Architecture Summer Career Lab
Considering studies and a career in architecture, or just curious about building, design, and construction? Learn to think like an architect at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture鈥檚 2025 Summer Career Lab in Architecture.
is now seeking applicants for its 2025 Summer Career Lab in Architecture. Building upon the professionally accredited curriculum of New York City鈥檚 original, flagship public school of architecture, the Summer Career Lab introduces architectural practice, theory, making, and thinking to those considering a career in the field. Running for four weeks within a state-of-the art facility and taught by Spitzer School faculty, alumni, and graduate students, the Summer Career Lab will be organized around a diverse set of events and exercises including:
- Lectures on architectural fundamentals
- Workshops on drawing and making
- One-on-one critiques and collective pin-up reviews
- Field trips and on-site work across the city, including in City College鈥檚 historic Manhattanville and Hamilton Heights neighborhoods
- Presentations from award-winning architects, historians, and designers
- Office tours
- And much more . . .
With an emphasis on contemporary architectural thinking and practice, the Summer Career Lab curriculum will dialogue with digital fabrication and computer-aided design, ecologically attuned and sustainable thinking, interdisciplinary research, and architecture in/as cultural discourse.
Full-time and in-person, the will provide its participants鈥攈igh school, collegiate, or professional鈥攚ith the experience needed to make an informed career choice, with work useful in application portfolios for study, and with skills immediately applicable in future design endeavors.
Register Below:
Dates / Tuition
| Dates | July 7 - August 1, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Days | Monday - Friday |
| Time | 9:30am - 6:00pm |
| Tuition | $2500 (not including $25 Non-Refundable Registration fee) |
Eligibility & Admissions
Prior experience in architecture or design is not required for either pre-college or college-level programming. Admission is on a rolling basis. All attending students will be provided with a small kit including essential tools and materials for drawing, modeling, and more.
To learn more about the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, visit us online at: ssa.ccny.cuny.edu
For additional information on the Summer Career Lab in Architecture, including details on tuition and application forms, please contact us at %61ce@ccny.cu %6ey.%65%64u" rel="nofollow"> ace@ccny.cuny.edu .
Students must be sixteen years of age by the Summer Career Lab鈥檚 start date to enroll in pre-college courses.
Students enrolling in college-level courses must be eighteen years or older by the Career Lab鈥檚 start date or have completed one year of college study.
List of Tools and Materials
Like most any work, architecture employs its own set of tools to support thinking through making.
A kit containing the below necessities will be provided to all participants.
- 12鈥 Architect鈥檚 scale (not Engineer鈥檚)
- Set of drawing pencils (4H, 3H, 2H, H, HB, B, 2B, 3B, 4B at a minimum)
- Gum or plastic eraser
- Kneaded eraser
- Erasing shield
- Pencil sharpener
- Circle compass
- 8鈥-10鈥 45 degree drafting triangle
- 8鈥-10鈥 30 deg/60 deg drafting triangle
- Tracing paper (12鈥 roll)
- Strathmore 200 series Approx. 9鈥 x 12鈥 spiral bound sketchbook
- Strathmore 300 series Drawing pad 14鈥漻17鈥 70lb
- Xacto or Olfa hobby knife with extra blades
- 18鈥 Metal ruler with cork backing
- Elmer鈥檚 Glue-All (White Glue)
- Glue gun & glue sticks
- 1鈥 Masking or Blue painters鈥 tape
- 12鈥 x 8鈥 vinyl cutting mat
- 3/16鈥 Foam core boards (3) 16鈥漻20鈥
The following resources will be available for shared use:
- 36鈥 Drawing board w/ parallel bar
- Drafting board brush
- 8鈥-10鈥 adjustable triangle
- Olfa 18mm snap off blade utility knife
- Olfa heavy duty snap of blades (5 pack)
- Pad of Clearprint 11鈥漻17鈥 vellum sheets
- 24鈥-36鈥 metal ruler/straight edge
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