A good design education can make for a great career. Azure looks at which schoo ls offer the most in terms of hands-on collaboration, groundbreak ing techno logy and inspiring facu lty By Pa ige Magarrey

ABOUT OUR SURVEY CORNELL UNIVERSITY at desks on the various levels, they Ithaca, New York I Bachelor of can view and comment on others' We polled arch1tects and ARCHITECTURE architecture (five years) I US$43,200 work. This enables them to share designers across Canada COWMBIA GRADUATE SCHOOL per year I 275 students new ideas, theories and concepts, and the US, and heard from OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING Situated in the recently completed imparted by Harvard's renowned top professionals regarding AND PRESERVATION LEED Gold Milstein Hall, designed professors and visiting critics and the strongest bachelor's New York f Master of architecture by OMA, Cornell's architecture theorists from around the world. and master's programs. Our (three years) I US$44,400 per year I department is one of the oldest in STAR FACULTY: Earmarked by our listings highlight over 40 260 students the United States. The undergradu­ respondents as the school with the Columbia emphasizes analysis of ate professional degree teaches best teaching staff, Harvard's faculty schools that offer a unique, architecture's history, overarching communication skills, socio-economic includes Jacques Herzog, Rem innovation oriented educa theories and future directions. On the context and practical building tech­ Koolhaas and Toshiko Mori. tion We also cite honourable research end, architecture students niques, to foster a basis for further NOTABLE ALUMNI: Frank Gehry, Thorn mentions and international collaborate with those specializing education. Interdisciplinary study Mayne, Joshua Prince-Ramus schools that have earned in landscape and urban design on is also encouraged; students take a WHATTHE PROS SAY: "All classes and stellar reputations Wh il e not over 35 exhibitions, publications and quarter of their courses in other disciplines ore together in one large an exhaustive survey our other projects each year. On the more departments, and may also spend space, resulting in an opportunity experimental side, they have access a semester studying in Rome or for an exchange of ideas and great overview, supp emented by to over 15 labs, focusing on every­ New York. energy:'- alumnus Michael Taylor of our own research, presents thing from Chinese megacities to STAR FACULTY: Visiting critics include Taylor Smyth Architects the current state of design sustainable urbanism, including the Shigeru Ban and Peter Cook. education. And with new Studio-X global network of research NOTABLE ALUMNI: Peter Eisenman, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA program options 1n urban hubs (see page 71). Enrique Norten, Chad Oppenheim INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE planning and sustainable and STAR FACULTY: Michael Bell, Laurie Los Angeles I Master of architecture socia l design, 1t also speaks Hawkinson, Enrique Walker HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL (two or three years) I US$34,000 per NOTABLE ALUMNI: Winka Dubbeldam, OF DESIGN year 1250 students to what the future of the Charles Renfro Cambridge, Massachusetts I SCI-Arc is committed to fostering Industry holds WHATTHE PROS SAY: "Columbia Master of architecture (3.5 years) I advanced research that rethinks how best combines a world approach to US$40,400 per year I 265 students we build structures. With an approach research into the most advanced Focusing on the studio as the core of that focuses on learning through technological issues faced by archi­ design education, Harvard sets up its making, it boasts such facilities as tects, and a fresh, often polemical 500 graduate students to study vari­ the new 93-square-metre Robot debate on the role of the avant-garde ous specializations in the Trays, a House, where students work w ith today:' - former faculty member studio space in Gund Hall arranged the latest digital design and rapid Bernard Tschumi like a giant set of stairs. Working prototyping technology to develop

