体系结构 impacts your life daily. You experience it in almost everything you do. As the only accredited program in Kentucky, the School of 体系结构 in the College of Design has, 自成立以来, strived to not only educate and prepare our students to be the next generation of Architects, but also to inspire them to become the future leaders of the discipline.
更多信息The School of 内饰 in the College of Design is a community of scholars comprised of both students and faculty. We fundamentally demonstrate design as a human-centered practice and challenge long-established ideas that a designer only treats the surface of the interior. 而不是, we advocate for the study of interiors as a multi-layered, sensory-laden, connective way of experiencing the world.
更多信息Historic preservation helps communities negotiate change. The HP program in the UK College of Design trains students to become skilled practitioners through a combination of classroom instruction and applied projects in urban and rural contexts. 严格的课程设置, outstanding faculty and an emphasis on community engagement make the program a recognized leader in the field.
更多信息Product design is a strategic problem-solving process that drives innovation, 建立商业成功, and leads to a better quality of life through innovative products, 服务与体验. 值, 理想, and aspirations of a culture are expressed through material objects, systems and now digital footprints; these become imperative to understanding our current circumstance and to inventing our future.
更多信息The 设计证书 program serves both undergraduate and graduate students in architecture, 工程, and environmental science disciplines 谁 have an interest in advanced building science as it relates to architecture, 研究, 数字制造, 原型设计, 和建筑. Centered on experiential learning, students will learn through design and full-scale construction.
更多信息The College of Design has waited 50 years for a building opportunity that will allow its programs to grow, 多元化, 以及融合. 现在, on the precipice of a new era in design education, the College has made plans to transform a 20th-century tobacco warehouse into a vibrant ecosystem for future generations of designers, and a pinnacle of engagement within the city of Lexington.
更多信息在我们曾经的十字路口, 谁 we are and where we’re going is a common denominator: a deliberate focus on design and its impact, 从农村到城市，从地方到全球. The origin is here, in Lexington, at this place of pedagogy, legacy and invention. 我们的愿景是大胆的:新项目, 新合作伙伴, 新身份, all infused with Kentucky’s indigenous spirit and its imprint on our unfolding story.
There are those 谁 argue whether Kentucky is in the North or South (mind you, we checked the “neither” box when it came to the Civil War, 所以很难说). But it’s really irrelevant at this point because the Bluegrass State has carved out its own niche outside the boundaries of a compass. 这个地方? 现在是38°84°，但是 谁 we are is where it gets really interesting.
Many of our attributes precede us: our world-renowned skills at crafting bourbon, 我们传奇的马场, and our national championship UK basketball team. But that’s like saying New Orleans has some great jazz, and that’s pretty much it.
There’s a 谁le culture, a fluid lifestyle that sets the pace here in Lexington. It draws a younger crowd, with the median age in Lexington-Fayette County being 33.9 (compared to the national average of 37.3岁). 但另一方面， Time magazine ranked the city as one of the top five places to retire.
That’s right, Lexington embraces its inner yin/yang.
Art is a big part of life in Lexington, and supportive endeavors like LexArts and Community Supported Arts (CSA) by the Lexington Art League exist to promote local artists and help share their work. But business is drawn here as well, with 《火狐体育官网入口》 voting Lexington #16 in the 2015 Best Places for Business and Careers.
This is a city with a great deal of complexity for only having around 625,000 residents. But it’s the quality of life here that helps Lexington keep racking up the media nods. While small in stature compared to some other college cities, Lexington offers an urban feel with an easy escape to appease the wanderlust in us all.
This strategic plan for the UK College of Design sets the expectation that we will deliver on the expanding definition of design, collaborate with and educate our UK companion colleges and set a foundation that positions the College for growth in students, 研究, 资金和声誉.
2016 was a year of prelude to this strategic plan with a focus on a new college identity, 完成预算改革, 战略招聘. Through this process we are now committed to expanding the foothold of the College of Design within the 火狐体育下注 campus and beyond.
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