Selected Graduate Design Studio Projects

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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE – ADVANCED DESIGN STUDIO

This is a critical moment for the re-thinking of the object of architecture, approaching architectural discourse critically; questioning the very boundaries of Architecture itself. The discipline has been characterized in recent years by an anti-intellectual attitude. Moreover, it has been a reflection of an ideology of extreme consumerism and, as thus, "object" oriented architecture.

The innovative and visionary work produced in the Advanced Design Studio, while exploring specific problems, simultaneously addresses the question of the place and relevance of the problem in architectural discourse. Without prescribed boundaries, the projects address a myriad of critical issues affecting architectural discourse, ranging from urban theory to the present condition of globalization and the continual emergence of new scientific developments and technologies. Emphasis is placed on the design process developed through a series of productive readings. Drawing is emphasized as a tool for critical thinking and as an intrinsic part of the process completed by models.

—Professor Diana Agrest


2022-23/2023-24

411

Studio I (Fall 2022)

412

Studio II (Spring 2023)

413

Thesis (Fall 2023)

 

2021-22/2022-23

411

Studio I (Fall 2021)

412

Studio II (Spring 2022)

413

Thesis (Fall 2022)

 

2020-21/2021-22

411

Studio I (Spring 2021)

412

Studio II (Fall 2021)

413

Thesis (Spring 2022)

 

2019-20/2020-21

411

Studio I (Fall 2019)

412

Studio II (Spring 2020)

413

Thesis (Fall 2020)

 

2018-19

411

Fall 2018

412

Spring 2019

413

Thesis 2019

 

2017-18

411

Fall 2017

412

Spring 2018

413

Thesis 2018

 

2014-15

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Fall 2014

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Spring 2015

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Thesis 2015

 

2013-14

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Fall 2013

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Spring 2014

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Thesis 2014

 

2012-13

Fall 2012

Spring 2013

Thesis 2013

 

2011-12

Fall 2011

Spring 2012

Thesis 2012

 

2010-11

Fall 2010

Spring 2011

Thesis 2011

 

2009-10

Fall 2009

Spring 2010

Thesis 2010

 

 


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