The Graduate Program in Sustainable Design is an interdisciplinary and research-based degree path. Here, scholars are both part of a specialized, close-knit cohort of MSSD students as well as members of the larger Architecture program and UT Austin campus community. Students are encouraged to draw from the sizeable and wide-ranging knowledge of faculty within the school and across the university.
The School of Architecture has several facilities and laboratories to allow for sustainable design research at various scales and scopes to complement students’ academic experiences. The Sustainable Design Program distinguishes itself from other programs in the school as its low faculty-student ratio allows for one-to-one interaction in addition to potential opportunities for Graduate Research Assistant work to support faculty research in conjunction with the Center for Sustainable Development.
Moreover, students are able to experience and contribute to the development of one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation—Austin, Texas. Together with faculty and professionals in practice students contribute to resolving Austin’s current density, equity, and environmental issues in the living laboratory of a dynamic and ever-changing city.
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DEGREES + PROGRAMS
The Sustainable Design Program at the University of Texas as Austin offers two graduate-level degree programs and a Ph.D. in Architecture with a concentration in sustainability.
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MSSD + Master of Science in Community & Regional Planning [MSCRP] |
Ph.D in Architecture, Sustainability | |
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@utsoaLast week, Dean Michelle Addington participated in a @sxsw panel alongside Bjarke Ingles of @big_builds and Sarah Satterlee of @mobileloaves titled “A Moonshot for Affordable Housing” presented by @icon3dtech.
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@utsoaSpring (break) in Texas 💙🤘 Hope you’re enjoying it wherever you are
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@utsoaIf you’re traveling through @ausairport this Spring Break, be on the lookout for PLUME, a new public art piece designed and fabricated by School of Architecture Associate Professors Kory Bieg and Clay Odom for the @cityofaustinarts’ Art in Public Places program.
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@utsoaBack in January, Professor Kevin Alter's @alterstudio Advanced Design Studio “Contested Landscapes” visited Vancouver, British Columbia.
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@utsoa“The End of the Office: Live/Work Housing” by Juliet Chui for @nicholewiedemann’s Intermediate Design IV // 2021-22 Design Excellence Award Winner
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@utsoaJoin us this Wednesday, March 8 at 5:00 p.m. for Lorcan O’Herlihy’s lecture “Amplified Urbanism” taking place in the Goldsmith Lecture Hall.
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@utsoaThis semester, students in Associate Professor @danellebriscoe seminar are exploring the nexus between technology and the potential of the native Texas tree, Ashe Juniper, or “cedar.” With support from experts in the industry, students have participated in two week-long workshops in the Robotics Lab
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@utsoaOn display in Mebane starting next Wednesday, the exhibition “For Whites: Contextualizing Race and Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin” investigates the racist signage discovered in Battle Hall during the course of renovations in 2021, pictured here.
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@utsoaWhile still under construction, it’s such a treat to see glimpses of the progress on Battle Hall
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