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RSAP: Rice School of Architecture Paris
19 rue Crozatier, 75012 Paris, France
Telephone/Fax +(0) 1 53 17 04 61
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
RSAP was founded in September 2002 with a mission to provide "Study Abroad" opportunities for current RSA upper-level graduate and Fifth-Year Bachelor of Architecture Program students. The selected students are housed in rented furnished apartments, located in close proximity to RSAP. In addition to an advanced design studio on urban issues, students are given lectures and seminars on History, Theory, Technology, Materials and Methods. An intense documentary film-making course is also part of the curriculum, as are French language and culture instruction. A weeklong organized travel tour to other cities in France and Europe is an integral component of the program. Students receive 16 hours credit equivalent to a normal semester at RSA in Houston. Rice faculty participates in the instruction of these courses augmented by many leading European practitioners, historians, and theoreticians. Assistant Director Garry White is responsible for the day-to-day management of RSAP, overseen by Director John J. Casbarian.
LOCATION:
Located near the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, noted for its design boutiques and galleries, RSAP is close to the Bastille Opera, Gare de Lyon and Place des Vosges. The 1,400 square foot space accommodates the teaching programs as well as public exhibits, colloquia, and lectures. Equipped with high-speed internet access and other electronic media devices, RSAP provides students with all necessary facilities and tools to produce work of the highest caliber. RSAP is the only Rice University satellite campus.
SELECTION PROCESS:
For the first time RSAP is now open to a limited number of outstanding students in other other accredited architecture programs. Limited to a total of 10 students, and open only to those who are entering their Fifth Year for undergraduates, or penultimate year for graduates, eligible students apply during the prior spring semester for both the following fall and spring semesters. Selections are made, by a faculty committee, before the end of that semester and are based on a variety of factors, including motivation, ability for independent work, balance and parity between undergraduates and graduates.
APPLICANTS WHO ARE NOT RSA STUDENTS:
Please download this pdf which includes application instructions, an application form and a recommendation form, and return the completed materials to the RSA by March 10, 2012. To download a poster about the program as it applies to external students, please click here.
Traveling Studios
SPRING 2012 STUDIOS
Several spring studios are preparing for upcoming studio travel within the U.S. and across the globe. In the coming weeks RSA students and faculty will visit New Mexico, Los Angeles, Rio de Janiero, Madrid, Paris, Berlin and Hong Kong to gather research for their studio projects while visiting sites and cities best experienced in person.
FALL 2011 TOTALIZATION STUDIOS
Graduate studios led by Professors Will Cannady, Troy Shaum, Douglas Oliver, and Mark Wamble traveled to New York City site visits to Governors Island, and to attend studio meetings with Mark Malekshahi of Buro Happold, Marc Simmons of Front Inc., and Nat Oppenheimer and Pat Arnett of Robert Silman Associates.
SPRING 2011 OPTION STUDIOS
During spring break, students furthered their design and research work on studio trips spanning the globe. Visiting Cullinan Professor Michael Maltzan's Triple Standard: Urban Health in Superbigatropolis studio traversed and explored Los Angeles with a focus on what makes the city unique. View student work here. Visiting Lecturer Derek Dellekamp's Vertical School Studio traveled to Mexico City to study how schools currently engage the urban condition. Wortham Fellow Martin Haettasch's studio, New Monumentalities - The Live/Work Factory as Collective Formation, traveled to Shanghai for a workshop to Tongji University. View student work here.
FALL 2010 TOTALIZATION STUDIOS
Studios traveled to NYC to visit the offices of Buro Happold, Front, Inc., and Robert Silman Associates and to tour projects and job sites with associates from these offices involved with the projects.