ARCHITECTURE AT STANFORD

School of Engineering/

Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
www.stanford.edu/dept/archdesign/, AND http://www.stanford.edu/dept/archdesign/cgi-bin/blog/


The Architectural Design Major… features architecture design studios that provide a unique learning experience for students from many disciplines. Majors can also try an internship in an architectural firm for credit.

Studio Courses for Winter 2006-07:

CEE 130: Architectural Design, TTh 3:15-5:05

CEE 137A: Form and Structure, MW 4:15-6:05

CEE 31: Accessing Architecture Through Drawing, TTh 1:15-3:05



See also http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/november9/arch-110905.html

After a long absence, a fully-fledged program in architecture has returned to Stanford. The increasingly popular Architectural Design Program, which was officially launched in November 2004, had 13 majors within the first five months. In June 2006, a pioneering group of three graduates received the first BS in Engineering degrees with a field of study of Architectural Design. Ten seniors are expected to graduate from the Program in June 2007. Currently, the Program has 26 majors, and it is still growing.

One of the key themes of the new program is sustainability. Students learn to develop solutions that integrate the diverse elements that sustainability demands. Through coursework and independent projects, students become familiar with central ideas linked to energy systems, ecologically friendly building materials, water conservation, and indoor air quality. The emphasis on green architecture is also manifested in the new Green Dorm, a proposed Stanford dormitory that students themselves are helping to design. Central to design for sustainability is software that will be available in the new studio as well as other accessible computer clusters.

The increased interest that students have in taking architecture studio classes has led to a need for increased studio space, and this will be accommodated in the proposed Energy and Environment Building (slated for completion Dec. 2007). The Program has plans to respond to student needs by creating a complex of spaces to house a new design studio as well as communal work spaces to be shared by architecture students and students specializing in structural engineering and construction management. The integration of architecture, structures and construction is central to the vision of the new program, as is the concept of having Stanford architecture students immersed in path breaking green architecture practices.