ARPL 401 Architectural Design IV
This studio has students choose from among several projects developed by different critics that cover different issues. In all cases, however, projects build upon the formal and tectonic body of knowledge explored in 200 and 300 level studios, though of increased scale and programmatic complexity. They require students to take project development to a greater level with emphasis on design across a range of scales including that of the region, the city, the building, the interiors, the furniture, and/or the detail. Since students with the best projects earn places in our foreign studies program, competition between them raises the bar for verbal and visual communication.