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What Is the Best School of Architecture?
This is a common question that people ask about all colleges and universities. You’re bound to find rankings of architecture schools and the universities that house them. There is no objective way to say which are the best schools. Best for what? For what you can afford? For the location you desire? For the size of institution you wish to attend? For the special interest on which you wish to focus?
Best should mean best for you. Understand that architecture schools are very diverse. You can find them in large public universities, in independent art schools, in Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and in many other varied settings.
At the undergraduate level, prospective students and their family should discuss the student’s educational aims. An undergraduate degree can be the basis for more advanced study at the graduate level, or it can end with a direct path to a career in a firm or other setting. Each architecture program will present its strengths and provide a picture of what students can get from the program, its campus setting, and the various opportunities that the school and its faculty provide for students.
At the graduate level, students tend to understand clearly why they wish to enroll. Students have more ability to match their interests and strengths to various graduate degree options. Schools that are worthy of your focus can explain to you why graduate education will advance your career opportunities, whether this means advancement in your firm, a career change, or a path into teaching or research.
Whether you are looking at an undergraduate or graduate degree, do not hesitate to contact the admissions staff to get a better understanding of a potential school. Schools want students to succeed and should be willing to provide ample information about what makes them unique and a good choice.
At Study Architecture, we avoid ranking programs and do not recommend making decisions solely based on what a particular ranking says. The journey into an architecture program should involve reflection on where you’re going. This path should be exciting and empowering, because opportunities to thrive abound in architecture school.
ACSA Affiliate Member Programs
Are you interested in studying architecture? Looking for a 2 or 4-year program community college or pre-professional program? Listed below are our current Affiliate Member Schools. Affiliate member schools are colleges, universities, and community colleges who are not accredited or currently seeking accreditation by National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) or Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB).
Anne Arundel Community College
Architecture and Interior Design
101 College Parkway CRRS 224
Arnold, MD 21012-1895
Main Phone: 410-777-2437
Fax: 410-777-2445
E-mail: mdryan@aacc.edu
Mr. Michael D. Ryan, Department Chair
Athabasca University
RAIC Center For Architecture
1 University Drive
Athabasca
Alberta, T9S 3A3
Canada
Main Phone: 250-766-3575
Fax:780-675-6437
E-mail: dmacleod@athabascau.ca
Dr. Douglas MacLeod, Chair, RAIC Center for Architecture
California State University, Sacramento
Department of Design
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95819
Main Phone: 916-278-3962
E-mail: dmoreno@cmcc.edu
Shelly Duff, Professor and Program Coordinator
Central Maine Community College
1250 Turner Street
Architectural & Civil Engineering Technology
Auburn, ME 04210
Main Phone: 207-755-5330
E-mail: duff@csus.edu
Dan Moreno, Architect, ACE Dept Chair, Instructor
College of DuPage
Department of Architecture
425 Fawell Blvd
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599
Main Phone: 630-942-2331
Fax: 630-858-7263
E-mail: osterg@cod.edu
Jane Ostergaard, Program Chair Architecture and Construction Management/Professor
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Department of Architecture
39221 Woodward Ave
PO Box 801
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
Main Phone: 248-65-3300
E-mail: gwilkins@cranbrook.edu
Gretchen Wilkins
Cuesta College
Department of Architecture
San Luis Obispo Campus
PO Box 8106
San Luis Obispo, CA 93403-8106
Main Phone: 805-596-9915
E-mail: dfernand@cuesta.edu
David Fernandez
Del Mar College
101 Baldwin Blvd
Corpus Christi, TX 78404
Main Phone: 361-698-1725
E-mail: lwright15@delmar.edu
Ms. Laura Nichole Wright, Chair of Technology Education Dept.
Diablo Valley College
321 Golf Club Road
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Main Phone: 925-685-1230
E-mail:DAbbott@dvc.edu
Prof. Daniel Abbott, Chair, Engineering Dept. Program Director, Architecture
Endicott College
Department of Architectural + Design Studies
376 Hale Street
Beverly, MA 01915
Main Phone: 978-232-2202
Fax: 978-232-2231
E-mail: Krenz@endicott.edu
Kevin Renz, Associate Dean Architectural + Design Studies
Hillsborough Community College
Architectural Construction Programs
4001 Tampa Bay Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33614
Main Phone: 813-253-7449
Fax: 813-253-7520
E-mail: bjohnson@hccfl.edu
Elizabeth R. Johnson, Dean
James Madison University
School of Art, Design & Art History
820 S. Main Street
MSC7101
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Main Phone: 540-568-6216
Fax: 640-568-6598
E-mail: erdmanja@jmu.edu
Jori Erdman, Architectural Design Coordinator
Keene State University
Architecture
229 Main Street
MS-1901
Keene, NH 03435
Main Phone: 603-358-2276
E-mail: dpaley@keene.edu
Ms. Donna Paley
Lehigh University
Department of Art & Architecture
133 Research Drive
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Main Phone: 610-758-3610
Fax: 610-758-6551
E-mail: nin209@lehigh.edu
Mr. Nik Nikolov, Associate Professor of Architecture
Long Beach City College
Architectural Drafting Department
4901 East Carson Street
Long Beach, CA 90808
Main Phone: 562-938-4718
E-mail: leslieforehand@gmail.com
Leslie Forehand, Assistant Professor
Miami Dade College
School of Engineering, Technology and Architecture
11380 NW 27th Avenue
Suite 1256
Miami, FL 33167
Main Phone: 305-237-1169
Fax: 305-237-1531
E-mail: aknights@mdc.edu
Anselm Knights, Chairperson
Stanford University
Architectural Design, Civil & Environmental Engineering
473 Via Ortega, Room 313A, MC 4020
Stanford, CA 94305
Main Phone: 650-736-8149
E-mail: jhbarton@bartonarchitect.com
John Barton, Director
The University of Colorado Boulder
Program in Environmental Design
UCB 314
Boulder, CO 80309-0314
Main Phone: 303-492-8267
E-mail: paul.chinowsky@colorado.edu
Paul S. Chinowsky, Professor and Director
The University of Southern Mississippi
Architecture Program – School of Construction +Design
118 College Dr. #5138
Hattiesburg, MA 39406
Main Phone: 601-266-6782
E-mail: Erich.Connell@usm.edu
Erich Connell, Professor and Director
University of Missouri-Columbia
Architectural Studies
137 Stanley Hall
Columbia, MO 65211-7700
Main Phone: 573-882-7224
Fax: 573-884-6679
E-mail: balakrishnanb@missouri.edu
Dr. Bimal Balakrishnan, Associate Professor, Department Chair & Co-Director of Graduate Studies
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Architecture Urban Planning & Design
109 Katz Hall
5005 Rockhill Rd
Kansas City, MO 64110
Main Phone: 816-235-1725
Fax: 816-235-5226
E-mail: aupd@umkc.edu
Michael Frisch
Université de Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
École de design
CP 8888, succ. Centre-ville
Montréal, Québec H3C 3P8
Canada
Main Phone: 514-987-3000
Fax: 514-987-7717
E-mail: pelletier.louise@uqam.ca
Louise Pelletier, Professor and Director, School of Design
Yestermorrow Design/Build School
7865 Main Street
Waitsfield, VT 05673
Main Phone: 802-496-5545
E-mail: britton@yestermorrow.org
Britton Rogers, Executive Director
2019 Architecture Summer Programs
Are you interested in studying architecture? Looking for a summer program to prepare you for school? Listed below are over 100 unique programs from all across the globe. Find the summer program that is right for you.
Email info@acsa-arch.org to be included in our listing.
UNITED STATES
NORTHEAST
ACE Mentor Program – Allentown, PA
https://www.letsbuildcamp.com
Dates TBA for 2019 (1 week)
AIA DC – Washington, DC
https://www.aiadc.com/program/dackids-summer-camp
July 22 – 26, 2019 (1 week) Grades 2-6
Barnard College – New York, NY
https://barnard.edu/precollege/summer/summerinthecity
July 7 – August 2, 2019 (4 weeks) – High School, July 7 – July 12, 2019 (1 weeks) – High School
Boston Architectural College – Boston, MA
http://www.the-bac.edu/education-programs/summer-academy
July 8 – August 2, 2019 (4 weeks) – High School
Boston Society of Architects – Boston, MA
https://www.architects.org/bsaspace/programs-and-events/learning-design
Program Dates throughout Year (1st – 8th grades)
Boston Society of Architects – Boston, MA – KidsBuild
https://www.architects.org/bsaspace/programs-and-events/kidsbuild
Dates TBA for 2019 (Weekend) – Ages 5-13
Carnegie Mellon University – Pittsburgh, PA
http://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/pre-college-architecture
June 29 – July 21, 2019 (3 weeks); June 29 – August 10, 2019 (6 weeks) – Grades 10-12
Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History – Pittsburgh, PA
http://camps.artandnaturalhistory.org/calendar/?week=-1&event_category=2&event_audience=0
Contact Programs for Dates (various grades)
Catholic University of America – Washington, DC
http://architecture.cua.edu/other-programs/experiences-in-architecture.cfm
July 8 – 26, 2019 (3 weeks) – High School
Center for Architecture Foundation – New York, NY
https://www.centerforarchitecture.org/k12summer
Dates TBA for 2019 (Grades 3-5)
Dates TBA for 2019 (Grades 6 – 8)
Dates TBA for 2019 (Grades 9/10 – 12)
City College of New York – New York, NY
https://ssa.ccny.cuny.edu/programs-centers/other-programs/summer-arch-career-lab/
July 8 – August 2, 2019 (4 weeks) – (High School/College/Adult)
Columbia University – New York, NY
https://www.arch.columbia.edu/programs/2-intro-to-architecture
July 1 – August 2, 2019 (4 weeks) – High School
Cooper Union – New York, NY
http://cooper.edu/about/introduction-architecture-high-school-students
July 8 – August 9, 2019 (5 Weeks) (High School)
http://cooper.edu/architecture/school-architecture-summer-programs/summer-programs-architecture-introduction-architecture
July 8 – August 2, 2019 (4 Weeks) (College)
Cornell University – Ithaca, NY
https://sce.cornell.edu/precollege/program/architecture
June 22 – August 3, 2019 (6 weeks) (high School)
Design Science Lab – Chestnut Hill College – Philadelphia, PA
http://designsciencelab.com/
June 16 – 24, 2019 (1 week)
Drexel University – Philadelphia, PA
http://www.drexel.edu/westphal/about/summerHighschoolProgram/Summer_Programs_ARCH/
July 14 – 27, 2019 (2 weeks) (high school)
Fallingwater – Mill Run, PA
http://www.fallingwater.org/142
June 23 – 29, 2019; July 20 – 27, 2019 (1 week) (high school)
Global Solutions Lab – Chestnut Hill College – Philadelphia, PA
http://www.designsciencelab.com
June 16–24, 2019 (1 week) (High School/College/Adult)
Harvard University – Cambridge, MA
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/careerdiscovery/
June 17 – July 26, 2019 (6 weeks) (High School/College/Adult)
https://designdiscoveryya.gsd.harvard.edu
