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About

• Message from the Director

  SCI-Arc is always expanding and raising its ambitions. In our globalized era, design matters like never before, and we have the capacity to astonish the world by demonstrating all the different ways in which design can transform it.

• Mission Statement

  SCI-Arc teaches architects to engage, speculate, and innovate; to take the lead in reimagining the limits of architecture.

• History of SCI-Arc

  SCI-Arc was founded in 1972 in Santa Monica by a group of faculty and students from the Department of Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona, who wanted to approach the subject from a more experimental perspective than traditional schools offered.

• Rankings

  SCI-Arc ranks top 10 across all of the survey’s focus areas, including design theory, construction methods, materials, and sustainability, in both the graduate and undergraduate categories.

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

  At SCI-Arc, we believe in the interconnectedness of great design and social change. 

People

• Leadership

  SCI-Arc's leadership have been educators and architects for many years, and have all played key roles in shaping the school’s curriculum.

• Faculty

  SCI-Arc's faculty represents a wide range of contemporary approaches to architecture and related disciplines. Among its members are renowned theorists, critics, and historians and some of Los Angeles's leading architectural practitioners.

• Staff

  SCI-Arc's staff is part of a diverse community dedicated to supporting the institution's goals and its students' needs.

• Board of Trustees

  SCI-Arc’s Board of Trustees is charged with the governance, accountability, and sustainability of the school, and counts developers, architects, filmmakers, SCI-Arc founders, and philanthropists amongst its members.

• Alumni

  SCI-Arc graduates are part of a global community of alumni, faculty, and friends who stay connected to the school through events, lectures, exhibitions, and continuing education opportunities that happen around the world.

• Parents

  Parents are an integral part of our community.

Facility

• Magic Box

  SCI-Arc’s technologically transformative digital fabrication lab expands the school’s experimental approach to design.

• Robot House

  The SCI-Arc Robot House is a platform for experimentation and speculation on the future of architecture, situated conceptually and physically between studio and shop, academy and industry.

• Fabrication Shop

  SCI-Arc’s six-thousand-square-foot fabrication shop is equipped with a wide array of metal and woodworking machinery and tools, supporting hands-on experimentation with materials and construction.

• Store

  The SCI-Arc Art and Architecture Supply Store serves both the student body and the downtown community, offering competitive prices for architecture and art supplies.

• Print Center

  ​The Print Center at SCI-Arc provides students and faculty with access to a variety of regular and large-format high-resolution color plotters and printers at a fraction of typical service center prices.

• SCI-Arc Galleries

  SCI-Arc is the only cultural institution in Los Angeles committed to exhibiting experimental projects by contemporary architects.

• Kappe Library

  The Kappe Library is the largest academic library in Southern California focused on architecture, and welcomes both students and outside architectural researchers.

Accreditation

• National Architectural Accrediting Board

  The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) accredits the professional degrees in architecture offered by SCI-Arc: the B.Arch degree, and the M.Arch degree offered through the M.Arch 1 and M.Arch 2 programs.

• Western Association of Schools and Colleges

  The Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) is a regional accrediting agency serving a diverse membership of higher education institutions.

Support the School

• Give Now

  Use our secure online form to make a gift or pledge to SCI-Arc.

• Strategic Giving

  Gifts of cash, securities, or other assets, in-kind donations of goods and services, and multi-year pledges to SCI-Arc can be made a variety of ways.

• Partnerships

  Creating partnerships with our alumni, the community, and like-minded corporations is crucial to the success of SCI-Arc.

• Annual Fund

  The SCI-Arc Annual Fund is an important source of revenue for the school’s operating budget and provides financial support for SCI-Arc’s most pressing needs, including scholarships.

• Honor With Books

  By participating in Honor With Books, you can pay lasting tribute to a special person while supporting SCI-Arc’s Kappe Library.

• Leadership Circle

  SCI-Arc’s Leadership Circle caters exclusively to Southern California’s most generous enthusiasts of architecture and speculative innovation.

• Main Event Sponsorship

• AmazonSmile

Careers

• Open Positions

  SCI-Arc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Thank you for your interest in employment opportunities at SCI-Arc.

Title IX

Reimagining the Future—Impact Report

Policies and Disclosures

• Equal Opportunity, Harassment, And Nondiscrimination Policy

• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

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