Survey of Architecture History 3 credits COURSE DESCRIPTION

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1 SYLLABUS Survey of Architecture History 3 credits COURSE DESCRIPTION This general survey course of architecture history is offered for non-architecture major students. The course examines architectural intentions in human history from prehistoric ages to the contemporary age. The primary objective is to help students develop their own historical perspective in interpreting the built environment. With a primary focus on Western civilizations, the course also includes Non-Western civilizations in order for students to procure a comparative perspective for understanding architectural history across cultural difference. The course demonstrates the interaction between form and idea in architectural creation. As a result of the course, students are expected to understand how history defines the horizon of human dwelling. Throughout the course, meaning and expression will be stressed. It is hoped that certain basic principles of design will become apparent and, as a result, principles that will prove useful to personal, cultural and professional growth will be learned. INTRODUCTION The best way to begin is to define architecture. One of the earliest and best definitions was made by the Roman architect Vitruvius in his "Ten Books on Architecture." He said architecture had three essential qualities: utilitas, firmitas, and venustas. This translates as COMMODITY, FIRMNESS and DELIGHT. COMMODITY - Architecture provides basic human shelter. FIRMNESS - Architecture involves building and engineering. DELIGHT - Architecture meets man's spiritual, psychological and aesthetic needs. GENERAL INFORMATION Phyllis Henderson holds a Masters degree in Architecture and a Masters of Fine Art with an emphasis in Interior Design and a minor in Industrial Technology. Phyllis has several years of field experience in architecture, is a LEED Accredited Professional and an Associate Member of the American Institute of Architects. Phyllis is a recipient of the American Association of University Women Selected Professions Fellowship , a $12,000 award based on her research in adaptive reuse and restoration of brownfields in central Europe. Her current research focuses on the relationship between the built environment and the landscape as it relates to the belvedere, which Andre Corboz calls the place where one goes to verify that the landscape really looks like a postcard.

2 Lecturers: William L. Tilson: William L. Tilson is Assistant Dean for International Studies and Service Learning and Professor of Architecture in the College of Design, Construction and Planning at the University of Florida. Since 1992, he has been the Director of the Preservation Institute: Caribbean (PI:C), the College s off-campus program in the Caribbean Basin and Latin America, which sponsors research, public awareness, professional and academic programs in design and preservation. Professor Tilson teaches design studios at all levels, design theory seminars, preservation coursework, and mentors students on masters research projects and Ph.D. dissertations. He is a member of the United States International Council on Monuments and Sites sub-committees on Historic Towns and Historic Landscapes and serves on the Board of Directors of the Amelia Island History Museum. His research contribution focuses on several related areas: the impact of new architecture on public space in rural and seacoast communities-particularly the role design guidelines play in managing identity of place, the impact of tourism on historic settlements. Levent Kara: Levent Kara, PhD, is a registered architect in Turkey where he practiced for several years before coming to the University of Florida for doctoral studies. His practice in Turkey involved commissioned design work, competition entries, and construction supervision where he gained brief but invaluable experience on the realities of design practice and building construction at various levels. Dr. Kara has been teaching design studios, and theory and history courses since 2002 at the University of Florida. His scholarly interests revolve around the epistemology of architectural design as praxis structured through various reflective venues from fundamental modalities of design thinking, the relation between thinking and making, the dilemmas surrounding theory-practice pair, and pedagogy of design and theory, to the interfaces between other modes of cultural production and architectural design. Dr. Kara s writings range from formal philosophical subjects in epistemology, aesthetics, and culture theory, to architectural design, theory and criticism, and architectural pedagogy. Paul Robinson: Professor Robinson teaches first and second year design and graduate urban design studios in the School of Architecture. He has also been a Visiting Lecturer, University of Arizona, Tucson where he taught studios and lectured on the nature of critical thinking and theoretical applications in the professional practice of architecture. Professor Robinson maintains a private design practice- Paul Robinson Designer and Builder, Saint Augustine, Florida that specializes in highly crafted design-build projects. He is currently a Fulbright Scholar in Residence in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