July 2019 (4 weeks) (High School)
Hip Hop Architecture Camp – Boston, MA
http://hiphoparchitecture.com/
July 8 – 12, 2019 (1 week) Grades 7-12
The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies – New York, NY
http://institute-ny.org/
Dates TBA for 2019
Institute of Classical Architecture and Art – New York, NY
https://www.classicist.org/education/summer-studio/
June 17 – July 13, 2019
Maryland Institute College of Art – Baltimore, MD
http://www.mica.edu/precollege
June 23 – July 6, 2019 (2 weeks), July 7 – 27, 2019 (3 weeks), June 22 – July 27, 2019 (5 weeks)
University of Maryland – College Park, MD
https://oes.umd.edu/middle-high-school-students/terp-discovery
July 15 – 26, 2019 (2 weeks)
Marywood University – Scranton, PA
http://www.marywood.edu/architecture/design-your-future/index.html
Dates TBA for 2019 (1 week) – High School
University of Massachusetts Amherst – Amherst, MA
https://www.umass.edu/summer/programs/academic-programs/summer-design-academy
July 7 – 27, 2019 (3 weeks) – High School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Boston, MA
https://www.urbanframe.org
(Contact School for Dates)
Hip Hop Architecture – Boston, MA
http://hiphoparchitecture.com/2019-camp-locations
July 8 – 12, 2019
National Building Museum – Washington, DC
http://www.nbm.org/families-kids/summer-camp.html
July 8 – 12, 2018; July 15 – 19, 2019; July 22 – 26, 2019; July 29 – August 2, 2019; August 5 – 9, 2019; August 12 – 16, 2019 (1 Week) Rising 2nd – 7th grade
New Jersey Institute of Technology – Newark, NJ
http://design.njit.edu/coadprograms/summer.php
July 7 – 12, 2019; July 14 – 19, 2019; July 21 – 26, 2019 (1 week) – High School
New York Institute of Technology – Old Westbury, NY
http://www.nyit.edu/nyit_academy/exploring_architecture_in_manhattan
July 8 – August 2, 2019 (4 weeks)
Norwich University – Summer Design Academy -Northfield, VT
http://www.norwich.edu/camps
July 14 – 20, 2019 (1 week) (high school)
Parsons The New School For Design – New York, NY
http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/summer-studies-in-constructed-environments/
June 24 – July 26, 2019 (5 weeks) (College and Adults); July 8-26, 2019 (16-18 Year olds)
August 5 – 16, 2019 (2 weeks) (Grades 3 – 12)
Pennsylvania State University – State College, PA
http://architecture-camps.outreach.psu.edu/
July 14-18, 2019 (1 week) (High School)
University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA
jkcp.com/architecture
June 30 – July 27, 2019 Residential (4 weeks) (High School)
Philadelphia NOMA Chapter – Philadelphia, PA
http://www.philanoma.org/project-pipeline.html
Contact Programs for Dates
Phillips Exeter Academy – Exeter, NH
http://www.exeter.edu/exeter-summer
July 1 – August 2, 2019 (5 weeks) – High School
Pratt Institute – Brooklyn, NY
http://www.pratt.edu/precollege
July 21– 26, 2019 (4 weeks)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Troy, NY
http://summer.rpi.edu/programs
July 8 – 19, 2019 (2 weeks) – High School
Rhode Island School of Design – Providence, RI
http://precollege.risd.edu
June 22 – August 3, 2019 (6 weeks)
Roger Williams University – Bristol, RI
http://rwu.edu/academics/schools-colleges/saahp/special-programs/summer-programs/summer-academy
July 7 – August 3, 2019 (4 weeks)
Syracuse University – Syracuse, NY
http://summercollege.syr.edu/programs/programs-by-subject/#artanddesign
June 29 – July 26, 2019 (High School) (4 weeks)
Temple University – Philadelphia, PA
http://tyler.temple.edu/continuing-education-program/architecture-institute
July 8 – 19, 2019 (2 weeks) ( High School)
Wentworth Institute of Technology – Boston, MA
http://wit.edu/summerfab/
July 15 – August 9, 2019 (High School) (4 weeks)
Yale University – New Haven, CT
http://www.explo.org/360/yale
June 23 – July 13, 2019; July 14 – August 3, 2019 (3 weeks)
SOUTHEAST
AIA Atlanta – Atlanta, GA
https://www.aiaatl.org/designers-of-tomorrow-fair/
Contact Programs for Dates
AIA Miami – Miami, FL
http://aiamiami.org/architects-in-the-making/
Contact Programs for Dates
Auburn University – Auburn, AL
http://www.auburn.edu/outreach/opce/summerexperience/architecture.htm
June 9 – 14, 2019; June 23 – 28, 2019; July 7 – 12, 2019 (1 week) (11-12 grades)
http://www.auburn.edu/outreach/opce/auburnyouthprograms/bhamdesign1.htm
July 15 – 19, 2019 (1 week) (Birmingham) (Middle School)
Clemson University – Clemson, SC
http://www.clemson.edu/summer-scholars
June 9 – 15, 2019; June 23 – 29, 2019 (High School) (1 week)
Florida Atlantic University – Boca Raton, FL
http://www.idac.fau.edu/design/HSSI.html
Dates TBA for 2019 (2 weeks)
University of Florida – Gainesville, FL
https://dcp.ufl.edu/architecture/summer-design-exploration/
June 16 – July 7, 2019 (High School) (3 weeks)
Georgia Institute of Technology – Atlanta, GA
https://design.gatech.edu/precollege
June 16 – 28, 2019; July 14 – 26, 2019 (2 weeks) – High School
Kennesaw State University – Marietta, GA
http://cacm.kennesaw.edu/architecture/programs/summer-design-workshop.php
July 8 – 26, 2019 (2 weeks) – High School
Louisiana State University – Baton Rouge, LA
http://www.outreach.lsu.edu/Pre-K-12/Architecture-Design-Workshop
June 9 – 14, 2019 (1 week)
Louisiana at Lafayette, University of – Lafayette, LA
https://architecture.louisiana.edu/prospective-students/schedule-your-visit-today/design-discovery-summer-camp
June 17 – 22, 2019 (1 week) – High School
University of Miami – Miami, FL
http://ssp.dcie.miami.edu/
July 6 – 26, 2019 (3 weeks, full-time in-residence)
Mississippi State University – Starkville, MS
http://www.sarc.msstate.edu/caad_web/sarc/designdiscovery.php
June 7 – 13, 2019 (1 week)
University of North Carolina at Charlotte – Charlotte, NC
http://coaa.uncc.edu/academics/school-of-architecture/summer-camp-0
June 9 – June 15, 2019 (1 week)
North Carolina State University – Raleigh, NC
design.ncsu.edu/designcamp
June 22 – 26, July 29 – August 2, 2019 (Rising 6th, 7th & 8th Grade);
July 22 –26, July 28 – August 2, 2019 (Rising 9th, 10th, & 11thGrade); (day)
June 23 – 39; July 7 – 13, 2019 (Rising 11th & 12th Grade) (overnight) (1 week)
Savannah College of Arts & Design – Savannah, GA
https://www.scad.edu/academics/pre-college-summer-programs/rising-star
June 16 – July 19, 2019(High School) (5 weeks)
Savannah College of Arts & Design – Atlanta, Hong Kong, Savannah, GA
http://www.scad.edu/academics/pre-college-summer-programs/scad-summer-seminars
June 16 – 21; July 7 – 12; July 14 – 19, 2019; (High School) (1 Week) Atlanta
June 30 – July 5; July 14 – 19; July 21 – 26, 2019 (High School) (1 week) Hong Kong
June 23 – 28; July 7 – 12; July 14 – 19; July 21 – 26; July 28 – August 2, 2019 (High School) (1 week) Savannah
University of Tennessee – Knoxville, TN
http://archdesign.utk.edu/news-events/design-matters-camp/
July 14 – 20, 2019 (High School) (1 week)
Tulane University – New Orleans, LA
http://architecture.tulane.edu/programs/summer-high-school-program
July 8 – 19, 2019; July 22 – August 2, 2019 (High School) (2 weeks)
Tuskegee University – Tuskegee, AL – PACT
https://www.tuskegee.edu/programs-courses/colleges-schools/tsacs/pact-summer-program
Contact Programs for Dates
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University – Blacksburg, VA
https://sites.google.com/site/insidearchitectureanddesign/
June 23 – 28, 2019 (1 week) – High School
EAST CENTRAL
AIA Columbus – Columbus, OH
http://www.columbuscfad.org/camp-architecture/
June 3 – 7, 2019; June 10 – 14, 2019; June 17 – 21, 2019 (Elementary and Middle School)
June 10 – 21, 2018 (High School)
Andrews University – Berrien Springs, MI
https://www.andrews.edu/said/renaissance-kids
June 24 – 28; July 8 – 12; July 29 – August 2, 2019 (ages 5-7); June 10 – 14; August 5 – 9, 2019 (ages 7-10); June 24 – 28; July 8 – 12; July 29 – August 2; August 5 – 9, 2019 (ages 10-12); July 15 – 26, 2019 (ages 13-16)
Ball State University – Muncie, IN
http://bsu.edu/cap/designworks
July 7 – 19, 2019 (High School) (2 weeks)
University of Cincinnati – Cincinnati, OH
http://daap.uc.edu/daapcamps.html
June 23 – 29, 2019 (1 week) (High School); June 10 – 14, 2019 (1 week) (rising 9-12thgrade); June 10 – 14, 2019 (1 week) (rising 6-7thgrade)
Cranbrook Summer Art Institute – Bloomfield Hills, MI
https://cranbrookartmuseum.org/learn/kids-teens/create-camps-grade-k-9/
June 17 – August 21, 2019 (1st – 2nd), July 1 – 3 (3rd – 5th), July 22 –August 2, 2019 (6th – 8th) (1 week)
University of Detroit Mercy – Detroit, MI
arch.udmercy.edu/camp
Dates TBA for 2019 (1 week) (high school)
Lawrence Technological University – Detroit, MI
http://www.ltu.edu/community_k12/summer_camps.asp
June 24 – 28; July 8 – 12; July 15 – 19; July 22 – 26, 2019 (High School) (1 week)
Miami University – Oxford, OH
http://miamioh.edu/admission/high-school/summer-scholars/
June 30 – July 12; July 14 – 26, 2019 (2 weeks) – High School
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI
http://www.taubmancollege.umich.edu/architecture/high-school-programs/arcstart
July 8 – 28, 2019 (3 weeks) – High School
University of Notre Dame – Notre Dame, IN
http://architecture.nd.edu/academics/professional-development/career-discovery/
June 16 – 28, 2019 (High School) (2 weeks)
WEST CENTRAL
Center for Architecture and Design – Kansas City, MO – KC Design Week
https://www.cfadkc.org/design-week
April 10 – 19, 2019 (Middle School)
Frank Lloyd Trust – Oak Park, IL
http://cal.flwright.org/programs/youthfamily/designcamps/
July 8 – 12, 2019 (Grades 3-5); July 24 – 28, 2019 (Grades 6-8)
Hip Hop Architecture Camp – Kansas City, MO
http://hiphoparchitecture.com/
July 8 – 12, 2019 (1 week) Grades 7-12
Hip Hop Architecture Camp – St. Louis, MO
http://hiphoparchitecture.com/
June 3 – 7, 2019 (1 week) Grades 7-12
Illinois Institute of Technology – Chicago, IL
http://www.arch.iit.edu/study/eia
June 16 – 29; July 7 – 20, 2019 (High School) (2 weeks)
http://www.arch.iit.edu/study/introarch
July 29 – August 10, 2019 (College) (2 weeks)
K-State Design Discovery – Manhattan, KS
https://www.k-state.edu/admissions/visit/design-discovery/index.html
June 23 – 26, 2019 (1 week) Grades 9-12
University of Colorado Denver – Denver, CO
http://cap.ucdenver.edu/archinthecity
June 3 – 14, 2019 (2 weeks) (high school students)
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
http://arch.uic.edu/YArch
July 8 – August 2, 2019 (4 weeks) (college students/working professionals)
http://arch.uic.edu/HiArch
July 15 – 19, July 22 – 26, 2019 (1 week) (high school students)
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign – Champaign, IL
http://www.arch.illinois.edu/degrees/discover-architecture-pre-college-program
June 16 – 29; July 7 – 20, 2019 (2 weeks)
Iowa State University – Ames, IA
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/camping
Dates TBA for 2019 (1 week) – High School
Judson University – Elgin, IL
http://arch.judsonu.edu/architecture-discovery-workshop/
July 7 – 12, 2019 (1 week)
University of Missouri at Kansas City – Kansas City, MO
http://info.umkc.edu/aupd/design-discovery-program/
June 3 – 5, 2019
University of Nebraska-Lincoln – Lincoln, NE
http://architecture.unl.edu/prospective-student/high-school-workshops
June 16 – 21, 2019 (High School) (1 week)
University of Oklahoma – Norman, OK
https://pacs.ou.edu/precollegiate/9th-12th-grade/architecture-summer-academy/
Contact Programs for Dates (1 week) – High School
