ARCHT-5400: BT: Building Technology Elect

Course Description

This is a vertical elective combining students in their fourth and fifth year of the BArch program with students from the architecture graduate programs. The content of the elective options varies from year to year, and covers advanced topics that invite critical thinking and innovation in the area of building technology.

Academic Level: Undergraduate

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Subject

Architecture

Sections

Spring 2026

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
ARCHT-5400-1: BT: Building Technology Elect: Open Source Toolkit for Mass Timber CoHousing Peter Anderson	Peter Anderson	Wed 3:30-06:00PM, Main Bldg - E1
ARCHT-5400-2: BT: Building Technology Elect: Luminous Space Brendon Levitt	Brendon Levitt	Tue 12:15-02:45PM, Main Bldg - E5

Fall 2025

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
ARCHT-5400-1: BT: Building Technology Elect (Constructed Ecologies) Margaret Ikeda Evan Jones	Margaret Ikeda Evan Jones	Fri 9:00-11:30AM, Main Bldg - 102 A

Spring 2025

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
ARCHT-5400-2: BT: Building Technology Elect (Extreme Structures) Brendan Beazley	Brendan Beazley	Wed 8:00-11:00AM, Main Bldg - E1

Fall 2024

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
ARCHT-5400-1: BT: Building Technology Elect (CONSTRUCTED ECOLOGIES : ECO-LOGICS) Margaret Ikeda Evan Jones	Margaret Ikeda Evan Jones	Fri 8:00-11:00AM, Main Bldg - E2

Spring 2024

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
ARCHT-5400-1: BT: Building Technology Elect Peter Anderson	Peter Anderson	Tue 4:00-07:00PM, Hubbell - 151
ARCHT-5400-2: BT: Building Technology Elect (Extreme Structures) Brendan Beazley	Brendan Beazley	Fri 8:00-11:00AM, Main Bldg - E2 (inactive)

Fall 2023

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
ARCHT-5400-1: BT: Building Technology Elect: Constructed Ecologies Margaret Ikeda Evan Jones	Margaret Ikeda Evan Jones	Fri 8:00-11:00AM, Main Bldg - E5

Spring 2023

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
ARCHT-5400-1: BT: Building Technology Elect: Mass Timber Systems and Products as Community Opportunities Peter Anderson	Peter Anderson	Wed 8:00-11:00AM, Main Bldg - E2

Fall 2022

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
ARCHT-5400-3: BT: Regenerative Building Performance Brendon Levitt	Brendon Levitt	Fri 8:00-11:00AM, Main Bldg - E2

Spring 2022

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
ARCHT-5400-1: BT: Ecological Tectonics Adam Marcus Alexander Schofield	Adam Marcus Alexander Schofield	Tue 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - S1 Tue 12:00-03:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - S2

Fall 2021

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
ARCHT-5400-1: BT: Building Technology Elect Margaret Ikeda	Margaret Ikeda	Tue 5:00-07:00PM, Online - AR-3

Spring 2021

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
ARCHT-5400-2: BT: Extreme Structures Brendan Beazley	Brendan Beazley	Wed 6:00-07:25PM, Online - AR-7
ARCHT-5400-3: BT: Mass Timber Building Technology Peter Anderson	Peter Anderson	Wed 9:00-10:25AM, Online - AR-7

Fall 2020

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
ARCHT-5400-1: BT: Constructed Ecologies Margaret Ikeda Evan Jones	Margaret Ikeda Evan Jones	Tue 12:00-03:00PM, Online - AR-3
ARCHT-5400-2: BT: Luminous Space Brendon Levitt	Brendon Levitt	Fri 4:00-07:00PM, Online - AR-1

Spring 2020

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
ARCHT-5400-4: BT: Mass Timber Peter Anderson	Peter Anderson	Wed 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - W2

Fall 2019

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
ARCHT-5400-1: BT: Constructed Ecologies Margaret Ikeda Evan Jones	Margaret Ikeda Evan Jones	Fri 8:00-11:00AM, San Francisco - Main Building - 101
ARCHT-5400-2: BT: Parametric Design for Energy Autonomy Brendon Levitt	Brendon Levitt	Fri 4:00-07:00PM, San Francisco - Main Building - E4

Spring 2019

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
ARCHT-540-01: BT: Constructed Ecologies Evan Jones	Evan Jones	Tue 8:00-11:00AM, Main Building - E1
ARCHT-540-02: BT: Extreme Structures Brendan Beazley	Brendan Beazley	Wed 8:00-11:00AM, Main Building - E1
ARCHT-540-03: BT: At Home in The City Peter Anderson	Peter Anderson	Tue 12:00-03:00PM, Main Building - N15

Fall 2018

Section	Instructor(s)	Meeting Info
ARCHT-540-01: BT: PREFAB Peter Strzebniok	Peter Strzebniok	Fri 8:00-11:00AM
ARCHT-540-02: BT:Daylight as Luminous Space Brendon Levitt	Brendon Levitt
ARCHT-540-03: BT: Prototimber Meghan Dorrian	Meghan Dorrian	Wed 4:00-07:00PM