Program Website: www.grad.clemson.edu/programs/Arch/
With its nationally accredited curricula, the graduate programs in the School of Architecture include the professional Master of Architecture (MArch) degree with tracks in design and architecture + health and a Master of Science (MS) degree in architectual research. In 2007, the MArch program was ranked 10th in the nation by Design Intelligence and Architect Magazine.
Program of Study
MArch Students with any undergraduate degree are eligible for acceptance into the MArch program.
Those with an undergraduate degree in architecture and the requisite number of courses in studio and building technology qualify to enter t the second-year level. They study for their first semester in Charleston with an opportunity to travel to Genoa in the second semester. Students return to Clemson their final year to complte the 60 credit curriculum.
All others enter into the three-year program. Most start with a six-week course in the summer and continue to complete 93 additional credits. The Jury of Admissions of the School of Architecture decides placement based on material submitted in the application.
Architecture + Health concentration Within the framework of the MArch degree, this conentration includes seminar courses and studio work appropriate for botha general professional degree and a concentration, which is one of only two graduate studios of its type in the US, is to develop the generalist-specialist graduate who can creatively work in both modes. The concentration curriculum includes both the study of healthcare facility design and the study of hte impact of architecture on human health and well-being in settings ranging from entire communities to specific projects and individual spaces.
MS The MS degree in architecture is a post-professional degree program which offers the opportunity to achieve advanced learning within the disciplien of architecture and to undertake research responsive to increasingly complex challenges specific to the built environment. This is accomplished thoruhg a foundation of course work, accompanied by directed studies within a selected area of inquiry and followed by the critical examination of a singular aspect of architecture in a research thesis. Admission of the MS degree program is available to students who have a professional degree in architecture. The course work and directed studies required of hte MS program may be completed in one academic year, after which a variable period of time is dedicated to the research thesis. Degree candidates elect to work within one of the following areas: architecture and healthcare facilities, environmental issues in architecture, architecture and human perception or theory and philosophy of architecture.
Student Group
The entire program has approximately 75 students. Of those, 65 percent are men, and eight percent are international students.
Off-Campus Study
Charleston Architecture Center: Located in Charleston, South Carolina, this program is available to qualified graduate students in architecture, construction science and management, landscape architecture and visual arts. Studio work is oriented toward the fabrication of large exhibition installations or work on urban- or building-scale projectss with actual clients. Typically, internships in architectural offices occupy the mornings, and studio and course work occupy the afternoons. Students also work with visiting scholars and craftsmen and can take classes at the College of Charleston.
Genoa, Italy: The Daniel Center for Building Research and Urban Studies in Genoa, Italy, is available to qualified graduate students in Architecture, Construction Science and Management, Fine Arts, City and Regional Planning, and to Professional-year Landscape Architecture students. Studio and classroom work is enriched by visiting scholars and complemented by scheduled field trips, both in Italy and in continental Europe.
Fluid Campus
In 1972, Clemson was one of the first architecture programs in the country to establish a satellite program in Europe. Since then, the program has built a fluid campus with semester-long opportunities where students travel throughout the world to gaina greater understanding of architecture culture. With centers inClemson; Genoa, Italy; Barcelona, Spain; and Charleston, SC, our four fluid campus centers earch are unique and focused on the local culture and physical setting. Our international centers in Brussels and Istanbul emphasize a unique college structure with 10 allied departments including communications studies, languages and performing arts. The fluid campus and the School of Architecture's unusual alignment with other disciplines enable the program to develop students ready to contribute to a multifaceted world. You will be taught about locality and the unique aspect of places, enabling you to operate in different local environments - crucially important in today's global architecture profession.
Facilities
The Gunnin Architectual Library has more than 46,000 volumes of books and bound periodicals and 183 periodical subscriptions. The library maintains a collection of audiovisual equipment; digital, still and video cameras; and architectural drafting aidos for use by students and faculty in the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities. Approximately 130,000 slides in the fields of art and architecture are available to students, faculty and staff of Clemson. The Gunnin Architecture Library also houses a collection of more than 2,500 planning documents from South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. In addition, the library has a collection of approximately 1,250 videos related to the fields of architecture, city and regional planning, construction science and management, landscape architecture and visual arts. Printing, copying and scanning facilities are also available in the library.
The Clemosn University School of Architecture Digital Design Shop (CUSA.DDS) is a CAD/CAM research lab for students and faculty experimenting with digital fabrication, CAD/CAM and rapid prototyping. The facility has a full array of state-of-the-art equipment (laster cutters, CNC routers and 3-D printers) to undertake and pursue these research agendas. The CUSA.DDS explores the possibilities of digital design and issues of materiality/tactility by synthesizing these tools into one facility and is designed as a platform for experimentation in these research areas.
Located on the basement floor of Lee Hall, the fully equipped Wood Shop Facility enables students to work in wood and vrious other materials. Students are encouraged to use the shop for academic assignemnts andother projects as courses are offered in furniture design and building.
