THE STUDIO

摘要

If the studio course is the bedrock of architectural education, then it follows that as the studio goes, so, eventually, goes the profession. By highlighting the most innovative courses in architectural schools across North America, the Studio Prize offers a glimpse into the concepts shaping today's design students, and into the ways they might influence the built environment in the future. This year's jury of distinguished practitioners and educators-Renee Cheng, faia, Carlos Jimenez, and V. Mitch McEwen-was driven to analyze both the student work on display and the curricular framework of the studios themselves. "In the past, it was sufficient for the studio premise to be bound by the traditional silos of the profession," Cheng says. "Today's studios are embracing influences well outside of traditional architectural concerns, and use analytical techniques that may be data-driven or scaleless. When these explorations are catapulted into form and space, the results can be spine-tinglingly exciting."