3 REQUIRED TEXT: Fazio, Michael W., Marian Moffett, and Lawrence Wodehouse. Buildings across Time : An Introduction to World Architecture. 3rd ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, Recommended Supplemental Text: Kostof, Spiro, A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals, Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. COMMUNICATION: This course is conducted entirely online in E-Learning in Sakai. Students do not need to be in Gainesville for any portion of this course, including exams. Therefore, communication is extremely important. Please follow these protocols when communicating with the instructor or class members: Via Course Questions: All Course questions should first be directed to the Course Questions link in E-Learning in Sakai at the bottom of the main page. This will be a valuable resource where many questions may be answered by either the instructor or other classmates. Via Only matters of a personal nature need to come via . All other inquiries should be posted on the Course Questions link in E-Learning in Sakai. Please direct all correspondence of a personal nature through the E-Learning in Sakai Mail system. Office Hours: The Instructor will check the E-Learning in Sakai mail and the Course Questions discussion board every weekday by 9:30am and respond appropriately in a timely manner. Updates: Changes to quiz dates or any important information will be placed under the Announcements tab in E-Learning in Sakai. Please check this section of the website on a routine basis for such information. STUDENTS TAKING THE COURSE OUTSIDE OF GAINESVILLE: If you will be accessing the course outside of the Eastern Time Zone, you will need to adjust your computer settings in Sakai. In My Workspace click on Preferences then Time Zone and set your computer to the correct time zone. Failing to do so could result in missed due dates, activities quizzes or final Exams. COURSE STRUCTURE: This course satisfies the university general-education course requirements for international credit (N) and belongs to the course category of humanities (H). The course structure is divided into 16 Lessons which follow the chapter layout of the textbook. There are several concise lectures within each Lesson and corresponding readings are assigned each week. Every Friday, there will be EITHER a short quiz or a

4 related Activity (see CALENDAR for details and DUE DATES). The material will be released and available in 2 week groupings so that you may work ahead if you so choose. GRADING Grading Criteria: Grades will be calculated according to the following weighted averages: Section 1741 (Gordon Rule) Quizzes 30 percent 6 Quizzes 12 questions each: 6 from (Questions from both the text and 6 from Lectures. Average of Textbook and Lectures) 5 quizzes, able to drop the lowest score. Activities 36 percent Average of 6 activities worth 6 points ea. Gordon Rule Paper 34 percent Due in two Parts. Part 1 will receive 7 points toward the final paper. Students who are late with Part 1 will have an automatic 7 points deducted from the final paper grade. See Syllabus CALENDAR for DUE DATES. Section 1746 (Non-Gordon Rule) Quizzes 30 percent 6 Quizzes 12 questions each: 6 from (Questions from both the text and 6 from Lectures. Average of Textbook and Lectures) 5 quizzes, able to drop the lowest score. Activities 36 percent Average of 6 activities worth 6 points ea. Final Cumulative Exam 34 percent 50 Multiple Choice questions in 60 (Questions from minutes worth.5 points each AND 3 Short Textbook only) Essay questions worth 3 points each. Five questions will be posted prior to the Final Exam. You will choose 3 questions to answer in short Essay format (150 word MAX each). These questions will be due before the Final Exam See Syllabus CALENDAR for DUE DATES. Extra Credit: CITT Surveys = 1 point per evaluation = 4 points added to final grade UF Official Course Survey = 1 more additional point for evaluating this course

5 Critical due dates are clearly marked in the syllabus CALENDAR and any student failing to take the exams will not be given a make-up exam without timely and convincing medical documentation. The dates of the paper submissions are also clearly marked in the syllabus, and no late submissions will be accepted. There will be no rounding or curving of grades. There will be no make-up for quizzes or exams missed. It is the student s responsibility to know the due dates and exam times. The instructor will return grades and feedback as quickly as possible. Please remember that although this is an online course, each activity and paper must still be graded by a person and will take some time. Grading Scale: A 95 A- 90 B+ 86 B 82 B- 78 C+ 74 C 70 C- 66 D+ 62 D 58 D- 54 E <54

