Join us for 3 days of final studio reviews with our Undergraduate, Graduate and Architecture Thesis and Landscape Thesis Capstone students.
Monday, December 7
Collective Futures (ARCH 3231)
Location: Arch 104, Arch 103, Arch Hallways
Time: 1-5:30pm
ARCH 3232
Location: Tyler Atrium
Urban Acupuncture: Strategic Interventions Along North Broad Street (ARCH 4331)
Instructor: Pablo Meninato
Location: Arch 104, Arch 103, Arch Hallways
Time: 1-4pm
The urban studio concentrated on a section of North Broad Street, bordered by Diamond Street to the south and Roosevelt Boulevard to the north. This corridor faces persistent structural challenges, including poverty, gun violence, and underutilized or vacant urban spaces. Working in teams, students developed interventions for designated portions of the corridor, including sidewalk redesign, tree planting, pedestrian circulation, accessibility, and social interaction.
ARCH 3231
Instructor: Phillip Crosby
Location: Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery
Tuesday, December 8
ARCH 5231
Instructor: Mauricio Bertet
Location: Tyler Atrium
ARCH 8011
Location: Arch 103
Schuylkill River Boathouse and Outdoor and Indoor Performing Arts Center (ARCH 8011)
Instructor: Sonja Bijelic
Location: Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery
Time: 1-5 p.m.
This studio project focuses on the East Park Canoe House along the Schuylkill River, a Fairmount Park landmark that regularly faces flooding. This course invites students to thoughtfully explore the relationship between buildings and their sites through the design of an innovative hybrid architectural program. Focusing on the existing Temple Boathouse site, the project will create facilities for crew teams, versatile performing arts spaces, accessible gardens, and welcoming outdoor gathering areas. This new development (approx. 30,000 SF) will serve as a community resource for the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood, effectively address flooding risks, and establish a vibrant destination along the Schuylkill River for all of Philadelphia.
Graduate Option Studio ( ARCH 8012)
Instructor: Ulysses Sean Vance
Location: Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery
The Architecture Department's Graduate Option Studio (ARCH 8012) is participating in the ACHA Rebecca Lewis Student Design Competition. The competition challenges students to design a campus-based Community Crisis Care Center. Working with Temple University's Space Planning and Management Department for the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, the studio focuses on designing an inclusive, accessible space that addresses urgent student wellbeing needs while fostering holistic health, engagement, and resilience through thoughtful architectural solutions.
Public Lands (LARC Billy)
Instructor: Billy Flemming
Location: Arch 104
Time: 1-5pm
Public Lands
Research Methods for Facility Management (FM 4011)
Instructor: Alana Dunoff
Location: Arch 304
Time: 2-3:30 p.m.
Facility managers make decisions every day that affect people, workplaces, and organizational performance. Those decisions require more than intuition—they require evidence. This course introduces research methods, analytical tools, and critical thinking skills used to collect, interpret, and communicate information that supports informed decision-making. Through practical projects and real-world applications, students will develop the ability to solve problems and make data-informed recommendations.
Wednesday, December 9–Friday, December 11
Special Topics in Digital Technology - CNC Design and Digital Fabrication (ARCH 3060 / ARCH 9480)
Instructor: Justin Bernard
Location: Arch 2nd & 3rd Floor Hallways
This course acts as a catalyst for exploration into CNC design and fabrication. Serving as an introduction to safe and competent operation of the CNC router, it asks students to design a series of furniture-like installations. The course explored two projects. The first, A Place to Sit, asked students to design and prototype a seating object from a single 2' x 4' sheet of plywood — no fasteners, no adhesives, relying on joinery alone. The material constraint operated as a design opportunity, scoping both the ambition and logistics of each project. The second, objeKt of desire, asked students to build on their discoveries from A Place to Sit, while incorporating 3D printing and laser cutting to make a series of objects across modes of making and materials. Faculty member Justin Bernard was awarded the Innovative Teaching with Makerspace Technology Grant through the Charles Library Scholars Studio Makerspace which funded the course’s work and research.