02/12/20

Dean Milton S. F. Curry and the School of Architecture were thrilled to welcome our newest class of undergraduate architecture students today. #WelcometoUSC #USCArchitecture #USC

Faculty Marshals Myrna Ayoub and Sandy Yum, Banner Bearer Erick Reyes (B.Arch 2020), and Flag Bearer Sameera Khurana (B.Arch 2020) led the group of undergraduate architecture students in this morning’s New Student Convocation ceremony. #WelcometoUSC #USCArchitecture #USC

Here’s the scoop! New USC Architecture students and their parents took a break from Move-In Day with our annual Welcome Week ice cream social. #WelcometoUSC #USCArchitecture #USC

Welcome/welcome back to campus! Be sure to check USC's Welcome Week website for a full schedule of programs and events (link in bio).⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #WelcometoUSC #WelcomeWeek #USC #USCArchitecture #FightOn #LA #LosAngeles

We can't wait to welcome our wonderful students and faculty back to the School of Architecture in just a couple of weeks! ✌️⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #USCArchitecture #USC #WelcometoUSC #la #losangeles #architectureschool #summervibes #backtoschool

Ashley Mangus, a Jaime & Susan Gesundheit Graduate Traveling Fellow, spent time this summer traveling through Italy, France, and England to study historical and contemporary hospitals. Sites visited included the Meyer Children’s Hospital in Florence and Hôtel-Dieu, the oldest hospital in Paris, which was originally founded in 651. Visit our Updates from Overseas blog for more on Ashley’s traveling fellowship (link in bio).⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #traveltuesdays #uscarchitecture #usc #architecture #italy #france #travel #explore #architecturestudent #hospitals #europe

M.AAS students @avrillllliar and @diyawh0_o share their summer project from instructor Gary Paige’s 1000 Homes studio:⁣ ⁣ “Our project is called Urban Manifold. It aims to transform the existing Watts neighborhood from one characterized by single-family suburban dwellings into a fabric that’s more diverse, dense and urban. A hybrid typology consisting of low-rise bars and mixed-use programs along with 10-story residential micro-towers are arranged on a long, narrow linear site in a manner that increases pedestrian flows through the longitudinal grain of the site as well as along the sidewalk, street and new storefront stalls. Architecturally, the intent is to create a new model for collective housing and urban space that’s not only comprised of different programs, multiple typologies and variable densities, but also facilitates gathering and interaction in the pedestrian alleys and ‘pocket spaces.’”⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #usc #uscarchitecture #summerschool #gradschool #architecture #architecturestudent #architectureschool #housing #la #losangeles

In our latest Paris program #TravelTuesday update, ARCH580 students and instructor Eric Haas take a breath from the Paris heat wave in the community room at the Pavillon Suisse, Cité Internationale Universitaire, and explore the Maisons La Roche-Jeanneret : Fondation Le Corbusier. 📷: @devonsavagedevon⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #usc #uscarchitecture #studyabroad #globalstudies #summerschool #europe #paris #france #travel #explore #lecorbusier #architecture

Heading into the weekend with a few #fbf photos of our recent installation by USC Exploration of Architecture students. ⁣📷: @berryandlinne .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #uscarchitecture #explorationofarchitecture #usc #uscsummer #highschool #la #losangeles #summerprogram

B.Arch student @jbh.archart shares a fun #tbt project from his first year at USC Architecture. ⁣⁣ —————— ⁣⁣ Field Condition: Cocoa Pebbles. Pictured here is my final project of my first year of school at USC’s School of Architecture. The task for this project was to develop a field condition from an analysis derived from the graphics on a box of cereal. The locations and densities of different elements present on the field condition such as the follies and circulation paths were determined by the location of different color groups on the cereal box. This was done using guidelines I created which assigned each color to a different element. Another key takeaway from this project was to begin to implement what my professor called “architectural confetti.” This was a fun decorative technique that added more detail and objects to the models and drawings. ⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ .⁣⁣ #Architecture ⁣⁣ #USCArchitecture #Photography #Art #Origami #CocoaPebbles #Cereal #la #losangeles #architecturemodel #architectureschool #architecturestudent

