48-300 Architecture Design Studio: Core 5 - Ecologies

18 units, Carnegie Mellon University

The Core 5: Ecologies studio expands architectural inquiry to the building as a node within constructed environments and ecological systems. Students engage with systems thinking, analyzing how architecture interacts with ecological networks and how built form can become a tool for resilience and adaptation in the face of climate change. Environmental analysis and simulation are introduced as generative processes that inform a project's evolution from the earliest stages of design. These concerns are grounded in a deep engagement with context, requiring students to synthesize the physical, social, and environmental conditions of a site into a coherent architectural response.

Prerequisites: 48-200 (min C) and 48-205 (min C) and 48-116 and 48-214 and 48-215 and 48-247

Offered: Fall 2026, Fall 2025

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