Faculty of Design
Environmental Design
Environmental design is creating environments for people including architecture, urban planning, retail spaces, landscape and interior design. In this program, students learn research, analysis, design and presentation. Students learn how to take their ideas and turn them into real plans and designs.
Environmental Design
Kiran Matharu
“Planning, creating and re-designing public spaces and dwellings inspired by biological mimicry to improve the environment as well as alter our way of life, can be seen as evolved design. Designing with greater consideration of the consequences... More”
Environmental Design
Karen Manganaan
“My goal is to implement sustainable ideas in my design to improve our environment and our future ”
Environmental Design
Mackenzie Southey
“Designing with nature and developing sustainable design ideas improve everyone's lives. After years of spending my free time skiing, canoeing, and enjoying the outdoors, I understand how important access to the natural environment is for people's... More”
Environmental Design
Shahaab Khan
“We find ourselves at a crossroads in the realm of architecture and design, at a time of crisis, it is imperative that we make decisions that have the potential to benefit our community, the ecosphere, and the society at large. ”
Environmental Design
Elizabeth Sullivan
“I plan on using design to assist people in reconnecting and interacting with each other and with the environment around them, rather than focused on their phones. ”
Environmental Design
Kaleman Silva
“I'm seeking to reconnect society with the environment, augmenting it's beauty through appropriate architectural interventions, with a hint of fun. ”
Environmental Design
Khalid Hassan
“Preoccupied with the ways in which climate and technology present alternative value propositions within building practice. ”
Environmental Design
Coonal Dowlot
“Architecture and design can alleviate the environmental, social, and economic impacts of climate change on human health. A thorough knowledge of the places and users we design for not only allow us designers to create mindful spaces but also... More”
Environmental Design
Tarryn Thompson
“Design should be thoughtfully expressed while creating a quality-filled human experience to ultimately arrive at a union between beauty and functionality. I am driven to create buildings and spaces that embody genuine and lasting value, and embrace... More”
Environmental Design
Mena Hameed
“Critical care in architecture and urbanism is a starting point for not giving up on the future entirely ― Fitz, Krasny, Critical Care - Architecture & Urbanism For A Broken Planet ”
Environmental Design
Peter Bianchin
“ Looking forward to the future of architecture, design, and development throughout the world. ”
Environmental Design
Chalisa Polpanumas
“I am interested in designing universal interior and public spaces to enable equal opportunities for everyone to enjoy and utilize the space. ”
Environmental Design
Yingqi Xu aka. Catherine
“Yingqi Xu is a current architectural designer who seeks for further professional architecture education and practices. She aims to design from the history, the environment and our time to create future projects. ”
Environmental Design
Hala Al Hadeethi
“I wish to bring the spaces I see and the experiences I have in my dreams to life. ”
Environmental Design
Zoe Chan
“Avidly ruminating and reimagining how the spaces and environments that the built form we live within has placed us, and what it has obstructed us from, for better or for worse. ”
Environmental Design
Ruqayyah Khan
“A community is like trees in a forest. They come together, grow together, and eventually create something beautiful. ”
Environmental Design
Jean-Sebastien Vachon
“Architecture and Design should be for everyone. I believe that when a space can benefit an entire community, that is where our work can be at its most meaningful. Bringing together people and nature is what I strive to accomplish. ”
Environmental Design
Saleena Rattansi
“I'm seeking to reconnect people with the natural environment. I believe design transforms awareness. Learning from our landscapes is an important tool we need to cultivate and creating connections to outdoor spaces is a way of doing that, it allows... More”
Environmental Design
Michael Cole Oriel
“I believe it is our responsibility and duty as environmental designers to do our best to ensure that our work, in every aspect, will provide the highest degree of service to all and nature. ”
Environmental Design
Stacy Florendo
“Designing is about going outside your boundaries. The feeling of unease can create beautiful outcomes ”
Environmental Design
Janai Redman
“Have you thought about what public space really is, means and embodies; or the benefits and harms stitched into it? Promises of the public realm often differ from the social and spatial realities of these places. Step into my work to begin... More”
Environmental Design
Farhan Dhanani
“one eye open, observing the world, and the other eye closed, seeking within - Max Ernst ”
Environmental Design
Benedict So
“As the world continues to become more of a global community, so too should architecture. The overlapping of residential, commercial, and recreational spaces will foster interactions and strengthen the connections between people. After all,... More”
Environmental Design
Caroline Small
“I am interested in nature because I feel as though I am heavily influenced by it. The connection between urbanism and nature has always intrigued me and I want to be able to improve both. ”
Environmental Design
Ziyao Jiang
“Observing the world through architecture is something that interests me a lot. ”
Environmental Design
Fawzi Ghabayin
“If we need nature more than it needs us, then sustainability becomes an ethical obligation responsibility more than a luxurious meaning we pursue. ”
Environmental Design
Yasmin Khosravi
“Design has the capability to compel emotion. I aim to positively influence experiences and inspire creation within a built environment. ”
Environmental Design
Matti Haddad
“I am on a journey to understand how this world works and how various systems help it, and I strongly believe that architecture and design have so much untapped potential, not just for the built future environment, but for everyday life. ”
Environmental Design
Triman Grewal
“I am an engaged, participatory and self-driven designer who draws upon my education to create unique work that adds value to a project and creates an impact in the society. ”
Environmental Design
Fada Haider
“Architecture is a field that is extremely fascinating to me. I have this innate desire to explore how it is possible for science and technology to enhance the overall performance of building in both and social and environmental architecture, and... More”
Environmental Design
Seon Hyeong Choi
“Wth honesty, diligence, wisdom, and gratitude, make my own way. ”
Environmental Design
Prateek Shrestha
“I personally believe that biomimicry in architecture will allow us to design spaces that not only help one's overall health and well-being but also build a more sustainable and carbon neutral future. Because as we seek more sustainable solutions to... More”
Environmental Design
Muyi Yang
“Architecture has always been a bridge between people and mother earth. Architects have the duty to bring a better environment to all. The tool is in our hand now, ”
Environmental Design
Emma Wang
“My main focus was to create a new and fresh idea for what therapeutic space is. ”