This studio examines the underlying strategies,
tactics and techniques of the architectural 
design process. Emphasis is placed on developing
 a systematic approach to design while 
simultaneously engaging in the development 
of architectural design theory and intellectual 
inquiry.The class begins with a sequence of
intensive design exercises.An interpretive 
analysis of several honorific architectural 
exemplars reveals underlying formal strategies. 
A unique formal vocabulary is generated from
the analysis. The analytic methods developed 
condition the synthetic methods of the major
project,a building which exhibits itself. 
The architectural elements, the site, 
and the sequences of movement through 
the building which exhibits itself,are exhibits.