School of Architecture & Urban Planning | Graduate Programs Guide | 2021

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UW-Milwaukee School of Architecture & Urban Planning Graduate Programs

School of Architecture & Urban Planning

SARUP faculty, staff and students are committed to transformational design and planning, and we have been doing this work. As Wisconsin’s only school of architecture and only urban research university, we combine critical thinking, theoretical study, experiential research and a studentfaculty ratio of 15:1. Our AUP building is home to workshops, tech spaces, a gallery, workrooms and our sun-soaked Marcus Commons. Here, we teach emerging practices in architecture, planning and urban design in close-knit studio courses and seminars that address persistent and emerging challenges in the built and natural environments.

Our award-winning faculty bring diverse, in-demand experience to SARUP studios and seminars.

They have written more than 60 textbooks and serve as visiting professors at Yale, National Institute of Technology Calicut and University College London. Their expertise makes SARUP a trusted partner to coalitions like Oneida Nation, Wisconsin Bike Federation, The Chipstone Foundation, Chicago’s Fathers, Families & Healthy Communities and the Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures Field School.

Learn more about SARUP here and online, or connect with faculty directly. We look forward to discussing your career goals and how we’ll help you realize them. And please: Call us “SARUP.”

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Climate and culture, society and sustainability are fast-moving forces fueling a demand for innovative design and inclusive communities. Exceptional planning and design are vital processes helping us reimagine the built environment and create the just city — one with clean water, green space, economic opportunity and accessible, adaptable architecture for every resident.

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A word from Mo Zell Chair of Architecture UWM Architecture is about pluralism. We are a diverse department of innovative and award-winning scholars, architects, designers and makers that leverage a variety of design processes and ideologies (from the speculative to the practical) in the service of creating better communities. As leaders and advocates of the built environment, we work with our students (with backgrounds that range from architecture to psychology to business) to pioneer solutions to the serious challenges of contemporary society ­­­— social justice, climate change, resiliency, migration and urbanization among other global issues. Milwaukee is our community. Here is where we investigate these opportunities.

A word from Ivy Hu Chair of Urban Planning Urban planning is at the forefront of local and global initiatives that aim to build economically prosperous, technologically smart, environmentally sustainable and socially just cities.

With its beautiful natural environment, vibrant local communities and legendary industrial assets, southeastern Wisconsin is the perfect laboratory for devising and implementing new planning ideas.

The Urban Planning Department builds upon strong studentfaculty-community relationships, exercising far-reaching influence in Milwaukee and beyond. Our Master of Urban Planning (MUP) degree recently received a seven-year accreditation, the longest term offered by the Planning Accreditation Board.

And we offer the newly established Master of Urban Design (MUD) program with our architecture colleagues, a graduate certificate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and several coordinated degree programs with the university’s civil engineering and public administration departments.

Academic programs UW-Milwaukee’s research status and broad array of graduate program offerings presents students with myriad opportunities for funded and interdisciplinary research alongside faculty.

Milwaukee is a Great Lakes city focused on its own reinvention, a city that offers our students the chance to apply what they learn in studio in the real world.

SARUP faculty proudly support student research, academic growth and professional development in eight graduate degree programs.

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 Master of Architecture (M.Arch) A professional program preparing students to work as licensed and registered architects, the M.Arch is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. Design studios offer in-depth study of special topics like adaptive reuse, community engagement, fabrication, typologies and sustainability. New studios offered each semester.

TWO-YEAR PROGRAM Students with a bachelor’s degree in architecture earn 60 credits.

THREE-YEAR PROGRAM Students with a bachelor’s degree in a non-architecture discipline earn 90 credits to graduate.

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Master of Architecture/ Master of Urban Planning (M.Arch/MUP)

A joint degree program that combines curricula in two in-demand professions – architecture and urban planning – into a three- or four-year course of study. Students with a pre-professional architecture degree can complete the program in three years. Students from non-arch backgrounds may need four.

 Master of Science in Architecture (MS Arch) This 30-credit advanced degree program enrolls midcareer professionals and prospective doctoral students seeking an individualized program of architectural studies centered on scholarly studies and research. Graduates bring specialized knowledge to diverse professional settings that involve collaboration, interaction and communication with other professionals. Completion times vary, as many students attend classes while working full- or part-time.

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Whether seeking work in an architecture firm, municipal government or real estate development, graduates with architecture and planning expertise are highly marketable, as they bridge two complementary disciplines.

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Master of Urban Planning (MUP)

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Accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board, the MUP program prepares students for careers in public planning agencies, nonprofit organizations and private practice.

Faculty-sponsored research, internships, international study and lecture series are among the program’s offerings.

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Master of Urban Design (MUD)

An innovative 12-month curriculum of architecture and planning courses. Students develop the knowledge and skills to create sustainable, equitable and prosperous urban spaces for present and future generations through the study of rapidly changing urban environments.

