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ARC205— Interdisciplinary Studio

Princeton University, School of Architecture, Undergraduate Studio


The studio is a requirement for Princeton’s urban studies certificate, with the students coming from many fields and different years of undergraduate study. Often their first interaction with architecture, the goal of the studio is to get them to think critically about the spaces they inhabit and improve their graphic communication skills. In the Fall of 2022, the course was co-taught with Professor Mario Gandelsonas and Princeton Mellon Fellow Ana Ozaki. The studio was organized into four exercises. 

Ex01: Found Object


Students had to bring in three objects from their home or carried daily in their backpacks. The three objects were evaluated for complexity and one was selected. After a tutorial on orthographic drawing, students drafted their object in plan, section, and elevation.

Max Widmann - Hair Dryer
Wangari Karani - White Out
Emily Nguyen - Bottle & Dropper
Melvin Mercado Bulacia - Pencil Sharpener
Corey Segal - Headphones
Hudson Stedman - Lighter
Hannah VanZandt-Rollins - Screwdriver

Ex02: The Urban House


Starting with readings on Adolf Loos’ Josephine Baker House, the students examined the house through a variety of lenses, including but not limited to the architectural, social, and political. Architectural drawing conventions (plan, section, elevation) were now introduced in the context of buildings. Students analyzed the building and created a narrative or event to unfold throughout the house. The students then drew their analysis/narrative using orthographic drawing.

Paola Moncada - Unfurling Building as Garment
Emily Nguyen - Spatial Play
Lucy Koven - Party Promenade
Hudson Stedman - Reverse Gaze
Hannah VanZandt-Rollins - Hide & Seek
Sydney Johnson - Beauty & the Beast


Ex03: Ibirapuera Park


A one-week assignment introduced the students to digital modeling and drawing in Rhino. Thinking urbanistically through interventions on the marquee in Ibirapuera Park in Sao Paolo, students were asked to form groups and design a way to access the roof of the Oscar Niemeyer’s canopy structure.

Hannah, Lucy, Tiffany
Melvin, Sydney, Emily, Hudson
Max, Paola, Corey


Ex04: The Urban Megastructure


The final exercise tasked the students with designing pavilions under the roof of the CEAGESP in Sao Paolo with the intention to transform it into a SESC. Each student was given a zone of the megastructure and had to respond to the designs of their neighbors in order to maintain fluid movement throughout.


Max Widman - Planter & Plate Corey Segal - A Little Bit of Everything
Melvin Mercado Bulacia - Library Oasis Lucy Koven - Theatrical Community
Paola Moncada - A Space for Mother and Child Tiffany Agyarko - Makerspace in Four