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ARTI 185 – Aesthetics of Architecture, Interiors, and Design Interior Architecture School of Art Spring Quarter 2011 - 2012 M,T,W,TH: 3:10pm – 4:00 pm Walter Hall 235

Instructor: Matthew Ziff, Associate Professor Office: Grover Center W325 Email: ziff@ohio.edu Office hours: M, T, W, TH: 1:00pm – 3:00pm

Topics Schedule: This schedule presents an overview of topics addressed in class lectures. This content may be changed at the instructor's discretion to accommodate expansion or addition of topics as the course progresses across the Spring Quarter.

Week One: March 26, 27, 28, 29

Agenda: Lecture #1 "Course Introduction: Aesthetics, Designing"

Course Policies and Syllabus

Reading Assignment: "A Design Vocabulary" pages 82 - 104

First Day of Class, Monday, March 26 music: "All Blues" by Abdoulaye Diabate (Kora Jazz Band)

Agenda : Lecture #1 continued

Introduction to Aesthetics, Architecture, Design Agenda: Lecture #1 continued

Intellectual Criteria Agenda: Lecture #2: "A Design Vocabulary: Part 1"

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Week Two: April 2, 3, 4, 5

Agenda: Lecture #2 continued

Reading Assignment: "A Design Vocabulary" pages 120 - 144

Monday, April 2 music: "Appalachian Spring: Section 7 (calm and flowing)" by Aaron Copland, 1944 (main theme based upon the Shaker tune "Simple Gifts" by Elder Joseph Brackett, 1848

"Simple Gifts" was written by Elder Joseph Brackett while he was at the Shaker community in Alfred, Maine in 1848.

These are the lyrics to his one-verse song:

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free 'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'Twill be in the valley of love and delight. When true simplicity is gain'd, To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd, To turn, turn will be our delight, Till by turning, turning we come 'round right.

Agenda: Lecture #3: "A Design Vocabulary: Part 2"

Agenda: Lecture #3 continued

Thursday, April 5

Exam 1

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Week Three : April 9, 10, 11, 12

Agenda: Lecture #3 continued: "A Design Vocabulary: Part 2"

Reading Assignment: "Inside Today's Home" Chapter 2: pages 19 - 32

Monday, April 9 music: "Bella Soave" by Tommy Emmanuel

Agenda: Color: Lecture #2: A Design Vocabulary: Part 1" only the section on Color

Agenda: Lecture #4: "Historical Overview: Part 1"

Historical Overview - Part 1 Shakers- De Stijil

Agenda: lecture #5: Historical Overview: Part 2

Historical Overview - Part 1 Shakers- De Stijil

Week Four: April 16, 17, 18, 19

Agenda: Lecture #5: "Historical Overview: Part 2"

Reading Assignment: "Inside Today's Home" Chapter 2: pages 32 - 43

Agenda : Lecture #5 continued

Historical Overview - Modernism Agenda: Lectue #6

Historical Overview - Modernism

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Thursday, April 19

Exam 2

Week Five: April 23, 24, 25, 26

Agenda: Lecture #6

Historical Overview - Postmodernism

Introduction to Architecture: Part 1

Agenda: Lecture #7

Introduction to Architecture: Part 1

Agenda: Lecture #7

Introduction to Architecture: Part 1

Agenda: Lecture #7 & #8

Introduction to Architecture: Part 1 & Part 2

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Week Six: April 30, May 1, 2, 3

Agenda: Lecture #8

Introduction to Architecture: Part 2 (Continued)

Reading Assignment: Agenda: Lecture #9

Introduction To Architecture: Part 3 Agenda: Lecture #9

Introduction To Architecture: Part 3 Thursday, May 3

Exam 3

Week Seven: May 7, 8, 9, 10

Agenda: Lecture # 9: "Introduction To Architecture: Part 3" finishing today!

Reading Assignment: "Inside and Outside" pages 11 - 20 Agenda: Lecture #10

Patterns Of Home

Inhabiting the Site

Agenda: Lecture #10

Creating Rooms Inside and Out

Agenda: Lecture #11

Capturing Light

Reading Assignment: "Exposed and Tempered" pages 21 - 28

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Week Eight: May 14, 15, 16, 17

Agenda: Lecture #11

Parts in Proportion

Reading Assignment: AgendaLecture #12

Sheltering Roof Agenda: Lecture #12

Private Edges Common Core

Thursday, May 17

Exam 4

Week Nine: May 21, 22, 23, 24

Agenda: Lecture #17

Refuge and Outlook

Reading Assignment: Agenda: Lecture #18

Places In Between Agenda: Lecture #19

Composing with Materials

Agenda: Lecture #20

Sustainable Design

Week Ten: May 28, 29, 30, 31

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Agenda: Lecture #20

Sustainable Design

Reading Assignment: Agenda: To Be Determined

Agenda: To Be Determined

Agenda: To Be Determined

Review for Final Exam (Exam 5) Finals Week – ARTI 185 Final exam covers ONLY the last two (2) weeks of the course content. Final Exam:

Tuesday, June 5, 2:30 p.m. Walter Hall Room 235 Each examination period is two hours and examinations will be held in the regular classroom. Classes with the first meeting day of the week on Monday/Wednesday/Friday:

Time of Class Date and Time of Examination 8:10 a.m. Friday, June 8, at 3:10 p.m. 9:10 a.m. Monday, June 4, at 10:10 a.m. 10:10 a.m. Tuesday, June 5, at 10:10 a.m. 11:10 a.m. Wednesday, June 6, at 10:10 a.m. 12:10 p.m. Thursday, June 7, at 10:10 a.m. 1:10 p.m. Thursday, June 7, at 2:30 p.m. 2:10 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, at 2:30 p.m. 3:10 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, at 2:30 p.m. 4:10 p.m. Monday, June 4, at 2:30 p.m. 5:10 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, at 7:00 p.m.

Classes with the first meeting day of the week on

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Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday:

Time of Class Date and Time of Examination 8:10 a.m. Friday, June 8, at 1:00 p.m. 9:10 a.m. Monday, June 4, at 8:00 a.m. 10:10 a.m. Tuesday, June 5, at 8:00 a.m. 11:10 a.m. Wednesday, June 6, at 8:00 a.m. 12:10 p.m. Thursday, June 7, at 8:00 a.m. 1:10 p.m. Thursday, June 7, at 12:20 p.m. 2:10 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, at 12:20 p.m. 3:10 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, at 12:20 p.m. 4:10 p.m. Monday, June 4, at 12:20 p.m. 5:10 p.m. Thursday, June 7, at 7:00 p.m.

Examinations for classes beginning 6:10 p.m. or later:

Day of Class Date and Time of Examination Monday Monday, June 4, at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday Tuesday, June 5, at 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday Wednesday, June 6, at 7:00 p.m. Thursday Thursday, June 7, at 7:00 p.m.

Friday Friday, June 8, at 7:00 p.m.