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Alissa De Wit-Paul

Assistant Professor

Department of Architecture
Golisano Institute for Sustainability

585-475-7422
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Alissa De Wit-Paul

Assistant Professor

Department of Architecture
Golisano Institute for Sustainability

Bio

Alissa de Wit-Paul has extensive research experience in architectural and sustainable design, which she leverages while teaching her thesis preparation students. Her own Ph.D. dissertation research focuses on the history of sustainable design concentrating in 1970s New Mexico. Her professional practice focuses on small residential and commercial spaces. 

585-475-7422

Currently Teaching

ARCH-521
3 Credits
This course will be cross-listed and delivered concurrently with ARCH-621 Architectural History I and will utilize the same instructor, classroom space, and resources.
ARCH-522
3 Credits
This course will be cross-listed and delivered concurrently with ARCH-622 Architectural History II and will utilize the same instructor, classroom space, and resources.
ARCH-621
3 Credits
Students study global architecture from pre-history to the 10th century, including form, technology, urban context, and how architecture reflects social, cultural, and political concerns.
ARCH-622
3 Credits
Students study global architecture from the 15th to the 21st century, including form, technology, urban context, and how architecture reflects social, cultural, and political concerns.
ARCH-631
6 Credits
Exploration of basic architectural space and form through studio design problems. Problems require understanding of elements such as spatial relationships, circulation, light, and orientation. (Co-requisite, ARCH-611 Architectural Representation I). Classroom 3, Studio 9, Credit 6 (F)
ARCH-698
0 - 3 Credits
An immersive experience outside the student’s home culture whereby architecture is studied as the outcome of historic, social, cultural, religious, and physical factors.
ARCH-733
6 Credits
This course examines the adaptive reuse of existing spaces, with implicit exposure to the basics of historic preservation. Students will examine and document an existing “real” space within the region, and propose coherent and rational architectural interventions for that space.
ARCH-753
3 Credits
Students frame individual thesis proposals by using various research tools, accessing the literature, and creating a proposal. They then develop a thesis plan and begin to execute it.
ARCH-781
1 - 6 Credits
Masters-level scholarship by the candidate under the direction of the instructor. Students may enroll multiple times for a maximum of 9 credits towards their degree requirement. The subject of each offering varies depending on the nature and stage of the faculty member’s work.
ARCH-790
3 Credits
Students continue work on the thesis begun previously. They execute a methods and procedures plan, analyze the data, arrive at a conclusion and successfully defend it.
ARCH-799
1 - 4 Credits