Undergraduate Student Work
The Architecture Design Core Studios I, II, III, & IV are crafted in a progressive learning sequence based on themes. The themes have basis in the humanities, where architecture and its various modes of expression, can be understood as means to document, record, process and re-cast the human experience to the built environment. Students are immersed in the studio learning environment where they develop critical thinking, design communication and representation skills, building practices, technical skills, professional practices and asked to contribute to the making of a global knowledge of architecture. Through this understanding we approach the studio as place to practice, to ply one’s craft, and develop the discipline necessary to lead the profession of Architecture.
First Year Design Studio
The First Year Design Studios are a rigorous introduction to the fundamentals of the design process in architecture, including how one develops architecture’s relationships to people, spaces and basic forms of shelter. Valuable learning tools are embedded in the process of design, as a way of working on something, refining it, moving it toward a goal.
Second Year Design Studio
The Second Year Design Studios concentrate on the exploration of a rational design methodology through the process of analysis, synthesis and transformation. Through combinations of short exercises and comprehensive projects, students are encouraged to develop a conceptual trajectory for their work.
Third Year Design Studio
The third year design studio emphasizes the architectural synthesis of more complex and challenging contexts, programs, design procedures and methodologies. The studio topics often engage with civic or cultural institutions, that serve as symbolic expression of social values and/or as catalysts for dynamic urban influences.
Fourth Year Design Studio
The Fourth Year Design studios begin to explore architecture and urban design questions with a greater sense of depth within a framework of different design methodologies. They examine specific topics in the architectural design process, as well as the role of Architecture as a critical component of the larger built environment and of the public realm.
Undergraduate Award & Scholarship Winners
The Fourth Year Design studios begin to explore architecture and urban design questions with a greater sense of depth within a framework of different design methodologies. They examine specific topics in the architectural design process, as well as the role of Architecture as a critical component of the larger built environment and of the public realm.