We invite you to join our community of talented students and faculty by partnering with us and sponsoring a design studio or hiring our students to work at your firm. Consider the various options in which your firm can become part of the creative learning, research and development process at the University of Miami School of Architecture.
Find the model that works for your firm or practice, creating a win-win situation where your firm can benefit from a plethora of opportunities ranging from multiple design solutions using state of the art technology to develop innovative approaches.
A sponsored studio allows for a group of senior and graduate students to dedicate an entire semester (Fall or Spring) to working alongside our faculty on a project your firm would like to explore. The topics can range and include multiple areas of focus from urban design to historic preservation. We commit to finding the right faculty and students to work alongside your team.
The role and participation level of engagement from the firm can vary from a set of key meeting points to provide feedback and critiques to full side by side teach and design model alongside our faculty or even full design instruction where a firm employee engages the studio as faculty lead.
Student and faculty travel sponsorship can also be a preferred model facilitating the ability to expand the exploration and development of the studio work. A typical studio will on average consist of a dozen upper-level students pursuing their professional BARCH or MARCH degrees.
Another model to consider is the PAIR program:
- Firms benefit from multiple design solutions and studies
- Students benefit from real projects and professional engagement
- Firms contribute to the education model integrating career development and fostering relationships with academia
- Students contribute to the profession prior to fully entering the workforce by integrating innovative ideas and research components
Explore the exceptional work our students have produced through sponsored studio projects:
COMPACT SPACE; A HOUSING TOWER IN WYNWOOD
SPONSOR: MANA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
The Studio focused on design possibilities for COMPACT (micro) housing in Miami -- a typology currently not encouraged under Miami 21, but one that offers legitimate solutions to skyrocketing housing costs, changing demographics, and the need to densify urban cores.
HOTEL FUTURES
SPONSOR: FORT PARTNERS
The studio explored new trends in hospitality design, with a specific focus on redefining luxury for Generation Z. The students proposed new concepts of luxury in the hospitality industry, by analyzing lifestyle trends and translating them into design propositions.
HISTORIC SUGAR MILLS IN SANTO DOMINGO
SPONSORS: BRIAN AND MYRNA CANIN
The studio proposed a range of innovative
approaches to preservation and adaptive in a charged historic context.
