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Dalhousie B.E.D.S.
Hey everyone,
I was wondering if anyone on here was able to elaborate on Dalhousie's Env. Design program? I was accepted last week, coming from a double-major in Urban Planning (Urban Design Spec.) and Fine Arts (Studio Spec.) at Waterloo. I spoke briefly to a PhD student at UW who graduate from the B.EDS & M.Arch at Dal who said it was a very practical architecture school, not Starchitecture driven like others seem to be.
Ive been taking nearly half of my courses as studio credits in my current double-major, so I feel that I will transition to the workload no problem. At the same time, I like to go out and 'socialize' (I guess thats what I'll call it, haha) with friends, so I'm just wondering how the program workload is.
Any help/advice on Dal's program would be very helpful, I'd love you longtime!
i was accepted there many years ago when it was still TUNS. it's reputation then was for practicality not theory, and last time i was a student that was still more or less the reputation. anyway, i went to visit the school and decided it wasn't for me (i went to UofM instead).
Halifax is easily one of my favourite cities to live in in Canada though, and i think for socializing is fantastic city for keeping that kind of life. other cities? not so good...
Scour the internet for photos of the studios and projects... quite 'practical' indeed. I wouldn't expect to graduate from Dal with superior rendering skills or formZ knowledge (starchitect formula?). It isn't the nature of the school. Halifax is a small city with unique ideas about community building. Architecture plays a different role there.
I think it is a good program nonetheless, with strong faculty. Read MacKay-Lyons' books if you can, or call him up and talk about the school's pedagogy. I don't want to say that Dal doesn't emphasize theory because that's not true; it is concerned with its own theory. Every school has a right to this... (Bauhaus, Cooper) and it is up to the student to choose the right one.
I wouldn't worry about workload until you experience it yourself. Some people panic at every corner... since you've been in a studio environment, you should be fine.
Good to know, thanks a lot. I didn't realize they had such a distinguished faculty member; Im attempting to get a copy of a book or two. I am particularly interested in vernacular architecture, but I'm guessing this would be something I would have to pursue in the M.Arch program; students can typically choose their course of study?
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