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The Center for the Built Environment & Infrastructure Studies (CBEIS):
The New School of Architecture & Planning Building, Opening August 2012
Located in Baltimore, MD the School of Architecture and Planning at Morgan State University is one of two Schools of Architecture & Planning located in the State of Maryland. The University of Maryland College Park is the second school with a school of Architecture & Planning*. Frostburg State is said to have an architecture program but I couldn’t find any information on it. However, Frostburg State does have an Urban and Regional Planning which is house in its’ Geography Department.
The School of Architecture & Planning at Morgan (SA+P) is 25 years old and its focus is on its urban environment (natural and built). The school addresses, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the social, environmental, physical, economic, and political issues that shape urban communities and form.
The school has a diverse student community and its location in Baltimore lends itself to significant ties with community groups, local design and planning professions, city government and non-profits. The schools focus on service and outreach also brings students into direct contact with diverse groups of people, culture/ lifestyles, socio-economic issues, and opinions of those who live or work in urban areas.
Disciplines include in the school include: Architecture (undergraduate and graduate), Landscape Architecture, City & Regional Planning, Architecture & Environmental Design, and Construction Management (undergraduate).
Studio Space at the SA+P, Montebello Building
I thought the SA+P was atypical for a few reasons: it’s location in an urban environment, it’s focus on the natural and built environment as it relates to its setting, it’s diverse nature (which lends to the Mission of MSU). Most of the students that are enrolled in the graduate programs in this department are students who have fulfilled their baccalaureate degrees and want to pursue a master’s – they want to stay at Morgan. Others are adults who have a degree and are advancing or changing their careers, those interested in the built environment, and socio-economic issues/trends within cities and towns, community development and even politics.
The SA+P website does not do the school much justice and its design makes it very evident. The school also markets their undergraduate architecture program more than their graduate programs via print – partially because the undergraduate program is newer and the school started out as a graduate school. The school does send out a monthly newsletter which is sent out to students, outside vendors and professionals. Otherwise the school is marketed through college fairs, word of mouth via staff and alumni, the local Baltimore AIA, ASLA, and ACIP chapters, and through mentorship programs with local design firms.
SA+ P Publications
Undergraduate Mailer (PDF)
Annual Report: SA+P Year In Review
*Programs at UMCP include architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Studies & Planning, Historic Preservation, and Real Estate Development
I agree, their website doesn't do them any justice. However, the buildings in the photos above, speak volumes. If I were a prospective student, I would want to study at this school simply from looking at the buildings alone. Shame none of them are featured on their website. I hope they are in the view book though. Otherwise, they could be hurting their enrollment stats.
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