Design with A Mission

Undergraduate / Graduate

This studio course invites students to explore architecture's potential to serve mission-driven organizations and address pressing social, cultural, and environmental issues. Through research, fieldwork, and iterative design exercises, students will investigate how architecture can function as a tool for advocacy, empowerment, and meaningful change. By examining case studies and crafting design manifestos, students will develop a personal approach to mission-driven practice. The course culminates in a design project that explores how architecture can embody personal and collective values. Starting November 17, please visit arthistory.uchicago.edu/archconsent to request instructor consent for this class or other ARCH studios. (Please do not send consent requests by email.)