M.Arch Pre-Thesis

This course is designed for M.Arch students to take a year before their final spring semester. The course develops an understanding of research methods and explores the formation of ideas for architecture thesis projects. Many directions of architectural thinking (spatial, material, ideological and procedural), will be discussed and in framing a theoretical position we will see how an architecture thesis can use a creative process to discover and express findings in relation to large questions and disciplinary discussions.

This is a required course for the fall 2025 Thesis Seminar (9 units) and spring 2026 Thesis ASOS (18 units).