Architecture

design strategies and design challenges in relation to the most pressing issues of the 21st century: resilient design, tropical and subtropical architectures, identity in a globalized world, health care design, housing design, conservation of the built environment and the effect of embedded technologies on design. The Master of Science in Architecture program is designed to provide a skills and knowledge base for professional application as well as future advanced doctoral study. analysis, finishes, furniture, fixture, lighting, and acoustics. The Capstone is an intensive real estate development and urban design studio in which students apply the knowledge and skills acquired in their UM coursework on a real world, multifaceted, urban development project. The Capstone is organized by the MRED+U program and engages students and faculty from the MRED+U, Architecture, Urban Design and Construction Management programs working in multi-disciplinary teams on a variety of projects including ground-up and redevelopment scenarios as part of an interconnected study area. The Capstone focuses on comprehensive analysis, visioning, program development, public policies and potential partnerships, project planning and design, phasing and construction through the application of advanced development skills in an urban context.