Level: Introductory
Format: Multimedia
CE Info: 1.75 HSW LU
Contact Info: Customer Service (customerservice@ncarb.org)
Description:
The building envelope represents the most fundamental cultural act of humans: the separation of the interior from the external environment. We typically dissect the building envelope into three basic components: foundations, walls, and roofs. However, this series of courses narrows the focus to walls and façades, where arguably the most critical dialogues of form, technology, and materiality unfold. In this first course, we unpack the historical development of walls, windows, and doors through a critical examination of historical ruptures and trace how the envelope evolved from a primitive barrier to a complex mediator of cultural context, environment, and climate. This first course sets the framework for understanding the building envelope not only as a technical system but also as the primary site where architecture negotiates between human desire and comfort, economic reality, and environmental setting. Each course of this eight-part series may be taken individually.
Tags:
1.5-2.5 LU
Introductory
Multimedia