Students in the Department of Architecture
and Interior Design may elect to pursue several US-based off-campus
programs, including:
Washington-Alexandria Center
Over-The-Rhine Design Build Studio
Community Design Assistance Group
Internship Program
Washington-Alexandria Center
The Washington-Alexandria Center is a consortium of several
schools of architecture and serves as a branch campus for
each one. Up to fifteen seniors may enroll annually in one
or two semesters of work at the center. The proximity to the
nation's capital allows our students a breadth of experience
which would be impossible elsewhere. The various government
agencies and private institutions which are headquartered
in Washington, most notably the National Building Museum and
the Smithsonian Institution, offer projects, lecture series,
and workshops that no single school of architecture could
possibly undertake. Students also have opportunities to work
as interns in architectural firms in the Washington, D.C.
and northern Virginia area while taking the full complement
of classes at the Center. For more information click
here.
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Over-The-Rhine Design Build Studio
The Department of Architecture and Interior Design have recently
established a unique educational experience for its students
to work in Over-The-Rhine (OTR), an historic district in Cincinnati,
Ohio. As an inner city district, Over-The-Rhine suffers from
classic problems of poverty, conflicting forces of homelessness
and gentrification, of housing abandonment and debilitation
by absentee landlords. Students can elect to take the Over-The-Rhine
design/build studio in their third or fourth year of the undergraduate
program. The studio relates to the community as students and
faculty work on the renovation of older structures and the
design of new proposed structure for the district. Students
and faculty work on site three to four times a week. During the fall semester 2006, the Department inaugurated the OTR Residency Program, allowing a selected group of students to not only work but also live in Over-the-Rhine. For more
information visit the Miami University Center for Community Engagement in Over-the-Rhine website or email Tom
Dutton.
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Community Design Assistance Group
As part of the effort to enhance student education and strengthen
community/University relations, the Department of Architecture
maintains the Community Design Assistance Group (CDAG). This
group is composed of faculty and students who offer design
services to community and non-profit groups in southwestern
Ohio and elsewhere. The program directly exposes students
to the social, political, economic, and environmental factors
influential in determining physical form. CDAG constitutes
a vehicle for students to augment the theory of the University
with practical experience.
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Internship Program
Students may apply for internships in a group of architectural
and interior design firms in and outside of Ohio. Normally,
an internship lasts for one summer but may be repeated at
the discretion of the employing firm. Architecture majors
who engage in an architectural internship begin or continue
a record of work through a special program established by
the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
(NCARB). The Intern-Architect Development Program (IDP) records
work units in specific areas of practical training, all of
which document a student's preparation for the licensing examination.
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