Meet your Peer Mentors. These students are upperclassmen who will help answer questions about life at Ohio State, architecture and landscape architecture studios, and much more. Use them as a resource as you begin your college career. If your mentor hasn't contacted you already, he or she will be in touch with you soon.
Peer Mentors
Meet your Peer Mentors. These students are upperclassmen who will help answer questions about life at Ohio State, architecture and landscape architecture studios, and much more. Use them as a resource as you begin your college career. If your mentor hasn't contacted you already, he or she will be in touch with you soon.
Eight States
2009 incoming Architecture Scholars students are from eight states: Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia. This year's class has 36 students, 18 males and 18 females.Scholars T-shirts
Order your 2009-2010 Scholars T-shirt. Shirts are $6.50 each, and the deadline to order is August 1.
Adobe Software Discounts
You might want to purchase a copy of Adobe Design Standard (Creative Suite 4 edition) from Wired Out. This is not required by any means (you'll have free access to this software in the Knowlton Hall computer labs at any time), but you might find it helpful to start learning these programs on your own. You will use these programs frequently as a student in the Knowlton School of Architecture.Design Standard ($199) includes Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop and Acrobat 9 Pro
Design Premium ($299) includes Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat 9 Pro, as well as Dreamweaver and Flash
In autumn quarter, there will be a weekly Photoshop workshop for Architecture Scholars students. This will be led by one of our upper-level students and will be held on Mondays from 5:30-6:18pm. The workshop will help familiarize you with the basics of Photoshop.
SERVitecture: Charlottesville Trip Details
Habitat for Humanity Service-Learning Trip 2009
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Trip dates: August 31 though September 7
Accomodations: TBA (probably a church)
Approximate cost/student: $210
Details: Travel to Charlottesville with other KSA students, departing Columbus on Monday, August 31 and returning Monday, September 7. Students will work on-site at a Charlottesville Habitat for Humanity project from Tuesday, August 1 though Saturday, September 5. The evenings and Sunday will be spent exploring the local architecture and landscape architecture.
How to participate: Apply by August 7, 2009.
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Trip dates: August 31 though September 7
Accomodations: TBA (probably a church)
Approximate cost/student: $210
Details: Travel to Charlottesville with other KSA students, departing Columbus on Monday, August 31 and returning Monday, September 7. Students will work on-site at a Charlottesville Habitat for Humanity project from Tuesday, August 1 though Saturday, September 5. The evenings and Sunday will be spent exploring the local architecture and landscape architecture.
How to participate: Apply by August 7, 2009.
Photo: 2008 SERVitecture Service-Learning Trip
SERVitecture
SERVitecture, a student organization led by undergraduate architecture and landscape architecture students, offers a service-learning trip in early September. This particular trip is geared toward incoming students. This year, the group plans to travel to Charlottesville, Virginia, to work with the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity. In addition to volunteering, participants will have the opportunity to explore local examples of architecture and landscape architecture. The experience is also a great way to meet other incoming students and to get to know a few upperclassmen. More information on the cost of the trip and how to apply will be posted soon.
Earlier this year, SERVitecture was recognized as one of the university's Outstanding Student Organizations.
City & Regional Planning Major
This fall, the Knowlton School of Architecture will launch a new undergraduate major in City and Regional Planning. This program leads to a Bachelor of Science in City and Regional Planning, which is a four-year pre-professional degree. The degree qualifies graduates to sit for certification by the American Institute of Certified Planners after just four years of work as a planner following their bachelor’s degree.
The major is divided into required and elective courses, lecture classes, and service-learning courses. Topics include introduction to the planning profession (year 1); physical planning, design matters, and planning history (year 2); methods of planning inquiry, planning tools, and service-learning (year 3); and individual research and planning projects (year 4).
A minor in City and Regional Planning is also available to students who choose to pursue other majors.
To learn more about the planning profession, visit the American Planning Association.
The major is divided into required and elective courses, lecture classes, and service-learning courses. Topics include introduction to the planning profession (year 1); physical planning, design matters, and planning history (year 2); methods of planning inquiry, planning tools, and service-learning (year 3); and individual research and planning projects (year 4).
A minor in City and Regional Planning is also available to students who choose to pursue other majors.
To learn more about the planning profession, visit the American Planning Association.
Fallingwater & Kentuck Knob: October 17
This fall, Architecture Scholars will have the opportunity to visit both Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, both residences are located in western Pennsylvania. The trip will take place on Saturday, October 17 (don't worry—the football game is away). The cost for the trip is $20 and includes transportation, admission/guided tours of both residences, and a boxed lunch. You'll be able to sign up for this trip when school begins in the fall.
Photo: Fallingwater
Photo: Fallingwater
Housing Contracts
Don't forget to complete and submit your housing contracts ASAP. To ensure that you complete your housing contract correctly, please be sure to take the following steps:
- Under Section 10: Building/Area Preferences, type “Baker West”
- Under Section 14: Academic Interest, type “Architecture Scholars” in the Hobbies and Comments field
If you plan to commute from home, you do not need to complete a contract, but please let me know that this is the case. Your housing contact will be complete once the finalized contract and $250 housing deposit have been submitted electronically.
Photo: Baker Hall West
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