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Oouq Su ~man, Su srnon Urban [)p';lgn, e>onlo Mon1co, ColifToronto Blackwell, Janna Levitt in interior design (four years) I NOTABLE ALUMNI: Brigitte Shim, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA US$39,300 per year / 70 students Peter Clewes, Omer Arbel , Paul Raff, PennDesign's program, with instruc­ Part of t he multi-disciplinary School Stephen Teeple tors such as Enrique Norten, Winka of Constructed Environments, this is WHATTHE PROS SAY:"Programs Dubbeldam and Witold Rybczynski , the oldest interior design program experimental architectural concepts. that offer co -op placements, such offers students two advanced in the United States (founded in 1906). The study-abroad program connects as Waterloo's, offer real -wor ld experi­ research labs, includ ing the Bu ilding It prepares its grads for the ever­ them with top schools to share and ence between academic terms, Simulation Group, which explores changing industry with research­ engage in new research projects. which provides a good foundation computational models and other intensive coursework, and rigourous STAR FACULTY· Eric Owen Moss, for practical ski/Is."- alumnus Arriz innovative technologies. group projects where students Kevin Daly, Patrick Tighe Hassam of 3rd Uncle collaborate closely with instructors UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO to develop culturally sensitive design UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO HONOURABLE MENTIONS Master's students at the Daniels concepts for various building types. Waterloo, Ontario I Professional CAL POLY SAN WIS OBISPO Faculty of Arch itecture, Landscape Senior students can apply to join the degree: four-year bachelor of This California school is consistently and Design benefit from diverse Design Workshop to develop and con­ architectural studies, one-year commended for its dedication to instructors, among them the Frank struct pavil ions, green spaces and master of architecture I $7,500 sustainable design practices, cross­ Gehry International Visiting Chair other projects for non-profit cl ients. per year, $31,700 for international / disciplinary teamwork and hands-on in Architectural Design, who teaches STAR FACULTY. Jeremy Barbour 450 students construction skills. Its yearly experi­ a studio to third-year students; NOTABLE ALUMNI Antonia Hollerbach, Our respondents rated Waterloo mental structures competition invites previous chairs include Jurgen Mayer Scott Saunders, Sarah Roberts among the top Canadian schools, students from across the U.S. to Hand Dan iel Libeskind. Students WHAT THE PROS SAY: ':Just about every thanks to its co-op program. It pre­ design dwellings made from materials also have access to the Responsive firm wants an employee with the sort pares students for the job market with that can be carried by hand for a mile. Architecture lab, which develops ofskill sets these students are given.· paid placements in such studios as high-tech projects with an interactive - faculty member Antonio di Oronzo Arquitectonica International in New UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI element . of Bluarch York and Diamond Schmitt Architects The school of architecture and interior in Toronto, as well as firms in Japan, design's master of architecture is Germany and Spain It's also the only ranked among the best professional

88 NOV/DEC 2012 AZUREMAGAZINE COM WORDS OF WISDOM uGotohappy hour - but not at the architecture school. Meet businesspeople and lawyers: your future clients.)) - Matth1as Hollw1ch, HWKN, New York

PRATI INSTITUTE SPECIALIZATION VERSUS New York I Master in intenor design (two years) I US$33,600 per year I GENERALIZATION 170 students Does the future l1e in programs Pratt's program examines how scale , that offer interdisciplinary proportion, materials and colours stud1es (th1nk MIT) or- in honing relate to human experience. Students one specialty? Architects and are encouraged to supplement their designers weigh in practical education with electives from other departments, a testa­ ment to the school's interdisciplinary method. For their final thesis project, they choose between testing their practical skills In the field , or taking a research-based approach to an emerging issue in the industry. STAR FACULTY: Ike Cheung, Mel issa Cicetti, Tetsu Ohara, Aki Ishida NOTABLE ALUMN I: Joe O'Urso, Judith Stockman

RYERSON UNIVERSITY Toronto I Bachelor of interior design (four years) / $7,000 per year, $19,700 for international / 400 students With relatively small class sizes and plenty of one-on -one t ime with faculty, Ryerson balances theoreti­ cal learning with intensive, hands-on practical experience. Case in point: the internship program calls for 400 hours of work time, which is at the high-end of the spectrum. Students praise the yearly Vertical Studio

