Thursday, June 28, 2012

EiA 2012 Syllabus

Sunday, 07.08     Move-In                                        
4:00 // Check-in // Crough Center – Front Lobby
                             Make sure all paperwork is in order
                             Tours of the Crough Center, Pryzbyla Center and Facilities
5:00                      Cafeteria open for dinner
7:00 // Manhunt Outside // Curly Court   

Monday, 07.09     Welcome To EiA                                   
10:00 // Introductory Remarks, Light Breakfast and Refreshments // Crough Center - Locraft
             Intro to the Program and Schedule
             Tours of the Crough Center, Pryzbyla Center and Facilities
12:00 // Break for Lunch
1:00 // Meet as Entire Group; Divide into Studio Groups // Crough Center - Miller
           Get ID cards in Studio Groups // Leahy Hall - Office of Public Safety
           Studio Demonstration: EiA Instructors // Crough Center - Studio
           "Model Building Techniques"
3:30 // Introduce the Vocabulary Project // Crough Center - Studio
4:00 // Lecture: David Shove-Brown_"Graphics + Presentation" // Crough Center – Koubek   
5:00 // Homework: Vocabulary Search Assignment
6:30 // Night time option: Dinner & Monuments at Night // Good Stuff Eatery_Metro – Capitol South

Tuesday, 07.10      An Architect's Tools: Pens, Paper and Production, Part I                     9:00 // Review the Vocabulary Project
10:00 // Lecture: Professor Michael Abrams_"Perceiving Architectural Elements: Freehand Sketching" // Crough Center - Locraft
12:00 // Break for Lunch at CUA
1:00 // Introduce Project 1 // Begin Constructing ARCHITECTURE + NATURE
5:00 // Homework: begin work on ARCHITECTURE + NATURE
9:00 // Game night in the Dorms // Opus Dormitory   

Wednesday, 07.11     An Architect's Tools: Pens, Paper and Production, Part II            
9:30 // Meet as a Group for Metro // Crough Center - Studio
            Introduce Sketch Assignment #1
10:00 // Sketch Assignment 1_Proportioning Interior Elevations // National Building Museum_Metro - Judiciary Square (Red Line)
12:00 // Metro as a Group Back to CUA // Break for Lunch
1:30 // Lecture: Professor David Shove-Brown_"Diagramming Architectural Elements: Analytical Sketching" // Crough Center - Koubek
3:30 // Deskcrits for Project1 (BOARD 1 pin-up) + Sketch #1 // Crough Center - Studio
5:00 // Homework: continue working on ARCHITECTURE + NATURE
7:00 // Dinner + Movie – Pizza Delivery & Movie of Choice // Crough Center - Koubek

Thursday, 07.12      Sketching as Thinking and Doing                               
8:45 // Meet as a group for Metro
9:30 // Introduce Sketch Assignment #2_Rendering Architectural Details // Library of Congress_Metro – Capitol South
12:00 // Break for Lunch
1:30 // Review Project 1:  BOARD1  +BOARD 2_Issue Project 2 // Crough Center – Wailing Walls
5:00 // Homework: Project2
7:00 // Ice Cream in Adams Morgan_Metro – Woodley Park/Adams Morgan

Friday, 07.13     The Symbolism of Architecture                                                
9:00 // Meet as a Group for Metro. Introduce Sketch Assignment #3 // Crough Center - Studio
9:30 // Sketch Assignment #3 // Newseum_Metro – Judiciary Square (Red Line)
12:00 // Break for Lunch.
1:00 // Lecture: EiA instructors_Constructing Perspectival Drawings // Crough Center – Studio
1:30 // Sketching exercise: perspective views
2:00 // Meet in Studio. Discussion; Deskcrits for Project 2 + Sketch #s 2, 3 // Crough Center - Studio
5:00 // Homework: Continue Developing Project 2   
6:00 // Bowling! // Lucky Strike Lanes_Gallery Place Chinatown Metro

Saturday, 07.14 (OPTIONAL)                                       
11:00 // Meet as a Group for Metro // Crough Center - Studio_Metro – Dupont Circle
1:30 // Metro to the Zoo               
2:00 // Smithsonian National Zoological Park_Metro – Woodley Park
4:00 // Metro as a Group Back to CUA                   
4:30 // Work Continues on Studio Project 2 // Crough Center – Studio