Scenes from our summer abroad program in Paris, including student inspection of the winning entry for the Montparnasse Tower. #traveltuesday 📷: @usclandarchurbanism ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #uscarchitecture #usc #landscapearchitecture #architecture #paris #studyabroad #europe #explore

For his fifth-year final project with Hadrian Predock, recent B.Arch graduate Samuel Cruz created An Architecture of Architectures. This office aims to explore the muting—or flattening—of a large system's intricate components, arguing that the true power of an architecture of systems and networks comes from its ability to subdue all its mechanisms and flatten itself into one cohesive whole while still invoking countless interpretations. The first exhibition, "Flatopia," explores the creation of architecture through the distillation and abstraction of existing networks and systems, both material and immaterial, found in everyday life from four categories: infrastructure, social spaces, landscape, and urbanity. @architecruz⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #uscarchitecture #usc #architecture #architectureschool #architecturestudent #architecturedrawing #architecturerendering #design #designschool #la #losangeles

In "Distort," B.Arch student Timlok Li considers the problem of architectural addition through the lens of the diptych. Using Michael Graves’ proposed additions to the Whitney Museum (1985-1988) as a reference, the project proposal is for a single family home neighboring the LADG’s Armstrong Avenue Residence in Silver Lake. Next to the original LADG house, the new proposal constantly expresses the diptych through 45- and 90-degree projections throughout the whole project. It is the critic of the purity of absolute sameness or difference in architecture. Instructor: Alfie Koetter.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #uscarchitecture #usc #architecture #architectureschool #architecturestudent #designschool #la #losangeles #silverlake #house #housing #architecturedrawing

An interrogation of the house—object during our final days of this year’s @uscarchitecture Exploration of Architecture high school program with @uscsummer. 📷: @berryandlinne

The design for the Arroyo Bridge, a collaboration between students from @uscarchitecture, @autodesk and Mary and David Martin's MADWORKSHOP @themadworkshop, incorporates a “layered branch” strategy inspired by the trees near the site.⁣ ⁣ This technique combines mechanical and sculptural design aspects, with each member of the bridge supporting one another to maintain structural integrity. The lacing pattern of the bridge adds to its natural appearance and features perforated panels to mimic the foliage of the surrounding flora and to provide shade to visitors.⁣ Repost from @plane_site

For her thesis project, recent M.Arch graduate Ashley Peng investigated and contrasted the nuances of Le Corbusier’s five points of architecture exhibited in the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo House Studio Museum with Le Corbusier-designed houses. The results provided new thinking on architecture design application and the future of architecture technology.

Thank you to everyone who attended the 13th Annual BIM BOP Conference! Over 30 speakers participated in today's informative sessions on the current state of BIM in the AECO building industry. We'd like to extend a special thank you to our sponsors. #bimbop2019 #BIM #uscarchitecture #revit

Erin Cuevas and Myrna Ayoub here - we’re taking over! For the next couple days we’ll be sharing moments of the Summer Exploration of Architecture program, where high school students have the opportunity to learn fundamentals of architecture and design while spending time at the USC campus. Coordinator Andy Ku; Instructors Myrna Ayoub, Rob Berry, Erin Cuevas, Maria Esnaola, Anna Hermann, Erin Kasimow, Brendan Shea

Students in our Exploration of Architecture high school summer program partnered with the Viterbi School yesterday for an interactive tower building challenge. Check out our Story Highlights for more scenes from yesterday’s competition!

In our inaugural “Field School on the Frame: Itineraries, Interpretation, and Intervention in the American West” course, students from USC Architecture & Roski are practicing diverse modes of reading, sensing, and understanding a range of physical landscapes in Utah, Nevada, and California. Some highlights from our newest summer program are pictured here, including visits to:⁣ ⁣ Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels in Eastern Nevada⁣ Michael Heizer's "Double Negative" in Nevada⁣ Goblin Valley in Southeastern Utah⁣ Alabama Hills near the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada⁣ Bonneville Salt Flats⁣ Seven Magic Mountains in Nevada, currently undergoing renovation⁣ Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty on the Great Salt Lake