Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning

Infobox University campus
university = Ball State University
color = #CC2233
name = C

picture = BSUArchBuilding.jpg
pic_caption = Architecture Building, BSU
use = Academic College
style = Brutalism
erected = 1972 Addition in 1980
location = North of University Green
campus = Main
namesake =
architect = Birkey Associates & Crumlich/Sporleder and Associates
free_label = Dean
free = Guillermo Vasquez de Velasco
website = http://www.bsu.edu/cap|http://www.bsu.edu/cap]

TOCleft The College of Architecture and Planning, otherwise known as CAP, is an academic college of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana offering degrees in Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning and is Indiana's only state-assisted Architecture school. [ [http://www.bsu.edu/cap/aboutcap/ "About CAP, College of Architecture and Planning, Ball State University" (Ball State University CAP Website)] , Retrieved April 9, 2008.] CAP began with four instructors and only offered degrees in Architecture. On March 23, 1965, the basis of the College of Architecture and Planning opened its doors in a converted reserve naval armory just north of the existing CAP building. In 1972 the west portion of the existing building was built and the east was added in 1980. [ [http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/viewpage.aspx?src=./collections/archives/exhibits/CAP40/intro.html "Designing the Future: CAP's 40th Anniversary, 1965-2005." (Ball State University Website)] , Retrieved April 9, 2008.] The College of Architecture and Planning has grown to house 700 student as well as over 50 faculty members and now offers Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning degrees.

Degree Programs

The College of Architecture and Planning offers many degree programs in the three design departments:
*Department of Architecture
**Bachelor of Arts in Architecture
**Master of Architecture
**Master of Architecture II
**Master of Science in Historic Preservation
**Undergraduate Minor in Historic Preservation
*Department of Landscape Architecture
**Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
**Master of Landscape Architecture
**Undergraduate Minor in Landscape Architecture
*Department of Urban Planning
**Bachelor of Urban Planning and Development
**Master of Urban and Regional Planning
**Undergraduate Minor in Urban Planning

The First Year Program

At the College of Architecture and Planning, all entry-level students are subjected to common course of study. Students entering the First Year Program will take classes introducing the professions in Architecture, Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture. Students will also have to take two courses in design studio and design media. CAP 101 and CAP 102 are design studio courses to introduce environmental design and planning. CAP 161 and CAP 162 are design media courses which develop students' communication of ideas through diagramming, illustrating and other forms of media. Depending on when a student begins his/her CAP 101 and 161 classes, the student will either be a Farchy, Sparchy or AEP. These names originated by students: Farchys begin their design classes in the fall, Sparchys in the spring, and AEP (Accelerated Entry Program) have their design classes over summer sessions.

Ranking and Recognitions

*Architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning are blended in a design college, and Ball State is unique in providing studios for urban planning.
*Several CAP faculty members have been named fellows, presidents, officers, or board members of national professional organizations.
Architecture
*The Department of Architecture was ranked among the nation's top 15 architecture programs in the 2003 Almanac of Architecture and Design. The rankings were based on the hiring experiences of leading U.S. architecture firms, which cited programs that produced the most professional, best-prepared graduates over the past five years.
*Ball State was cited as a national model for architecture education and practice in a special report by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
*Ball State is a three-time winner of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Education Honor Award
*Community-Based Projects earned a national Community Design Program Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture for combining "in-the-field" education with public service.
*Planetizen 2007 Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs ranked Ball State's Historic Preservation 7th among other preservation degrees.Landscape Architecture
*Design Intelligence ranked Ball State's Landscape Architecture Program 4th best in the nation and the best in the midwest.
*The 2007 edition of "America's Best Architecture and Design Schools" named Malcolm Cairns, Chair of the Landscape Architecture department, as one of the 2007 landscape architecture educators of the year. [ [http://www.bsu.edu/cap/article/0,1894,18326-3558-48884,00.html "Landscape architecture among nation's best, tops in the Midwest." (Ball State University CAP Website)] , Retrieved April 9, 2008.] Urban Planning
*The Muncie Urban Design Studio became the only university-based studio featured in a national online catalog of affordable housing designs, and MUDS has shared Indiana's top preservation award. [ [http://www.bsu.edu/cap/article/0,,13753--,00.html "About C
] , Retrieved April 9, 2008.]
*Planetizen 2007 Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs ranked Ball State's Urban Planning program 17th nationwide [ [http://www.bsu.edu/cap/article/0,1894,18326-3558-48713,00.html "Ball State's College of Architecture and Planning earns multiple national rankings." (Ball State University CAP Website)] , Retrieved April 9, 2008.]

Extensions

C

In 2006 Ball State University opened a new center in downtown Indianapolis for the College of Architecture and Planning, also known as C

Projects Developed at C

*Speedway Speedzone Development - Development for the areas just south of the Indianapolis Speedway
*Historic Meridian Park Neighborhood Development
*Alice Carter Place Park
*Herron Resuse Study
*Historic Irvington Neighborhood Plan
*Indianapolis Regional Center Plan 2020

CAP Asia

CAP World

Notable Alumni

*Craig Hartman, Partner at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill http://som.com/content.cfm/www_craig_w_hartman

References