CMU’s PhD in Architecture cultivates scholars who investigate the built environment through computational methods, critical history-theory, and climate-positive design research. Doctoral cohorts mine lidar scans of post-industrial landscapes to model carbon-recovery scenarios, write code that optimizes daylight and embodied carbon in adaptive-reuse projects, and trace the socio-technical histories of housing policy through archival GIS. Interdisciplinary coursework with Robotics, Public Policy, and Materials Science equips graduates to influence practice, regulation, and pedagogy, while the Remaking Cities Institute and dFAB Lab provide living laboratories for experiments that marry equity, resilience, and fabrication futures.
Digital-twin model quantifying operational-plus-embodied carbon payback in mass-timber retrofits
AI-driven generative design grammar producing biophilic urban micro-housing typologies
Archival GIS study mapping redlining legacies onto present-day heat-island disparities
Robotic clay-printing workflow exploring vernacular earthen construction with zero-kilometer materials
VR participatory-design platform co-creating flood-adaptive dwellings with coastal communities
Machine-learning prediction of daylight-autonomy metrics from street-view imagery
Life-cycle assessment comparing algae façade bioreactors to PV curtain walls
Critical history monograph on cybernetic influences in post-war architectural pedagogy
Real-time IoT sensor network evaluating indoor air-quality equity across public schools
Blockchain-enabled materials passport prototype for circular-economy building components
Mixed-reality urban visualization translating zoning data into experiential citizen feedback loops
Acoustic-testing chamber study optimizing cross-laminated-timber assemblies for concert-hall acoustics
Policy white paper aligning building-energy disclosure ordinances with health-equity metrics
Design-research toolkit teaching adaptive reuse through parametric environmental audits
3-D printed mycelium façade panel experiment measuring carbon-sequestration over time
Agent-based simulation of pedestrian thermal comfort in super-tall building plazas
Speculative futures exhibition on post-growth architecture and degrowth urbanism
Participatory photovoice study documenting tenants’ experience of smart-home retrofits
Computational reconstruction of lost heritage sites using GAN-enhanced historical photos
Open-source plugin integrating life-cycle costing into procedural city-generation engines
Research and reshape the built environment’s future with CMU Architecture.
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