The Architectural Design Studio Minor is a great choice for animators, graphic designers, interdisciplinary sculptors, illustrators, painters and more.
Students are introduced to a basic vocabulary of three-dimensional form making, space making and they learn to solve simple design problems methodically, with creativity and imagination. Design exercise are integrated with skill building assignments from concurrent courses in representation and fabrication methods.
Timmy Aziz is a Registered Architect and a Certified Passive House Consultant. He has taught at MICA since 2007, he chaired the department of Environmental Design and developed the Architectural Design program where he nows teaches, currently also chairing the department.
The Architectural Design Studio Minor will introduce you to architectural representation and analytic techniques, the design process and the development of rigorous design strategies. Learn how to work with restrictive design elements such as the body, site, program, light, air, materials, structures, and building methods.
Here are a few things to keep in mind:
Finally if the concurrent requirements you will see in the curriculum are a scheduling issue for you, please email or contact the chair Timmy Aziz at taziz@mica.edu to find a work around the requirement .