The Arch 201 course at New York Institute of Technology challenges students to design residential units, which include studios for creative individuals.

Arch 201 is the second year, first semester design studio for the Bachelor of Architecture programme at New York Institute of Technology.

The semester design project for Arch 201 is the artist house, which introduces issues of individual and collective residential dwelling, the work/live paradigms and the territories of shared community and spaces.

The focus is on the development of a residential unit that incorporates a working/studio environment for a creative individual or team within a shared community of needs and values.

Academic and architectural goals for the Architectural Design I studio are related to architectural form and space making in relation to organisation and project development based on grid, structure, programme, circulation, enclosure, materiality, site, light/solar orientation and climate conditions. These issues are understood as sources, references and interrelated co-determinants for spatial proposal, interventions and solutions.

Relevant and overlapping spatial conditions related to these project co-determinants will be evaluated and integrated in the project's comprehensive planning and organisational system.

School: New York Institute of Technology
Course: Arch 201 Architectural Design I
Type: Undergraduate
Location: New York City and Long Island, USA
Course dates: September to December 2025
Application deadline: 3 September 2025

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What will I learn during this course?

– Design that considers communities and spaces
– Project development based on grid, structure, programme, circulation, enclosure, materiality, site, light/solar orientation and climate conditions

What are the requirements?

– Having undertaken the prerequisite courses AAID 101 and AAID 102

What facilities and resources are available?

– Classrooms
– Fabrication lab
– Studio desk
– Workspaces

What career prospects can I expect upon graduating?

Graduates go on to have diverse roles in architecture, design, interior design, urban design and planning.

Who teaches this course?

– Maria Cumella, co-coordinator
– Efrat Nizan, co-coordinator
– David Sepulveda, adjunct faculty
– Carlos Acosta Perez, adjunct faculty
– Ayman Rouhani, adjunct faculty
– Matthias Altwicker, associate professor
– David Davila, adjunct faculty
– Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa, associate professor, director AI lab
– Sandra Manninger, associate professor
– Moonmoon Khan, adjunct faculty
– Mennaallah Abotaleb, adjunct faculty
– Tanya Van Cott, adjunct faculty

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