March 18 - 25
During Seminar Week, students will travel to RIO DE JANEIRO as an integral part of the MOBILIZE BRAZIL design studio. This trip will be an opportunity to advance research and understand the city and the site; it will be an opportunity to expand analysis, challenge conventional understandings, and test conceptual prototypes. This week will not only serve as a vital step in the conceptual development of the project theses, but also as a critical study of the architecture, urbanism, culture, social exchange, and mobility in Rio de Janeiro.

Reactivate Athens Fieldtrip

Teaching

September 23 - 30
The Seminar Week research trip to São Paulo is an integral component to the Plug In São Paulo studio. This trip will promote a broader yet more critical understanding of the situations and context in which the projects will be inserted. The history and development of the city will be explored through examining its architecture and urbanism. Each site will also be explored in-depth through its morphology as well as its social, cultural, historical, and political contexts. This will generate a comprehensive knowledge of how each project can operate within the city of São Paulo – as an intersection between the Formal and the Informal.

Navigating São Paulo

March 19 - 26
During Seminar Week, students will travel to Mumbai as an integral part of the studio. This trip will be an opportunity to further research and understand the city and the Back Bay site; it will be an opportunity to expand analysis, challenge conventional understandings, and test architectural and conceptual proposals. This week will serve as a vital step in the conceptual development of the project thesis.

Contested Waters Fieldtrip

October 19 - 26
During Seminar Week, students will travel to Athens as an integral part of the REACTIVATE ATHENS design studio. This trip will be an opportunity to advance research and understand the city and the site; it will be an opportunity to expand analysis, challenge conventional understandings, and test conceptual prototypes. This week will not only serve as a vital step in the conceptual development of the project theses, but also as a critical study of the architecture, urbanism, culture, social exchange, and mobility in Athens.

Kostenrahmen	D
Location	Athens, Greece
Team	Prof. Alfredo Brillembourg & Prof. Hubert Klumpner, Lindsey Sherman, Michael Contento, Danny Wills