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Architecture
Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies (BEDS), Master of Architecture (MArch)
Faculty of Architecture and Planning School of Architecture
Sample classes
The central activity of our program is architectural design. Students work individually and collaboratively on design projects in the studio. A third of our building is devoted to studios that stay open to architecture students at all times. Each student is provided with an individual studio space. Here, students learn manual skills in drawing, modeling, and building, then move on to learn equivalent digital skills.
“I think the greatest thing is the studio culture that is here," says Roland Hudson, assistant professor of architecture. "You have this enormous open studio space, and as a student you are very much aware of what everyone else is doing around you, including people doing graduate work. Everyone gets to work together and to see other people working. I think that is quite a powerful thing.”
The program develops a basic knowledge of architecture in Year 3 (BEDS) and culminates in a graduate design thesis in Year 6 (MArch). Each year of the program includes courses in five architectural subject areas: Design, Representation, Humanities, Technology, and Professional Practice.
Inside the classroom
- In a classroom overlooking the sea
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Ted Cavanagh's Coastal Studio class spent part of their summer building an arch-shaped brick building referred to as “The Egg.” It houses a camera obscura, which projects the tide moving in and out of Nova Scotia's Bay of Fundy.
“What you’re making is a very pleasing thing. It’s tangible and you can admire it at the end,” says student Cat Wong.
Coastal Studio is one of several design-build opportunities in our program, where students work on real projects built with real communities in mind. Read about our Free Lab class.
