Architectural Exploration Program

Architectural Exploration Program
July 7 - July 19, 2024
Kent State University
College of Architecture and Environmental Design

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The Architectural Exploration Program (AEP) at College of Architecture & Environmental Design at Kent State University is developed to introduce college level design education for high school students. The intensive two-week program will take place on the Kent campus from July 7 - July 19, 2024 and offers rigorous individual instruction by CAED faculty. The explorations developed during the summer provide individual students with high quality design projects.

The focus of the program is the Design Studio experience that challenges high school education and responds to creativity investigation into studio culture for passion in design discipline. The program constructs confidence and imaginative aspirations that transform each student’s understanding of the built environment. During the two-week course the student will learn to draw and model their ideas through the intellectual process of making.

The studio will take field trips to some of the best museums and historic sites in the city and explore the dynamic art and design scenes of Cleveland and Akron including award-winning architecture firms, Cleveland Art Museum, Contemporary Art Museum of Cleveland, and the Akron Art Museum.

The estimated cost of the 2024 Architectural Exploration Program is $3,700. The Program Fee covers tuition, supplies, housing on campus, a meal plan for the duration of the program, and field trips. Upon acceptance to the program, a $700 nonrefundable deposit will be required to reserve your space in the program. If you withdraw from the program after classes begin, no portion of tuition will be refunded.