Recommended Backgrounds for Option Studios
Not all students in all programs will possess the capabilities necessary to undertake certain projects that may be proposed by critics. This information should be taken into consideration when you rank your choices on the lottery ballot. Please note that appropriate background means that you are currently enrolled in a degree program in this discipline, or previously obtained a degree in this discipline. Failure to select studios that you are eligible for will result in you being randomly assigned in a studio in which you are eligible.
Below are the backgrounds necessary for Spring 2020 Option Studios:
| Studio | Title | Critic(s) | Appropriate Background |
| 1312 | KING TUT'S SKULL | Mack Scogin, Merrill Elam, Helen Han | A |
| 1313 | Block Blob Mat Slab Slat: Art Spaces | George L. Legendre | A, UD |
| 1314 | Béton Brut and Beyond | Jeanne Gang, Anika Schwarzwald | A |
| 1315 | Making Next to Forest | Toshiko Mori | A |
| 1316 | Generic Specificity | Sharon Johnston, Mark Lee | A |
| 1317 | Mass Timber and the Scandinavian Effect | Jennifer Bonner, Hanif Kara | A, UD |
| 1318 | Geometry, Order, and Mannerism | Oliver Luetjens, Thomas Padmanabhan | A |
| 1319 | Sic. Building Syndrome¹ | Thomas Kelley, Carrie Norman | A |
| 1407 | Rewilding Seoul | Jungyoon Kim, Yoon-Jin Park | A, LA, UD |
| 1408 | THAILAND REMADE: Lower Chao Phraya Flood Plain, Pathum Thani and the Technological Imagination | Niall Kirkwood, Kotchakorn Vora-akhom | A, LA, UD |
| 1409 | SMO PARK + / Climate Infrastructure, Arid Landscape | Chris Reed | A, LA, UD |
| 1410 | GET READY HOLYOKE! Climate Preparedness 2050 | Martha Schwartz, Paola Sturla | A, LA, UD, UP |
| 1505 | Osaka. World Expos as Transformative Engine: Potentials for the Regular City | Joan Busquets, Dingliang Yang | A, UD |
| 1506 | The Dam Studio: Climate Change Along the Mystic | Nathalie Beauvais | A, LA, UD, UP |
| 1507 | ROCKET CITY: Envisioning a future for the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL | David Gamble | A, LA, UD, UP |
| 1508 | After Amazon – What's Next for LIC? | Michael Samuelian | A, LA, UD, UP |
| 1509 | PUBLIC FIGURE/PRIVATE GROUND: Redevelopment of the FBI Site in Washington, DC | Thomas Luebke | A, LA, UD |
| 1601 | Taishan: Designing for China’s Rural Cosmopolitan | Elaine Kwong, David Rubin, Kathryn Firth | A, LA, UD, UP |
| 1602 | Neuralisms Shenzhen: Fictions of Type and Territory | Andrew Witt, Robert Pietrusko | A, LA, UD |
Updated 01/15/2020