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
Architectural History I
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
Architectural History II
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-531
Architectural Design I
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.
ARCH-621
Architectural History I
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
Architectural History II
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
Architectural Design I
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
Global Experience
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
Architectural Studio III: Adaptive
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
Research Seminar/Thesis Prep
3 Credits
Students frame individual thesis proposals through various research approaches, critical readings, presentations and examinations of architecture; physicality, socially, culturally, historically and technologically. (Prerequisite, 60 credit hours in the program) Class 3, Credit 3 (F)
ARCH-781
Graduate Scholarship
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
Thesis
6 Credits
Students will propose, design, and defend an architectural design or research problem, while working closely with a selected faculty committee. (Prerequisite, ARCH-753 Research Methods/Thesis Preparation) Class 3, Studio 9, Credit 6 (F, W, Su)
ARCH-799
Independent Study
1 - 4 Credits