studio projects

  1. Students design health, wellness center serving under-, uninsured

    Feb. 25 unveiling set for students' health facility designs

    posted February 22, 2012
    Architectural concepts developed by Texas A&M BED students for a health clinic catering to the under and underinsured will be unveiled to the public 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25 at Baptist University of the Americas in San Antonio.
  2. Vizzers animate virtual characters with San Jose State counterparts

    Ag Vizzers, SJSU students work on animation designs

    posted February 15, 2012
    Master of Science in Visualization students at Texas A&M and their counterparts at San Jose State University in California are collaborating in a virtual classroom this spring to create three dimensional, animated characters.
  3. Students’ functional wall design vying for votes in online contest

    Aggies' wall design vying for votes in online contest

    posted February 14, 2012
    Voting is open through March 4 in an online competition pitting an innovative wall system created by Texas A&M environmental design students against other entries created by students at design schools across the U.S.
  4. Fortune cookies inform flexible formwork in students’ design

    Forum features fortune cookie-fashioned form

    posted January 31, 2012
    Architectural concepts for a gallery and product showroom for Alessi, the world-renowned Italian kitchenware company, developed by two Texas A&M University environmental design students, are featured on suckerPUNCH, a popular and important Internet design forum.
  5. Texas A&M study abroad students reimagine Tuscan town's piazza

    Students redesign Italian city’s piazza

    posted January 4, 2012
    Environmental design students studying abroad last fall in the small Tuscan town of Castiglion Fiorentino teamed up to reimagine the town’s piazza, creating a variety of proposals adding amenities to the space including an international university, a culinary school and restaurant, theater, gallery, hotel, apartments and shops.
  6. Manferdini’s Azimuth installation helps her win U.S. art fellowship

    Azimuth art earns national acclaim

    posted December 6, 2011
    “Arlecchino,” the colorful, floral-patterned architectural installation adorning the wall and floor of the College of Architecture’s Azimuth Cafe, has helped earn its designer, Los Angeles artist Elena Manferdini, a $50,000 United States Artists Fellowship.
  7. Students aid ‘Extreme Makeover’ of Bastrop home razed by wildfire

    Students help with ‘Extreme Makeover’ of Bastrop home

    posted December 5, 2011
    A group of Texas A&M environmental design students are contributing expertise and elbow grease to a weeklong flurry of construction orchestrated by the hit TV show “Extreme Makeover Home Edition” that will result in a brand new home for a Bastrop County family.
  8. Creativity, discovery, innovation fuel Hill's design process class

    Hill's design class runs on creativity

    posted December 1, 2011
    No textbooks, no tests, no scantrons — Prof. Rodney Hill’s creativity class at Texas A&M University doesn’t have a trace of the elements found in a traditional college course, instead relying solely on discovery and innovation. After all, it’s not every class that requires students to sign a non-disclosure agreement before attending lectures.
  9. Esquivel’s students create new installation for Bryan restaurant

    Student-designed fabrication adorns Bryan restaurant

    posted December 1, 2011
    “Black Narcissus,” an intricate architectural installation designed and fabricated by eight Texas A&M architecture students now graces the VIP room at the tony La Riviera restaurant in Bryan, Texas.
  10. Faculty embrace the studio as the centerpiece of design education

    Studio education: What sets us apart

    posted November 28, 2011
    As higher education leaders across the nation wrangle with budget constraints and consider reforms aimed at doing more with less, Texas A&M College of Architecture educators continue to embrace the studio, the time-tested cornerstone of design education, as the most critical component of modern design pedagogy.
  11. 3 universities collaborate on  Chinese eye hospital project

    Chinese eye hospital designs showcased

    posted November 28, 2011
    Designs for an eye hospital in Puyang, China, created by students in a Texas A&M health facility design studio in collaboration with students at Southeast University in Nanjing, China and the University of Oklahoma, were unveiled in a public presentation Dec. 5 in the Wright Gallery.
  12. Solar umbrella design advances Texas A&M team in competition

    Solar umbrella design advances in contest

    posted November 21, 2011
    As a semifinalist in a national solar power design competition, a student team from the Texas A&M College of Architecture’s Design Process class is building a portable solar-powered umbrella capable of powering portable electronic devices.
  13.  Disney animators help Vizzers create videos in industry class

    Vizzers collaborate with Disney pros

    posted November 17, 2011
    The secret afterhours lives of office supplies were revealed in three video shorts developed by graduate Texas A&M visualization students last summer under the guidance of visiting professionals from Walt Disney Animation Studios during the department's annual summer industry course.
  14. Viz symposium showcases student, faculty projects

    Viz students, faculty projects showcased

    posted November 14, 2011
    Faculty and graduate students at Texas A&M’s Department of Visualization took a few minutes each to presented their current research and creative endeavors Oct. 18, 2011 during the department’s fast-paced second annual research symposium held on the fourth floor of the Langford C building.
  15. Design students create bony wooden creature menagerie

    Creature sculptures adorn Langford

    posted November 10, 2011
    A herd of bony dinosaurs and other creatures created by students in a Texas A&M sophomore design studio invaded the College of Architecture’s Langford Atrium this fall providing a fanciful setting for the amusement of passersby.