Architecture (ARCH)
Hands-On Learning
Environmental Design Core
Anchored through a combination of lecture courses and studio instruction, our core curriculum builds upon studios where students solve design problems at interrelated scales of the built environment: buildings, landscapes and urban systems.
- Intro to environmental product of design, 8-week studio
- Intro to architecture, 8-week studio
- Core technology 1
- ENVD Colloquium
- Core lecture: Design Theory & Thinking
- Intro to landscape architecture, 8-week studio
- Intro to sustainable planning & urban design, 8-week studio
- Core technology 2
- Core lecture: History of the Built Environment
- Choice of core design studio, 8-week studio
- Choice of core design studio, 8-week studio
- Core technology 3
- Core lecture: Ecology & Design
- Core lecture: Planning & ImplementationÌý
Students pursue in-depth projects and gain specialized skills necessary for pre-professional work or graduate study through upper-division course work.
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Intro to Architecture Core
Ìý ÌýENVD CoreÌý8-week design studio
The second of four introductory studios introduce students to strategies and techniques of architectural design and communication in a hands-on studio environment. Students design a small-scale architectural project that responds to environmental, contextual and programmatic needs while developing the necessary skills for iterative design processes.
Fundamentals of Architecture
Ìý ÌýENVD CoreÌý8-week design studio
Focusing on the languages of design, as well as on traditional and digital methods of visualizing architectural ideas and forms, this course builds on the skills learned in Studio 1 and begins incorporating the dynamic forces that shape our buildings.
Foundations of Architecture
Ìý ÌýENVD major 16-week design studio
This course kicks off the architectural specialization sequence. It introduces students to the basic strategies and techniques of architectural design.ÌýThis studio focuses on concepts of medium-scale building design, siting, and climate. Through multiple design exercises, students learn how these factors assist in shaping buildings.
Intermediate Architecture
Ìý ÌýENVD major 16-week design studio
Dealing with problems at an intermediate level of complexity, this architecture studio emphasizes the interaction of form, programmatic use, human behavior and context in creating structure.Studio options may include a client-based community engaged project, real world applications, and/or result in a physical product. Students work across analog and digital platforms to produce high quality and portfolio-worthy work.​
Capstone in Architecture
