Studio III: Synthesis Engagement

Catalog description

The final studio partners with organization/urban actor to work on a pressing issue. It uses encounters with the concerns on the ground to understand limits of current modes and value systems. The studio works with partner organizations to test ideas that would be useful but also not always possible to explore in a more conventional consultant/client model. i.e., the organization is not presented as 'client' but as respondent/collaborator of sorts. Outcomes should be tangible and useful while also supporting students' independent interests.