<p>yeah they do...though the grad students think the first years are pretty immature and annoying. only a couple of studios move to esty and they're not based by year. currently one studio from 2nd year and 1 4th year studio i believe are at esty. most of us are still here </p>
<p>architecture studio (at least at cornell) is like a frat in itself. we're together a lot....our classes have our own funds raised from dragon day..our own yearly traditions...we have our own architecture parties monthly, and dragon day (ritual pulled off by the 1st years) is like our own little initiation event.</p>
<p>I thank kjofkw for his post. I am a second-year architecture student and I feel very similarly. Thankfully my school seems rather balanced and I am taking classes where I do get to learn about the materials, learn about computer applications and fabrication, and learn about art history as well. I've always done just fine in studio classes but never felt like I wanted to be there 24/7. Eventually I realized that I was much more drawn to materials than I am about the conceptual design. And now I feel free because I don't need to be in studio for the rest of my life! :) I can happily do experiments and study U-values of walls instead. Hehe.</p>