LOCAL:GLOBAL

Each new situation requires a new architecture.
                                                                                        -Architect Jean Nouvel
​Coursework this semester will focus on the creation of architecture that responds to two different scales and conditions within our lives -- local and global.  This investigation will allow us to explore and understand how architecture responds to various forces acting on it.  Local and global conditions will be explored in two related projects, each specifically addressing one of these scales/conditions.  Through the development of individual and studio-wide research, students will examine architecture's role in multiple facets of our daily lives, including:
  • Work
  • Leisure
  • Culture
  • Technology
  • Communication
  • Power and Influence
These issues will influence designs that function at a specific scale (local or global).  At the completion of the semester, students will have the opportunity to reflect on the similarities and differences between the scales in which architecture exists.