1. Present Reading / Homework
Welcome to ARCH – Architectural Studio 2
Present Reading / Homework
Qscar Niemeyer, Casa das Canoas. Outside of Rio de Janeiro

2. This Week’s Agenda:
MODULE 1 - Introduction to Studio 2
•Expectations & Learning Outcomes
•Instructor
•Evaluations & Exercises
•School Policies
•Reading Materials & the OBC
MODULE 2 – Project Introduction
•Project Timeline & Outcomes
•Project Delivery Process
•Project Site
•Site Analysis & Zoning Rules
•Client Requirement & Bubble Diagrams

3. Present Reading / Homework
Seniors’ residence Jean-Placide-Desrosiers, in Ville-St-Pierre, Quebec.
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4. Expectations and outcomes for this course…
Weeks = Design a detached, single-family house for a generic client. You will have to:
Conceptualize a design
Create sketches
Build a model
Create presentation drawings
Present your design
Participate in our Housing Studio Design Competition!
Weeks = Production of construction documents needed to build the house, including:
Site
Plans, sections, elevations
Structural
Door, window, and finish schedules

5. Who is your instructor? “I don't want to be interesting.
I want to be good.” - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( ) 

6. Detailed Weekly Schedule
► Click on “Course Syllabus” on our course’s landing page
Things to note on the weekly schedule:
When assignments are handed out
When assignments are due
Weekly Required Readings
** The weekly schedule and due dates are subject to change as a result of inclement weather, class cancellations, statutory holidays.
CHARLES MOORE | TALBERT HOUSE | OAKLAND | CALIFORNIA | 1963

7. Expectations and outcomes for this course…
Evaluation plan:
Assignments 5% and 40%
In-Class Exercises 10%
Major Project
Phase 1: Design Presentation 25% ► including 5% for your sketchbook
Phase 2: Working Drawings 25%
**Students must obtain at least 50% of the value of each of the components of this course in order to obtain a passing grade.

8. Expectations and outcomes for this term… Course Learning Outcomes:
To achieve the critical performance, students will have demonstrated the ability to:
Understand and respond to the requirements of a client.
Apply zoning by-law requirements relevant to a given site.
Apply sustainable principles and strategies that affect the organization and form of a residential design.
Create a functional single family design concept that meets stated requirements.
Create a design layout for a residential site that responds to existing environmental conditions of topography, solar orientation and wind patterns.

9. Expectations and outcomes for this term… Course Learning Outcomes:
10. Produce a representative set of residential working drawings that include but are not limited to the following: Site plan, floor plans, elevations, sections, floor and roof framing diagrams, various details as required.
Expectations and outcomes for this term…
Course Learning Outcomes:
To achieve the critical performance, students will have demonstrated the ability to:
6. Use current software to explore 3D digital design process
7. Build a physical design model to a specified scale.
8. Present a residential design concept to a group.
9. Apply the requirements of the Ontario Building Code (OBC) Part 9 to the design and production of a set of documents of suitable quality for the application for a single family residential building permit.
10. Produce a representative set of residential working drawings that include but are not limited to the following: Site plan, floor plans, elevations, sections, floor and roof framing diagrams, various details as required.

10. Expectations and outcomes for this term… Typical Class Format:
Guided Discussion of Reading / Homework Assignment / Content Delivery
Today’s Learning Outcomes
Recap Activity
Content Delivery
In-Class Exercise
Recap Content
Present Reading / Homework
“All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.” - Philip Johnson ( )

11. What else should you know…
SLATE tour
Course outline review
Architecture department policies
Assignment collection policy
Attendance policy
Academic integrity policy ► watch the library’s video… if you haven’t seen it already….
Class start time / break policy
Required Textbooks:
2012 Ontario Building Code (order from the Bookstore)
Canadian Wood Frame Construction Handbook, CMHC
Course Readings – as a printable PDF from SLATE
Recommended Textbook:
Building Construction Illustrated, Francis D.K. Ching

12. Bring drafting supplies to class, including tracing paper.
Next Steps:
Bring drafting supplies to class, including tracing paper.
Order the new edition of the OBC & bring to class on required days
Select Sites on Faculty Site Plan – in MODULE 2
REQUIRED READING for Day 2 discussion:
Course Reading – Module 2
“There’s No Such Thing as a Perfect Building Site”
by Jeremiah Eck, Fine Home Building, June/July 2005, p

13. Courtland Place Passive House | designed by Blackbird Builders | Seattle, Washington.