Immerse Yourself in the Future with Virtual Architecture

The Virtual Architecture program at Marywood University will prepare students to design immersive architectural environments for films, video games, and other forms of virtual and extended realities. This interdisciplinary degree will share coursework with our two existing, professional degree programs in Architecture and Interior Architecture. Building on synergies with these existing programs, the Virtual Architecture program will specialize in environments, interactions, technology, space, culture, and the digital humanities. Graduates have the opportunity for agency within these economies to establish forms of practice outside the traditional discipline, trailblazing the expertise of architecture into imaginative new realms.

Virtual Architecture students benefit from an integrative curriculum that requires:

Design studios starting with beginning design, and then expanding into full scale interactive mixed reality installations to fully immersive purely virtual environments and everything in between.
Expertise in architectural production technologies and their related and alternate applications centered around a students particular interest
Building technology courses in structures, systems, and environmental factors
Representation courses building skills in analog/digital craft, as well as digital rendering, animation, and fabrication
History and theory courses incorporating diverse perspectives in the humanities alongside digital reconstructions of historically accurate game environments
Program electives in Art, Communications, Computer Science, Music, Psychology, Philosophy, and Theater

Marywood has an extremely welcoming community, that has allowed me to flourish as a person and discover many true friends. The campus is comfortable and feels home, and the classes have pushed me to be the best student I can. I’m looking forward to the next four years and can’t wait to see what they hold.
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Design Your Future 2024

An Architecture + Design Summer 2024 Program

Design your Future Program 2024 will be housed in the Center for Architectural Studies at Marywood University. Students will be assigned individual desks and will have the opportunity of using the same spaces as our undergraduate and graduate students.

Students enrolled in the program will have the opportunity of seeing in action various laboratories and shops (wood / metal / 3D printing / CNC router / laser cutting / etc.). This program is designed with the desire of an immersive experience, engaging students in a number of demonstrations anchored to the Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Construction Management Programs.

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