Good Grad Schools?

I am planning to go to grad school to get Master of Science in Architecture with an emphasis in computational design methods. I have a Bachelor of Architecture. I am wanting to go Europe where it seems algorithmic design is more welcome. I am considering the AA in London, Bartlet in London, and Stuttgart. Are there other English speaking schools in Europe at a very high level in computational design methods? Which schools are best?

Thanks for any suggestions or advise.

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Permalink Reply by djordje on February 6, 2013 at 4:42am

I think I understand you. Although the situation is a bit different here - our education is free, so you can't get much of money by "holding" a university institution. Some private universities emerged in the last couple of years, but still the state run ones are holding the ground as better than these.

A professor is a person who has to have a Phd, a "doctoral degree" as it is called here. So it's probably more of a prestige thing.

But I understand what you said, as I heard that in USA and AU, university fees can be a couple of thousands of dollars per year, which certainly makes it a huge business.

Permalink Reply by Luis Fraguada on February 4, 2013 at 3:07pm

Since your medium seems to be metal, perhaps it's good to cross reference the resources at the institution to do such work. You'd be surprised at the lack of decent metal shops in schools. Balance the cool new toys (read Kuka, ABB, etc) with the capabilities of well stocked workshop. ITU has produced some interesting pavilion work in the last few years. Seems you are already looking towards that.

Permalink Reply by Stan Carroll on February 4, 2013 at 6:06pm

Great info. I did not know of ITU. I will check it out.

Thanks Luis

Stan

Permalink Reply by Luis Fraguada on February 6, 2013 at 10:15am

OOPS...I meant ICD http://icd.uni-stuttgart.de/

Permalink Reply by Christian Schmidts on February 4, 2013 at 5:05pm

hello stan. i would seriously consider stuttgart. there is not only the ICD and the ILEK (former IL) at the Uni Stuttgart but also a class for "digital design" at the Art Acadamy Stuttgart lead by Tobias Wallisser. they have a cooperation so you could study on both like i did. both have really good workshop facility and infrastructure. maybe you will be not so much held by the hand like in the AA for example - but hy - it cost nearly 100 times less (no joke). in addition to that the city is so boring that you can really concentrate on studying.. if you have questions fell free to contact.

Permalink Reply by Stan Carroll on February 4, 2013 at 6:07pm

Thanks Christian,

I want to contact you to get more specific information. Nothing better than 1st hand knowledge.

Stan

Permalink Reply by Dedackelzucht on February 5, 2013 at 5:28am