Research + Teaching Anthology
This semester, the students undertook the critical tectonic analysis of an architectural precedent, using my book Introducing Architectural Tectonics as a template. The final task of the semester was to utilize all of the research and the tectonic analysis of the precedent to develop an inspired built work. The nature of the construction was up… Continue reading F17 | Investigating Architectural Tectonics
Schwartz, Chad. “Learning by Doing: The Educational Value of Design/Build.” In The Louna Bookshop Project, edited by Christian Hermansen. China: UED and Taylor & Francis, 2020 (anticipated). Abstract This introductory chapter to The Louna Bookshop Project discusses the learning opportunities inherent in the pedagogy of academic design/build. Academic design/build – an educational construct somewhat distinct… Continue reading Book Chapter | Learning by Doing
Schwartz, Chad. “Defeat in Victory: Reflecting on the Value of Design/Build.” Paper presented at the 2018 Design/Build Exchange Conference: Working Out: Thinking while Building III, September 2018. Abstract Several years ago, I decided that participating in community-based design/build is an experience that every student passing through the school of architecture should have at least once… Continue reading Paper | Defeat in Victory
Below you will find a few images of the completed design|build project from ARC242 in the spring semester of 2014.
This semester in ARC242, the students were challenged with a traditional design|build project. Over the course of three required build days and about 15 voluntary build days, the class built a new amphitheater space for SIU's Touch of Nature. Below are a series of images of the build process.
At the conclusion of ARC550, each student was asked to create a small booklet that outlined their progress through the semester. Below, you will find a few select examples of these booklets. Kristopher Teubel - final booklet John Svast - final booklet Randy Thoms - final booklet Nicholas Mosher - final booklet
Below, you will find a selection of the boards presented by the students in ARC550 in defense of their semester's work.
This summer in ARC550, the students were divided into four groups. Each group, over the course of three weeks, explored a variety of topics centered on juvenile justice. Some of these were done individually (for example the initial writing assignments). Many, though, were done as a coordinated effort within the group. After analyzing juvenile justice… Continue reading su13 | arc550 | research anthologies
Below you can find a few samples of the final boards produced by the students in ARC351. These boards outline their designs for the final project of the semester: a cemetery. The students also produced a 1:10 model for the review and incorporated in one of their panels from earlier in the semester.
Below, you will find images of the ARC351 final presentations for the fall semester of 2012.
At the midterm of the semester, the students in this section of ARC351 presented their first major assignment of the semester. In this problem, the students were asked to transform the inspiration of an object or experience found within the context of our site into a series of three 16”x32” panels each created using a… Continue reading f12 | arc351 | midterm presentation
Below you will find examples of the research work done during the summer graduate studio. Research was done in groups in three areas: case studies of local orchards, programmatic research into the five given program areas, and site and context research for the location of our site in Southern Illinois. The front image for this… Continue reading su12 | arc550 | research
At the end of the semester in ARC 550, the students were asked to submit a booklet (published through Blurb) that summarized their studio project for the semester. Many of these books were too large to upload to the site, but below you will find excerpts from some of them that outline not just the… Continue reading su12 | arc550 | project books
These are a selection of the final boards produced by the students in the summer graduate studio.
Here is a small sample of the final boards produced by the arc551 students last semester.
Here are some images from the final reviews in the school of architecture this semester.
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