ARCH 273: Strategies for Architectural Design
Aneesha Dharwadker and Andrea Melgarejo de Berry, Fall 2019
This course seeks to familiarize students with architectural principles at the scales of the public square, building, and city. Through iterations of model-making, drawing, photography, and other representational methods, students explore creative design processes and develop a personal voice for their work. Special attention is given to principles of contemporary urbanism, relating architecture to landscape architecture, planning, and urban design. Through a series of hands-on assignments, we emphasize craft, verbal presentation, curation, and relationships between design work and readings.
Sites for design interventions include Savannah, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; and Chandigarh, India. These cities represent grid planning across the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, spanning colonialism, industrialization, and modernist planning.
![Model with stepped seating](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/Madlen_Anderson_FinalModelPerspective-scaled-500x0-c-default.jpg)
Madlen Anderson
![Plan of spiral intervention for Savannah square](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/Mysliwiec_Carissa_Plan-scaled-500x0-c-default.jpg)
Carissa Mysliwiec
![Plan of diagonal design for Savannah square](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/Peng_Eliza_Plan-1-scaled-500x0-c-default.jpg)
Eliza Peng
![Wood model of curved surfaces](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/Zeng_Xiao_FinalModelPlanView-scaled-e1605063760773-500x0-c-default.jpg)
Xiao Zeng
![Paper model of folded surfaces](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/Zygmunt_Paul_ProcessModel2-1-scaled-e1605063620524-500x0-c-default.jpg)
Paul Zygmunt
![Model of cork triangles](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/Liu_Joshua_FinalModel1-scaled-e1605063829334-500x0-c-default.jpg)
Joshua Liu
![Section drawing of roof that collects water](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/Wu_Yuan_Section-rotated-500x0-c-default.jpg)
Yuan Wu
![Section drawing of roof that collects water](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/Zygmunt_Paul_Section-scaled-500x0-c-default.jpg)
Paul Zygmunt
![Section drawing of roof that collects water](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/Jurko_Nina_Section-500x0-c-default.jpg)
Nina Jurko
![Section drawing of green roof](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/Mysliwiec_Carissa_Section-1-scaled-500x0-c-default.jpg)
Carissa Mysliwiec
![Urban analysis of Chandigarh](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/Armstrong_Jillian_Analysis-500x0-c-default.jpg)
Jillian Armstrong
![Urban analysis of Chandigarh](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/Dekker_Cristina_Anayais-500x0-c-default.jpg)
Christina Dekker
![Axon of design intervention in Chandigarh Sector 17, with a sequence of frames](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/Gauthier_Alex_Axon-e1605064221971-500x0-c-default.jpg)
Alex Gauthier
![Model of design intervention in Chandigarh Sector 17, with covered pavilions](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/Johnston_Lily_FinalModel2-scaled-500x0-c-default.jpg)
Lily Johnston
![Site plan of design intervention in Chandigarh, Sector 17](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/Zheng_Krystal_ContextPlan1-500x0-c-default.jpg)
Krystal Zheng
![Model of design intervention in Chandigarh Sector 17, with linear pavilions](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/Zheng_Krystal_FinalModel2perspective-scaled-500x0-c-default.jpg)
Krystal Zheng