School of Architecture and Design Launches Two Master’s Degree Programs

[THE BOX News excerpt]

NYIT School of Architecture and Design has added two new master’s degree programs in the fall 2020 semester: architecture, computational technologies; and architecture, health and design.

The programs will prepare graduate students for architecture careers of the future by introducing them to the advanced technologies used in design and building today as well as focusing on the latest approaches
to well-being for a better quality of life and to health care spaces.

These new architecture programs join New York Tech’s more than 90 degree offerings and in-demand disciplines ranging from computer, cyber and data science, and engineering, to biology, biotech, pre-med,
nursing, business, UX/UI, digital design, urban design, and health and medical sciences, among others.

“Supported by a $2 million grant from the IDC Foundation, the Master of Science in Architecture, Computational Technologies, and the Master of Science in Architecture, Health and Design have the
ambition to immerse students in a transformative learning environment that advances new knowledge while blurring disciplinary boundaries and working across fields and expertise,” said Maria Perbellini, M.Arch.,
dean of the School of Architecture and Design. “Focusing on experimental applied research, students will creatively innovate in our expanded state of the art fabrication lab facilities, with the unique
opportunity to intersect the two programs through emergent technologies. From 3-D printing models and artificial intelligence within the design process to augmented reality, simulation and robotic systems to aid
construction and amplify the spatial experience to a stronger interaction with data and information for computational analysis, we will offer speculative yet evolving design approaches and architectural
production. It is important to interconnect the two programs as they are conceived to infusing each other.”

Architecture, Computational Technologies, M.S.ACT

While architects are accustomed to using digitized design tools and methods, the architect of the future will program software and use robotics and machine learning to design and build their projects.

“Students will discover possible futures for the discipline of architecture by expanding design authorship through innovations in algorithms and interfaces, robotic systems, and new materials,” said Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa, M.Arch. II,
director of the program. “Ultimately, an architecture of information will be activated through transformative spatial conceptions, built ecological architectural prototypes, and interactivity at full virtual
and actual scales.”

THE BOX excerpt, original note By Bessie Nestoras Knoblauch