PhD in Architecture

Anchoring SARUP’s reputation as a leader in architectural research and education, the school’s PhD program is a community of scholars, practitioners, activists and educators committed to advancing the discipline and practice of architecture. Together, they embrace intellectual inclusiveness and critical examination of society and culture, ecology and technology while pursuing questions related to arch history, theory, criticism and social and environmental justice.

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Coordinated Degree Master of Urban Planning/ Master of Public Administration (MUP/MPA)

A highly specialized dual degree program that combines professional training in planning with applied administrative and managerial skills. Total credit requirement is 54 to 57 credits, based on a student’s track and choice of concentration in public administration — administrative law, public-sector budgeting and finance, government public relations/advocacy and more.

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Coordinated Degree Master of Urban Planning/ Master of Engineering (MUP/MS)

Transportation engineers and planners address complex and interconnected issues, which require engineers to understand planning and planners to grasp engineering skills. Students develop relevant, in-demand expertise in planning and in engineering, from freeway congestion to the “last mile” challenge of connecting transit users to their final destination.

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Embracing Milwaukee Milwaukee is home to diverse design traditions — from the Polish flat to American System-Built homes — and an influential alumni network spanning private practice, governmental and environmental employers.

Neighborhoods and nonprofits citywide welcome our students and faculty to the work of archiving urban histories and using participatory research, design and dialogue to help advance equity and to elevate design.

Milwaukee is both laboratory and partner for SARUP’s robust research portfolio.

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In Milwaukee’s Harbor District stand rainwater fountains designed by sustainability expert and professor James Wasley; the UWM School of Freshwater Sciences; and Harbor View Plaza, a park designed by the alumna-founded firm Quorum Architects. SARUP professor of practice Carolyn Esswein is president of the district’s board.

The Historic Preservation Institute at SARUP scans, studies and preserves the region’s historic architectural assets like the Renaissance-inspired Villa Terrace museum and our city hall, built in the FlemishRenaissance Revival tradition in 1895.

The institute travels to Japan, Italy and elsewhere for summer research and preservation projects.

Municipal investments in bike lanes and transportation surveys aim to make the city safer for pedestrians and bicyclists.

The Wisconsin Bike Federation and the Association of Pedestrian & Bicycle Professionals actively seek the expertise of student and faculty researchers in urban planning.

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Mobile Design Box exemplifies the school’s scholarly and social connections to its hometown. This SARUP-founded pop-up gallery hosts touring exhibitions from major museums and the work of local designers and activists — like our students — in vacant storefronts around the city.

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School of Architecture & Urban Planning — Facts and impact

Community impact Urban planning faculty have shaped communities from China to North Carolina, southern California to Chicago.

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full-tuition packages for top students

Women in Design is a rising regional nonprofit founded by SARUP faculty and alumnae and recognized by the AIA.

Nationally recognized for excellence Four faculty are recognized by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture for excellence in teaching and leadership.

Awardees: Associate Professor Nikole Bouchard Professor Mark Keane Professor James Wasley Professor Mo Zell

UW-Milwaukee is one of America’s top research universities according to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

Travel + research is a SARUP summer tradition.

Destinations include France, Italy, Netherlands, Japan and Scandinavia.

Firms and entities from local to regional and national to international hire SARUP alumni.

ARCHITECTURE Bjarke Ingels Group (NYC) Francis Kéré (Berlin) Johnsen Schmaling (Milwaukee)

Students and faculty summered at Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Wisconsin home, in 2019 to work on a series of drawings for the Historic American Building Survey. When completed, the drawings will be gifted to the Library of Congress. Through its Frank Lloyd Wright Initiative, SARUP maintains close ties to the iconic architect’s work and archives.

Olson Kundig (Seattle) Interstice (San Francisco) Perkins Eastman (India & NYC) Studio Gang (Chicago)

URBAN PLANNING AECOM (Los Angeles) The Water Council (Milwaukee) Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission Village of Mount Pleasant Wisconsin Department of Transportation (Madison) Wisconsin Policy Forum (Milwaukee)

Professionally driven, student centered SARUP faculty practice what they teach. Architecture and urban planning professors engage in funded and community-engaged research in fulfillment of the university’s research status and to advance their professions.

Students benefit from the school’s research status and our faculty’s professional connections. The result is a graduate experience that brings together theoretical exploration and applied research, professional networking and hands-on creative opportunities.

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COMMUNITY DESIGN SOLUTIONS

ARCHITECTURE INTERVIEW DAY

EXTERNSHIP

An in-house design center that functions like a firm, CDS is led by professor of practice Carolyn Esswein and provides preliminary design and planning services to underserved communities and agencies.

Each spring, every square inch of conference space and faculty offices are occupied by representatives of regional firms seeking to review portfolios and interview upcoming SARUP grads.

Participating students spend one week in an office or related professional organization. Externships provide insight into practice and networking.

“Architects and architecture have this stereotype where you sit in your tower and design things for people down below. This studio breaks that stereotype because you’re designing with the people who will use that space and shape its use after you’re done.

They may not use your design the way you intended, and that’s a good thing.”

