ARCH 1010: Introduction to Design
This course provides a studio design foundation for aspiring designers, architects, landscape architects, urban designers, and product designers to pursue their creative aspirations and positively impact society through design.
Left: Gordon Matta Clark precedent study; Right: Arielle Bennett Move Memorial, Fall '22

Architecture in the University
The study of architecture is focused around a core of sequential design studios.
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Architecture in the Community
The study of architecture engages the local community beyond the campus.
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Architecture in the World
The study of architecture extends beyond the local community into the world.
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The mission of the undergraduate program in architecture is to develop analytical thinking and creative making within the discipline of architecture in the context of a general liberal arts and sciences curriculum.
Events
Polygonal Primitives
Annual Exhibition
An exploration of polygons, tessellation patterns, boolean geometry and architectural design.
How Architecture Works
StudioTalks!
Witold Rybczynski
Witold Rybczynski: A Humanist's Toolkit
Greenhouse and Cabinet of Future Fossils
StudioTalks!
Jenny Sabin: A greenhouse in the courtyard of the American Philosophical Society with a wall grid housing digitally fabricated ceramic artifacts.
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