School of Architecture & Design

School of Architecture & Design

School of Architecture & Design 1 Architecture (http://catalog.ku.edu/ Master of Architecture (5-year) School of Architecture & architecture/architecture/) (http://catalog.ku.edu/architecture/ architecture/master-architecture- Design five-year/) Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies (http://catalog.ku.edu/ Introduction architecture/architecture/ba- The University of Kansas architectural-studies/) Undergraduate Certificate in The University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design has been Architecture Acoustics (http:// using interdisciplinary learning to produce pioneering leaders for more catalog.ku.edu/architecture/ than 100 years. Our experienced, diverse faculty and innovative degree architecture/architecture-acoustics- paths promote the development of creative talent that fits each student’s undergraduate-certificate/) personal interests and abilities. Students learn through the processes Master of Architecture (3-year) of designing, drawing, and making, learning to solve problems through (http://catalog.ku.edu/architecture/ design-thinking, taking advantage of a wide array of global study architecture/master-architecture- opportunities, community engagement, and collaborative research. three-year/) Master of Arts in Architecture Our courses are significantly influenced by the practical input of architects (http://catalog.ku.edu/architecture/ and designers from major firms the world over. These employers architecture/master-arts- consistently say that those who receive degrees from KU are not only architecture/) able to contribute as soon as they begin work, but also quickly ascend to Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture leadership positions. Prepared as designers, critical thinkers, and problem (http://catalog.ku.edu/architecture/ solvers, graduates enjoy personal career fulfillment and serve, enrich, and architecture/phd/) sustain their professions and communities. Graduate Certificate in Architectural Acoustics (http://catalog.ku.edu/ architecture/architecture/ architectural-acoustics-gcert/) Graduate Certificate in Architecture of Health and Wellness (http:// catalog.ku.edu/architecture/ architecture/architecture-health- wellness-gcert/) Graduate Certificate in Building Information Modeling (BIM) (http:// catalog.ku.edu/architecture/ architecture/building-information- modeling-gcert/) Graduate Certificate in Designbuild (http://catalog.ku.edu/architecture/ architecture/designbuild-gcert/) Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation (http://catalog.ku.edu/ architecture/architecture/historic- preservation-gcert/) Graduate Certificate of Public Interest Design (http:// catalog.ku.edu/architecture/ architecture/public-interest-design- gcert/) Graduate Certificate in Urban Design (http://catalog.ku.edu/ architecture/architecture/urban- design-gcert/) 2 School of Architecture & Design Design (http://catalog.ku.edu/ Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design large areas for such things as the construction of building mock-ups and architecture/design/) (http://catalog.ku.edu/architecture/ prefabrication. design/bfa/) Minor in Design Entrepreneurship The 130,000-square-foot Chalmers Hall, next to Marvin Hall, houses the (http://catalog.ku.edu/architecture/ main Design Department programs, including studios and classrooms. design/design-entrepreneurship- The building also houses the 2,100-square-foot Art and Design minor/) Gallery, Art Supply Store, and Chalmers Cafe which were fully Minor in Photography (http:// renovated by students in 2017. The Gallery features new exhibits every catalog.ku.edu/architecture/design/ two weeks and is an important component of our teaching mission.which photography-minor/) features new exhibits every two weeks and is an important component of Undergraduate Certificate in the teaching mission. Book Arts (http://catalog.ku.edu/ Chalmers has multi-platform computer labs with the latest software for architecture/design/book-arts-ucert/) photography, animation, CAD, 3-D modeling, video production, desktop Master of Arts in Design with publishing, scanning, illustration, large-and medium-format plotters, and a concentration in Design color and black-and-white laser printers. Unique satellite computer areas Management (http://catalog.ku.edu/ are dedicated to each type of work. architecture/design/ma-design- management/) Also located here is a traditional film lab that includes a dark room for Master of Arts in Design with a black-and-white photography, as well as a digital processing lab with concentration in Interaction Design dedicated spaces for video and digital image production. An equipment (http://catalog.ku.edu/architecture/ check-out facility allows students to borrow equipment they will need design/ma-interactive-design/) for photography