ARCH2522

This course is designed to provide students the principles of design as they apply to multi-family housing and light commercial construction. Topics of study will include aesthetics, building accessibility requirements for ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), system selections, durability and selected fire and life-safety provisions of the IBC and IRC building codes. Students will study commercial design by reading and analyzing blueprints, specifications and bidding documents from actual commercial projects. Emphasis is placed on reading and understanding commercial working drawings.Student Learning Outcomes

• Access and analyze accessibility requirements of the Americans with Disability Act
• Apply ADA to commercial building design.
• Draw details for commercial toilet rooms that meet Minnesota Code and ADA requirements.
• Develop and draw basic layouts for units in multi-family construction utilizing fire, sound, and other building code requirements.
• Define and analyze basic design requirements for merchandising facilities.
• Identify and interpret structural, architectural, mechanical and civil drawings for commercial projects
• Analyze project manuals for small commercial buildings.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the CSI format.