In shaping the identity of the program the faculty have assigned an unfolding series of themes to each of the studio classes. These, in turn, are further elaborated in the form of primary questions that act as inspiration for the instructors of these studios and maintain focus while opening up and encouraging speculation and innovation.

120  Media and the Act of Drawing

121  Projecting Architecture

280  Body, Situation, and Artifact

281  Orientation and Place-making

380  Landscape and the Natural Orders

381  Collective Experience and the Arts

382  Community and Tectonic Expression

480  Urbanism: Interpreting the City

481  Dwelling in the City

511  Discovering a Polemic for the Contemporary Setting

580  Mapping Identities of the City

581  Architecture and its Edges

582  Comprehensive Design

584  Articulating a Polemic for the Contemporary Setting

585  Presenting a Polemic for the Contemporary Setting

586  Integrating Technological Systems