Oklahoma State University – Stillwater, OK
http://arch-ceat.okstate.edu/discover-architecture
June 27 – 29, 2019; July 11 – 13, 2019 (1 week)
Project Pipeline – Chicago, IL
https://www.i-noma.org/project-pipeline-summer-camp
Contact Programs for Dates
School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago, IL
http://saic.edu/ecpsi
June 17 – 28, 2019 (High School) (2 weeks)
Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, IL
http://conferenceservices.siu.edu/camps-youth-programs/architecture-camp.php
June 17 – 21, 2019 (Grades 4-6); July 7 – 12, 2019 (Grades 7-9);
July 14 – 19, 2019 (Grades 9-12)
Taliesin – Summer Immersion Program – Spring Green, WI
http://taliesin.edu/news/immersion/
Contact Program for Dates (8 weeks)
Taliesin – Architecture Camp – Spring Green, WI
http://www.taliesinpreservation.org/engage/camps
June 10 – 14 (Age 10 – 15); July 24 – 28 (Age 8 – 11); June 24 – 28 (Age 10 – 15);
June 15 – 19, 2019 (1 week) – Grades 9th – 12th
Washington University in St. Louis – St. Louis, MO
http://www.samfox.wustl.edu/summer/adp
July 7 – 20, 2019 (2 weeks)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee – Milwaukee, WI
http://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/admissions/outreach/summercamp/summercamp.cfm
July 28 – August 3, 2019 (1 week)
Weisman Art Museum – Minneapolis, MN
http://weisman.umn.edu/learning#community-families
Contact Program for Dates (1 week)
SOUTHWEST
University of Arkansas – Fayetteville, AR
https://fayjones.uark.edu/news-and-events/design-camp.php
June 10 – 14, 2019 (Grades 9-12); July 8 – 12, 2019(Grades 9-12) (1 week)
University of Houston- Houston, TX
http://www.wonderworkshouston.org/
June 10 – July 12, 2019 (5 weeks) – High School
Prairie View A&M University – Prairie View, TX
http://www.pvamu.edu/soa/summer-program/
July 7 – 13, 2019 (1 week)
Texas A&M University – College Station, TX
http://www.youthadventureprogram.com/
July 14 –19, 2019 (1 week) – Rising 7th – 10th graders
University of Texas at San Antonio – San Antonio, TX
http://cacp.utsa.edu/academic-programs/department-of-architecture/summer-academy-in-architecture-interior-design/
June 10 – 21, 2019 (2 weeks) – High School and above
University of Texas at Arlington – Arlington, TX
https://www.uta.edu/cappa/news-events/summer-camp/
June 11 – 13, 2019 (1 weeks) – High School
Tulane University – New Orleans, LA
http://architecture.tulane.edu/prospective-students/admissions/career-explorations
July 8 – 19, 2019; July 22 – August 2, 2019 (3 weeks) (high school)
WEST
AIA East Bay – San Francisco, CA – Youth Architecture Camp
http://aiaeb.org/tag/youth-architecture-camp/
Contact Program for Dates (1 week) – Grades 6-8
Architectural Foundation of San Francisco – San Francisco, CA
http://www.afsf.org/programs/build-san-francisco-summer-design-institute/
June 17 – July 3; July 8 – 26, 2018 (3 weeks)
Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara, CA – Summer Camp
http://www.kidzengineering101.com/summer-camps-santa-barbara-and-buellton-ca
July 15 – 19, 2019 (grades 5-8); July 22 – 26, 2019 (grades 8-10); July 29 – August 1, 2019 (grades 2-4); August 5 – 9, 2019 (grades 3-5)
Arcosanti – Mayer, AZ
http://aplusd.org/arkidecture
Contact A + D Museum for dates of workshops
Arizona State University – Phoenix, AZ
https://design.asu.edu/resources/design-primer
June 10 – July 12, 2019 (5 weeks)
University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ
http://capla.arizona.edu/events/camp-architecture
June 3 – 7, 2019 (1 week)(Rising 6th-8thgrades) June 10 – 14, 2019 (1 week)(Rising 9th-12thgrades)
June 17 – 21, 2019 1 week)(grades 6-12) June 24 – 28, 2019 (1 week) (grades 6-12)
University of California at Berkeley – Berkeley, CA
http://ced.berkeley.edu/academics/summer-programs/summer-institute/
July 8 – August 16, 2019 (6 weeks) – College Graduates
http://ced.berkeley.edu/academics/summer-programs/embarc-design-academy/
July 8 – August 2, 2019 (4 weeks) – High School
http://ced.berkeley.edu/academics/summer-programs/discovery/
June 8 – August 9, 2019 (5 weeks) – College
California Baptist University – Riverside, CA – Summer Day Camp
http://cavad.calbaptist.edu/programs/summer
July 8 – 12, 2019 (1 week) – High School
University of California at Los Angeles – Los Angeles, CA
http://www.summer.ucla.edu/institutes/Architecture/overview.htm
July 8– August 2, 2019 (4 weeks) – Post High School
http://www.summer.ucla.edu/institutes/TeenArchStudio
July 7 – 20, July 7 – 27, 2019 (2/3 weeks) – High School
California College of The Arts – San Francisco, CA
https://portal.cca.edu/learning/special-programs/pre-college-program/architecture/
June 24 – July 19, 2019 (4 weeks)
California Poly State Univ. – SLO – San Luis Obispo, CA
https://architecture.calpoly.edu/about/summer-career
June 23 – July 19, 2019 (4 weeks)
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation – Scottsdale, AZ
http://franklloydwright.org/education/
July 8 – 12, 2019 (Grades 2nd – 4th),
June 3 – 7, July 22 – 26, 2019 (Grades 7th – 12th)
Girls Garage – Berkeley, CA – Summer Camp
http://girlsgarage.org/programs/summer-camp/
June 6 – 21; June 24 – 28, 2019 (1 week) (age 13-17) Young Women’s Design & Building Institute
July 22 – 26; July 29 – August 2; August 5 – 9, 2019 (1 week) (ages 9-13) Design. Build. Transform
University of Idaho – Moscow, ID
https://www.uidaho.edu/caa/news/annual-events/summer-design-week
June 27 – 30, 2019 (1 week)
Institute for Educational Advancement – Los Angeles, CA – Explore
http://educationaladvancement.org/programs/iea-explore/
June 15 – July 5; July 6 – 26, 2019 (3 weeks), July 20 – August 2, 2019 (2 weeks)
June 15 – July 26, 2019 (6 weeks)
La Jolla Historical Society’ Young Architects Summer Camp – La Jolla, CA
https://lajollahistory.org/education/
July 22 – 26, 2019 (1 week) (Middle School); July 29 –August 2, 2019 (1 week) (high School)
Los Angeles Institute of Architecture and Design
http://www.laiad.com/
July 15 – August 9, 2019 (1 month); June 17 – August 9, 2019 (2 month)
Newschool of Architecture and Design – San Diego, CA
https://newschoolarch.edu/academics/summer-courses/
Contact Program for Dates
University of Oregon – Portland, OR
http://aaa.uoregon.edu/portland/designcamp
Contact Programs for Dates
Portland State University – Portland, OR
https://www.pdx.edu/architecture/summer_immersion
July 22 – August 16, 2019 (4 weeks)
Project Pipeline Los Angeles NOMA Chapter – Los Angeles, CA
http://socalnoma.org/campoverview/
Contact Program for Dates
Project Pipeline San Francisco NOMA Chapter – San Francisco, CA
http://www.sfnoma.net/
Contact Program for Dates
Southern California Institute of Architecture – Los Angeles, CA
https://sciarc.edu/mm
July 8 – August 2, 2019 (4 weeks) (College) – Making and Meaning
https://sciarc.edu/did
June 17 – July 13, 2019 (4 weeks) (High School) – Design Immersion Days
University of Southern California – Los Angeles, CA
https://arch.usc.edu/high-school-program-exploration-of-architecture
June 16 –30, 2019 (2 weeks)
June 16 – July 13, 2019 (4 weeks)
Taliesin Preservation – Spring Green, WI
https://www.taliesinpreservation.org/events/category/educational-programs/
June 10 –14, 2019 (age 10-15) June 24– 28, 2019 (age 8-11) (1 week)
June 24 – 28, 2019 (age 10-15); July 15 – 19, 2019 (grades 9-12) (1 week)
July 15 – 19, 2019 (grades 7-12); July 29 – August 2, 2019 (age 9-12) (1 week)
University of Washington – Seattle, WA
http://arch.be.washington.edu/programs-and-courses/other-programs/arch-100-summer-program/
June 24 – August 23, 2019 (9 weeks) – (undergraduates and college graduates)
University of Washington – Summer Youth Programs – Seattle, WA
https://www.summer-camp.uw.edu/camps-courses-masters/architectural-studies/
July 8 – 19, 2019 (2 weeks) – High School
Woodbury University – Los Angeles, CA – High School Summer Academy / Art of Architecture
https://woodbury.edu/academics/summer-programs/hs-summer-academy/
June 24 – July 26, 2019 (5 weeks) – Monday, Wednesday and Friday only (11th – 12 grade)
https://woodbury.edu/academics/summer-programs/youth-camps/
July 15 – August 2, 2019 (3 weeks) – Monday-Friday only (5th – 8th grade)
INTERNATIONAL
Arava Institute – Global Sustainability Fellows Program – Eilat, ISRAEL
http://www.sustainabilitylabs.org/gsf/home/
Dates TBA for 2019
Architectural Association – London, ENGLAND
http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/VISITING/summerschool
Dates TBA for 2019
Blourbanism: Designing a Home of Language – Artena, Italy
https://biourbanism-school.tumblr.com
July 13 –20, 2019
Carleton University – Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA – Studio First
https://carleton.ca/architecture/programs/studiofirst/
May 22 – June 26, 2019 (5 weeks)
Carleton University – Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA – Imagine Architecture
https://carleton.ca/architecture/programs/imagine-architecture/
July 8 – 12, 2019 (1 week), July 19 – 21, 2019 (3 days), July 22 – 26, 2019 (1 week)
CIAO! Center for Introduction to Architecture Overseas – Pontano, Italy
https://ciaocfsu.org
July 6 – 27, 2019 (3 weeks)
Cities in Asia – University of Hong Kong – Singapore and Shanghai
http://fac.arch.hku.hk/summer/cities-in-asia/
June 24 – July 16, 2019 (undergraduate and graduate students, recent graduates)
Daniels Bits & Bites (ages 9-11)
https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/outreach/daniels-bits-bytes
S1: July 8 – July 12, 2019 // S2: July 15-July 19, 2019
Daniels DigiFab (ages 12-14)
https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/outreach/daniels-digifab
July 22 – August 2, 2019
Daniels Bootcamp: Exploring Careers in Design
https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/outreach/daniels-bootcamp-exploring-careers-design
July 15 – August 2, 2019
IFHP Urban Planning and Design Summer School in Finland
https://ifhpsummerschool.wordpress.com/
August 5 – 16, 2019 (2 weeks)
International Summer School – Tamil Nadu, INDIA
http://www.agpworkshops.com/
Contact for dates
The Tasis Summer Program ‐France
http://summer.tasis.com/page.cfm?p=397
June 24 – July 15 (3 weeks), July 18 – August 1, 2019 (2 weeks)
The University of British Columbia – Design Discovery ‐Vancouver, Canada
https://sala.ubc.ca/academics/non-degree-programs/design-discovery
July 2 – July 14 (high school, college, graduates and professionals)
Design Quest / Design Day / Skill Up Workshops (RIBA) – London, England
http://www.architecture.com/Explore/ExhibitionsandEvents/Workshops/Workshops.aspx
Contact for dates
AURA Summer Academy – Istanbul
http://aura-istanbul.com/index.php/aura-summer-academy-2019/
July 8 – August 2, 2019
GeoDine: An Invitation to Experiment and Experience (Summer Program) – China
https://archinect.com/schools/event/16352595/geodine-an-invitation-to-experiment-and-experience-summer-prgram-2019/150133594
June 16 – September 15, 2019
Universidad Anahuac Queretaro – Mexico
http://anahuacqro.edu.mx/escuelaarquitectura/
June 10 – 28, 2019
Sasayama School of Architecture – Japan
https://scrum-home.com/arch-sc-en/
August 26 – 30, 2019
2018 Architecture Summer Programs
Are you interested in studying architecture? Looking for a summer program to prepare you for school? Listed below are over 100 unique programs from all across the globe. Find the summer program that is right for you.
