{"id":17,"date":"2025-01-07T19:49:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T19:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westphal.drexel.edu\/summer-programs\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-04-16T19:46:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:46:42","slug":"discovering-architecture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westphal.drexel.edu\/summer-programs\/index.php\/discovering-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"DISCOVERING ARCHITECTURE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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JULY 5 – JULY 18, 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Summer Residential & Commuter Program<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commuter Tuition:<\/strong> $2,850 (FULL, NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residential Tuition:<\/strong> $3,575 (FULL, NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ABOUT THE PROGRAM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For two intensive weeks, while living on campus at Drexel University, you’ll experience what it’s like to study architecture in college. You’ll attend classes taught by Drexel Architecture faculty members in studios and labs used by Drexel architecture students. You’ll go on field trips to significant architectural sites in Philadelphia, hear lectures by distinguished speakers, and, working closely with an instructor, you’ll try your hand at architectural design. <\/strong>Our program will introduce you to this fascinating profession. During the summer, while Drexel architecture students are on vacation, we’re opening their studio and other facilities to a group of high school students who want to experience what education and work are like in the field of architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will visit prominent architectural\/multi-disciplinary design offices and meet architects on the job. You’ll have a chance to see first-hand the types of projects architects work on, how they go about it, and the environment of an \/multi-disciplinary design practice. <\/strong>With the historic city of Philadelphia at your doorstep, you’ll be practically living in an architectural classroom. Almost every day you’ll explore some part of the city. You’ll discover magnificent buildings, squares, parks, and museums. And along the way you’ll also see Philadelphia’s traditional houses and neighborhoods, learn about its history, and tune into the rhythms of city life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Discovering Architecture summer program has been running continuously since 1996. You’ll experience what it’s like to study architecture in college. You’ll attend classes taught by Drexel architecture faculty members in studios, just like Drexel architecture students. You’ll attend lectures by distinguished speakers and try your hand at architecture while working closely with an instructor. Our program will introduce you to this fascinating profession while helping to build your portfolio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The core of this program emulates the Department of Architecture, Design & Urbanism\u2019s curriculum in interior design and architecture, employing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n