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MSD Architecture (Environmental Building Design) at University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania, United States

Programme overview

The Master of Science in Design with a concentration in Environmental Building Design (MSD-EBD) is an advanced, two year (four semester), post-professional degree that offers a more in-depth research focus than the professionally oriented MEBD degree. It is designed for architects seeking to develop new approaches to environmental design. A wider range of skills, which are tested through experiment and validation, are required to achieve real innovation in this rapidly changing field.

Faculty: Stuart Weitzman School of Design  |  Duration: 16 course units  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Philadelphia, PA, United States

What you will study

Requires 16 course units in total. Listed required courses include ARCH 7080 Bioclimatic Design Studio; ARCH 7090 Environmental Building Design Research Project; ARCH 7180 History and Theory of Architecture and Climate: Challenges and Opportunities for the; ARCH 7510 Ecology, Technology, and Design; ARCH 7520 Fundamentals of Bioclimatic Design; ARCH 7530 Building Performance Simulation.

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Application information

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