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UNITED STATES
NORTHEAST
ACE Mentor Programu – Allentown, PA
http://www.greaterlehighvalleycsi.com/lets-build-camp.html
July 9 – 13, 2018 (1 week)
AIA DC – Washington, DC
https://www.aiadc.com/program/dackids-summer-camp
August 13 – 17, 2018 (1 week) Grades 2-6
Barnard College – New York, NY
https://barnard.edu/precollege/summer/summerinthecity
June 24 – July 20, 2018 (4 weeks)
Boston Architectural College – Boston, MA
http://www.the-bac.edu/education-programs/summer-academy
July 9 – August 3, 2018 (4 weeks) – High School
Boston Leadership Institute
http://bostonleadershipinstitute.com/architecture.html
Dates: July 16 – 20, 2018
Boston Society of Architects – Boston, MA
https://www.architects.org/bsaspace/programs-and-events/learning-design
Program Dates throughout Year (1st – 8th grades)
Boston Society of Architects – Boston, MA – KidsBuild
https://www.architects.org/bsaspace/programs-and-events/kidsbuild
April 7 – 8, 2018 (Weekend) – Ages 5-13
Carnegie Mellon University – Pittsburgh, PA
http://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/pre-college-architecture
June 30 – July 21 (3 weeks); June 30 – August 11, 2018 (6 weeks) – High School
Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History – Pittsburgh, PA
http://camps.artandnaturalhistory.org/calendar/?week=-1&event_category=2&event_audience=0
Contact Programs for Dates (various grades)
Catholic University of America – Washington, DC
http://architecture.cua.edu/other-programs/experiences-in-architecture.cfm
July 9 – 27, 2018 (3 weeks) – High School
Center for Architecture Foundation – New York, NY
https://www.centerforarchitecture.org/k12summer
June 25 – 29, July 9 – 13, July 16 – 20, July 23 – 27, July 30 – Aug 3, Aug 13 – 17, Aug 20 – 24, 2018 (Grades 3-5)
June 25 – 29, July 16 – 20, July 30 – Aug 3, Aug 6 – 10, Aug 13 – 17, 2018 (Grades 6 – 8)
June 25 – 29, July 9 – 20, July 23 – 27, July 30 – Aug 3, Aug 6 – 17, 2018 (Grades 9/10 – 12)
City College of New York – New York, NY
https://ssa.ccny.cuny.edu/programs-centers/other-programs/summer-arch-career-lab/
July 5 – August 2, 2017 (4 weeks)
Columbia University – New York, NY
https://www.arch.columbia.edu/programs/2-intro-to-architecture
July 5 – August 3, 2018 (4 weeks) – High School
Cooper Union – New York, NY
http://cooper.edu/architecture/school-architecture-summer-programs
July 9 – August 10, 2018 (4 Weeks for High School and College Students)
Cornell University – Ithaca, NY
http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=arch&s=Overview
June 23 – August 4, 2018 (6 weeks)
Design Science Lab – Chestnut Hill College – Philadelphia, PA
http://designsciencelab.com/
June 17 – 25, 2018 (1 week)
Drexel University – Philadelphia, PA
http://www.drexel.edu/westphal/about/summerHighschoolProgram/Summer_Programs_ARCH/
July 8 – 21, 2018 (2 weeks) (high school)
Fallingwater – Mill Run, PA
http://www.fallingwater.org/142
June 23 – 30; July 21 – 28, 2018 (1 week) (high school)
Global Solutions Lab – Chestnut Hill College – Philadelphia, PA
http://www.designsciencelab.com
June 17–25, 2018 (1 week) (High School/College/Adult)
Harvard University – Cambridge, MA
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/careerdiscovery/
June 18 – July 27, 2018 (6 weeks) (High School/College/Adult)
http://blogs.gsd.harvard.edu/projectlink/
July 2018 (4 weeks) (High School)
Hip Hop Architecture Camp – Baltimore, MD
http://hiphoparchitecture.com/
July 23 – 27, 2018 (1 week) Grades 7-12
Hip Hop Architecture Camp – Boston, MA
http://hiphoparchitecture.com/
July 23 – 27, 2018 (1 week) Grades 7-12
The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies – New York, NY
http://institute-ny.org/
Early June to early August
Institute of Classical Architecture and Art – New York, NY
https://www.classicist.org/education/summer-studio/
June 18 – July 14, 2018
Maryland Institute College of Art – Baltimore, MD
http://www.mica.edu/precollege
June 23 – July 7 (2 weeks), July 7 – 28 (3 weeks), June 23 – July 28, 2018 (5 weeks)
University of Maryland – College Park, MD
https://oes.umd.edu/middle-high-school-students/terp-discovery
July 8 – 27, 2018 (3 weeks)
Marywood University – Scranton, PA
http://www.marywood.edu/architecture/design-your-future/index.html
July 16 – 23, 2018 (1 week) – High School
University of Massachusetts Amherst – Amherst, MA
http://www.umass.edu/summercollege/
July 8 – 28, 2018 (3 weeks) – High School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Boston, MA
http://www.urbanframe.org/#!2015-three-public-squares/c11cd
(Contact School for Dates)
National Building Museum – Washington, DC
http://www.nbm.org/families-kids/summer-camp.html
July 9 – 13, 2018; July 16 – 20, 2018; July 23 – 27, 2018; July 30 – August 3, 2018; August 6 – 10, 2018; August 13 – 17, 2018 (1 Week) Rising 2nd – 7th grade
New Jersey Institute of Technology – Newark, NJ
http://design.njit.edu/coadprograms/summer.php
July 8 – 13, 2018; July 15 – 20, 2018 (1 week) – High School
New York Institute of Technology – Old Westbury, NY
http://www.nyit.edu/nyit_academy/exploring_architecture_in_manhattan
July 9 – August 3, 2018 (4 weeks)
Parsons The New School For Design – New York, NY
http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/summer-studies-in-constructed-environments/
June 4 – 22 (2 weeks) – College/Adult, July 9 – 27 (2 weeks) (College/Adult and Pre-College)
August 6 – 17, 2018 (2 weeks) (Grades 3 – 12)
Pennsylvania State University – State College, PA
http://architecture-camps.outreach.psu.edu/
July 15-19, 2018 (1 week) (High School)
University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA
jkcp.com/architecture
July 1 – 28, 2018 Residential (4 weeks); July 2 – 27, 2018 Day (4 weeks)
Philadelphia NOMA Chapter – Philadelphia, PA
http://www.philanoma.org/project-pipeline.html
Contact Programs for Dates
Phillips Exeter Academy – Exeter, NH
http://www.exeter.edu/exeter-summer
July 1 – August 3, 2018 (5 weeks) – High School
Pratt Institute – Brooklyn, NY
http://www.pratt.edu/precollege
February 24 – May 5, 2018 (Saturdays – 10 weeks)
July 2 – 27, 2018 (4 weeks)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Troy, NY
http://summer.rpi.edu/programs]
July 9 – 20, 2018 (2 weeks) – High School
Rhode Island School of Design – Providence, RI
http://precollege.risd.edu/wp/
June 23 – August 4, 2018 (6 weeks)
Roger Williams University – Bristol, RI
http://rwu.edu/academics/schools-colleges/saahp/special-programs/summer-programs/summer-academy
July 9 – August 4, 2018 (4 weeks)
Steven Myron Holl Foundation Residency – Rhinebeck, New York
http://tspacerhinebeck.org/residency/
July 6 – July 31 (Undergraduate and Graduate)
Syracuse University – Syracuse, NY
http://summercollege.syr.edu/program/architecture/
July 2 – 27, 2018 (High School) (4 weeks)
Temple University – Philadelphia, PA
http://tyler.temple.edu/continuing-education-program/architecture-institute
July 9 – 20, 2018 (2 weeks) ( High School)
Wentworth Institute of Technology – Boston, MA
http://wit.edu/summerfab/
July 9 – August 3, 2018 (High School) (4 weeks)
Yale University – New Haven, CT
http://www.explo.org/360/yale
June 24 – July 14, 2018; July 15 – August 4, 2018 (3 weeks)
SOUTHEAST
AIA Atlanta – Atlanta, GA
https://www.aiaatl.org/designers-of-tomorrow-fair/
Contact Programs for Dates
AIA Miami – Miami, FL
http://aiamiami.org/architects-in-the-making/
July 9 – 20, 2018 (2 weeks) – Grades 3rd – 9th
Auburn University – Auburn, AL
http://www.auburn.edu/outreach/opce/summerexperience/architecture.htm
June 10 – 15; July 8 – 13, 2018 (1 week) (Auburn) (High School)
July 16 – 20, 2018 (1 week) (Birmingham) (Middle School)
Clemson University – Clemson, SC
http://www.clemson.edu/summer-scholars
June 3 – 9; July 8 – 14, 2018 (High School) (1 week)
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?Architecture
Dates TBD
Florida Atlantic University – Boca Raton, FL
http://www.idac.fau.edu/design/HSSI.html
June 18 – 29; July 9 – 20, 2018 (2 weeks)
University of Florida – Gainesville, FL
https://dcp.ufl.edu/architecture/summer-design-exploration/
June 17 – July 6, 2018 (High School) (3 weeks)
Georgia Institute of Technology – Atlanta, GA
https://design.gatech.edu/precollege
June 17 – 29, July 8 – 20, 2018 (2 weeks) – High School
Hip Hop Architecture Camp – Sarasota, FL
http://hiphoparchitecture.com/
August 20 – 24, 2018 (1 week) – Grades 7-12
Kennesaw State University – Marietta, GA
http://cacm.kennesaw.edu/architecture/programs/summer-design-workshop.php
July 16 – 27, 2018 (2 weeks) – High School
Louisiana State University – Baton Rouge, LA
http://www.outreach.lsu.edu/Pre-K-12/Architecture-Design-Workshop
June 10 – 15, 2018 (1 week)
Louisiana at Lafayette, University of – Lafayette, LA
https://architecture.louisiana.edu/prospective-students/schedule-your-visit-today/design-discovery-summer-camp
June 25 – 30, 2018 (1 week) – High School
University of Miami – Miami, FL
http://ssp.dcie.miami.edu/
July 7 – 27, 2018 (3 weeks, full-time in-residence)
Mississippi State University – Starkville, MS
http://www.sarc.msstate.edu/caad_web/sarc/designdiscovery.php
June 8 – 15, 2018 (1 week)
University of North Carolina at Charlotte – Charlotte, NC
http://coaa.uncc.edu/academics/school-of-architecture/summer-camp-0
June 10 – June 16, 2018 (1 week)
North Carolina State University – Raleigh, NC
design.ncsu.edu/designcamp
June 11 – 15, July 23 – 27, 2018 (Rising 6th, 7th & 8th Grade);
July 11 –15, July 23 – 27, 2018 (Rising 9th, 10th, & 11thGrade); (day)
June 24 – 30; July 8 – 14, 2018 (Rising 11th & 12th Grade) (overnight) (1 week)
Savannah College of Arts & Design – Savannah, GA
https://www.scad.edu/academics/pre-college-summer-programs/rising-star
June 17 – July 20; July 24 – 27, 2018 (High School) (1 week)
Savannah College of Arts & Design – Atlanta, Hong Kong, Savannah, GA
http://www.scad.edu/academics/pre-college-summer-programs/scad-summer-seminars
June 17 – 22; June 24 – 29; July 1 – 6; July 8 – 13;
July 15 – 20; July 22 – 27; July 29 – Aug. 3, 2018 (High School) (1 week)
University of Tennessee – Knoxville, TN
http://archdesign.utk.edu/news-events/design-matters-camp/
July 10 – 15, 2018 (High School) (1 week)
Tulane University – New Orleans, LA
http://architecture.tulane.edu/programs/summer-high-school-program
July 8 – 28, 2018 (High School) (3 weeks)
Tuskegee University – Tuskegee, AL – PACT
https://www.tuskegee.edu/programs-courses/colleges-schools/tsacs/pact-summer-program
June 17 – 30, 2018 (1 week) – High School
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University – Blacksburg, VA
https://sites.google.com/site/insidearchitectureanddesign/
June 24 – 29, 2018 (1 week) – High School
EAST CENTRAL
AIA Columbus – Columbus, OH
http://www.columbuscfad.org/camp-architecture/
June 4 – 8, 2018; June 11 – 15, 2018; June 18 – 22, 2018 (Elementary and Middle School)
June 11 – 22, 2018 (High School)
Andrews University – Berrien Springs, MI
https://www.andrews.edu/said/renaissance-kids
June 11 – 15, July 25 – 29 (ages 5-7); July 9 – 13, August 6 – 10 (ages 7-10)
June 11 – 15, June 25 – 29, July 9 – 13 (ages 10-12); July 16 – 20, 23 – 27 (ages 13-16)
Ball State University – Muncie, IN
http://bsu.edu/cap/designworks
July 8 – 20, 2018 (High School) (2 weeks)
University of Cincinnati – Cincinnati, OH
http://daap.uc.edu/daapcamps.html
July 8 – 12, 2018 (1 week) (High School)
Cranbrook Summer Art Institute – Bloomfield Hills, MI
https://cranbrookartmuseum.org/learn/kids-teens/create-camps-grade-k-9/
June 25 – 29 (1st – 2nd), July 2 – 6 (3rd – 4th), July 9 – 13 (5th – 6th) (1 week)
July 23 – August 3, 2018 (2 weeks) – Grades 7th – 9th
University of Detroit Mercy – Detroit, MI
arch.udmercy.edu/camp
June 25 – 29, 2018 (1 week) (high school)
Hip Hop Architecture Camp – Toledo, OH
http://hiphoparchitecture.com/
July 9 – 14, 2018 (1 week) Grades 7-12
Lawrence Technological University – Detroit, MI
http://www.ltu.edu/community_k12/summer_camps.asp
June 25 – 29; July 9 – 13; July 17 – 21, 2018 (High School) (1 week)
Miami University – Oxford, OH
http://miamioh.edu/admission/high-school/summer-scholars/
July 1 – 13, July 15 – 27, 2018 (2 weeks) – High School
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI
http://www.taubmancollege.umich.edu/architecture/high-school-programs/arcstart
July 9 – July 30, 2018 (3 weeks) – High School
University of Notre Dame – Notre Dame, IN
http://architecture.nd.edu/academics/professional-development/career-discovery/
June 17 – 29, 2018 (High School) (2 weeks)
