2024-04-27T14:21:17-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149963786/sci-arc-appoints-david-ruy-as-postgraduate-programs-chair-of-new-edge-center-for-advanced-studies-in-architecture Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-08-17T14:08:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bz/bzjcau3j57gm5fs9.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>On the cusp of SCI-Arc&rsquo;s first semester implementing its new EDGE Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture program, Director Hernan Diaz Alonso <a href="http://archinect.com/sciarc/release/sci-arc-appoints-david-ruy-as-postgraduate-programs-chair-for-edge-center-for-advanced-studies-in-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">has named</a> David Ruy as chair.</p> <p>SCI-Arc <a href="http://archinect.com/sciarc/release/sci-arc-launches-edge-center-for-advanced-studies-in-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">first announced</a> it was launching EDGE in November of last year, offering &ldquo;four graduate degree programs in fields including architectural technologies, fiction and entertainment, design of cities, and design theory and pedagogy&rdquo;. Respectively, those translate into an MS in Architectural Technologies (Marcelo Spina), an MS in the Design of Cities (Peter Trummer), an MA in Fiction and Entertainment (Liam Young), and a MS in Design Theory and Pedagogy (David Ruy). The first two degrees are based on preexisting SCI-Arc programs,&nbsp;while the second two are new.&nbsp;</p> <p>The earlier press released&nbsp;issued by SCI-Arc on November 10 of 2015 named Ruy as EDGE's Chair, but this was <a href="http://archinect.com/sciarc/release/sci-arc-launches-edge-center-for-advanced-studies-in-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">later changed</a> to only refer to Ruy as leading the MS in Design Theory and Pedagogy. Commenting on this update on November 11, user ARP1 asked ...</p>