DIRECTOR: Ms. Danielle Smoller

Introduction to Architecture is a preprofessional program for those who are interested in architecture and may be considering it as a career, and for those students who have prior educational experience in design and may wish to complete an additional studio to prepare for application to graduate school. Students must apply online. An official transcript of the applicant's most recent work and a resumé are required. Submission of examples of graphic, photographic, or other design work is encouraged but not required. Applicants should indicate on their application their preference for afternoon or evening studio. When the application is complete, the Office of Admissions will notify the applicant of the admission decision.

Architecture A1003 Introduction to architecture. 3 pts
Ms. Smoller and staff.

A course comprising studio and lecture formats, presenting a comprehensive experience in architectural design. The course meets five days or evenings a week for five weeks. Utilizing New York City as a laboratory, the morning sessions develop an awareness of the relationships between the history, theory, practice, and design of architecture. Seminars, workshops, and field trips to the offices of prominent professionals, to museums, and to buildings focus on these issues. The afternoon or evening sessions take place in the architecture studio, the basic environment in which architectural education takes place. Students work with studio critics on a series of projects presented by the studio director, presenting their individual designs to juries comprised of faculty and practitioners. Although the studio is structured to allow the development of design skills for those with no prior education in architecture, it also presents the opportunity for students with some background to improve their skills and gain further studio experience. In addition to the seminar and studio portions of the course, there are weekly lectures given by prominent architects from the New York metropolitan area.