Architectural Design Fabrication, Minor
Minor in Architectural Design Fabrication
Available to architecture majors only (minimum 63 units total)
Overview
Carnegie Mellon Architecture offers several options for undergraduate students to pursue minors in addition to their primary degree. Contact academic advisor Heather Workinger Midgley for more information.
This sequence is intended for those who wish to develop focused, disciplinary expertise in both analog and digital material methods for shaping the built environment, and who want to become involved in a community of practice dedicated to a rigorous pursuit of making as a mode of architectural research and cultural expression. It is also for students interested in gaining advanced placement in the Master of Advanced Architectural Design (MAAD) program.
Curriculum
Required Courses
| Units | ||
| 48-531 | Fabricating Customization: Prototype | 9 |
| 48-545 | Design Fabrication | 9 |
| 48-555 | Introduction to Architectural Robotics | 9 |
| 48-400 | Architecture Design Studio: Core 7 - Integrations | 18 |
| or 48-410 | Advanced Synthesis Options Studio II | |
| or 48-500 | Advanced Option Studio | |
| or 48-510 | Advanced Synthesis Options Studio IV | |
Selective Courses
Minimum 30 units from the following:
| 48-xxx | Design Fabrication Independent Study | 3-9 |
| xx-xxx | Pre-approved design fabrication course | Var. |