NOV/DEC 2012 69 OCAD UNIVERSITY stewardship, and encourages stu­ Toronto dents to seek "long-term solutions An established, well-rounded concerning land health, human approach defines OCAD University's dignity and aesthetic quality~ Fourth­ four-year undergraduate indus­ year students can either undertake trial design program, which keeps a 28-week internship at a firm , or students focused on global design opt to spend their second semester trends and practical techniques. expanding their understanding of They gain experience in the business landscape design in Italy and other side of their field by teaming up with places in Europe. Rotman MBA students to create WHATTHE PROS SAY "KSU has one of corporate design for such brands as the best, if not the best, reputations Target and Procter & Gamble . in the US. for landscape architecture, In one Future City and that brings with it great pride Lab research project, in the work and time we put in as Berlin and its buildings LANDSCAPE students:·- alumna Carisa McMullen would be completely ARCHITECTURE of Landworks Studio revamped by 2050. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL Philadelphia I Master of landscape OF DESIGN architecture (two and three years) I Cambridge, Massachusetts I US$43,300 per year 140 students THE NEXT GENERATION OF COLLABORATION Master of landscape architecture Addressing the expanding reach of For architecture students today, the Internet connects them in (three years) I US$40,400 per year I landscape architecture, PennDes ign previously unimaginable ways, enabling them to form globalized 110 students tackles such macro topics as large­ labs that collaborate remotely on projects. One such network, the Billed as the oldest landscape scale public works and post-industrial Future City Lab, allows a student at Ryerson University in Toronto architecture program in the world , brownfield sites . The program has to receive feedback on an urban design 1dea from peers at the this curriculum inspires students been active since 1924, and has Un1vers1ty of Sassari in Alghero, Italy, ESA in Paris; ETH 1n Zurich; to explore landscape design as a assembled an impressive roster of U Penn in Philadelphia; TU Delft in the Netherlands; Syracuse profession, an academic d1scipline visitors and critics, such as Martin University in New York; and IUAV in Venice. and a cultural medium. Students Rein-Cano ofTopotek 1. Meanwhile, The brainchild of Thomas Auer, of the German climate engineer­ constantly develop practice s and PennPraxis, the department's applied ing company Transsolar, the lab employs a multi-platform approach innovations to merge the natural research arm, enables students to (via Facebook, a v1deo channel, a blog and a wiki site) to create a and built environments, using such try their hand at actual projects, such database of research that envisions what cities will look like in 2050. resources as the Arnold Arboretum , as the landscaping of the National the school's 1,400-hectare ecologica l Palace Museum in Taiwan . For instance, a project by a student at the Dessau Institute of research lab; and the Center for the STAR FACULTY· James Corner, John Architecture seeks to green the city of Berlin, building by building. Environment, which researches how Dixon Hunt, Laurie Olin The proposal has been viewed thousands of times and is currently the environment and society interact. NOTABLE ALUMNI Philippe Coignet, on its 15th revision STAR FACULTY Martha Schwartz, Amy Fre itag Offering a similar, albeit comparatively analog experience of Bridget Baines international collaboration, the Studio-X research hub at Columbia NOTABLE ALUMNI Claude Cormier, HONOURABLE MENTIONS University connects students with innovative thinkers via studio Dan Kiley, Edward Durell Stone Jr. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO spaces installed everywhere from Mumbai to R1o de Janeiro. The This intensive master's program centres organize research projects, exhibitions, workshops, and KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY emphasi zes design skills, history and other initiatives that engage each city's community. The New York Manhattan, Kansas I Master of theory analysis, as well as an under­ location, for example, recently hosted a symposium on the future landscape architecture (five years) I standing of environment and technol­ of aging in cities. US$10,000 per year, $22,400 for out ogy as a foundation for ideas that of state I 82 students push the envelope. Students have Small cla ss sizes in a tight ly knit access to the Centre for Landscape department make for a fam ily-like Research faci lity, which brings atmosphere in this program , which together landscape, urban design focuses on the principles of land and architecture students to discuss research and current issues.

