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ILLUS 502G-01
SEMINAR: ISMS AND ILLUSTRATION: CRITICAL THEORY AND ILLUSTRATION HISTORY
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This seminar addresses key critical theory and socio-political aspects of illustration practices from a historical perspective. Reading, discussion, and meaningful integration of ideas into studio writing and activity are goals of the course. Class will meet two times per week including supported research times in various special collections and the library. Faculty determine the content of the seminar each term, balancing attention to issues defined by the expertise and interests of the graduate cohort and subjects of relevance to the field and professional practice. Theorists of special concern to contemporary illustration practice will be highlighted; statistics and technical information about communication media will illuminate how art objects have circulated in their own eras. Critical reading, writing, and presentation will be assessed.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $75.00
Major Requirement | MFA Illustration
ILLUS 503G-01
SPECIAL TOPICS: INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIO
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This studio elective - open to all RISD graduate students regardless of departmental affiliation-will address rotating topics and modes of making, thinking and discourse every semester. The structure and content of this course is designed to shift, enabling different topical investigations and a variety of expert faculty teaching special content in fall and spring of each year. This enables the flexibility for studio consideration of an ever-changing range of both topics and studio engagement. This course may be repeated for elective credit with permission of a student's graduate program director (GPD).
Estimated Cost of Materials: $0.00 - $150.00
Elective
ILLUS 601G-01
GRADUATE ILLUSTRATION STUDIO III: SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND AGENCY
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course is predicated on deep student focus on social engagement and the societal benefits attached to their studio work. Students will investigate and critique methodologies of contemporary, socially engaged artists to develop their own progressive work in order to question and shift traditionally narrow and restrictive paradigms in Illustration that preference and reward the hegemonic at the expense of the progressive, dissident, and critical work needed to advocate for the historically underrepresented. Collaborative projects with local artists, individuals and community organizations will be encouraged and supported to directly connect students with local communities. Students will be required to present self-driven work periodically in response to selected topics, readings, and community discussion.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $0.00 - $150.00
Major Requirement | MFA Illustration
ILLUS 602G-01
GRADUATE THESIS PREPARATORY SEMINAR
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course emphasizes the mining and contextualization of one's own work as a nexus for growth through the active, ongoing and evolving consideration of your own studio practice as a topic of study in itself. This work will spring from and shed light on your creative intuition, processes and outcomes in a way that will helps you to communicate your work to others through language. In turn, it is hoped this voicing of essential components of your work will help streamline your practice and expedite your artistic production.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $0.00 - $25.00
Major Requirement | MFA Illustration
INTAR 2102-01
TOPICS IN EXHIBITION DESIGN & NARRATIVE ENVIRONMENT I
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Topics in Exhibition and Narrative Environments I is the first part in a year-long exploration of a fluid field in which exhibition occurs in museums as well as other environments. This seminar offers various approaches for that exploration and will provide the student insight into different aspects of exhibition: curatorial matters, experience design, narrative creation, graphic design, new media, user participation, installation, site specificity, production, etc. The content may change from year to year to include special projects. The content may change from year to year and may include theory, hands-on installation, curatorial matters, research, design planning, materials, new technology, time based interactions, and, of course, design of the narrative environment.
Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies Exhibition and Narrative Environments
INTAR 2301-01
INTRO TO INTERIOR STUDIES I
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course, the first in a sequence, explores design principles through design problems involving the unique fundamental framework for the reuse of existing structures. The semester is arranged around several projects, providing access to the discipline from as many related perspectives. The project assignments require the student to visually and verbally convey clear design intent, think visually in two and three dimensions, formulate and develop abstract design concepts, discern relationships between design interventions and their physical and contextual setting and develop presentation skills to effectively communicate propositions and positions.
Major Requirement | BFA Interior Studies
INTAR 2304-01
STRUCTURES & MATERIALS FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This lecture course is designed to familiarize students with structural principles and systems as they relate to the study of interior architecture and adaptive reuse. The course will examine the performance and composition of various structural systems, including wood, lightweight metal, steel, masonry, and concrete structures. Local examples in the built environment will be explored to gain an understanding of structures, their materials and components in adaptive reuse. Course work will be complimented by visits to local examples in the built environment.
Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies Adaptive Reuse
INTAR 2315-01
BUILDING MATERIALS
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This class introduces the student to different building materials, their properties and characteristics as they relate to the design of interior, sustainable structures. This will include interior finish materials as well as the understanding of wood, metal, masonry and concrete for projects of reuse. The student will visit sites of material production as part of this course. The course structure includes sketch assignments, a midterm, a final exam.
Major Requirement | BFA Interior Studies
INTAR 2318-01
BUILDING STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE
SECTION DESCRIPTION
While introducing students to the principal concepts of structural design and mechanical systems, the course will attempt to provide a direct link to the built environment with focus on the rehabilitation, preservation and adaptive reuse of existing structures, both historical and contemporary. The presentation of case studies, focus on the structural and mechanical aspects of students' individual studio projects and the excursion to a construction site will bridge the gap between class room and the world of building.
Major Requirement | BFA Interior Studies
INTAR 2322-01
Introduction to Design Studio I: SPATIAL INVESTIGATION/DRAWING & MAKING
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This class will introduce the fundamentals of orthographic drawing through the investigation of an existing object. Working with the object, the student will study and implement the use of plan, section, axonometric and perspective to expose the spatial qualities of the structure. Basic drawing conventions and model making techniques will be introduced. The concept of architectural scale will be explored.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Graduate Interior Architecture Students.
Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies
INTAR 2322-02
Introduction to Design Studio I: SPATIAL INVESTIGATION/DRAWING & MAKING
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This class will introduce the fundamentals of orthographic drawing through the investigation of an existing object. Working with the object, the student will study and implement the use of plan, section, axonometric and perspective to expose the spatial qualities of the structure. Basic drawing conventions and model making techniques will be introduced. The concept of architectural scale will be explored.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Graduate Interior Architecture Students.
Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies
INTAR 2322-03
Introduction to Design Studio I: SPATIAL INVESTIGATION/DRAWING & MAKING
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This class will introduce the fundamentals of orthographic drawing through the investigation of an existing object. Working with the object, the student will study and implement the use of plan, section, axonometric and perspective to expose the spatial qualities of the structure. Basic drawing conventions and model making techniques will be introduced. The concept of architectural scale will be explored.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Graduate Interior Architecture Students.
Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies
INTAR 2324-01
Introduction to Design Studio I: EXISTING CONSTRUCT
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Using a local site in Providence, this studio will focus on the fundamentals of documenting an existing structure. These techniques will include, at a minimum, measuring, surveying, photographing, analyzing of materials and construction details, researching databases for relevant, related information and understanding the existing structural and mechanical systems. This information will be organized to create a full architectural documentation set. Documentation will also be explored in model form, building on the skills acquired in Studio Ia. Upon completion of documentation, the students will learn to analyze the existing structure both as an entity and within the adjacent urban context. The studio will also focus on the presentation of such analysis and the possible uses of it in design transformation.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Graduate Interior Architecture Students.
Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies
INTAR 2324-02
Introduction to Design Studio I: EXISTING CONSTRUCT
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Using a local site in Providence, this studio will focus on the fundamentals of documenting an existing structure. These techniques will include, at a minimum, measuring, surveying, photographing, analyzing of materials and construction details, researching databases for relevant, related information and understanding the existing structural and mechanical systems. This information will be organized to create a full architectural documentation set. Documentation will also be explored in model form, building on the skills acquired in Studio Ia. Upon completion of documentation, the students will learn to analyze the existing structure both as an entity and within the adjacent urban context. The studio will also focus on the presentation of such analysis and the possible uses of it in design transformation.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Graduate Interior Architecture Students.
Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies
INTAR 2324-03
Introduction to Design Studio I: EXISTING CONSTRUCT
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Using a local site in Providence, this studio will focus on the fundamentals of documenting an existing structure. These techniques will include, at a minimum, measuring, surveying, photographing, analyzing of materials and construction details, researching databases for relevant, related information and understanding the existing structural and mechanical systems. This information will be organized to create a full architectural documentation set. Documentation will also be explored in model form, building on the skills acquired in Studio Ia. Upon completion of documentation, the students will learn to analyze the existing structure both as an entity and within the adjacent urban context. The studio will also focus on the presentation of such analysis and the possible uses of it in design transformation.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Graduate Interior Architecture Students.
Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies
INTAR 2326-01
Introduction to Design Studio I: TRANSFORMATION & INTERVENTION
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Using an existing site, this studio will introduce the concept of transformation and intervention through a program of new use. The students will propose a design intervention to transform the site for a new program. These interventions will be based on the accommodation of the design program but will also be a response to the analysis completed in Studio Existing Construct. It will require an understanding of the structural system and the issues of egress. The culmination of this studio will result in a design that is conceptually sound and complete in its description as a full architectural proposal in drawings and models. The student will prepare a design proposition including analysis of the existing structure and its inherent existence within the new work.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Graduate Interior Architecture Students.
Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies
INTAR 2326-02
Introduction to Design Studio I: TRANSFORMATION & INTERVENTION
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Using an existing site, this studio will introduce the concept of transformation and intervention through a program of new use. The students will propose a design intervention to transform the site for a new program. These interventions will be based on the accommodation of the design program but will also be a response to the analysis completed in Studio Existing Construct. It will require an understanding of the structural system and the issues of egress. The culmination of this studio will result in a design that is conceptually sound and complete in its description as a full architectural proposal in drawings and models. The student will prepare a design proposition including analysis of the existing structure and its inherent existence within the new work.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Graduate Interior Architecture Students.
Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies
INTAR 2326-03
Introduction to Design Studio I: TRANSFORMATION & INTERVENTION
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Using an existing site, this studio will introduce the concept of transformation and intervention through a program of new use. The students will propose a design intervention to transform the site for a new program. These interventions will be based on the accommodation of the design program but will also be a response to the analysis completed in Studio Existing Construct. It will require an understanding of the structural system and the issues of egress. The culmination of this studio will result in a design that is conceptually sound and complete in its description as a full architectural proposal in drawings and models. The student will prepare a design proposition including analysis of the existing structure and its inherent existence within the new work.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Graduate Interior Architecture Students.
Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies
INTAR 2341-01
DRAWING FOR INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Introduction to means of representation of ideas for Interior Architecture through various types of drawings: orthographics, axonometrics, perspectives, freehand sketching and mixed media. Work will be done on site from existing structures as well as in the studio concentrating on concept development through drawing.
Major Requirement | BFA Interior Studies
INTAR 2356-01
SUMMER STUDIO IN SCANDINAVIA
SECTION DESCRIPTION
The studio instruction focuses on the process of Interior Architecture within the context of Copenhagen, a city committed to the issues of the environment and climate change. Students will be asked to address a design problem that deals with the relationship between conceptual design and its application within an existing structure. Issues of natural light, materiality and design process are studied through the assignments.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Graduate Interior Architecture Students.
Major Requirement | MA Interior Studies: Adaptive Reuse