Author(s): James Michael Tate
During Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, I taught a section of Architectural Design 2, the final foundation-level undergraduate studio course at Texas A&M University. Occupying an “in-between” position within the curriculum sequence—itis studio four of eight—I wrestled with how much the course reinforce conventions, abstract formal experimentation,part-to-whole relationships, and other common concerns of beginning design, versus tackle more advanced topics and andworkflows, theoretical and practical. The studio undoubtedly lives within a liminal space, a middle ground, and so it seems appropriate to craft and situate the design problem within a complimentary framework, both in concept and in bringing to the table some very immediate challenges that exist in micropolitan and metropolitan parts of the Texas Triangle.
Volume Editors
Robert Gonzalez, Milton Curry & Monica Ponce de Leon
ISBN
978-1-944214-40-1