Students in the Master of Architecture program have several opportunities for travel as part of the 200B and 201 studios and other courses. Destinations are chosen by faculty and are related to the studio topics.

Seoul, South Korea | ARCH 202 | Spring 2012 | René Davids

Spain | ARCH 200B | Spring 2010 | Mark Anderson/Harrison Fraker/Ravi Choksombatchai

Lima | ARCH 201 | Spring 2010 | René Davids

Switzerland | ARCH 201 | Spring 2010 | Pat Gutierrez

Sweden | ARCH 202 | Spring 2010 | Nicholas de Monchaux

Venice | ARCH 200B | Spring 2009 | Nicholas De Monchaux

Buenos Aires | ARCH 201 | Spring 2009 | René Davids

Japan | ARCH 265 | Spring 2009 | Dana Buntrock

Mexico | ARCH 201 | Fall 2008 | Ron Rael

India | ARCH 201 | Spring 2008 | Nezar AlSayyad, Susan Ubbelohde

(Other faculty involved were Cris Benton and Richard Fernau from Architecture, Robert Cervero from DCRP, and Matt Kondolf from LAEP.)

Sabeer Bhatia, founder of Hot Mail, sponsored this studio to investigate the master plan, urban design, and architectural possibilities of developing a new tech city — Nano City — in Haryana, India. With graduate students from all three departments of the College of Environmental Design participating, the studio worked from individual master plan proposals through competing team proposals to a final, single master plan and urban design proposal for 11,000 acres of land near Chandigarh designated for Nano City by the government of Haryana. Based on a careful reading of the ecological resources, social resources and conditions, and the economic and political issues involved in land development, the proposal conserves existing village and vegetation resources, organizes city centers to house institutional and commercial growth, and harnesses site water and energy sources through careful design for sustainable development. On a trip to India at the beginning of the project, the studio visited the site, met with villagers and government officials, and spent time in Chandigarh, New Delhi and Gurgaon.

Bangkok | ARCH 201 | Spring 2008 | Raveevarn Choksombatchai

São Paulo | ARCH 201 | Spring 2008 | René Davids

China | ARCH 201 | Fall 2007 | Renée Chow

Mexico | ARCH 201 | Spring 2007 | René Davids

China | ARCH 201 | Fall 2006 | Renée Chow

Portugal | ARCH 200B | Spring 2006 | Susan Ubbelohde, Richard Fernau

This semester’s studio investigated the design of a winery and vineyard for the introduction of port production to northern California. Working with a site in Sonoma County, California, the students analyzed local vineyards and wineries to develop a program and an architectural and landscape proposition. The studio then traveled in Portugal with the assistance of Pedro Garcia of the Lusófona University in Lisbon. The class met with faculty of architecture and urban design in Lisbon, visited the historic architecture of Lisbon, the buildings of Siza and Souto de Moura, and the city of Porto. The class then researched the wineries and vineyards of the Douro Valley connected with the production of port.

China | ARCH 201 | Fall 2005 | Renée Chow

Rome | ARCH 200B | Spring 2004 | Susan Ubbelohde, Zoe Prillinger, Stephen Tobriner

This semester’s major project was the design of a city museum for Rome. Building on projects re-imagining Pliny’s villas and designing a monument to geological time, the class prepared for ten days in Rome with a seminar in the history of Roman urban development and architecture and exercises mapping the urban fabric, including a revisiting of the Nolli Plan in pen and ink as well as digitally. Time in Rome was split between walking tours led by Professor Tobriner and work on site and developing the program for the museum.

China | ARCH 201 | Spring 2004 | Renée Chow