Sunday, 07.15                                           
11:00 // Paddle boating at the Mall // National Mall

Monday, 07.16    Presentation Skills and the Art of Salesmanship                       
9:00 // Discussion: EiA Instructors_"Brief Overview of the Jury Process" // Crough Center - Studio

9:30 // Pin-up Phase I Work, by Studio Group // Crough Center –Wailing Walls
10:00 // First Review : Project 2 // Crough Center – Wailing Walls
12:00 // Break for Lunch

1:00 // Lecture: David Shove-Brown, EiA Director_"Drawing to Fabrication" // Crough Center – Koubek                        
2:00 // Studio Discussion: Mid-Review Postmortem // Crough Center - Studio
           Introduction: Human Scale
5:00 // Homework: Continue Developing Project2

6:00 // Sushi in Chinatown_Metro – Chinatown

Tuesday, 07.17     The Finns Are In!                                   

9:00 // Meet as a Group for Metro. Introduce Sketch Assignment #4 // Crough Center - Studio
9:30 // Depart Metro; Walk Up Embassy Row to Sketch #4 Site
10:00 // Sketch Assignment #4_Layers, Phenomenal Transparency, Interaction with Nature // The Embassy of Finland_Metro - Dupont Circle
12:00 // Metro as a Group Back to CUA // Break for Lunch
1:00 // Lecture : Jaime van Mourik, USGBC_"Sustainable Design" // Crough Center - Koubek
2:00 // Studio: Work session for Project 2 + Deskcrits for Sketch #4 // Crough Center - Studio
           Discuss Requirements for Project 2 Review
5:00 // Homework: Continue Working on Project 2

6:00 // Soccer game! // Law School Lawn

Wednesday, 07.18     "Memorial" Day                                   

9:30 // Meet as a Group for Metro. Introduce Sketch Assignments #5 & #6 // Crough Center - Studio
10:00 // Sketching Assignment #5_Siting, Material Properties, Movement Through Space, Metaphor // Vietnam War Memorial, Korean War Memorial, World War II Memorial
12:00 // Bring / Buy Lunch: Students Receive Money from Petty cash Fund // National Mall 1:00 // Sketching Assignment #6_Duality, Contradiction, and Confusion relative to Memory // Holocaust Memorial Museum_Metro - Smithsonian
2:30 // Metro as a Group Back to CUA // Studio Work Session; Deskcrits for Sketches #5 & #6 // Crough Center - Studio5:00 // Homework: finish working on Project 2

6:30 // Night time option: Nationals vs Mets at 7:05pm // Nationals Stadium


Thursday, 07.19     Community-Responsive Architecture                           

9:30 // Meet as Group for Metro. Introduce Sketching Assignment #7. // Crough Center - Studio
10:00 // Office Visit I: A Small Office // Suzane Reatig Architecture_Metro - Mt. Vernon Square
11:00 // Sketching Assignment #7_Neighborhood Scale, Significance of Client // Metropolitan Community Church_Metro - Mt. Vernon Square12:00 // Metro as a Group Back to CUA // Break for Lunch
1:00 // Digital Demonstration: Professor Luis Boza_"CAD/CAM Technologies" // Crough Center - Koubek
2:00 // Digital Lab II: Sketch-Up! // Crough Center - *Computer Lab; Each studio group will have 45 minutes reserved in the computer lab. Studio work-sessions will take place as each group rotates through the computer lab            Deskcrits for Sketch #7; Work-sessions

5:00 // Homework: Continue Working on Project3

   
Friday, 07.20     A Look at the History of Architecture                           

9:00 // Meet as a Group for Metro. Introduce Sketch Assignment #8 // Crough Center - Studio
10:00 // Sketching Assignment #8_Light as a Design Element, Spatial Hierarchy, Bay System // Washington National Cathedral_Metro - Tenleytown/AU (Red Line)
12:00 // Metro as a Group to CUA // Break for Lunch.
1:30 // Mid-Review: Project2 // Crough Center - Studio Wailing Walls
3:00 // Studio Discussion: Project2 Postmortem
3:30 // Introduction to Project3 : Knowing the Client
           Deskcrits for Sketch #7 and Work-to-Date
5:00 // Homework: Project3 Work. Construct an Updated Set of Models and Drawings
that Incorporate Project2 Review Comments
6:30 // Movie Night in Georgetown // AMC Loews Georgetown_Metro – Foggy Bottom

