207
Initiation to forms and their characteristics and materials and different structures, in addition to studying the behavior of materials and elements they are made from.
ARCH460Urbanism I
3 credits | Pre-requisite: (ARCH450 Or ARC302 Or ARC361 Or ARC461) And (ARCH410 Or ARC241)
Enhance the students' knowledge of the history of cities, preindustrial cities, and urban modernity in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century, in addition to an introduction to critical ideas of the functionality of the city and postindustrial settings.
ARCH465Urbanism II
3 credits | Pre-requisite: ARCH460 Or ARC 441
The course will familiarize students with urban planning of territory and zoning, and applying it to urban spaces. Students will be shown real life situations and will be placed with local authorities, where they will learn how to best work within the real constraints, as well as being exposed to global views of the issue.
ARCH220Vernacular Architecture
4 credits
The aim of this course is to enhance the students' abilities in finding constraints which are at the base of any architecture, while applying this insight to the concept of habitat, under whatever form, from its first inception to today's comprehension of the world. Students will understand the nature human technology interaction and develop their ideas of applying it logically in the production of a habitat.