WEST CENTRAL
Center for Architecture and Design – Kansas City, MO – KC Design Week
https://www.cfadkc.org/design-week
April 6 – 14, 2018 (Middle School)
Frank Lloyd Trust – Oak Park, IL
http://cal.flwright.org/programs/youthfamily/designcamps/
July 9 – 13, 2018 (Grades 3-5); July 23 – 27, 2018 (Grades 6-8)
June 23, July 7, July 21, 2018 (Grades 9-12)
Hip Hop Architecture Camp – Madison, WI
http://hiphoparchitecture.com/
July 9 – 14, 2018 (1 week) Grades 7-12
Hip Hop Architecture Camp – Milwaukee, WI
http://hiphoparchitecture.com/
April 28, 2018 Grades 7-12
Illinois Institute of Technology – Chicago, IL
http://www.arch.iit.edu/study/eia
June 17 – 30; July 8 – 21, 2018 (High School) (2 weeks)
http://www.arch.iit.edu/study/introarch
July 30 – August 13, 2018 (College) (2 weeks)
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
http://arch.uic.edu/YArch
July 9 – August 3, 2018 (4 weeks) (college students/working professionals)
http://arch.uic.edu/HiArch
July 16 – 20, July 23 – 17, 2018 (1 week) (high school students)
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign – Champaign, IL
http://www.arch.illinois.edu/degrees/discover-architecture-pre-college-program
June 17 – 30; July 8 – 21, 2018 (2 weeks)
Iowa State University – Ames, IA
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/camping
July 8 – 13, 2018 (1 week) – High School
Judson University – Elgin, IL
http://arch.judsonu.edu/architecture-discovery-workshop/
July 8 – 13, 2018 (1 week)
University of Missouri at Kansas City – Kansas City, MO
http://info.umkc.edu/aupd/design-discovery-program/
June 4 – 6, 2018
University of Nebraska-Lincoln – Lincoln, NE
http://architecture.unl.edu/prospective-student/high-school-workshops
June 17 – 22, 2018 (High School) (1 week)
University of Oklahoma – Norman, OK
https://pacs.ou.edu/precollegiate/9th-12th-grade/architecture-summer-academy/
Contact Programs for Dates (1 week) – High School
Oklahoma State University – Stillwater, OK
http://arch-ceat.okstate.edu/discover-architecture
June 11 – 16, 2018 (1 week)
Project Pipeline – Chicago, IL
https://www.i-noma.org/project-pipeline-summer-camp
Contact Programs for Dates
School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago, IL
http://saic.edu/ecpsi
June 19 – 30, 2018 (High School) (2 weeks)
Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, IL
http://conferenceservices.siu.edu/camps-youth-programs/architecture-camp.php
June 18 – 22, 2018 (Grades 4-6); July 8 – 13, 2018 (Grades 7-9);
July 15 – 20, 2018 (Grades 9-12)
Taliesin – Summer Immersion Program – Spring Green, WI
http://taliesin.edu/news/immersion/
June 18 – August 10, 2018 (8 weeks)
Taliesin – Architecture Camp – Spring Green, WI
http://www.taliesinpreservation.org/engage/camps
June 18 – 22 (Grades 3rd – 5th), July 11 – 15, June 25 – 29 (Grades 5th – 10th)
June 16 – 20, 2018 (1 week) – Grades 9th – 12th
Washington University in St. Louis – St. Louis, MO
http://www.samfox.wustl.edu/summer/adp
July 8 – July 21, 2018 (2 weeks)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee – Milwaukee, WI
http://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/admissions/outreach/summercamp/summercamp.cfm
July 29 – August 4, 2018 (1 week)
Weisman Art Museum – Minneapolis, MN
http://weisman.umn.edu/learning#community-families
July 30 – August 3, 2018 (1 week)
SOUTHWEST
University of Arkansas – Fayetteville, AR
https://fayjones.uark.edu/news-and-events/design-camp.php
June 11 – 15, 2018; June 18 – 22, 2018; June 25 – 29, 2018 (1 week)
High School at the Delta (grades 3-12)
University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design
Design Experience: Pre-Graduate Architecture Summer Program
http://www.uh.edu/architecture/special-programs/summer-discovery/
(June 11-July 13th) 5 weeks
University of Houston- Houston, TX
http://www.wonderworkshouston.org/
June 11 – July 13, 2018 (5 weeks) – High School
Prairie View A&M University – Prairie View, TX
http://www.pvamu.edu/soa/academics/summer-program/
July 8 – 13, 2018 (1 week)
Texas A&M University – College Station, TX
http://www.youthadventureprogram.com/
July 28 – August 3, 2018 (1 week) – Rising 9th – 12th graders
University of Texas at San Antonio – San Antonio, TX
http://cacp.utsa.edu/academic-programs/department-of-architecture/summer-academy-in-architecture-interior-design/
June 11-22, 2018
Tulane University – New Orleans, LA
http://architecture.tulane.edu/prospective-students/admissions/career-explorations
July 8 – 28, 2017 (3 weeks)
WEST
AIA East Bay – San Francisco, CA – Youth Architecture Camp
http://aiaeb.org/tag/youth-architecture-camp/
June 19 – 23, 2018 (1 week) – Grades 6-8
Architectural Foundation of San Francisco – San Francisco, CA
http://www.afsf.org/programs/build-san-francisco-summer-design-institute/
June 11 – 20; July 9 – 27, 2018 (3 weeks)
Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara, CA – Summer Camp
http://www.kidzengineering101.com/summer-camps-santa-barbara-and-buellton-ca
Contact Programs for Dates
Arcosanti – Mayer, AZ
http://aplusd.org/arkidecture
Contact A + D Museum for dates of workshops
Arizona State University – Phoenix, AZ
https://design.asu.edu/resources/design-primer
June 11 – July 13, 2018 (5 weeks)
SFNOMA Project Pipeline – San Francisco, CA – Architecture Summer Camp
https://mailchi.mp/
July 9 – 14, 2018 (1 week) (Middle School)
University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ
http://capla.arizona.edu/events/camp-architecture
June 4 – 8; June 18 – 22, 2018 (1 week) – Grades 6-8th
June 11 – 15; June 25 – 29, 2018 (1 week) – Grades 9-12th
University of California at Berkeley – Berkeley, CA
http://ced.berkeley.edu/academics/summer-programs/summer-institute/
July 2 – August 10, 2018 (6 weeks) – College Graduates
http://ced.berkeley.edu/academics/summer-programs/embarc-design-academy/
July 2 – 27, 2018 (4 weeks) – High School
http://ced.berkeley.edu/academics/summer-programs/discovery/
June 2 – August 3, 2018 (5 weeks) – College
California Baptist University – Riverside, CA – Summer Day Camp
http://cavad.calbaptist.edu/summer17
June 25 – 29, 2018 (1 week) – High School
University of California at Los Angeles – Los Angeles, CA
http://www.summer.ucla.edu/institutes/Architecture/overview.htm
July 9 – August 3, 2018 (4 weeks) – Post High School
http://www.summer.ucla.edu/institutes/TeenArchStudio
July 8 – 20, July 8 – 27, 2018 (2/3 weeks) – High School
California College of The Arts – San Francisco, CA
cca.edu/precollege
June 25 – July 20, 2018 (4 weeks)
California College of The Arts – San Francisco, CA
http://makingarchitecture.cca.edu/
July 9 – August 3, 2018
California Poly State Univ. – SLO – San Luis Obispo, CA
http://www.architecture.calpoly.edu/about/summer-‐career
June 24 – July 20, 2018 (4 weeks)
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation – Scottsdale, AZ
http://franklloydwright.org/education/
July 16 – 20 (Grades 2nd – 4th),
June 25 – 29, July 30 – August 3, 2018 (Grades 7th – 12th)
Girls Garage – Berkeley, CA – Summer Camp
http://girlsgarage.org/programs/summer-camp/
June 18 – 22 / July 9 – 13, 2018 (1 week) (High School) Young Women’s Design & Building Institute
July 23 – 27; July 30 – August 3; August 6 – 10, 2018 (1 week) (ages 9-13) Design. Build. Transform
June 25 – 29, 2018 (1 week) (Adult) Women’s Design and Building Camp
Hip Hop Architecture Camp – Portland, OR
http://hiphoparchitecture.com/
June 11 – 15, 2018 (1 week) Grades 7-12
Hip Hop Architecture Camp – Tempe, AZ
http://hiphoparchitecture.com/
August 6 – 10, 2018 (1 week) Grades 7-12
University of Idaho – Moscow, ID
https://www.uidaho.edu/caa/news/annual-events/summer-design-week
July 11 – 14, 2018 (1 week)
Institute for Educational Advancement – Los Angeles, CA – Explore
http://educationaladvancement.org/programs/iea-explore/
June 16 – July 6, July 7 – 27, 2018 (3 weeks), July 28 – August 10, 2018 (2 weeks)
June 16 – July 27, 2018 (6 weeks)
La Jolla Historical Society’ Young Architects Summer Camp – La Jolla, CA
https://lajollahistory.org/education/
July 23 – August 3, 2018 (2 weeks) – High School
Los Angeles Institute of Architecture and Design
http://www.laiad.com/
Contact for dates
Newschool of Architecture and Design – San Diego, CA
https://newschoolarch.edu/acad
August 6 – 9, 2018 (1 week) (high school)
August 14 – 24, 2018 (1week)
University of Oregon – Portland, OR
http://aaa.uoregon.edu/portland/designcamp
Contact Programs for Dates
Portland State University – Portland, OR
https://www.pdx.edu/
July 23 – August 17, 2018 (4 weeks)
Project H Design / Camp H for Girls – Berkeley, CA
http://girlsgarage.org/programs/summer-camp/
June 18 – 22, 2018 (1 week) (Girls ages 13-17)
June 25 – 29, 2018 (1 weeks) (Girls 21 and up)
July 7 – 13, 2018 (1 week) (Girls ages 13-17)
July 23 – August 10, 2018 (1 week) (Girls 9-13)
Project Pipeline Los Angeles NOMA Chapter – Los Angeles, CA
http://socalnoma.org/campoverview/
July 14, 21, 28, 2018
Project Pipeline San Francisco NOMA Chapter – San Francisco, CA
http://www.sfnoma.net/
Contact Program for Dates
Southern California Institute of Architecture – Los Angeles, CA
https://sciarc.edu/mm
July 19 – August 3, 2018 (4 weeks) (College) – Making and Meaning
https://sciarc.edu/did
June 18 – July 14, 2018 (4 weeks) (High School) – Design Immersion Days
University of Southern California – Los Angeles, CA
https://arch.usc.edu/programs/summer/explore
June 17 – July 14, 2018 (4 weeks); June 17 – July 1, 2018 (2 weeks) – High School
Taliesin Preservation – Spring Green, WI
http://www.taliesinpreservation.org/engage/camps
June 11 –15, 2018 (grades 5-10); June 18 – 22, 2018 (grades 3-5) (1 week)
June 25 – 29, 2018 (grades 5-10); July 9 – 13, 2018 (grades 5-8) (1 week)
July 16 – 20, 2018 (grades 9-12); July 23 – 27, 2018 (grades 4-6) (1 week)
University of Utah – Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.cap.utah.edu/future-designers-welcome-2018-summer-programs/
Discover Architecture (Age 14-17)
June 18-June 22, 2018 (9:00 AM – 4:00 PM)
Junior Architects (Age 9-11)
June 18 – June 22, 2018 (1:00 PM-3:00 PM)
Senior Architects (Age 11-14)
June 18-June 22, 2018 (10:00 AM to Noon)
Architectural Model Building (Age 10-13)
July 30 – August 3, 2018 (1:00 pm – 3:00 pm)
University of Washington – Seattle, WA
http://arch.be.washington.edu/programs-and-courses/other-programs/arch-100-summer-program/
June 18 – August 17, 2018 (9 weeks) – High School
http://www.summer-camp.uw.edu/ – Summer Youth Program+
July 23 – August 3, 2018 (2 weeks) – High School
Woodbury University – Los Angeles, CA – High School Summer Academy / Art of Architecture
https://woodbury.edu/academics/summer-programs/hs-summer-academy/
June 25 – July 27, 2018 (5 weeks) – Monday, Wednesday and Friday only (11th – 12 grade)
https://woodbury.edu/academics/summer-programs/youth-camps/
June 26 – July 14, 2017 (3 weeks) – Monday-Friday only (4th – 8th grade)
INTERNATIONAL
Arava Institute – Global Sustainability Fellows Program – Eilat, ISRAEL
http://www.sustainabilitylabs.org/gsf/home/
June 16 – July 7, 2018
Architectural Association – London, ENGLAND
http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/VISITING/summerschool
July 2 – 20, 2018 (3 weeks)
Carleton University – Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA – Studio First
https://carleton.ca/architecture/programs/studiofirst/
May 23 – June 27, 2018 (5 weeks)
Carleton University – Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA – Imagine Architecture
https://carleton.ca/architecture/programs/imagine-architecture/
July 9 – 13, 2018 (1 week)
CIAO! Center for Introduction to Architecture Overseas – Pontano, ITALY
http://www.ciao-‐cfsu.org
July 7 – 28, 2018 (3 weeks)
CONFLUENCE INSTITUTE – Architecture thinking for Tomorrow – Lyon, France
http://confluence.eu/#/article/58
June 11th – July 14th, 2018 (5 weeks)
Hip Hop Architecture Camp – Toronto, ONT Canada
http://hiphoparchitecture.com/
July 16 – 20, 2018 (1 week) Grades 7-12
International Summer School – Tamil Nadu, INDIA
http://www.agpworkshops.com/
Contact for dates
The Tasis Summer Program ‐ France
http://summer.tasis.com/page.cfm?p=397
June 25 – July 16 (3 weeks), July 20 – August 3, 2018 (2 weeks)
Design Quest / Design Day / Skill Up Workshops (RIBA) – London, England
http://www.architecture.com/Explore/ExhibitionsandEvents/Workshops/Workshops.aspx
Contact for dates
OTHER
AIA K-12 Intiatives
https://www.aia.org/articles/
Thank you to http://archcareers.blogspot.com for sharing program dates. Follow @DocArchitecture.