Saturday, 07.21 (OPTIONAL)                                       

11:00 // Meet as a Group for Metro // Crough Center - Studio
11:30 // Just Lunch and a Field Trip: Don't Forget Your Sketchbooks! // Eastern Market_Metro - Eastern Market
1:30 // Metro as a Group Back to CUA
2:00 // Work Continues on Studio Project3 // Crough Center – Studio


Sunday, 07.22                                           
11:00 // Natural History Museum & Air and Space Museum_Metro – Smithsonian

Monday, 07.23     Architect as Client                                    

9:30 // Meet in Studio - Discussion; Introduce Sketch Assignment #9 // Crough Center - Studio
10:00 // Metro as Group to Sketch Assignment #9 Site_Response to Site, Spatial Hierarchy, Response to Clients // Hallet Residence_Metro - Van Ness (Red Line)

1:00 // Lecture: David Shove-Brown_"The Importance of the Client – A Case Study Analysis_PART1" // Crough Center - Locraft
2:30 // Metro to Construction Site
3:00 // Lecture: David Shove-Brown_"The Importance of the Client – A Case Study Analysis_PART2” // Matchbox Restaurant_Metro – U Street (Green/Yellow Lines)
5:00 // Homework: Continue Project3 Work

6:00 // Screen on the Green: Movie on the Mall // National Mall


Tuesday, 07.24     Architecture of the City                               

9:30 // Meet as a Group for Metro. Introduce Sketching Assignment #10 // Crough Center - Studio
10:00 // Sketching Assignment #10_Pedestrian Scale, Surprise and Discovery // The Streets and Alleys of Georgetown_Metro - Foggy Bottom
12:00 // Lunch in Georgetown at Student's Expense OR Metro Back for Lunch at CUA
1:00 // Studio Work Session for Project3 // Crough Center - Studio
           Deskcrits for Sketch #10
4:00 // Lecture: Michelle Rinehart_"A Brief Introduction to Modernism" // Crough Center - Koubek
5:00 // Homework: Continue Project3

7:00 // Dinner + Movie – Pizza Delivery & Movie of Choice // Crough Center - Koubek


Wednesday, 07.25     The Art of Architecture                                   

9:00 // Meet as a Group in Studio. Introduce Sketch Assignment #11 // Crough Center - Studio
10:00 // Sketching Assignment #11_Additive and Subtractive Form, Classical vs. Modern Vocabulary // National Gallery of Art East / West Wings_Metro - Archives (Green/Yellow Line) // Hirshorn Gallery of Modern Art_Metro - Archives (Green/Yellow Line)
12:00 // Metro as a Group Back to CUA // Break for Lunch at CUA.

1:00 // Digital Lab I: Photoshop (Photo Collage Assignment) // Crough Center - Computer Lab; Each studio group will have 1:20 reserved in the computer lab. Studio work-sessions and deskcrits for Sketch #9 will take place as each group rotates through the computer lab.

2:15 // Studio Work Session for Project3 // Crough Center - Studio
           Deskcrits for Sketch #11
5:00 // Homework: Begin Project3 Charrette


Thursday, 07.26    Big Projects, Big Clients                               
9:00 // Meet as a Group for Metro // Crough Center - Studio
10:00 // Office Visit II - Large Office // WDG Architecture + RTKL_Metro – Farragut North
11:00 // Site Visit_Construction Scheduling & Details // 1000 Connecticut Ave
12:00 // Metro as a Group Back to CUA // Break for Lunch
1:00 // Project "Charrette." Deskcrits Finals // Crough Center - Studio
5:00 // Homework: Charrette for One Last Push!
7:00 // Teacher’s Dinner_Metro - Georgia Ave/Petworth
                                  
Friday, 07.27     Final Presentations: The Big Payoff                           
10:00 // Third Review: Final Project (Open to Family / Friends) // Crough Center - Studio;
Wailing Walls
12:00 // Break for Lunch
1:00 // Slide Show and Awards Ceremony with Reception to Follow // Crough Center - Koubek
3:00 // End Session