Architecture
GSA’s Architecture program introduces students to the ideas, process, and techniques applied in architecture and design while encouraging the development of creative and analytical thought. The goal of the program is to provide the framework within which students can explore the abstract, spatial, social, cultural and environmental concepts that affect the built environment while arriving at architectural solutions in a design studio setting. Design thinking is approached through a series of projects which include writing, drawing, and model-building exercises as part of an iterative design development process. The projects are supplemented with lectures, walking tours and field trips, allowing students to observe the built environment and study what has been done before in relation to the work they are doing.

Audition Guidelines and Procedures
You are required to bring a portfolio consisting of nine works. The works you select should best reflect the range of your creative abilities. Your portfolio must include the following:

• A minimum of four drawings from life, that is, drawings created from direct observation of the world. Drawing from photographs may not be substituted for any of these required submissions.  One in each of the following categories:
• Object Study/Still Life (a drawing that portrays the material qualities of an object or objects)
• Landscape  
• Self-Portrait (created by looking at yourself in a mirror)
• Free-hand drawing of a 3-dimensional view of a building or structure

• A minimum of two three-dimensional objects of your choice – models, ceramics, sculptures, woodwork, etc.

• The three remaining works in your portfolio are left to your discretion. If any of your remaining three pieces is derived from another work or photograph, please attach the original or the photo from which you worked.

If necessary, you may submit color photographs only when a work is not available or if it is not practical to bring the work (for example, if it is too big to transport).  Portfolios which contain fewer than nine works or which do not meet the above requirements will be reviewed at the adjudicator’s discretion. Call the GSA Helpline if you have questions about the requirements.

You will need to arrive and check-in at least an hour before your scheduled interview time. Your audition will include a timed thirty minute design project, completed before your scheduled interview time. Materials, tools, and instructions for the project will be provided when you arrive.  The interview will then be a ten minute personal review of your portfolio and design project and an interview with the adjudicators.

Label each piece included in the portfolio with your name and school and the approximate date you completed the piece. Criteria for judging the portfolio and the design project include the creativity, thought process, and originality displayed by the works (your idea or concept), and the use of materials (your execution of the idea and the craft and technique you display). Portfolios consisting of video works must be submitted with your application by December 31, 2009.

How to apply
Online Application

General Guidelines for all Art Forms
General Guidelines for all Art Forms