Parsons’ Design-Build Project Transforms the Entrance Hall of Children’s Museum of the Arts
(via The New School News)
When you consider the function of a lobby, ideas like “entrance,” “waiting area,” or maybe “the way to get from the door to the elevator” probably come to mind.
But a lobby is more than just a way to get from point A to point B: It’s also meant to convey a lasting image of the institution or business.
That’s the kind of thinking that motivated students and faculty members at The New School’s Parsons School of Design in the transformation of the 1,200-square-foot entrance hall of the Children’s Museum of the Arts (CMA) in TriBeCa.
Led by Design Workshop, an innovative design-build studio comprising graduate architecture students, the project highlights Parsons’ commitment to design-led civic engagement and its real-world educational approach.
“The ‘learning by doing’ model, which is the backbone of the Parsons Design Workshop, affords our students the opportunity to fully realize their designs in built form,” says Joel Stoehr, director of Design Build Projects at Parsons’ School of Constructed Environments. “Student designers learn how an idea evolves from concept sketch to construction document to building permit and how these ideas are realized in the transformation of raw material into constructed artifact.”
The renovation was created to meet several of CMA’s design needs, including stroller storage, acoustics, branding, and increasing visibility of the visitor services desk. (Photo/Diego Ledezma-Perez)
Designed during the spring 2017 semester and constructed over the summer, the renovation was created to meet several of CMA’s design needs, including stroller storage, acoustics, branding, and increasing visibility of the visitor services desk. The centerpiece of the renovation is a new wall made up of two layers of perforated plastic illuminated by colored lights. The wall divides the lobby space into a “functional side,” which includes a new stroller parking area and storage space, and a “fun side,” a gathering space “where visitors of all ages are delighted by the light and pattern,” according to Angela DeGeorges, MArch ’18, a Design Workshop student who worked on the renovation.
Interactive Light Wall (Photo/Diego Ledezma-Perez)
“The CMA renovation is a spatial reorganization that accommodates the diverse and changing needs of the museum,” she adds. “Our strategy was to address each of CMA’s challenges with an architectural intervention that solves a problem but also brings visual delight to the space.”
Additionally, a series of dichroic acrylic panels suspended from the ceiling in front of the large south-facing windows allow light of different colors to be simultaneously reflected and transmitted. When parents check in to CMA, “the open lobby allows children to play in the colorful light projecting on the floor from the windows, be intrigued by a chase of color along the wall, or dance in front of an interactive art piece by Danny Rosen,” according to the students who worked on the project.
A series of dichroic acrylic panels suspended from the ceiling in front of the large south-facing windows allow light of different colors to be simultaneously reflected and transmitted. (Photo/Diego Ledezma-Perez)
A challenge faced by those working on the project was making sure that the materials used were both environmentally friendly and safe for children visiting CMA. That’s where Parsons’ Healthy Materials Lab (HML) came in. Jack Dinning, head researcher at HML, conducted workshops and consulted with Design Workshop students throughout the design, product evaluation, fabrication, and installation processes.
“Kids are particularly vulnerable to the effects that toxic materials can have on their health,” Dinning said. “Exposures during this stage of life can disrupt their early developmental processes, both physical and cognitive, leading to disorders ranging from asthma to learning disabilities to life-threatening illnesses like childhood brain cancers.”
With this concern in mind, Dinning and the students incorporated safer rubber flooring, sustainably forested plywood, and acoustic treatments made of recycled plastic.
Design Workshop echoes the real-world experience of collaborating with a real client. With guidance from Parsons faculty members Sharon Sutton, Nick Brinen, Mark Gardner, and Stoehr and assistance from West Chin Architects and Conto and Sons contractors, students participated in focus groups with museum visitors and conducted research before creating a proposal. During construction, they made decisions about which materials and hardware to use and generated shop drawings outlining their proposed design. By collaborating with a client, they had a chance to get their hands dirty and familiarize themselves with all aspects of the design and building of a commissioned project.
Parsons’ Design Workshop (Photo/Diego Ledezma-Perez)
The CMA lobby renovation is the latest project highlighting Parsons’ and Design Workshop’s commitment to design-led civic engagement. Past collaborations include the creation of a seating area at El Sitio Feliz, a popular community garden in Harlem; and changing room pavilions at the Sunset Park Recreation Center pool in Brooklyn and the Highbridge Recreation Center in Washington Heights.
In the renovation of the CMA lobby the Parsons students had a very satisfied client.
“The new lobby strengthens our ability to welcome all children and their families to make art at CMA,” says Barbara Hunt McLanahan, executive director of the museum. “We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with students from The New School to create an innovative and inviting entry to the museum. We look forward to welcoming visitors into our new lobby and lounge.”
Design Workshop Children’s Museum of the Arts Renovation (Photo/Diego Ledezma-Perez)
Learn more about Parson’s School of Design here.
2017 Architecture Summer Programs
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Are you interested in studying architecture? Looking for a summer program to prepare you for school? Listed below are over 100 unique programs from all across the nation. Find the summer program that is right for you.
2017 Architecture Summer Programs
ALABAMA
Auburn
Auburn University: Architecture Camp/Design Workshop
June 18 – 23; July 9 – 14, 2017 (1 week) (Auburn)
http://www.auburn.edu/outreach/opce/summerexperience/
Birmingham
Auburn University: Design
July 17 – 21; July 24 – 28, 2017 (1 week) (Birmingham)
http://www.auburn.edu/outreach/opce/summerexperience/
Tuskegee
Tuskegee University: PACT
June 18 – July 1, 2017 (2 weeks)
http://www.tuskegee.edu/academics/colleges/school_of_architecture_and_construction_science/pact_summer_program.aspx
ARIZONA
Mayer
Arcosanti: Workshops
Contact Arcosanti for Dates
http://arcosanti.org/workshops
Phoenix
Arizona State University: Summer Design Primer
June 26 – 30, 2017 (1 week)
https://design.asu.edu/resources/design-primer
Tuscon
University of Arizona: Camp Architecture
June 5 – 9; June 19 – 23, 2017 (6th-8th) (1 week)
June 12 – 16; June 26 – 30, 2017 (9th-12th) (1 week)
http://capla.arizona.edu/events/camp-architecture-summer-2015
ARKANSAS
Fayetteville
University of Arkansas: Design Camp
June 12 – 16; June 19 – 23; June 26 – 30, 2017 (1 week)
http://fayjones.uark.edu/news-and-events/design-camp.php
CALIFORNIA
Berkeley
University of California at Berkeley: Summer Institute in Environmental Design
July 3 – August 11, 2017 (6 weeks) – College Graduates
http://ced.berkeley.edu/academics/summer-programs/summer-institute/
July 3 – 28, 2017 (4 weeks) – High School
http://ced.berkeley.edu/academics/summer-programs/embarc-design-academy/
June 3 – August 5, 2017 (5 weeks) – College
http://ced.berkeley.edu/academics/summer-programs/discovery/
Girls Garage
June / July 2017 (1 week)
http://girlsgarage.org/programs/summer-camp/
Los Angeles
Architecture + Design Museum
Contact A + D Museum for dates of workshops held throughout the year
University of California at Los Angeles: Jumpstart Summer Institute
July 9 – August 4, 2017 (4 weeks)
http://www.summer.ucla.edu/institutes/Architecture/overview.htm
July 9 – 21; July 9 – 28, 2016 (2 or 3 weeks)
http://www.summer.ucla.edu/institutes/TeenArchStudio
Los Angeles Institute of Architecture and Design
http://www.laiad.com/
Southern California Institute of Architecture
July 20 – August 4, 2017 (college students) – Making and Meaning
https://sciarc.edu/academics/summer-programs/making-and-meaning/
June 19 – July 15, 2017 (4 weeks) (high school students) – Design Immersion Days
https://sciarc.edu/academics/summer-programs/design-immersion-days/
University of Southern California: Exploration of Architecture
June 18 – July 15, 2017 (4 weeks); June 18 – July 2, 2017 (2 weeks)
http://arch.usc.edu/Programs/SummerPrograms/ExplorationofArchitecture
Woodbury University: High School Summer Academy
Monday, June 26 – Friday, July 28, 2017 (5 weeks) – Monday/Wednesday/Friday only
https://woodbury.edu/academics/summer-programs/hs-summer-academy/
June 26 – July 14, 2017 (3 weeks) – Monday-Friday only (4th – 8th grade)
https://woodbury.edu/summer-architecture-camp/
Riverside
California Baptist University – Riverside, CA – Summer Day Camp
June 26 – 30, 2017 (1 week)
San Diego
Newschool of Architecture and Design: High School Design Experience
August 14 – 24, 2017 (2 weeks)
http://newschoolarch.edu/academics/summer-courses/
San Francisco
Architectural Foundation of San Francisco: Summer Design Institute
June 12 – 30, 2017 (3 weeks)
California College of The Arts: Pre-College
June 26 – July 21, 2017 (4 weeks)
cca.edu/precollege
California College of the Arts: Making Architecture
Monday – Friday, 9am – 4pm, July 10 – August 4, 2017
http://makingarchitecture.cca.edu/
San Luis Obispo
California Poly State University: Summer Career Workshop
June 25 – July 21, 2017 (4 weeks)
http://www.architecture.calpoly.edu/about/summer-career
CONNECTICUT
New Haven
Yale University: EXPLO 360
June 25 – July 15; July 16 – August 5, 2017 (3 weeks)
http://www.explo.org/360/yale
FLORIDA
Boca Raton
Florida Atlantic University: Architecture Summer Program
July 10-21; July 24 – August 4, 2017 (2 weeks)
http://www.idac.fau.edu/design/HSSI.html
Gainesville
University of Florida: Summer Design Exploration
June 18 – July 7, 2017 (3 weeks)
Miami
University of Miami: Summer Scholars Program
July 1 – 21, 2017 (3 weeks, full-time in-residence)
http://miami.edu/dcie/index.php/ssp
GEORGIA
Atlanta
Georgia Institute of Technology: Pre-College Summer Program
June 19 – 30; July 10 – 21, 2017 (2 weeks)
https://design.gatech.edu/precollege
Marietta
Kennesaw State University: Summer Design Workshop
July 10 – 28, 2017 (3 weeks)
http://cacm.kennesaw.edu/architecture/programs/summer-design-workshop.php
Savannah
Savannah College of Arts & Design: Rising Star
June 18 – July 21, 2017 (5 weeks)
http://www.scad.edu/admission/admission-information/pre-college/rising-star
Savannah College of Arts & Design: SCAD Summer Seminars
June 25 – 30, July 9 – 14, July 16 – 21, July 23 – 28, July 30 – Aug. 4, 2017 (1 week)
http://www.scad.edu/academics/pre-college-summer-programs/scad-summer-seminars
IDAHO
Moscow
University of Idaho: Summer Design Week
June 25 – July 1, 2017 (1 week)
http://www.uidaho.edu/caa/news/annual-events/summer-design-week
ILLINOIS
Chicago
Institute of Technology – Chicago, IL – Experiment in Architecture / IntroARCH
June 18 – July 1; July 9 – 22, 2017 (2 weeks)
http://arch.iit.edu/study/special
July 31 – August 14, 2017 (2 weeks)
http://arch.iit.edu/admissions/introarch
University of Illinois at Chicago
July 5 – 28, 2017 (4 weeks)
http://arch.uic.edu/YArch (college students/working professionals)
July 11 – 15, 2016 (1 week)
http://arch.uic.edu/HiArch (high school students)
National Organization of Minority Architects: Project Pipeline
August 2 – 6, 2017
https://www.i-noma.org/project-pipeline-summer-camp
School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Summer Institute Residency Program
June 19 – July 2, 2017 (2 weeks)
http://www.saic.edu/ecp
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University: Architecture Camp
June 19 – 23 (Grades 4-6); July 9 – 14 (Grades 7-9); July 16 – 23, 2017 (Grades 9-12)
http://kidarch.siuc.edu/
http://conferenceservices.siu.edu/camps-youth-programs/architecture-camp.php
Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign: Discover Architecture
June 18 – July 1; July 9 – 22, 2017 (2 weeks)
go.illinois.edu/discover
Elgin
Judson University: Architecture Discovery Workshop
July 9 – 14, 2017 (1 week)
http://arch.judsonu.edu/architecture-discovery-workshop/
Oak Park
Frank Lloyd Trust: Design Camps
June 24, July 22, August 12 (1 day)