The Lee Gallery was built in 1958 by Lockwood Greene Engineers, Inc. with Dean Harlan E. McClure as consulting architect, and each year it holds fianl thesis juries and a final-year exhibition. The gallery complements and enhances the educational programs offered by the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities by promoting the visual arts through exhbitions that explore contemporary issues in art, architecture, cultural diversity, new media explorations and collaborative approaches to art making.
Lee Hall is home to several smart classrooms. Computer workstations available in the third- and fourth-year design studios as well as on the second level of the graduate studio tower have current versions of major software applications such as Photoshop, Illustrator, FromZ, InDesign, Quark, Flash, AutoCad, Word, iMovie and others. Each smart classroom also has projection capabilities for classroom and tutorial applications.
The Clemson Advancement Foundation for Design and Building (CAF) is a not-for-profit corporation established in 1956. It represents a strong desire by the design and building professions to enhnace our built environment and hte educational experience within the School of Architecture and the Department sof Art, Construction Science and Management, and Planning and Landscape Design. Membership in the CAF is an investment in the future of hte design, construction and art professions. Students who benefit from CAF-supported programs will enter the design and construction industry and contribute for years as providers of services or as clients.
Faculty Listing
•Vincent Blouin, Assistant Professor; BS, École Centrale Nantes, France; MS in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering; MS in Mechanical Engineering, Michigan; PhD, MArch, Wisconsin-Milwaukee; ArchD, Michigan. Building technology.
•Ted Cavanagh, Chair, BSc, BArch, McGill; PhD, Lehigh in History of Technology. Design and architectural theory.
•Dina Battisto, Associate Professor; BArch, Tennessee-Knoxville; MArch, Clemson; PhD, Michigan. Architecture + Health.
•Jose Caban, Professor; BArch, Clemson; MCD, Liverpool. Design and urbanism.
•Lynn Craig, Professor; BArch, Clemson; MArch, Washington, St. Louis.
•Jori Erdman, Associate Professor; BS, Virginia; MArch, Columbia. Design and construction.
•Keith Green, Associate Professor; BA, Pennsylvania; MArch, Illinois, Chicago; MS, PhD, Pennsylvania. Design and advanced technology.
•Harry Harritos, Associate Professor; BS, MArch, Clemson. Design and drawing.
•Ulrike Heine, Assistant Professor; BA, MArch, Brandenburgische. Design and sustainability.
•Jant Hunt, Associate Professor; BS, MArch, Clemson; PhD Nottingham. Design and drawing.
•Annemarie Jacques, Lecturer; BA, MArch, Clemson. Design.
•Yuji Kishimoto, Professor; BArch, Wadesa; MArch, Harvard; MEd, Massachusetts. Design.
•Peter Laurence, Lecturer; MArch, Harvard; MS Pennsylvania School of Design; ABD, Pennsylvania. Design and Urbanism.
•David Lee, Lecturer; BArch, UNC-Charlotte; MArch, Columbia. Design.
•Criss Mills, Lecturer; BFA, Georgia State; MVA, Georgia State; MArch, Georgia Institute of Technology. Design.
•Richard Norman, Professor; BS, Lawrence; BArch, Illinois; MArch, Michigan. Design and drawing.
•Robert Silance, Associate Professor; BA, Clemson; BFA, Temple; MArch, Clemson. Design and practices.
•Martha Skinner, Assistant Professor; BD, Florida; BArch, Cooper Union. Design and representation.
•Stephen Verderber, Professor; AA an AAS, William Raine Harper; BS, Wisconsin-Milwaukee; MArch, Wisconsin-Milwaukee; ArchD, Michigan. Design and architecture + health.
Financial Aid
The School of Architecture distributes graduate assistantships to students each year based on merit. For entering students who are offered an assistantship, this award is part of the acceptance letter. These are offered in the amount of $1,404 per semester with the additional benefit of tution remission. Students must be enrolled in a minimum of nine credit hours per semester to qualify for a graduate assistantship and must work 10 hours per week as teaching or research assistants or perform other tasks assigned by the school. The School of Architecture also distributes grants and fellowships for students who study in Charleston, Italy or Spain. Grants may rant from $1,300 to $5,000.
Applying
In addition to the Clemson University Graduate School application (www.grad.clemson.edu/Admission.php), a portfolio of creative and design work is required from all applicants. The portfolio should emphasize skills and a comprehensive representation of creative works. Those who have no prior design experience should demonstrate creative ability through drawing, photography, art, computer or a related creative field. The portfolio plays a major role in the admissions decision process. The deadline for application and all supporting material, including the portfolio, is January 15. Review of candidates will begin immediately after this date. To be considered, application files must contain all the documentation listed above. Applications for admission received after the deadline date may be considered in the late spring on the basis of available space.
For More Information
Michelle McClane, Student Services Program Coordinator School of Architecture
145 Lee Hall
Box 340503
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina 29634
Telephone: 8643656.3938
Email: wking@clemson.edu
