West Downtown (Calgary), Programming the Tall Urban Building: This course is the third studio in the Master of Architecture Program sequence and examines scalar, systemic, and material aspects of urban and architectural ecosystems. The studio will address the design of a mid-sized, urban tall building and associated public space, which will be developed with the explicit intention to effectively connect the design of urban space and architecture to the needs and potential of the surrounding communities. The tall building in this studio will comprise three distinct functions and have a volume no larger than 60,000 m3. The relative mix, size, and delineation of programs (including deliverables) will be determined by instructors and through the site analysis and interpretation phase of the project; the program understood as a critical catalyst for the site.
