Understanding the relationship between a building and its climatic context is critical to developing a built environment that affects positive change. We need to understand the nature of the environment we are building in so that we can respond in an intentional way. As we orchestrate a relationship between the built form and its environment, we affect both future inhabitants and the ecology of that place. Design Studio III is a 3 credit course; the connection to Environmental Technology strengthens the ability of students to utilize material science---particularly thermal and spectral properties of materials---as a design tool and as a design driver. Together, DS 3 and Environmental Technology comprise 6 credits.

Understanding the relationship between a building and its climatic context is critical to developing a built environment that affects positive change. We need to understand the nature of the environment we are building in so that we can respond in an intentional way. As we orchestrate a relationship between the built form and its environment, we affect both future inhabitants and the ecology of that place. Design Studio III is a 3 credit course; the connection to Environmental Technology strengthens the ability of students to utilize material science---particularly thermal and spectral properties of materials---as a design tool and as a design driver. Together, DS 3 and Environmental Technology comprise 6 credits.