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2017-2018 General Catalog 
    
2017-2018 General Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Architecture (Graduate Program)


 

For information regarding the UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM, click here.  

Program Overview

The master’s degree in architecture is a professional degree program dedicated to the development of professional skills and design excellence as a means of engaging the natural and cultural forces that shape the built environment. The program emphasizes inquiry into the role of design in the study of place, the role of architecture in the structure and perception of the city, and the relationship of these to the conceptual and physical assembly of buildings. Investigation of the remarkable diversity of urban and rural landscapes of Louisiana and the Lower Mississippi Delta Region provides a local context for informed studies that lead to engagement with broader regional and global concerns. 

Administration

Art Tsolakis, Interim Director
Ursula Emery-McClure, Graduate Coordinator
TELEPHONE 225-578-6885
FAX 225-578-2168
WEBSITE www.design.lsu.edu/Architecture/

Admission

Applications and supporting materials for all graduate study must be submitted through the online application site for the LSU Graduate School. Official transcripts, official test scores, and other materials that come from third-party sources must be mailed to: Graduate Student Services, 114 West David Boyd Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803. These paper documents are stored electronically and departments have access to all materials submitted by and/or on behalf of a student applying to graduate study.

Applicants must adhere to the application deadlines established by the Graduate School and the School of Architecture. The application deadline is February 1st for the School of Architecture.

Students seeking admission must submit satisfactory credentials from a bachelor degree, GRE scores of 310 (1000 under the older scoring system) minimum, a GPA of 3.0 minimum, and three letters of recommendation. A portfolio (hard copy) of creative work is required for admission to the MARCH I program. International students whose native language is not English must also submit an acceptable TOEFL, IELTS, or PTE score.

Applicants must also send the following application materials to the LSU School of Architecture, Attn: Graduate Selection Committee, 136 Atkinson Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803:

Financial Assistance

Financial assistance is available to selected students. To ensure consideration for financial aid, all application materials should be submitted in accordance with deadlines (at time of application for School of Architecture) established by the LSU Graduate School.

Research Facilities & Units

The school has achieved national and international recognition for research in energy conservation, historic preservation, and community design studies. Research resources include:

  • Coastal Sustainability Studio (CSS), an interdisciplinary environment, which serves the research and outreach endeavors of the school, creating opportunities for student enrichment and specialization in coastal adaptation and restoration
  • The Computer-Aided Design and Geographic Information Systems (CADGIS) research laboratory is located at 216 Design Building. CADGIS is dedicated to teaching and research in the areas of computer-aided design, image-processing, and more applications in architecture, art, interior design, and landscape architecture. CADGIS offers large format printing and scanning, and other computer services geared toward design. For a list of lab software please see CADGIS Software List.
  • The Design Shop at the LSU College of Art & Design provides students with a workspace, hand tools, and power machinery for a variety of uses and materials. Under the supervision of the Design Shop Manager this large and comprehensive workshop is available for student use to complete class projects.
  • The College of Art & Design Fabrication Factory is a new digital fabrication laboratory for students and faculty funded in part through the LSU Student Technology Fee program. The factory provides the capacity to create a multidisciplinary, active, team-learning environment by leveraging large-scale digital fabrication equipment for cutting, shaping, and forming metal, wood, and plastic toward the resolution of creative design problems. To this end the factory consists of a trio of machinery that forms its core toolset

              1.  a computer numerically controlled (CNC) large-bed router system by Forest Scientific,

              2.  a CNC plasma cutter system by EZ-Plasma, and

              3.  a large-volume fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printer by BigRep.                  

  • These enhancements will have a broad impact for university education, recruitment, and research in the application of digital fabrication technology in architecture, art, engineering, interior design, landscape architecture, music, and digital media

Graduate Faculty

(check current listings by department by clicking this link)

Jeffrey A. Carney (M) • The overlap of architecture, urbanism, and ecology at the scale between architecture and city planning and their relationship to the Coastal Sustainability Studio
Jason R. Crow PhD, RA, LEED AP (6A) • The history and ontology of matter and equipment from the 8th century BCE to the present; Advanced fabrication techniques; Digital craft
J. Michael Desmond, PhD (7M) • History, theory, and criticism of architecture; architecture and the city; American architecture and cultural mythology
Ursula Emery-McClure, FAAR, AIA, LEED AP BD+C (M) • Process Construction, experimental tectonics, coastal sustainability, and the Louisiana condition
Jori Ann Erdman, AIA, LEED AP (M) • The South, building culture, design-build pedagogy, modern architecture, alternative materials and community engagement
Robert Holton, IDP Coordinator (6A) • Contextual fields, advanced building construction, fabrication, and material technologies
Kristopher Palagi (6A) 
Angeliki Sioli (6A) 
Thomas Sofranko (M) • Abstraction and composition, design education
Alcibiades P. Tsolakis (M) • Art and design, construction, Mediterranean architecture, Islamic art, drawing and sculpture
Robert Zwirn, AIA (M) • Architectural design, American architectural history and theory 

Programs

    Master of Architecture