Master of Science: Advanced Design and Construction

Computation and digital fabrication are redefining what architecture can be and how it gets built. Through the M.S.A.D.C. curriculum, you gain deep fluency in these technologies: writing your own algorithms, developing tailored design tools, and mastering robotic construction, large-scale 3D printing, and architectural textiles. Moving fluidly between code, material, and machine, you construct custom workflows linking generative design, simulation, AI, and fabrication.

You will design architecture once unimaginable and build it: architecture that confronts climatic and socio-economic challenges, enhances health and wellbeing, and makes the built environment more inclusive.

Collaborative, hands-on making is central to the M.S.A.D.C. experience. Students work in multi-disciplinary teams to design and fabricate full-scale prototypes, developing and integrating specializations in computational modeling, robotic fabrication, environmental analysis, and advanced manufacturing within recursive design approaches. This applied, team-based approach—woven throughout the curriculum—prepares graduates to lead complex, real-world projects that demand both technical expertise and collective problem-solving.

Answering the question ‘why’ is critical to making the learnings of the M.S.A.D.C. program more applicable to the broader field of architecture. While experimentation and discovery are central to the program, students will also develop a critical lens, continually examining how their methods and material systems relate to topics such as climate, material sustainability, and social responsibility. Through discussions, lectures, and engagement with industry, communities, practitioners, and faculty beyond architecture, students will test and deepen the impact of their work.

The Master of Science in Advanced Design and Construction (M.S.A.D.C.) will prepare you with the knowledge, skills, methods, and mindsets that are defining the future of the AEC industry. This degree is a launchpad to careers in computational design groups across global architectural practices, in construction technology and fabrication firms, in pioneering startups, and in design research that experiments with the future of material production, sustainable construction, and new technologies for the built environment.