The students in ARCH403 are designing their final required studio project as part of their BS in Architecture degree. Pedagogically, the studio has been focused largely on the integration of sustainable strategies, structure, and materiality into the design process. Over the second half of the semester, students have undertaken the design of a new Sustainable Innovation Center on campus located at the South Gate. Programmatically, the Center provides a public venue for the University to highlight sustainability measures implemented on campus, showcase sustainable research findings conducted by faculty and researchers, and exhibit the diverse artwork of environmental artists. The project affords students the opportunity to explore a building in the landscape and study issues of imageability, access, topography, environmental stewardship, structural integration, and building tectonics, among other things.
