Students will be placed in one of an array of diverse advanced studio offerings, developed to provide students opportunity to deeply engage topics within the expansive discipline of architecture, and reflective of the expertise and interests of the full design faculty. Studio project sizes, types and sites will vary, along with pedagogical methods. Course is taken two times in sequence to meet third year M Arch program requirements. Repeatable two times.
8 hr./wk.
This required seminar course focuses on special topics of study that support and broaden the 3rd year M. Arch. design curriculum. Repeatable 2 times.
3 hr./wk.
This is the fourth in a four-semester sequence that examines the physical forms of world architecture and related arts. It analyzes the built environment in response to place, politics, culture, and the people who use it. This semester students will study architecture in the 20th and 21st centuries in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania. Two lectures and an advanced seminar are required weekly.
3 hr./wk.
This new required fifth semester course builds upon the digital skills students have acquired over the 4 semesters of the core and introduces them to advanced topics in computing. Emphasis is on scripting, parametric modeling, and data visualization and covers such software as Revit, Grasshopper, Solid Works, and Ecotect.
$50
3 hr./wk.
This course introduces students to the professional practice of architecture with a special emphasis on the challenges facing architects that maintain a strong design emphasis This course covers the general organization of the profession and its relation to client, community, and the construction industry; new management techniques, information organization and retrieval, project delivery, construction and construction documents, cost control, legal surety, contracts, and financial management.
3 hr./wk.