Courses Professional Concerns :: APFC 630
APFC 630
Architects and Social Engagement
Instructor: S. Verderber
3 Credits [E]
A critical perspective is presented in relation to theories, goals, strategies, and skills needed to successfully develop criteria upon which buildings are planned, designed,evaluated, and modified across their life. Topics covered include the assessment of occupant and organizational needs, ethical concerns in architecture, imperatives for social engagement, the influence of culture and society, methods for involving clients and other constituencies in the development of performance criteria,the determination of square foot requirements, and conceptual narratives. Other topics covered include site and master planning,design guidelines, trade offs, pre-manufactured FEMA housing for disaster victims, post-occupancy evaluation (POE), strategic planning, sustainable design as it relates to social accountability in architecture, and the stewardship of the built environment as a finite resource
- APFC 410 Professional Concerns I
- APFC 420 Professional Concerns II: Advanced Project Management: (BIM) Building Information Modeling and Architectural Programming
- APFC 432 URBANbuild
- APFC 491 Architectural Branding
- APFC 610 Ethics, Efficacy & Architecture in the Globalized Economy
- APFC 611 Studies in Contemporary Practice
- APFC 611 Best Practices
- APFC 620 Legal Concerns of Architecture
- APFC 630 Architects and Social Engagement
- APFC 650 Sustainable Real Estate Development
- APFC 660 Contemporary Issues in Environmental Management