assignments. The 6,400-square foot Common Shop Graduate Certificate in Book Arts includes a range of woodworking equipment, metal-working equipment, (http://catalog.ku.edu/architecture/ and classroom space. All computer and photo labs and the Common design/book-arts-gcert/) Shop have professionally-trained staff. Interdisciplinary Programs (http:// Bachelor of Science in Interior catalog.ku.edu/architecture/ Architecture (http://catalog.ku.edu/ The historic Chamney Farm, on the west edge of the Lawrence campus, interdisciplinary-programs/) architecture/interdisciplinary- is the site of the school’s Center for Design Research, an award-winning programs/bs-interior-architecture- building that connects a converted native limestone farmhouse and design/) restored 19th-century barn. Corporate-sponsored projects are supervised by Design and Architecture faculty and executed by graduate students and advanced undergraduates. This fully equipped facility has become a Facilities connection between the academic and professional worlds of design as well as other KU academic units. The School of Architecture and Design's administrative offices are in Marvin Hall at the west end of Jayhawk Boulevard on the Lawrence The recently renovated Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art campus. The School also has space in several adjacent buildings and houses the only comprehensive art collection in Kansas. Collections are additional off-campus facilities in Lawrence and Kansas City. particularly noteworthy in medieval art, 17th- and 18th-century German and Austrian painting, sculpture, American painting, prints, American The Architectural Resource Center and Hatch Reading Room are also photography, Japanese art of the Edo period, textiles, and decorative arts. in Marvin Hall along with 19 design studios, several classrooms, offices Spencer Museum sponsors exhibitions, lectures, films, workshops, and for architecture faculty, woodworking and metal shops, three computer activities that support curricular instruction in the arts. labs, an acoustics lab and critique spaces on each floor. In 2014 the School's Studio 804 students completed design and construction of The Another important resource is the Murphy Art and Architecture Library, Forum addition to Marvin Hall, 120-seat auditorium. It provides a central with 150,000 volumes and 600 current journals documenting design, and commons for the School, a flex-space used for a variety of purposes, and architecture from all cultures, from antiquity to the present. is LEED Platinum-rated. Undergraduate Programs Snow Hall, directly across Jayhawk Boulevard from Marvin Hall, has 4 architecture studios. An open-access computer lab and a well-equipped Degree programs available to entering first-year students include model-building shop are located here along with a large critique and a 5-year professional Master of Architecture (http://catalog.ku.edu/ display area for student work. architecture/architecture/master-architecture-five-year/); a professional Bachelor of Fine Arts (http://catalog.ku.edu/architecture/design/bfa/) Marvin Studios is just behind Marvin Hall. It includes studios as well as in design with concentrations in Illustration and Animation, Industrial robotics, laser-cutter, 3-D printing and various other digital fabrication labs Design, Photography, and Visual Communication Design and a Bachelor and faculty offices. of Science in Interior Architecture. The school's East Hills Design-Build Center is in the East Hills Industrial Admission Park on Highway K-10 east of Lawrence. This 63,000 square-foot, open- Information on undergraduate admission standards and requirements, as span building acquired in 2009 is the site of many design-build studios well as application procedures and deadlines, is found on the Department including the internationally-acclaimed Studio 804. It includes design of Architecture, Department of Design and Interdisciplinary Programs studios, conference areas, fully equipped maker-space facilities, and pages. Visit the Office of Admissions (http://admissions.ku.edu/) (http:// School of Architecture & Design 3 admissions.ku.edu) for information about admission to KU. Visit the Undergraduate University Regulations Office of International Support Services (http://www.iss.ku.edu/) for information about international admissions. Students who plan to transfer For information about University regulations, see Regulations (http:// into programs and need advising assistance should contact Architecture catalog.ku.edu/regulations/) or visit the University of Kansas Policy Library and Design Admissions Office (http://www.arch.ku.edu) at 785-864-3167 (http://www.policy.ku.edu/). or specific Design information at http://design.ku.edu/ApplytoKU at 785-864-2073. Absences A student with excessive absences may be withdrawn

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