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Florida International University School of Architecture is at
its core an interdisciplinary confederation of strong design
disciplines dedicated to the education of expressive, innovative,
critical and knowledgeable young professionals. The School of
Architecture is also an integral part the College of Architecture
+ The Arts and is dedicated to collegial and exciting trans-disciplinary
opportunities with the visual arts, performing arts, museums
and design communities. The disciplines within School of Architecture
are committed to professional education while seeking to reach
across boundaries to encourage collaboration and research to
service academic and societal community of South Florida.
The school provides undergraduate
and graduate instruction in all disciplines and has received
accreditation in each of the principal design disciplines
of Architecture, Interior Design and Landscape Architecture.
Each one of the professional curricula coursework centers
around four areas of study beyond the university general educational
core curriculum. Those areas are history/theory, environmental
technologies, professional practice / business knowledge and
design studio. The design studio course work provides problem
driven assignments with performance evaluated assessments
that are the spine of all professional design programs.
Our students are problem solvers,
creative thinkers and ethical participants in one of the most
exhilarating educational models in the academy. They are joined
by a productive and enlightened faculty that both challenge
and are challenged by direct exchange with students. Intellectual
rigor, aesthetic excellence and exploratory innovation fuel
lively discussions as well and public presentation and exhibition
of student, faculty and professional work.
The design disciplines demand small
classes with task oriented problems in environments where
students have dedicated desks and unlimited access. It is
a unique and powerful educational experience for all involved.
The School of Architecture also enjoys the best studio spaces
in the region with gallery, workshop, lecture hall and advanced
technologies laboratory to support the educational objectives.
Designers are always collaborators
and occasionally leaders in the development of our physical
environment. The educational agenda within School of Architecture
provides important leadership opportunities for both students
and faculty concerning planning, innovating and sustaining
our built environment. Being the only tropical Sub-tropical
urban regions in the continental US, South Florida is one
of the most important emerging urban environments in the world,
with expanding growth and maturity there is a great deal of
work to be done.
Join us in what we feel is the most
exciting of places.
Thank you
Nathaniel Quincy Belcher
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