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465 		Special Topics in Construction: Building Envelope Design - Rome
Spring 2000
Jonathan Ochshorn Department of Architecture, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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Technology elective credit 3 credit hours. Course counts as "architectural science" technology elective for architecture majors.
Tentative time and room information To be determined
Course
Description 		This course will examine building enclosure walls. First, various issues will be examined, including: loads, building movement, heat and vapor flow, air and water flow, fire resistance, user comfort, environmental sustainability ("bioclimatic" design), and design intention. Second, the implications for specific wall types fabricated from various materials -- primarily masonry, metal, and glass -- will be examined.

For this special Rome Millennium Edition of the course, intervention within the pre-modern city will be a recurring theme -- how are traditional walls made; how do new walls connect to old walls; and how are old walls adapted to new needs?

Course material will be developed through readings, lectures, field trips, preparation of analytical drawings, and class discussion.
Course
Grading 		Final grades will be based on the following:
  1. Several short "building envelope" exercises
  2. Final project (your design): may be based on design studio project.
  3. Class participation
last updated: 18 October 1999

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