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Introduction to Architecture

Danielle Smoller, Program Director Thomas de Monchaux, Angela Sun, Charlotte Yu, Elie Zeinoun, Jarrett Ley, Maru Perez Benavides, Sarah Bisignano Zamler, Design Studio Faculty

This five-week intensive design studio presents a comprehensive and intensive experience in architectural design. In the mornings, students are invited to participate in optional lectures and discussions on making, technology, the environment, faculty firms, and portfolio workshops. In the afternoon or evening, students are required to attend the 3-credit design studio—an educational method unique to architecture—where they are given intensive training in the skills and critical thinking involved in architectural design. Students work in small groups directly with one studio instructor, toward studio goals.

In the studio, students engage with the means and methods of architecture that are made possible and essential by dwelling online. Here they will interrogate concepts of placemaking, the production of space, and the creation of community—with a virtual embodiment. They learn about the role of the architect as a facilitator of connections between people, and as interpreter of the spaces both physical and nonphysical.

Design work, teaching, and reviews occur in platforms conducive to live sharing and feedback—some established, some experimental. These forums provide an opportunity for students to receive comments and criticism from invited architects, design professionals, and professors. Together, the studio, workshops, and lectures present an introduction to architecture as a venue for new forms, new places, and new approaches to our contemporary critical culture.

Selected Projects
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Alice Cork

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Monya Bundy

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Nicholas Arvanitis

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Rebecca Liu

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Samuel Smith

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Aislinn Keenan

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David Doan

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Deepthi Rao

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Eileen Mendez

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Hyunjae Kim

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Rebecca Shaw

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Ethan Barretto

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Jane Cole

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Jesse Prince

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Katie Ladd

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Ladi'Sasha Jones

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Talisha Ward

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Victoria Gay

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Jingxian Huang

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Leslie Li

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Megan McGourley

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Muzhi Wang

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Sofia Borghese

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Aaryn Ijames

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Kuemhee Rhee

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Natalia Kassam

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Rey Lynch

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Serena Bowman

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Tommy Lee

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Fiona Rath

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Juwan Nam

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Lily Liebes

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Shamsa Al Maeeni

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Shreya Reddy

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Will Weinstein