practice of architecture, adding to, and enhancing the value of design. Program Goals include:
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 111 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14624 Phone: 585.475.4990 https://www.rit.edu/study/ architecture-march
Dennis A. Andrejko, FAIA, Head Student Faculty Ratio: 10:1 Tuition & Fees: $50,136 /Year Number of Students: 50 Application Deadlines: 1/15; Rolling Type of Campus: Suburban/Urban
• Instilling critical thinking concepts in course material to produce broadthinking architects that are wellgrounded in the principles and practices of sustainability.
PROGRAM Architecture continues to be in a time of great transition. Globalization, policy making, advanced materials development, and the challenges facing urban environments place great demands on architects to be well versed in concepts outside their immediate field, and able to work effectively with professionals from a variety of disciplines. The Master of Architecture program is designed for students with a broad range of interests and backgrounds who are interested in studying architecture at the graduate level, and whose undergraduate degrees were obtained in fields both inside of and outside of architecture. The program’s curriculum has been shaped by the global emphasis of sustainability, factors that impact urbanism, the integration of design thought with the built environment and community investigation, and the hands-on application of the principles of design and technology of materials, construction and production. This Department of Architecture is housed within the Golisano Institute for Sustainability (GIS) and has a collaborative partnership with RIT’s College of Art and Design (CAD). The GIS Sustainability Institute Hall is a unique and state of the art high performance living, learning laboratory provides a unique setting for testing and evaluating sustainability concepts. PROGRAM INFORMATION Our innovative Master of Architecture program is geared toward preparation for 21st century practice in an increasingly inter-disciplinary and inter-professional world. This program is founded upon the principle that “sustainability” is an integral and requisite part of the
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• Providing a comprehensive set of tools to shape students into adept contributors that can effectively create building and planning projects for problem solving at the intersection of architecture and sustainability. The program emphasizes application and collaboration, and students learn and practice the skills and methods of architecture through the lens of sustainability, graduating with the ability to contribute meaningfully to a fully sustainable built environment. Students are also exposed to the results of cutting-edge research in such areas as material aging, clean technologies, alternative energy solutions, pollution prevention, and green product assessment, among other topics currently underway in the Golisano Institute for Sustainability. SUSTAINABILITY Sustainability and resiliency necessities are changing the way we look at architecture, and the way architecture looks to us, and buildings account for large percentages of the world’s energy expenditures and greenhouse gas emissions. In RIT’s accredited Master of Architecture program, we’re moving sustainability forward to create better architecture. Here, you’ll learn how to design with context and substance in areas such as positive energy, building performance, climate-responsive designs, passive resiliency, and more. The global emphasis on sustainability, and RIT’s commitment to progress in this field forms a fundamental pillar of the Master of Architecture program. Emerging architecture professionals entering the field from RIT’s program will have the opportunity to bring with them a unique perspective on sustainability with an elevated attention to detail, an increased understanding of high
