Architecture
专业介绍
The Architecture concentration allows students to develop a broad understanding of the concepts and methods for the planning and design of buildings, landscapes, and cities.
The Architecture concentration introduces students to a broad understanding of concepts and methods for the planning and design of buildings and urban environments. It connects architectural education firmly to the humanities and provides a greater awareness of historical, global, environmental, social and economic issues in the built environment. This approach to the education of architects and urban planners aims to provide them with the tools needed in today’s fractured urban society. Apart from training careful observation, critical analysis and problem solving, students will acquire skills in sketching, drafting, model-making, and digital rendering. By combining a carefully selected range of classes in architectural design, the humanities, engineering and technology, and urban life and theory, students will acquire necessary proficiency for pursuing a graduate degree in architecture after Brown.
Student Goals
Students in this concentration will:
- Understand central concepts and methods of architectural design (materials, structure, space, light, function, etc.)
- Acquire representation skills in 2D (rendering), 3D (model-making), and digital tools
- Gain a deeper understanding of the humanistic and social context for architecture, its history, and its current challenges and opportunities
- Assemble a portfolio of design projects in a range of scales
- Learn about collaborative studio culture at Brown and RISD