Architectural Analysis explores analytical techniques for studying the complex formal and spatial relationships between environments, cities, buildings and people. Students in the course explore three types of analysis: typological analysis at the scale of architecture, behavioral analysis at the scale of human interaction with designed form, and urban and environmental analysis at the scale of a neighborhood. The course lays the groundwork for an architectural practice that is conceptually inventive, and that responds and relates to diverse cultural, socio-political, environmental and physical contexts. The curriculum of Architectural Analysis is coordinated with M.Arch. Studio 3, and class research focuses on forms, contexts, and issues relevant to the studio’s topics.