Abroad & Off-Campus Programs

New York Program

A semester in New York City based at the global architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s (SOM) allows both undergraduates and graduates to work in a collaborative interdisciplinary research environment focused on the development of advances in sustainable technologies. The Built Ecologies program is located at Rensselaer’s Center for Architecture Science and Ecology hosted by SOM.

Courses: Electives # may change (Fall) / courses different for M.Arch

Arch4240.OC Arch Des 4 6 cr,or
Arch4250.OC Arch Des 5 6 cr, or
Arch4260.OC Arch Des 6 6 cr
Arch4961.OC Environmental Parametrics  2 cr
Arch4330.01 Structures 2 4 cr (Teleconference)
Arch6960.OC Research Investigations: Proj Built 2 cr

Electives choose 1:

Arch4968.OC Built Ecol I: Fund Bldg 3 cr
Arch4960.OC Materials Sys & Prod 3 cr
Arch4932.OC Env His & Theory 3 cr

Courses: Electives # may change (Spring)

Arch4240.OC Arch Des 4 6 cr,or
Arch4250.OC Arch Des 5 6 cr, or
Arch4260.OC Arch Des 6 6 cr
Arch4936.OC Research Investigations: Projects in Built Ecologies 2 cr
Arch4965.OC Environmental Parametrics 2 cr
Arch4964.OC Materials Sys & Prod 3 cr
Arch4963.OC Investigations: Proj Built Ecologies 2   3 cr