Time Schedule:
James Kimo Safford Griggs
ARCH 430
Seattle Campus
Lectures, field trips, and laboratory sessions directed toward the nature, potentials, and limitations of a variety of materials (wood, metal, plastics, inorganic cementing materials, minerals, rocks, and clay) and the processes involved with their production, fabrication, and system compatibility.
Class description
The course will first introduce materials and basic methods of making in a lecture format, supported by a series of hands-on workshop exercises. Each student will be expected to devote themselves to the research of a material or method of making - or both where appropriate to the chosen topic. A written report and a short presentation to the class will be required, and a parallel quarter-long hands-on project will be pursued in the workshops.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Lectures with supporting hands-on workshop sessions
Recommended preparation
No prerequisites
Class assignments and grading
Quarter-long research project, culminating in a written report and presentation to the class.
There short introductory projects in the workshop related to Material Removal, Form-making and Casting, and Fabrication using mechanical fasteners.
Quarter-long materials and/or processes project culminating in a review.
Research project will count for 1/3 of the final grade Three short projects together will count for 1/3 of the final grade Materials and/or Processes project will count for 1/3 of the final grade
