This is an opportunity provided by Professor Mike Stepner at the New School of Architecture & Design (NSAD). The School is located in the heart of downtown (1249 F Street, San Diego, CA 92101). NSAD serves as a laboratory for professional work and enables students to work on projects of regional significance.
Students have to apply for this opportunity (see application details below). This opportunity can serve as both an internship and research team opportunity (that can be negotiated). Professor Stepner agreed to allow USP Senior Sequence students to join with teams in his 4th year Urban Design Studio and work with them to prepare an urban design master plan for a designated project area.
This year, Professor Stepner’s studio group will be doing corridor studies in Chula Vista, Del Mar, and San Diego, working with city staff, community members, and others. The assignment is to prepare a master plan for the selected corridors—with “corridor” defined in its broadest sense. The UCSD students, working with the NSAD students, would provide a city planning perspective to the teams. It is a two-quarter project; the first quarter, preparing the master plan and the second quarter, focusing on design development of a portion of the master plan area.
If you elect to do this you will be required to participate fully. The studio class meets Monday and Wednesday from 4:00-8:00 p.m. and on Friday, from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Professor Stepner does not expect the UCSD students to attend every studio class section but you must attend at least one class each week and be available to meet with their teams in between class sections. The UCSD Senior Research Project would be the Master Plan and how they proceeded with the Plan for the second quarter project. This is a great opportunity for City Planning students and Architecture students to work together. The start of a collaborative process that is essential to community building.
We anticipate that more students will be interested in taking part in the studio than Professor Stepner can accommodate. Since every person who is chosen means that someone else cannot participate, please only apply if you have the time to do this right, and you have reliable transportation to the New School of Architecture and Design (located downtown at 1249 F Street, San Diego, CA 92101). To be considered you need to fill out this application and be prepared to attend every Monday night and every other Friday (discussion section).
Application Instructions
Provide the following information in one or two pages:
* Your name and contact info
* 250 word statement explaining why you want to join the studio (e.g., what do you expect to get out of it, why is this important to you, how will you leverage this opportunity into a Senior Research Project –how does it fit into your graduate school and/or career plans?)
* Your qualifications (e.g., indicate if you’ve taken a class with Professor Stepner, or if you’ve taken any other design or related planning classes. You might also mention any professional experience or relevant internship experience if you have it.)
* Confirmation that you can attend at least one class each week and be available to meet with Stepner’s teams in between class sections on a periodic basis to be determined.
* Your GPA in the USP major, and your GPA overall –plus any other details you may want to add about your academic accomplishments (keep it short and relevant).
Send the application as an email attachment (1-2 page word doc, no longer) to Keith Pezzoli via email (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)). Professor Pezzoli will compile the applications and send them onto Professor Stepner for review and selection.
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