ARCH 4513 - Furniture Design

(crosslisted) ARCH 4613

Fall or Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Permission of instructor required. This course is applied as open elective credit for MArch students. Students who wish to earn undergraduate visual representation credit must enroll in ARCH 4513; undergraduate technology credit, ARCH 4613.

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Explores the history, design, and materiality of furniture. Analyses of materials and joinery-connective systems are developed in parallel with ergonomic restraints. Design transformation occurs through cycles of conceptual alternatives (models and drawings), increasing in scale as the idea evolves. Full-scale prototypes and detailed tectonic drawings are required on three pieces. Multiple enrollment under different course offering numbers is not allowed.