Studios
For B.Arch. students in their 4th and 5th years of study, Advanced Studios include design projects focused on space problems, comprehensive building design, landscape design, building siting and master planning. They can encompass large programmed areas such as high-density housing and deal with such subjects as advanced digital practices, development of programmed spaces, cultural institutions, innovative building systems, and sustainability.Enrolling an average of fourteen students, Advanced Studios challenge students to design complex projects in Chicago and other places in the United States and the world. Recent Advanced Studios have designed transportation buildings, high-rise buildings, campus projects, national design competition entries, design/build/develop projects in response to community needs, and landscape architecture projects.
Approximately twenty different studios are offered each semester. Each studio project is proposed and taught by a member of the College’s studio faculty, providing a wide range of expertise in specific building types, advanced building technologies, sustainability, digital applications in design, and contemporary materials. Each year some Advanced Studios travel to complete projects elsewhere in the United States or other countries.
Fall 2008 Advanced Studio Descriptions