Rice Architecture Society is the voice of the Rice School of Architecture student body. With representatives from every studio, this group helps to shape the culture of the school while also providing a liaison between the students and the school’s faculty and administration.
Society’s main social and educational events include:
- Weekly open studios: late-night social gatherings for the exchange of snacks and ideas
- Mini-charrettes: short-term design competitions
- Architectronica (fall) and ArchiArts (spring): university-wide parties
- Society Pages: bi-monthly student publication in response to life in Anderson Hall
- Materials Reuse: free digital and physical community-sourced resources
Society also helps organize and run the community Mini-Kitchen, wellbeing events, Ask the Dean panels, DEI lectures, student directory, and study breaks. Its hardworking, focused members collaborate closely with faculty, staff, Society-adjacent student organizations at Anderson (ARC, AGSA, NOMAS), and the Student Association at Rice University to build a culture of care and participation at the Rice School of Architecture.
President: Abigail Jablon
Undergraduate Vice Presidents: Sofiia Barbirenko and Faith Chen
Graduate Vice Presidents (also known as AGSA): Andy Entis, Samed Kaya
Secretary: Alba Galarza
Treasurer: Sean Choi
Archimarket Coordinators: Titan Chen, Alba Galarza, Emma Liu, Kirstie Qian
Cruise Directors: Nicole Lee, Yang Wang, Justin Zhang
Curators: Norah Cichowski, Grace Xu, Kathy Xu
Ramp Coordinators: Norah Cichowski, Ayden Lalani, Katrina Lee, Emma Liu
Recess Coordinator: Titan Chen, Angela Hu, Katrina Lee
Special Committees Head: Jack Lu
Well-being Directors: Ethan Huang, Sydney Chang