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA / Charlottesville Considering landscape design I WORDS OF WISDOM through a sociocultural filter, this intimate graduate program of about 1 uSketch~ sketch~ 45 students spends extensive time 1 sketch as much exploring urban issues in cities, aspossible~ to beginning with the local area in first observe the year, then moving on to other major metropolitan regions . Among the I world and objects instructors, Julie Bargmann of DIRT aroundyou.~~ teaches students about regenerating brownfields and post-industrial sites. - Mama BedilWill Alsop and Ben Van Berkel. Vancouver I Bachelor of environ­ Students also have access to the mental design (four years) I $5 700 Hooke Park woodland laboratory, per year, $27,600 for international / which contains living space for 16, 51 students a woodworking shop and the new For sustainabili ty-focused students Big Shed prototyping studio. pursuing a master of architecture, this program in the School of Archi­ THE BARTLETT FACULTY OF THE tecture and Landscape Architecture BUILT ENVIRONMENT ATUNI· combines broader libera l arts courses VERSITY COLLEGE LONDON w ith practical learning and hands- London I Master of architecture (two on projects. For further inspiration, years) I $16,000 per year, $29,500 for students can access the new Centre out of country / 180 students for Interactive Research on Sus­ This research -focused architectural tainabil ity, a campus bu ilding that school contributes to worldwide acts as a living laboratory. It covers discussions on such topics as sus­ everything from building and daylight­ tainable cities and intercultural ing simulation to energy consumption interaction, through research projects monitoring and assessment. and publications. The master program is individually focused , with tutors UNIVERSITY STUDIOS who advise students on innovative RURAL STUDIO AT AUBURN concepts rooted in practical skills UNIVERSITY and theory-based learning . Newbern, Alabama Since 1993, Rural Studio has been ECAL ·UNIVERSITY OF ART AND working with a small group of under­ DESIGN LAUSANNE graduate and thesis students in the Lausanne, Switzerland I Bachelor realm of sustainable community of industrial design (three years) I building. They design and bu ild homes $2,000 per year / 107 students and other structures for non-profit ECAL offers broad coverage of organizations, for example the 201 0 the world of industrial design, from renovation of the Safe House Black tradit ional theorie s (it was founded Historic Museum in Greensboro, in 1821) to modern approaches. Alabama. Students learn from such instructors as Ronan Bouroullec and Hector t Academy Eindhoven STUDIO 804 ATTHE Serrano, and gain practical experi­ student Lucas Mullie's UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ence co llaborating w ith companies Time Restaurant Lawrence, Kansas like B&B ltaha, Swarovski and Vitra . concept of definitively This not-for-profit research studio, local cooking. led by Dan Rockhill, gives gradu­ ETHZURICH ~ DIY Mould, by ECAL ate students experience using the Zurich I Master in urban design (one student Rita Botelho. latest technology and techniques to year) I $12,700 per year 130 students -!- Architectural construct one building per year. Their ETH's continuing education program Association's new prototype facility for the 5.4 7 Arts offers English language degrees in Big Shed. Center in Greensburg was the first the architecture master program. The LEED Platinum building in Kansas. urban design curriculum explores how the discipline relates to global issues and development, and teaches the INTERNATIONAL required methodology, practical skills and communication abilities . DESIGN ACADEMY EINDHOVEN Eindhoven, the Netherlands I ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART Bachelor of design (four years) I London I Master in interior design $2,300 per year, $9,180 for (two years) I $14,300 per year, non-EU 1640 students $42,700 for out of country / 24 This avant-garde school helps students students (alumn i include Hella RCA's brand new architecture school Jongerius and Formafantasma's includes a school of interior design, Andrea Trimarchi and Simone led by Ab Rogers. It runs parallel to Farresin) to focus on their own the architecture program, allowing strengths and individual style. They for relevant overlap and collaboration hone in on one of eight specializa­ alongside individual thesis work. AZ tions: living, identity, activity, public space, communication, well-being , mobility and leisure.