July 10 – 14, 2017 (Grades 3-5); July 31 – August 4, 2017 (Grades 6-8) (1 week)
http://flwright.org/programs/designcamps/individualsessions
INDIANA
Muncie
Ball State University: DesignWorks Summer Academy
July 9 – 21, 2017 (2 weeks)
http://bsu.edu/cap/designworks
Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame: Career Discovery
June 18 – 30, 2017 (2 weeks)
http://architecture.nd.edu/academics/professional-development/career-discovery/
IOWA
Ames
Iowa State University: Design Dimensions Camp
July 9 – 14, 2017 (1 week)
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/camping
LOUISIANA
New Orleans
Tulane University: Career Explorations in Architecture
July 9 – 29, 2016 (3 weeks)
http://architecture.tulane.edu/programs/summer-high-school-program
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University: Architecture Camp
June 11 – 16, 2017 (1 week)
http://www.outreach.lsu.edu/Pre-K-12/Architecture-Design-Workshop
Lafayette
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Summer 2017 (2 weeks)
https://architecture.louisiana.edu/prospective-students/schedule-your-visit-today/design-discovery-summer-camp
MARYLAND
Baltimore
Maryland Institute College of Art: Summer PreCollege
June 24 – July 22, 2017 (4 weeks)
http://www.mica.edu/precollege
College Park
University of Maryland: Terp Young Scholars
July 9 – 28, 2017 (3 weeks)
http://oes.umd.edu/young-scholars
MASSACHUSSETS
Boston
Boston Architectural College: Summer Academy
June 26 – July 28, 2017 (5 weeks)
http://www.the-bac.edu/education-programs/summer-academy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Urban Frames
Contact School of Dates
http://www.urbanframe.org/ – !2015-three-public-squares/c11cd
Cambridge
Harvard University: Career Discovery
June 19 – July 28, 2017 (6 weeks)
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/careerdiscovery/
Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst: Summer Design Academy
July 9 – 29, 2017 (3 weeks)
http://www.umass.edu/summer/precollege.html
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan: ArcStart
July 10 – July 31, 2017 (3 weeks)
http://taubmancollege.umich.edu/architecture/high-school-programs
Berrien Springs
Andrews University: Renaissance Kids 2017
June 10 – 14; June 12 – 16; June 19 – 23; June 26 – 30, 2017 (1 week)
July 4 – 8; July 10 – 14, July 17 – 21, July 24 – 28, 2017 (1 week)
https://www.andrews.edu/said/renaissance-kids
Bloomfield Hills
Cranbrook Summer Art Institute: Summer Art Institute
June 26 – July 14, 2017 (3 weeks)
http://www.cranbrookart.edu/Pages/SummerInstitute.html
Detroit
University of Detroit Mercy: Architecture Design Camp
June 26 – 30, 2017 (1 week)
arch.udmercy.edu/camp
Lawrence Technological University: Summer Camp
June 26 – 30; July 10 – 14; July 17 – 21; July 24 – 28, 2017 (all 1 week)
http://www.ltu.edu/community_k12/summer_camps.asp
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis
Weisman Art Museum: Teen Architecture Workshop
July 31 – August 4, 2017 (1 week)
http://weisman.umn.edu/learning#community-families
MISSISSIPPI
Starkville
Mississippi State University: Design Discovery
June 9 – 16, 2017 (1 week)
http://www.sarc.msstate.edu/caad_web/sarc/designdiscovery.php
MISSOURI
Kansas City
University of Missouri at Kansas City: Design Discovery
June 5 – 7, 2017
http://info.umkc.edu/aupd/design-discovery-program/
St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis: Architecture Discovery Program
July 9 – July 22, 2017 (2 weeks)
http://www.samfox.wustl.edu/summer/adp
NEBRASKA
Lincoln
University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Career Explorations
June 4 – June 10, 2017 (1 week)
http://architecture.unl.edu/prospective-student/high-school-workshops
NEW JERSEY
Newark
New Jersey Institute of Technology: Summer Architecture + Design
July 9 – 14, July 16 – 21, July 23 – 28, 2017 (1 week)
http://design.njit.edu/coadprograms/summer.php
NEW YORK
New York City
Barnard College: Summer in the City
June 25 – July 21, 2017 (4 weeks)
http://barnard.edu/summer
Center for Architecture: Architecture Camps
June 19 – August 25, 2017 (week long Architecture Camps Grades 3-12)
http://www.cfafoundation.org/summer
City College of New York: Summer Architecture Career Lab
July 5 – August 2, 2017 (4 weeks)
https://ssa.ccny.cuny.edu/programs-centers/other-programs/summer-arch-career-lab/
Columbia University: Introduction to Architecture
Contact School for Dates
https://www.arch.columbia.edu/programs/2-intro-to-architecture
Cooper Union: Summer Program in Architecture
July 10 – August 4, 2017 (4 weeks)
http://cooper.edu/architecture/school-architecture-summer-programs
The Institute
Parsons The New School For Design: Summer Studies in Constructed Environments
June 26 – July 28, 2017 (5 weeks)
http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/summer-studies-in-constructed-environments/
Brooklyn
Pratt Institute: Pre-College Summer Program
July 5 – 28, 2017 (4 weeks)
http://ww.pratt.edu/precollege
Ithaca
Cornell University: Introduction to Architecture
June 24 – August 5, 2017 (6 weeks)
http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/programs/index.php?v=arch&s=Overview
Old Westbury
New York Institute of Technology: Exploring Architecture in Manhattan
July 10 – August 3, 2017 (4 weeks)
http://www.nyit.edu/nyit_academy/exploring_architecture_in_manhattan
Syracuse
Syracuse University: Summer College
July 1 – July 28, 2017 (4-week, 3-credit program)
http://summercollege.syr.edu/program/architecture/
Troy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Architecture Career Discovery Program
July 9 – 21, 2017 (2 weeks)
http://summer.rpi.edu/programs
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte
University of North Carolina at Charlotte: Architecture Summer Program
June 11 – June 17, 2017 (1 week)
http://coaa.uncc.edu/academics/school-of-architecture/summer-camp-0
Raleigh
North Carolina State University: Summer Studios
June 12 – 16 (7th & 8th Grade); July 10 –14, 2017 (10th, 11th & 12thGrade); (day)
June 25 – July 1; July 23 – 29, 2017 (11th & 12th Grade) (overnight) (1 week)
design.ncsu.edu/designcamp
OHIO
Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati: DAAP Camp Summer Experiences
June 5 – 9, 2017 (Day); June 18 – 24, 2017 (Residential)
July 10 – 14, 2017 Cincinnati Architecture Mentoring Program (CAMP)
http://daap.uc.edu/daapcamps.html
Oxford
Miami UniversitySummer Scholars Program
July 2 – 14, 2017 (2 weeks)
miamioh.edu/summerscholars
OKLAHOMA
Norman
University of Oklahoma: Architecture Summer Academy
Contact School for Dates
http://www.ou.edu/content/outreach/youth/9th-12th-grade/architecture-summer-academy.html
Stillwater
Oklahoma State University: Discover Architecture
June 12 – 17, 2017 (1 week)
http://arch-ceat.okstate.edu/discover-architecture
OREGON
Eugene
University of Oregon: Summer Architecture Academy
July 10 – August 4, 2017 (4 weeks)
http://architecture.uoregon.edu/summeracademy
Portland
University of Oregon: Design Camp
Contact the School for Dates
https://aaa.uoregon.edu/uo-design-camp
Portland State University: 2017 Architecture Summer Immersion Program
July 24 – August 18, 2017 (4 weeks)
https://www.pdx.edu/architecture/summer_immersion
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia
Design Science Lab: Chestnut Hill College
June 18–26, 2017 (1 week)
http://www.designsciencelab.com
Drexel University: Discovering Architecture
July 9 – 21, 2017 (2 weeks)
http://www.drexel.edu/westphal/about/summerHighschoolProgram/Summer_Programs_ARCH/
University of Pennsylvania Architecture: Summer at Penn
July 2 – 29, 2017 Residential (4 weeks); July 3 – 28, 2017 Day (4 weeks)
http://jkcp.com/architecture
Temple University: Architecture Institute
July 10 – 21, 2017 (2 weeks)
http://tyler.temple.edu/continuing-education-program/architecture-institute
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Mellon University: Pre-College Architecture
July 1 – July 22, 2017 (3 weeks); July 1 – August 11, 2017 (6 weeks)
http://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/pre-college-architecture
Mill Run
Fallingwater High School Residency
June 24 – July 1; July 22 – 29, 2017
http://www.fallingwater.org/142
Scranton
Marywood University: Design Your Future, PreCollege Summer Workshop
July 17 – 28, 2017 (2 weeks)
http://www.marywood.edu/architecture/design-your-future/index.html
State College
Pennsylvania State University: Architecture & Landscape Architecture Summer Camp
July 16-20, 2017 (1 week)
http://architecture-camps.outreach.psu.edu/
RHODE ISLAND
Providence
Rhode Island School of Design: Pre-College Architecture
June 24 – August 5, 2017
http://precollege.risd.edu/wp/
Bristol
Roger Williams University: Summer Academy – Experience Architecture
July 9 – August 5, 2017 (4 weeks)
http://rwu.edu/academics/schools-colleges/saahp/special-programs/summer-programs/summer-academy
SOUTH CAROLINA
Clemson
Clemson University: Designing the Built Environment
June 25 – July 1, 2017 (1 week)
http://www.clemson.edu/summer-scholars
TENNESSEE
Knoxville
University of Tennessee: Design Matters Camp
July 9 – 14, 2017 (1 week)
TEXAS
Austin
University of Texas at Austin: Summer Academy
June 19 – July 21, 2017 (5 weeks)
http://soa.utexas.edu/apply/summer-academy-architecture
College Station
Texas A&M University: Camp ARCH
July 2 – 7, 2017 (1 week)
Houston
University of Houston: Summer Discovery Program
June 12 – July 14, 2017 (5 weeks)
http://www.wonderworkshouston.org/
San Antonio
University of Texas at San Antonio: Summer Academy in Architecture
June 5 – 16, 2017 (2 weeks)
http://cacp.utsa.edu/academic-programs/department-of-architecture/summer-academy-in-architecture-interior-design/
Prairie View
Prairie View A&M University: Architecture Enrichment Concepts
Contact School for Dates
http://www.pvamu.edu/sa/career-services/pre-college-enrichment/
VIRGINIA
Blacksburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University: Inside Architecture + Design
June 25 – 30, 2017 (1 week)
https://sites.google.com/site/insidearchitectureanddesign/
WASHINGTON
Seattle
University of Washington: Introduction to Architecture
June 19 – August 18, 2017 (9 weeks)
July 17 – 28, 2017 (2 weeks)
http://www.summer-camp.uw.edu/
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Catholic University of America: Experiences in Architecture
July 10 – 28, 2017 (3 weeks)
http://architecture.cua.edu/other-programs/experiences-in-architecture.cfm
National Building Museum: Summer Camp Programs for 1st – 6th graders
July 5 – 7; July 10 – 14, July 17 – 21, July 24 – 28, July 31 – August 4, 2017
http://www.nbm.org/families-kids/summer-camp.html
WISCONSIN
Madison
Hip Hop Architecture Camp
http://brandnudesign.com/new-blog/2017/1/31/the-hip-hop-architecture-camp-kick-off
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Architecture Summer Camp
July 30 – August 5, 2017 (1 week)
http://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/admissions/outreach/summercamp/summercamp.cfm
Spring Green
Taliesin: Summer Immersion Program
January 9 – March 3 (Taliesin West); June 12 – August 4, 2017 (8 weeks)
http://taliesin.edu/news/immersion/
Taliesin Preservation: Architecture Camp
June 12 – 16; June 19 – 23; June 26 – 30; July 10 – 14;
July 17 – 21; July 24 – 28; July 31 – August 4 (1 week)
http://www.taliesinpreservation.org/education/youth-programs
Project Pipeline NOMA Chapters – Various Cities
Contact for dates!
http://www.noma.net/article/198/happenings/news/project-pipeline-camp-registration-underway
INTERNATIONAL
ENGLAND
London
Design Quest / Design Day / Skill Up Workshops (RIBA)
http://www.architecture.com/Explore/ExhibitionsandEvents/Workshops/Workshops.aspx
Architectural Association: Summer School
July 3 – 21, 2017 (3 weeks)
http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/VISITING/summerschool
FRANCE
Les Tapies Arts and Architecture Summer Program
June 24 – July 15, 2017 (4 weeks)
http://summer.tasis.com/page.cfm?p=397
INDIA
Tamil Nadu
International Summer School
http://www.agpworkshops.com/
IRELAND
Dublin
UCD School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy
http://www.ucd.ie/apep/
UCD Architecture: International Summer School
June 11 – 29, 2018 (3 weeks)
http://www.ucd.ie/apep/study/internationalprogrammes/summerschool/
ITALY
Pontano
CIAO! Center for Introduction to Architecture Overseas
July 1-22, 2017 (3 weeks)
http://www.ciao-cfsu.org
2017 Fairy Tales Architecture Competition Winners
(via Archinect)
The Fairy Tales Architecture Competition concluded another successful edition Monday evening with the anticipated reveal of its 2017 winners. The competition had its biggest winners announcement yet in front of a live audience at the National Building Museum in Washington D.C.
