Architecture teacher Rebeccah Tuscano-Moss is in her fifth year on the faculty.
Learning Good Design and More Dane Moliterno ’24 works on a study model in his Introduction to Architecture class.
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Westminster Bulletin
Students enrolled in Westminster School’s architecture courses have the opportunity to experience what it would be like to study architecture in college. The four courses are taught in a studio format by Rebeccah Tuscano-Moss P’20, who is an architectural designer and builder, and in her fifth year on the Westminster faculty. About 75 students were enrolled in the courses this year, which include Introduction to Architecture, Architecture 1, Architecture 2 and Architecture 3. Students advance from learning how to draw with a triangle and T-square in the introductory course to working on large design problems with a focus on complex, multifunction buildings where the major concerns are architectural theory and layering of various 3D programs as well as making technical drawings. Oftentimes, students skip ahead in the course sequence because of advanced progress in their work. Some students even complete an independent study course. “We have to cover things a little faster than is done in college courses, but our students get a sense of exactly how it all works,” said Rebeccah. The Westminster courses meet four days a week throughout the academic year and take place in Hamilton Art Studios where there are two studio classrooms, 3D printers, a laser cutter and numerous workshop tools. Rebeccah aims to teach to the individual student. “I want to know what they are thinking and what they need,” she said. “For that reason, I like to think of them in three groups: those who want to go into some type of design field such as engineering,