6 GORDON RULE FULFILLMENT: ARC 1720 is divided into two sections: Section 1741 is a Gordon Rule section. Section 1746 is NOT a Gordon Rule section. Please check your registration to make sure you know for which of these two sections you are registered. Students registered for Section 1741 will be required to fulfill the Gordon Rule paper requirement by submitting a Basic Outline and Site Plan during the 8 th week of classes and a 6000 word paper in the 15 th week of the course (see below for DUE DATES and details). Students registered for Section 1746 will be required to pass a cumulative final exam. See supplemental Instructions for the Gordon Rule Paper if you are enrolled in section ACADEMIC HONESTY: Academic dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Any student who submits a plagiarized paper will receive a failing grade for the course. All students are expected to conduct themselves in accordance with the highest standards of academic integrity. Cheating, plagiarism, bribery, misrepresentation, conspiracy, and fabrication will not be tolerated. These violations are defined in the Academic Honesty Guidelines of the Code of Student Conduct. Penalties can range from reduced grades on a specific assignment, up to and including failure in the course and/or judicial action and sanctions in paragraph XIV of the Student Code of Conduct. The Student Guide can be accessed through this link:

7 CALENDAR Week 1: August 23 - August 27 INTRODUCTION: Looking at the World as a Designer MODULE 1: The Beginnings of Architecture READ: Chapter 1 Week 2: August 30 - September 3 MODULE 2: The Greek World READ: Chapter 2 DUE: Activity 1: Friday, September 3 (submit by 11:55pm) Week 3: September 6 - September 10 MODULE 3: The Architecture of Ancient India and Southeast Asia READ: Chapter 3 DUE: Quiz 1: Friday, September 10 (open from Noon 10pm) Week 4: September 13 - September 17 MODULE 4: Traditional Architecture of Ancient China and Japan READ: Chapter 4 DUE: Activity 2: Friday, September 17 (submit by 11:55pm) Week 5: September 20 - September 24 MODULE 5: The Roman World READ: Chapter 5 DUE: Quiz 2: Friday, September 24 (open from Noon 10pm) Week6: September 27 - October 1 MODULE 6: Early Christian & Byzantine Architecture MODULE 7: Islamic Architecture READ: Chapter 6 READ: Chapter 7 DUE: Activity 3: Friday, October 1 (submit by 11:55pm) Week 7: October 4 - October 8 MODULE 8: Early Medieval and Romanesque Europe READ: Chapter 8 DUE: Quiz 3: Friday, October 8 (open from Noon 10pm) Week 8: October 11 - October 15 (Homecoming) MODULE 9: Gothic Architecture READ: Chapter 9 DUE: Gordon Rule Paper PART 1: The Drawing THURSDAY, October 14 (submit by 11:55pm)

8 Week 9: October 18 - October 22 MODULE 10: Indigenous Architecture in the Americas and Africa READ: Chapter 10 DUE: Activity 4: Friday, October 22 (submit by 11:55pm) Week 10: October 25 - October 29 MODULE 11: Renaissance Architecture READ: Chapter 11 DUE: Quiz 4: Friday, October 29 (open from Noon 10pm) Week 11: November 1 - November 5 MODULE 12: Baroque Architecture READ: Chapter 12 DUE: Activity 5: Friday, November 5 (submit by 11:55pm) Week 12: November 8 - November 12 MODULE 13: The Eighteenth Century READ: Chapter 13 DUE: Quiz 5: Friday, November 12 (open from Noon 10pm) Week 13: November 15 - November 19 MODULE 14: Nineteenth Century Developments READ: Chapter 14 DUE: Activity 6: Friday, November 19 (submit by 11:55pm) Week 14: November 22 - November 26 MODULE 15: The Twentieth Century and Modernism READ: Chapter 15 DUE: Nothing Due / Have a Great Thanksgiving Week 15: November 29 - December 3 MODULE 16: Modernisms in the Mid- and Late Twenty-First Century and Beyond READ: Chapter 16 DUE: Quiz 6: Friday, December 3 (open from Noon 10pm) DUE: Gordon Rule Paper: Friday, December 3 (submit by 11:55pm) Week 16: December 6 - December 8 Review Week Submit Questions to the Discussion Board in preparation for the Final Exam Finals Week: December 13 - December 17 Final Exam Essay Questions will be posted Sunday, December 12 at 9:00am DUE: FINAL EXAM ESSAY ANSWERS: Monday, December 13 (open from Noon 10pm) DUE: FINAL CUMULATIVE EXAM: Friday, December 17 (open from Noon 10pm)