— Jessica Sherlock, ‘19 Architectural designer, Madisen Maher Architects

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CITIZEN ARCHITECTS STUDIO WITH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ARIJIT SEN

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An events(ful) ecosystem SARUP’s urban identity and research mission make the school’s sun-soaked interior and research garden destinations for exhibitions and lectures, guest jurors and professors.

Through annual events, competitions and lectures, students regularly learn from some of the world’s top thinkers in architecture and design.

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MARCUS PRIZE STUDIO

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Architects of world renown apply for the coveted biennial Marcus Prize, culminating in a sponsored SARUP studio led by winners like Jeanne Gang, Francis Kéré, Joshua Prince and incoming awardee Tatiana Bilbao.

INNOVATIVE CITIES Lectures focus on urban investment and revitalization in southeastern Wisconsin.

Recent topics include bicyclist and pedestrian safety, Milwaukee’s Menomonee River Valley and transportation access for industrial workers.

STUDIO LIFE

SUPERJURY

TEA AND BIKKIES

Studios and seminars prompt intensive exploration of emerging design and planning issues. Faculty offer new elective courses yearly, such as:

A celebration of the most provocative student work in the school, “SUPER” stimulates reflection and conversation of contemporary issues in practice and the world.

Sometimes SARUP just wants to have fun.

This 1 p.m. Friday “lecture” is our chance to listen, learn and let our hair down.

Also: free carbs.

• Frank Lloyd Wright Design Language

Recent jurors include: Sunil Bald, associate dean/professor adjunct at Yale School of Architecture; Maya Przybylski associate professor/director of undergraduate studies at University of Waterloo School of Architecture; Nader Tehrani, dean of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture.

• Lots of Potential: Vacant Lots Reuse Strategy • Vulnerability: Inclusion, Power, Memory in the Built Environment

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AUP building: 2131 E. Hartford Ave. Faculty are a student’s first line of support in SARUP. Professional connections with alumni and community partnerships are another.

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And when reviews are nearing and designs are due, SARUP’s fully staffed in-house resources are reliable and ready to help emerging designers and planners share their vision and meet the demands of the degree(s).

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“The infrastructure SARUP provides students is very impressive.

Being able to get into the school 24/7, having access to the Rapid Prototyping Lab, the woodshop — everything in the same building so a student never needs to step out — benefited my work tremendously.”

— H rishikesh Pandit, M.Arch Architectural designer, Perkins Eastman (Mumbai) SUPERjury winner, 2017

GALLERY

MARCUS COMMONS

RESOURCE CENTER

Featuring four to eight traveling exhibitions annually from designers and planners practicing from the Great Lakes to Geneva, Switzerland.

Abundant natural light, large open spaces and flags representing the home countries of international students make the commons SARUP’s go-to spot for gathering, making and celebrating.

A fully staffed library with a collection of print and digital media available for student loan, plus résumé review and interview prep resources.

WOODSHOP

MEDIA CENTER Includes a digital photography studio, copiers and more.

RAPID PROTOTYPING LAB Laser cutters, 3D printers and scanners, CNC mills, thermal formers and more.

A 4,000-square-foot production space, featuring power and hand tools, training resources and staffed by school technicians.

SARUP expenses, offers and more

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SARUP is proud to draw students from more than a dozen states and 19 countries and strives to accommodate students’ financial needs regardless of residency.

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FOR 2020-21

ESTIMATED TUITION COSTS: 2020-21

SARUP participates in the Midwest Student Exchange Program (MSEP) and Minnesota reciprocity.

Wisconsin residents — $12,050/year

Nineteen graduate assistantships in architecture and urban planning combined, including tuition remission and insurance benefits, are available to top regional and national recruits.

Midwest Student Exchange Program — $17,321/year

$193,000 available in graduate scholarships, including $35,000 Chancellor’s Scholarship and non-resident tuition remission.

Minnesota reciprocity — $19,087/year Non-resident and international students — $25,282/year

Inspired? Please inquire.

When not in studio, on site or meeting with students/stakeholders, SARUP faculty and staff are committed to fielding inquiries and welcoming visits from prospective architects and planners.

JOAN SIMUNCAK Graduate advisor 414-229-4015 or joanarch@uwm.edu LINGQIAN “IVY” HU Chair and professor of urban planning 414-229-5372 or hul@uwm.edu MO ZELL Chair and associate professor of architecture 414-229-5337 or zell@uwm.edu

KEY DATES for visits, scholarship consideration and graduate applications: Jan. 15: Priority application deadline. Applications will be accepted later, but applicants may miss opportunities for financial assistance.

March 15: Scholarship application deadline: uwm.edu/sarup/apply/scholarships April 1: Applicants and awardees notified.

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MAIL:

School of Architecture & Urban Planning

P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53211

STREET:

chool of Architecture & Urban Planning S 2131 E. Hartford Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53211

VOICE:

414-229-4014

FAX:

414-229-6976

WEB: uwm.edu/sarup

FACEBOOK:

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INSTAGRAM: @uwm_sarup

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