- The 1½ Year Program of study (3 terms) facilitates advanced research. This post-baccalaureate degree is for students who wish to obtain an advanced research degree (the undergraduate degree need not be in architecture). Students are required to apply for a specific concentration of research supported by a group of faculty, and are further expected to take advantage of the special opportunities offered by this program and our unique physical / social setting to pursue individualized educational goals. The maximum time allowed for completion is 3 years. Current MS Arch Tracks:
- Computational Ecologies is an investigation of how complex datasets and advanced computational methods can inform the analysis and design of architectural and urban systems. TheComputational Ecologies track is committed to the development of tools and methods that better understand and optimize how spaces, buildings and cities perform environmentally, infrastructurally and socially.
- Our research investigates how both produced and residual datasets can act as engines for parametric design software and how they can be digitally and physically represented. These datasets can range from social media to traffic patterns, atmospheric analysis to neurological activity, all intertwined in an ecological relationship. Our goal is to elevate architectural and urban performance and experience through the analysis of behaviors and patterns, leveraging computational processes to produce new understandings of the relationships of the built environment to the human condition.