Stuart Weitzman School of Design
102 Meyerson Hall
210 South 34th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
The Preservation Design concentration prepares students with undergraduate training in design, engineering, and planning to apply preservation principles and methods to design practices. Unlike typical graduate-level design programs, Weitzman Design’s concentration applies these tools to the existing built environment, in a manner informed by current historic preservation theory and practice. In the last decade, the preservation and design fields have evolved much more complex and intense points of engagement – reflected in the ascendance of the creative reuse of historic structures and places as design problems, greater focus on technical understanding and modeling of the performance of existing buildings, and, at the scale of community, landscape and urbanism, much greater attention to conservation as a tool to achieve resilience.
This concentration prepares students for careers in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, engineering and planning, as well as project review at the local, state or national level or with non-profits.
Core objectives of Preservation Design are to supplement the student’s graduate training with the philosophical, technical, planning, and design considerations that come into play when faced with existing or heritage buildings or sites at a variety of scales and levels of significance. Students in the concentration may have varied prior studies or have varied professional goals. Thus, the concentration will be tailored to specific interests and prior experience through consultation with Faculty Advisors. Students with a professional design degree and at least three years work experience are recommended to the Master of Science in Design with a concentration in Historic Preservation (MSD-HP). MSHP Students who complete the Preservation Design concentration will be able to:
Fall Year 1 | HSPV 6400 | Contemporary Design in Historic Settings | 1 cu |
Spring | HSPV 5510 | Building Pathology | 1 cu |
Choose TWO of the Following |
HSPV 7030, HSPV 7050, or HSPV 7210 | Advanced Research Studio HSPV 5720 | Preservation through Public Policy HSPV 6250 | Preservation Economics Selected ARCH Courses, talk to your academic advisor |
2 cus |