Week 1
ARCH 4605/6605 classes begin next week

Week 2
Mon., Aug. 30: Introduction to health, safety, and welfare

Wed., Sept. 1: The politics of fire-safety, access, and structure
Assignment 1 issued

Week 3
Mon., Sept. 6: Labor Day, NO CLASS

Wed., Sept. 8: Exterior walls, horizontal assemblies, and vertical openings
Assignment 1 due | Assignment 2 issued

Week 4
Mon., Sept. 13: Horizontal assemblies and vertical openings: Mezzanines
Assignment 2 due | Assignment 3 issued

Wed., Sept. 15: Horizontal assemblies and vertical openings: Atriums

Week 5
Mon., Sept. 20: Smoke control in atriums
Assignment 3 due | Assignment 4 issued
In-class presentation and final project issued

Wed., Sept. 22: Fire walls and fire barriers

Week 6
Mon., Sept. 27: Occupancy
Assignment 4 due | Assignment 5 issued

Wed., Sept. 29: Milstein crit room case study

Week 7
Mon., Oct. 4: Construction type
Assignment 5 due | Assignment 6 issued

Wed., Oct. 6: Sprinklers

Week 8
Mon., Oct. 11: Fall break; no class

Wed., Oct. 13: Frontage and unlimited area buildings
Assignment 6 due | Assignment 7 issued

Week 9

Mon., Oct. 18: Allowable building height, measured in feet or stories
Assignment 7 due | Assignment 8 issued

Wed., Oct. 20: Allowable height (continued)

Week 10
Mon., Oct. 25: Overview of means of egress systems
Assignment 8 due | Assignment 9 issued

Wed., Oct. 27: Case studies: campus buildings

Week 11
Mon., Nov. 1: Exit access stairways and their limits in atriums
Assignment 9 due | Assignment 10 issued

Wed., Nov. 3: Interior exit stairways and enclosure exceptions

Week 12
Mon., Nov. 8: Egress from Occupancy Groups A and R
Assignment 10 due

Week 12 (continued)

Wed., Nov. 10: Accessibility

Week 13
All student in-class presentations due Monday, Nov. 15.
Mon., Nov. 15: Urban conflagrations

• Chicago 1871
• San Francisco Earthquake fire of 1906

Wed., Nov. 17: Wildfires

• General causes, case-studies
• Implications for building design and urban/regional planning

Week 14
Mon., Nov. 22: Highrise buildings

• World Trade Center fire and egress issues; debate and code changes
• Combustible cladding: Grenfell vs. US Code protections

Wed., Nov. 24: Thanksgiving break, no class

Week 15
Mon., Nov. 29: Historic fire disasters and resulting code changes

• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
• Cocoanut Grove Fire

Wed., Dec. 1: Historic fire disasters and resulting code changes (continued)

• Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire
• Station (Rhode Island) Nightclub Fire

Week 16
Mon., Dec. 6: Hollywood movie fires

• Hollywood movie fires myths vs. reality

Final project: Due during exam week (Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021, 2:00 pm)