By Mo Zhou (M.Arch.2 '08)
Three-Semester Post-Professional M.Arch.2 Program
Cornell’s new post-professional Master of Architecture is an intensive advanced design research (ADR) program. Open to individuals holding a B.Arch. or first-professional M.Arch. degree, the three-semester program offers a critical framework for investigating pertinent design concerns, practices, and technologies in 21st-century architecture and urbanism. A structure of core and elective studios and courses allows students to pursue trajectories of inquiry within one of five interrelated territories of investigation:
A/U: Architecture & Urbanism: Developmental Systems; Urban Geography; Regional Planning; Urban Theory; Suburbia
Environmental Ethics; Material Ecologies; Sustainable Practices; Landscape Urbanism; Soft Infrastructures
A/T: Architecture & Technology: Differential Engineering; Materials Research; Machinic Prototypes; Advanced Fabrication; Robotics
A/D: Architecture & Discourse: History and Contemporaneity; Theory and Criticism; Typological Research; Cultural Production; Design Research
A/M: Architecture & Media: Responsive Systems; Complex Geometries; Material Computation; Appliance Architecture; Net Art
Interdisciplinary in intent and content, the ADR program engages the wealth of academic resources in the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, across Cornell University, and throughout an extensive global network. The third, summer semester of the program involves the College's New York City Center.
