Graduate Concentrations 

DIGITAL MEDIA

The profession of architecture is challenged by digital technologies in many ways. Some of these technologies expand the way we create, understand and modify space, as well as the way we experience it. The use of digital technologies ultimately influences the way architects approach design, practice and build. Three-dimensional modeling and visualization software offer alternatives to the development of form and the outcome of the designer’s "vision." Animation, rendering and special effects editing tools also influence the way a design is communicated and perceived.

The concentration in digital architecture focuses on digital media as a means of exploring both theoretical and practical design. Through two-, three- and four-dimensional digital explorations, studios and related seminar classes expose students to the latest 3D modeling, rendering, visualization and editing software, as well as offer opportunities to apply such media to architecture, design and allied fields at a variety of scales, including object and industrial design, exhibit design, set design, web design, landscape and urban design.

In addition, the concentration responds to the profession’s continual application of digital media in an ever-expanding process of research, conceptual modeling, sophisticated testing and effective communication of work. By developing new skills and understanding the use of digital media, students will have the opportunity to become more competitive assets for the architecture/design firms they choose to join.

Director: Lavinia Fici Pasquina, Assistant Professor
tel: 202-319-6719; e-mail: ficipasquina@cua.edu