Advanced vertical studio, exploring complex issues and sites, often through interdisciplinary design research. Typical projects include brownfields, urban landscape infrastructure, and sustainable designs. Some studios sections for this course may have an embedded travel. Prerequisite: ALAR 8010

Thesis II . Prerequisite: ALAR 8100 and permission of the chair.

This course is for students in architecture/landscape undertaking an independent design/thesis studio in the spring semester, or students interested in strategic design thinking. Methods for initiating a thesis, research systems, documentation strategies, design experimentation, and modes of production and presentation will be covered. Collective critical discussion, analysis, and feedback as well as production of a final book will be required.

Advanced vertical studio, exploring complex issues and sites, often through interdisciplinary design research. Part one of a two-part comprehensive design sequence. Some studios sections for this course may have an embedded travel. Prerequisite: ARCH 7020 or LAR 7020.

Introduction to design concepts from the scale of the city to the body, developing an understanding of design process and compositional strategies in architecture and landscape architecture. Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Architecture or Master of Landscape Architecture Program - required for entry into the three year course of professional study unless waived by the Department Chair.

Introduction to both digital and manual representational techniques, developing the precision and facility necessary for visual communication. Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Architecture or Master of Landscape Architecture Program - required for entry into the three year course of professional study unless waived by the Department Chair.

Introduction to the analysis of the physical environment at the intersection of historical understanding and contemporary imagination. Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Architecture or Master of Landscape Architecture Program - required for entry into the three year course of professional study unless waived by the Department Chair.

This course examines the construction of the buildings, urban spaces, and site conditions of Venice and the Veneto from the origins of the city to the present-day. The course will involve workshops and seminars, as well as many field trips. Guest lecturers will provide expertise on a range of materials and practices. Students will keep a sketchbook to develop their studies through drawings and reflective notes.

This course explores the relationship of Venice to its lagoon and the mainland through the mapping and analysis of the urban and ecological systems. The research will inform the studio and independent research, and will vary in its specific focus in accordance with each year's program research goals.

Independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor

Independent Design Thesis Studio. Prerequisite: ALAR 8100 and permission of the chair.