The Studio Setting
The studio is a shared space – between faculty and students, between students and their peers, and often between other studios. It is expected of all participants in studio that they will show the greatest respect – for their peers, for faculty, for the facilities, and for others who may be using the same or adjacent spaces. Our studios are open; students and faculty are encouraged to circulate through them and observe ongoing work without distracting participants or interruption of work in progress.

Creative Collaboration and Teamwork
Studio projects should provide students with ample opportunity to experience working collaboratively.

Diversity
Studio is a place where diverse opinions, points of view, designs, and ideas are welcomed with respect and treated equitably.

Environmental Awareness and Innovation
Work produced in design studios at TAMU recognizes both the limitless potential of human endeavor, and the limited extent of earth’s resources. It is our responsibility to ensure continuity in the life of the site and a deep connection to its cultural, physical, and spiritual nature.

Service to Community
We embrace a role of service to the communities to which we belong. This includes the College of Architecture, the University, the profession of architecture, the people of Texas, and communities in need around the world.

Risk-Taking & Experimentation
Design studio is a place where it is safe and expected that students will take risks with their work, push the limits of what they believe they can do, and have support from instructors and peers to experiment with design, materials, programming, and visual communication

Workload Management
Faculty should recognize that students have rich lives outside of the studio, and the assigned workload should reflect this understanding. At the same time, students should recognize that having made the choice to study architecture, there is an expectation that they will devote a significant amount of quality time to their work.

Review of Work
Reviews, like studios, are open to the public, and students and instructors are encouraged to observe any review. Review critiques are expected to be constructive, and respectful.

Assessment
Students deserve an honest assessment of their work, delivered in a timely manner. Assessments are confidential and should be meaningful, respectful, and constructive. Students may request an assessment of their work at any time during the semester.

Archives
Work produced in studio becomes the intellectual property of the Department of Architecture, and may be used on the department website, in promotional brochures, and placed on display, but the author should be acknowledged.