PROJECT: COURSE ARCHIVE

Complete an ARCHIVE of all your work this semester. This should be an archive of your submitted work.

PROJECT: IDENTITY

Respond to the prompt: what is your identity as a designer by completing the tasks below.

PROJECT: RESPOND

Respond to the prompt provided in class. Date and prompt below.

1.19.26 - Interest Rate / Heart Rate

• Read

• Respond by answering the following question in 500 words.

• Given the reading, what is your stance on the “heart rate” of architecture and how does a conversation of interest rate matter?

1.26.26 - Reimagining Architectural Education

• Read

• Respond by answering the following question in 500 words.

2.2.26 - Lecture Response

2.9.26 - Podcast Review

• Listen to one podcast from one of the podcast below

  • Architecture is Political

  • 99% Invisible

  • Practice Disrupted

• Produce a three minute speech for the next week.

2.4.26 - Personal Statement

• Respond to the following:

  • I help [WHO] achieve [WHAT] by [HOW].

• Suggested reading:

• The Elements of Style by Strunk & White

  • This is the non-negotiable basics of clear writing. It’s short, no fluff, and teaches simplicity and precision — exactly what students need to cut clutter.
    Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/020530902X/

• Writing That Works by Kenneth Roman & Joel Raphaelson

  • This book is literally a how-to for workplace communication — memos, emails, reports, proposals. It’s practical and geared toward real messages, not theory.
    Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060956434/

• Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds

  • Forget PowerPoint fluff. This teaches how to present ideas visually and verbally with clarity and impact — perfect for crits and client presentations.
    Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0321811984/

2.9.26 - Lecture Respones

• Identify 5 points on interest from the lecture and explain why.

• Thinking about those 5 points of interest expand on why or how you think they are important to your future self.

PROJECT: PODCAST

Produce one episode of a pod casts about one of the topics below:

• Architecture School: Studio or Laboratory
  Explores the studio as a space for production and critique versus experimentation, research, and speculative inquiry.

• Architecture School: Tradition or Transformation
  Considers the balance between inherited pedagogies and the need to evolve curricula in response to social, technological, and environmental change.

• Architecture School: Training or Education
  Questions whether architectural education prioritizes technical proficiency and professional readiness over critical thinking, ethics, and broader intellectual development.

• Architecture School: Gatekeeper or Gateway
  Examines the role of architecture school in reinforcing exclusionary norms versus expanding access, representation, and alternative paths into the profession.

• Architecture: Author or Advocate
  Examines the architect’s role in representing communities, clients, and marginalized voices versus asserting individual authorship.

• Architecture: Expert or Facilitator
  Explores knowledge hierarchies, participatory design, and when architects lead with expertise versus enabling others to shape outcomes.

• Architecture: Service or System
  Considers architecture as a professional service versus an embedded component of broader social, political, and economic systems.

• Architecture: Product or Process
  Focuses on outcomes versus methods, emphasizing iterative design, negotiation, and long-term engagement over final form.

• Architecture: Social Good or Capital Investment

  Explore if architecture is a social good or simple a capital investment.

DELHI KIOSK

Respond to the design prompt provided in class to develop a proposal for a informational kiosk using the images below. This will be presented in a gallery format at the local chamber of commerce.

Provide the following information in your response:

• Plan

• Elevation

• Rendering

• Logo

• (3) Inspiration

• Sheet organized and laid out as a porduct of your vision / brand

Context Images:

PROJECT: FIRM ID (IN PROGRESS)

Over the semester, using the tools provided you will generate a design package for a design firm.