Like every year, the submissions blur the line between fictional and non-fictional. Narratives are depicted as storybook-friendly illustrations, but refer to themes like real-life current events or evergreen topics like the creative process, mundane everyday activities, and relatable human emotions.
The esteemed jury — which included Marion Weiss, Jing Liu, Stefano Boeri, Michael Maltzan, National Building Museum Executive Director Chase W. Rynd, and Archinect’s very own Alexander Walter, among others — selected three prize winners, an American Institute of Architecture Students winner, and 10 honorable mentions.
1ST PRIZE: “Last Day” by Mykhailo Ponomarenko | Ukraine
Synopsis: “The entry utilizes classical painting techniques to create monumental landscapes with strange scifi megastructures inserted into them. The relatively mundane occurrences in the story make it feel like these wild scenes could in fact be real.”
From the winner: “Landscapes have always inspired me to put something weird, unreal and out of human scale into them. Something not feasible and not practical that contrasts with the natural surroundings, but also exists at the same scale. These satirical interventions lead to new ideas and feelings about nature – they make the viewer more aware about the environment and our harmful impact on it. We are flat surface creatures. Sometimes I feel that we crave it so much that the planet is going to be turned into pavement so cars can go anywhere, and our industries could continue expanding. The “Saturn Rings” in my proposal represent these flat surface desires but in a more poetic, optimistic, and friendly manner.” — Mykhailo Ponomarenko
2ND PRIZE: “City Walkers” by Terrence Hector | Chicago, IL
Synopsis: “‘City Walkers’ or ‘The Possibility of a Forgotten Domestication and Biological Industry’ tells a beautiful story of a sentient species of architecture that moves slower than humans can perceive. That doesn’t stop human beings from harnessing every possible bit of energy from “The Walkers” in addition to spawning settlements in their wake.”
From the winner: “The city in this story was an exploration of civilization and urbanism as humanity’s relationship with natural and biological systems that exist on a vastly longer timescale than the human lifespan. Creating a closer relationship time-wise between human and natural timeframes let me derive a new urban typology, which also acts as a parable of overexploitation. I was trying to work through an inferred genealogy from the USS Monitor to Hayao Miyazaki, working through a tradition of humanizing massive, aggressive machines.” – Terrence Hector
3RD PLACE: “Up Above” by Ariane Merle d’Aubigné & Jean Maleyrat | France
Synopsis: “‘Up Above’ is an imaginative story of refugees in the sky that build shanties on thin stilts, high in the clouds, to escape oppression, regulations, and inequality on the surface of the earth below.”
From the winners: “Revisiting the world of fairy tales by participating in the Blank Space competition was very stimulating. The short narrative takes a look at reality through the marvelous and the fantastic. We have tried to highlight contemporary issues and concerns by letting the supernatural burst into reality. Migration, the accumulation of wealth, overpopulation, the terrorist threat and pollution are some of the issues with which we live every day. We highlighted these concerns and our love of art through this poetic tale. Our generation often aspires to an “elsewhere”, in our “elsewhere” the rules of the game have changed.” — Ariane Merle d’Aubigné & Jean Maleyrat
AIAS Winner: “Playing House by Maria Syed & Adriana Davis – New Jersey Institute of Technology
(AIAS Prize is awarded to the highest scoring entry from an AIAS member)
Synopsis: “Playing House is an exercise in illustrating the destructive power of split-personality. Starting with traditional drawings of a modest dwelling, the drawings, and in turn, the narrative, devolve into a series of accusations, misunderstandings, and multiplicity.
From the winners: “Playing House embodies the idea that architecture can eclipse the personality of its occupants, where the character and style of the architecture dictate the mood of the inhabitants. The loud textures and discordant angles of the home sparked the idea for the story: transitioning from room to room manifests itself in drastic physical and psychological change. The drawings, the genesis of our submission, address architectural conventions of projection drawings, merged with the unconventional appearance of the home to create friction. This act is mirrored in the story, where a typical visit from a neighbor turns peculiar. The two creators of this project worked closely throughout their undergraduate career, creating an inseparable partnership for their first collaboration.” — Maria Syed & Adriana Davis
To read the winning entries in full, click here.
For more information, see Archinect.
"Preservation as Provocation" Winners Discuss Designs
(via National Trust Preservation Leadership Forum)
The Farnsworth House is one of the most revered buildings of the 20th century. Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1945 and constructed in 1951, it is a vital part of modern iconography. The building first opened to the public in 2005 and a modest visitor’s center was erected. Visitors, programming, and staff have made this 1,700-square-foot building too small. In a bi-annual competition called “Preservation as Provocation,” architecture students were challenged to design a new visitor’s center for the Farnsworth House. The competition is hosted by Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and the AIA Historic Resources Committee, and more than 400 students and 50 faculty sponsors from 34 schools participated in 2015–16.
The competition was judged blindly by jurors selected for their expertise with Farnsworth, flood management, design, and preservation management: Maurice Parrish, executive director of the Farnsworth House; Tom Jacobs, principal at Krueck + Sexton Architects in Chicago; David Waggonner, president of Waggonner and Ball Architects in New Orleans; and Ashley Wilson, Graham Gund Architect at the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, D.C.
Farnsworth House | Credit: National Trust for Historic Preservation
Students wrestled with the programmatic and philosophical requirements of creating a space that prepares visitors for the spiritual experience of Farnsworth. Part of the challenge lay in the topography as much of the site is in a floodplain, rendering it unbuildable. The winners were Chase White, who holds both undergraduate and master’s degrees in architecture from the University of Texas at San Antonio; Paul Isaacs, who is in the master’s program at the University of Kentucky School of Architecture; and Bohyun Chang and Suk Lee, architecture students at Iowa State University. They responded to a few questions about their projects
What was your concept—the big idea?
Chase White: It sounds obvious, but from the get-go we knew that the project should be positioned conceptually to add its own meaning to the site while still relating directly to Mies van der Rohe’s masterpiece. We basically used a language similar to what Mies van der Rohe pioneered, but made it something of a conceptual inversion. We continued his pure geometry by using the circle to pair with the rectilinear design of the Farnsworth House. Where Mies van der Rohe employed a lightweight design that lifted the Farnsworth House off the ground, my proposed visitor’s center would employ heavy concrete that sinks into the site. Even the materiality of our project would strike a contrast, employing raw materials whereas the Farnsworth House has a finely finished aesthetic.
Bohyun Chang: We sought to provide individual experiences of the ground, water, and sky, while the Farnsworth House creates a combined experience of those elements.
Suk Lee: The design is intended to let individuals have their own experiences with and reactions to the Farnsworth House through a series of framed spatial experiences.
Paul Isaacs: I began by exploring the forms of visitor’s centers, which can fall into several categories: a gatehouse to a protected area, such as a zoo or sacred site; a pavilion in the midst of a natural landscape like a national park lodge; or simply an existing building. Eliminating the latter options, I designed the visitor entry as a gate house attached to a wall, not unlike the ones marking the entrances to grand estates. It was also important to tell the story of Mies van der Rohe’s journey through architecture, and I looked at the Barcelona Pavilion, the Brick Country House, and his skyscrapers for inspiration and details.
Collecting Pieces | Credit: Bohyun Chang and Suk Lee, Iowa State University
What did you learn about the challenges of this site?
White: Due to the realities of flooding at the Farnsworth House site, the topography was one of most decisive factors in how and where to design.
Lee: The flood issue was challenging, as was the physical distance between the house and parking lot.
Chang: For me, the challenge was providing a continuous and smooth transition between the parking lot, visitor’s center, and the Farnworth House—as well as translating our design concept into architectural elements.
Isaacs: The more obvious challenge was proximity to the river, which floods almost annually during the early spring, inundating most of the site, including the house itself. The second was the story of Edith Farnsworth’s lost battle for privacy. She expected her property to remain isolated and undisturbed until a highway bridge was built less than 100 feet away from the house. This line of thinking ultimately lead to the decision to locate the new visitor’s center where the old one stood—out of the flood plain and out of sight of the Farnsworth House.
Farnsworth House Visitor Center | Credit: Paul Isaacs, University of Kentucky
Was it intimidating to design a building in close proximity to one of the most revered structures in the world?
Lee: That was the most important aspect of the project. My design exists to serve the Farnsworth House. I was very careful to respect that fact and also to create an emotional element, like the Farnsworth House itself does. I did not think of it as intimidating—it was the purpose of the competition.
Chang: For our studio, the competition was a one-month practice in preparation for another contextual project that was located near the Kimbell Art Museum in Dallas, which features the Renzo Piano Pavilion and the architecture of Tadao Ando. It was not intimidating in terms of the design—but its structural aspects were intimidating.
Isaacs: My work will never be as great as van der Rode’s, so it would be unhealthy to try to compete. This project is different—it is well aware of its place in the grander scheme of things and seeks a reverential role.
[Farnsworth House Visitor Center]
How did you try to minimize impact and create a building that complements the Farnsworth House?
Lee: I replaced a current bridge with the visitor’s center, creating an artificial landscape to connect visitors to Farnsworth. I was imagining the center as part of the journey, since the Farnsworth House focuses not only on itself but also on its surroundings.
Isaacs: The visitor’s center attempts to set up a series of dichotomies with the Farnsworth House. Farnsworth is a transparent pavilion on stilts, whereas the visitor’s center is an opaque wall built into the landscape.
Ode to Mies | Credit: Chase White, University of Texas at San Antonio
While this competition is theoretical, the Farnsworth House does need a visitor’s center. Now that you’ve completed the competition, how hard do you think it will be to design a beautiful and appropriate building for this site?
White: The best design for the site will certainly be one that gives Farnsworth the space to be experienced as it was originally.
The biggest takeaway from our project is our flood control system, which I envisioned as a large steel ring that would be raised and lowered hydraulically. Set just below the ground, this system would be unnoticeable during normal operations and would allow the Farnsworth House to remain safe from flooding. If flooding of the house continues, at some point there may be nothing left to require a visitor’s center.
Chang: Our design simply avoided the flooding dilemma by placing the visitor’s center on the northern side of the site.
Were you able to visit Farnsworth House while preparing for this competition? What did you think when you saw this building for the first time?
Lee: I visited Farnsworth one year before the competition, and the distance from the parking lot to the Farnsworth House was a journey for me. My expectations built during the long walk through nature, so I had a very emotional response upon reaching the Farnsworth House. Thus, I preserved that journey in the design, conceiving of the trip from the parking lot to the Farnsworth House and back to the visitor’s center as one experience.
Isaacs: I visited Farnsworth at the start of the competition. I had seen the house more than a million times in pictures, drawings, models, and documentaries. The reverence I have for Mies van der Rohe’s work caused me to treat walking through and around the house as almost sacred. Removing my shoes meant more than preserving the travertine tile of the interior from scuff marks—it indicated respect for a sacred boundary. I walked around as one does deep in meditation or prayer, drinking it all in.
I really appreciated the way the tour was constructed: briefing, journey, reveal, and reverie. I wanted to preserve that form, but also to make the approach down the original driveway close to what Edith would have experienced and focus the return journey on the landscape and the river.
Ashley Wilson is the Graham Gund Architect at the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
For more on the competition, visit ACSA’s website.