The Building Workshop II addresses building science and technology topics that influence the built environment for safe and healthy human occupation. BIW 2 focuses on tactile material practices and innovation through prototype fabrication, digital simulation, and physical performance testing.

This course offers a foundation in understanding climate and energy in buildings and cities, and teaches the tools to parametrically analyze, model, visualize and design for energy impacts. Starting from real energy in real buildings through physical and data exploration, the course then teaches parametric tools to propose interventions and analyze for performance. The course is open to students in both Architecture and Engineering.

Earth's ecosystems are unraveling at an unprecedented rate, threatening human wellbeing & posing substantial challenges to contemporary society. Designing sustainable practices, institutions, & technologies for a resource-constrained world is our greatest challenge. This integrated and interdisciplinary course prepares students to understand,innovate & lead the efforts necessary to engage in this task. Graduate course will have additional course requirements.

This studio course emphasizes conceptualization and synthesis of complex programs in contemporary contexts at multiple scales.Prerequisite: ARCH 3020

This is a studio based course on Architectural design thinking with a focus on creative approaches to analyzing and solving diverse problems.Prerequisite: ARCH 3070

This course introduces a range of design methodologies and techniques necessary for developing projects within the ARCH 6010 Foundation Studio I. Emphasis is on connecting thinking to making with topics on sketching, analytical diagramming, orthographic drawing, rapid physical modeling, presentation physical modeling, and digital workflows for iterative design.

With a focus on the interplay between design methods and building practices through history, this course explores the fundamental tectonic principles that shape the work of architecture.

Topical offerings in architecture. For a one-page course description and recommended baseline academic experience, please be in touch with the faculty member or academic advisor. 

Independent Design Research Studio for 4th year students in their final year. Prerequisite: ARCH 4010 and ARCH 4100, permission of the chair.

Students pursue a semester long advanced design project. Prerequisite: ARCH 4010.