<p>My daughter will be a freshman architecture student this fall. A suggestion last year was that architecture freshman was to try to get into the suites in part due to the availability of work space for model making. Freshman apparently don’t have a dedicated studio space.</p>
<p>How can you get into the suites given that i saw a statement that freshman were assigned to the residence halls?</p>
<p>Are the suites too far away from Los Olivos Dining Hall to use it?</p>
<p>What do suite residents really do for food?</p>
<p>Thx</p>
<p>Congratulations to your daughter for making it into the well regarded and competitive program in architecture. I can tell her that on her first day she’ll be highly encouraged to do her design work in the studios, ie building 7 or the IDC, and not in the dorms or suites. The studio culture is integral to the program. Living in the suites may be nice and they allowed freshmen to stay there last year due to the lack of availability since the inception of the first year residency requirement. I am not sure if it’s guaranteed that freshmen will be allowed this year. She should contact the housing office.</p>
<p>“Are the suites too far away from Los Olivos Dining Hall to use it?”</p>
<p>It’s about a 20 minute walk to get there.</p>
<p>thank you for the replies. i didn’t think about the studio culture. the distance of studios from Los Olivos and not being/bonding with masses of other freshman are other problems with the suites.</p>
<p>I was in the College of Environmental Design and lived in Montecito Hall. The old residence halls are small, but convenient to Los Olivos. I wouldn’t worry about studio space in the residence halls. As has been stated, the studio culture is integral to the college and your student will no doubt spend countless nights in Building 7.</p>