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A Chicago native, Erin came to SCI-Arc to complete her M.Arch degree in an environment that integrates a suite of resources to support her academic progress and experimentation. "I chose SCI-Arc because it has so many different things to offer that all come together under one roof in a unique and ultimately cohesive way."

She was particularly attracted by the small size of the school, which keeps students more in sync and engaged with the SCI-Arc community, as well as the school's reputation for attracting top-end faculty members. "I was interested in a program that had a comfortably sized population—both faculty and student—but still maintained a diverse and deep skill set," said Erin. "The faculty at SCI-Arc, nearly all practicing architects with their own design firms, come from a multitude of different backgrounds, including early roots with Peter Eisenman, Lebbeus Woods, Wolf Prix, Asymptote and Arup, to name a few. It was important to me that the people I would be working with on a daily basis have a strong foundation and are able to bring that to the table consistently for me to learn from and expand upon."

Erin says SCI-Arc's focus on computer applications and digital fabrication was one of the key determinants in her choosing the school. "Another reason I chose SCI-Arc is the arsenal of digital tools, fabrication devices, representation techniques, and architectural theory that fill the studios at SCI-Arc, as it always seems to be both at the heart and at the forefront of the discourse."

Recently, SCI-Arc was ranked second in design and computer applications in the 2011 America's Best Architecture Schools survey from DesignIntelligence.

"I think that the architectural language that we are enabled to cultivate here is truly unique and exciting and I am convinced that SCI-Arc has the best collection of intellectuals and artists who are completely devoted to the progression of the field."
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"Because at SCI-Arc we learn from practitioners, we get an idea about how things function in the real world..."
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"Traditional school programs work from A to Z, whereas a program like SCI-Arc may work from Z to A, or A to M to K to Y...." Read more >>

"To my surprise, the enchanting work that SCI-Arc has been producing over the past years has an enriching theoretical context to it."
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