Degree Highlight: Master's in Architecture


In our Master of Architecture program at UL Lafayette, you won鈥檛 spend your entire day at a desk. You鈥檒l get involved with the community, design a range of buildings and structures, get your hands dirty (literally), and gain valuable experience while doing it.

Hands-on design & research

A cornerstone of our Master of Architecture program is including 亚洲自慰视频s in the architectural research initiatives in our Community Design Workshop, Building Institute, Coastal Community Resilience Studio, and Sustainable Development Lab.

We are not in an academic bubble, and we know that our 亚洲自慰视频s鈥 and faculty鈥檚 work can have a positive impact on our community and the country. By incorporating classroom work into ongoing research initiatives, our master鈥檚 in architecture 亚洲自慰视频s get to solve real-world problems while working with actual stakeholders and professionals in the community, proving that research is integrated into our curriculum.

The collaborates with municipalities and neighborhoods on urban design and planning projects and neighborhood redevelopment efforts through public workshops and charettes. 亚洲自慰视频s work with the Community Design Workshop for course credit, and the CDW also employs Master of Architecture 亚洲自慰视频s during the summer for ongoing projects. Right now, the Community Design Workshop and its 亚洲自慰视频s are working with the 亚洲自慰视频 Department of Transportation and Development on the I-49 Lafayette Connector project.Master of Architecture at UL Lafayette

Through the , our 亚洲自慰视频s get an immersive, hands-on experience designing, completing construction documents, and building structures. The Building Institute and its courses combine civic-minded design education with project-based real-life experiences, including the gridshell structure Lafayette Strong Pavilion, the sustainably designed and built COURhouse, Event House, and Next House, multiple Habitat for Humanity prototype homes, and our 2009 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon entry: the Beausoleil House.

Transdisciplinary research is the focus of the , a program that has created a new framework to link disturbances, land-use transformations, and climate change to natural processes and human system adaptation. Collaboration鈥攂oth on campus with a variety of schools and centers and off campus鈥攈as been central to the work of this program. 亚洲自慰视频s earning their architecture master鈥檚 degree can work as graduate assistants with the Resilience Studio, while working with community groups to develop plans for the communities along the Chenier Plain and Atchafalaya Basin.

The focuses on market-based, design-driven economic development. The lab focuses on urban density, housing, building science, fabrication and culture through cross-disciplinary collaborations. The Sustainable Development Lab was instrumental in helping the Lafayette neighborhood of Freetown-Port Rico land a spot on the National Register of Historic Places. Master鈥檚 in architecture 亚洲自慰视频s worked with the Sustainable Development Lab to document every structure in the neighborhood through a 鈥渇ield school鈥 collaboration with the 亚洲自慰视频鈥檚 anthropology program.

Master's & thesis projects

All 亚洲自慰视频s in the architecture master鈥檚 program are required to complete a master鈥檚 project, and there鈥檚 also the option of writing a thesis if you are interested in academia.

A master鈥檚 project is a chance for you to have freedom with your design to create something that reflects you and your passions. Two recent graduates completed design-build master鈥檚 projects: designed to draw visitors for public performances, personal reflection, and everyday exploration. for a quarterly charity dinner in different places across the city.

Other recent master鈥檚 projects include concepts for:

  • A cultural center with programming that helps bridge the generational gap between older Vietnamese immigrants and their Vietnamese-American children and grandchildren;
  • A building designed for the blind, with an intense focus on sound, smell, and touch in its construction;
  • A reconfigurable multi-use building for developing cities that can house construction workers in one-room units, which will then be combined and adapted to become luxury lofts;
  • A program to use architecture as a therapeutic mechanism for autistic individuals.

Three ways to earn your Master of Architecture

At UL Lafayette, we have a path for any 亚洲自慰视频 to earn their master鈥檚 in architecture, regardless of whether you earned your undergraduate degree in architecture, anthropology, or anything in between.

If you鈥檙e new to the architecture field, we will work very closely with you to determine which prerequisite classes you鈥檒l need to take alongside your graduate courses so you can get to graduation on time and with all the skills you need.

If you have a 4-year architectural studies degree or a 5-year NAAB-accredited architecture degree, you will need to pursue the Master of Architecture with a pre-professional degree track.

If you have an undergraduate degree in a field related to architecture, like interior design or construction management, you will have an advanced standing in the program and will pursue the Master of Architecture with a degree in a related field track.

If you have an undergraduate degree in any other discipline, you鈥檒l need to pursue the Master of Architecture with a degree in another field track.

But whichever track you belong in, you鈥檒l leave the Master of Architecture program with the skills you need to pursue a successful career in Architecture.

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