Studio Balloting

Studio courses for certain programs make use of a balloting process to assign students to specific sections and supervisors. See below for information about specific balloted courses and for instructions on how to submit your ballot.

ARC2014Y Comprehensive Studio (MARC)
ARC3015Y/LAN3016Y/URD2013Y Option Studios (MARC, MLA, and MUD)
ARC3018HF/ARC3021YS Thesis Seminar (MARC)

ARC2014YS: Comprehensive Studio

2025-2026

In preparation for the Winter 2026 ARC2014YS: Design Studio 4 - Comprehensive Building Project, we've provided information below on the various studio topics offered by our instructors this term. While the whole studio will work on the same site, program, and deliverables throughout the semester, each instructor will stake a starting point and frame a specific approach for their group.

Students will work in pairs for the entire semester. We ask that your team submit your ranked studio preference through the Comprehensive Studio Ballot no later than November 25, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. EST. Only one (1) submission per group is required.

Course Coordinators: James Macgillivray and Aleris Rodgers

(L0101) Instructor: James Macgillivray (PDF)
(L0102) Instructor: Aleris Rodgers (PDF)
(L0103) Instructor: Maria Denegri (PDF)
(L0104) Instructor: Jon Cummings (PDF)
(L0105) Instructor: Steven Fong (PDF)
(L0106) Instructor: Pina Petricone (PDF)
(L0107) Instructor: Chris Cornecelli (PDF)
(L0108) Instructor: Carol Phillips (PDF)

ARC3015Y/LAN3016Y/URD2013Y Option Studios

2026-2027

Daniels students pursuing MArch, MLA and MUD final year of study will be enrolling in ARC3015Y/ LAN3016Y/ URD2013Y in Fall 2026. Students should submit their ballots through the online form by the deadline below.

Option Studio Presentation and Q&A Session: Monday, July 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM EST
Recording: View here

Option Studio Balloting Form
Ballot opens: Monday, July 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM EST
Ballot closes: Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at noon 12:00 PM EST

Each student may submit the form only once. Further editing and amendments are NOT allowed after the form has been submitted.

Course code/Section	Course title	Instructor(s)
ARC3015YF L0101	Designing for Urban Indeterminacy in Toronto's McCleary District	Brigitte Shim & Robert Wright
ARC3015YF L0102	The Weight of Empty Holds	Shane Williamson
ARC3015YF L0103	Quasi-Cloister: The Ursula Franklin Union	Richard Sommer
ARC3015YF L0104	Presence or Absence: What If It Is Only A Spa? A Counter Proposal The West Island Ontario Place	John Shnier
ARC3015YF L0105	Live Make Typologies : Urban Renewal in The Junction, Toronto	Christine Ho Ping Kong & Peter Tan
ARC3015YF L0106	Undrawable Architecture: Explorations in Fabric Formwork	Aránzazu (Arancha) González Bernardo & Michael Fohring
ARC3015YF L0107	Stone, Timber and the Carbon-Negative Building	Amin Taha
ARC3015YF L0108	Less Talk, More Action	Germane Barnes
ARC3015YF L0109	Beyond Cement & Steel: Climate Resilient Built Form in Barbados	Shane Laptiste and Tura Cousins Wilson
LAN3016YF L0101	Sea-ing Red: Designing for Extreme Optimism	Fadi Masoud
LAN3016YF L0102	City of Air	Craig Douglas
LAN3016YF L0103	Where the City Meets the Sea	Martin Arfalk
URD2013YF L0101	The Life Aquatic: Envisioning New Eco-Districts for Lake Ontario	Nicolas Koff & Uros Novakovic

2025-2026

Course code/Section	Course title	Instructor(s)
ARC3015YF L0101	Reimagining Ng’ambo: Postcolonial Heritage and Tropical Modernism in Zanzibar City	Aziza Chaouni and Bomani Khemet
ARC3015YF L0102	Architecture and Health Equity	Stephen Verderber
ARC3015YF L0103	Hiding in Plain Sight: The Ursula Franklin Union	Richard Sommer
ARC3015YF L0104	Radical Maintenance	Yusuke Obuchi
ARC3015YF L0105	[Built] Heritage of the Voiceless	Anthony Kalimungabo Wako
ARC3015YF L0106	Live Make Typologies: Urban Renewal in The Junction	Peter Tan and Christine Ho Ping Kong
ARC3015YF L0107	DANIELS x MILLIØNS: Midrise Housing in Downtown Los Angeles	Zeina Koreitem and John May
ARC3015YF L0108	Community Land Trust	Shane Laptiste and Tura Cousins Wilson
LAN3016YF L0101	Waterfront Revitalization in Fort McMurray	James Roche
LAN3016YF L0102	Changing Tides: Designing Opportunities Along the Bay of Fundy	Matthew Brown
URD2013YF L0101	Imaginaries for the Lurin Valley: Weaving Agricultural and Urban Systems of Inhabitation	Angus Laurie and Mariana Leguia Alegria

ARC3018HF/ARC3021YS Thesis Seminar

2026-2027

Daniels students pursuing MArch third year of study will be enrolling in ARC3018H in Fall 2026 and ARC3021Y in Winter 2027. Students should submit their ballots through the online form by the deadline below.

Thesis Presentation and Q&A Session: Monday, July 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM EST
Recording: View here

ARC3018HF/ARC3021YS - MARC Thesis Balloting Form
Ballot opens: Monday, July 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM EST
Ballot closes: Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM EST

Each student may submit the form only once. Further editing and amendments are NOT allowed after the form has been submitted.

Section	Course title	Instructor(s)	Meeting day/time
LEC0101	Architecture and the Right to Housing: The Practical Case for Radicalism	Karen Kubey	TH 9-12
LEC0102	TEMPORARY PERMANENCE: Enduring Architecture for Change	Pina Petricone	MO 12-15
LEC0103	Vernacular Futures	Vivian Lee	TH 12-15
LEC0104	Almost Ordinary	Michael Piper	TH 9-12
LEC0105	Architecture for Health in a Changing World	Stephen Verderber	MO 9-12
LEC0106	GROUNDING	Laura Miller	MO 15-18
LEC0107	Taking Stock	Ang Li	MO 12-15
LEC0108	Public, Building, Forms (note that this section will be scheduled on Mondays in the Winter term)	Adrian Phiffer	MO 15-18
LEC0109	Design Technologies: Thinking with Tools that Think Back	Humbi Song	TH 9-12
LEC0110	Repair Commons	Petros Babasikas	TH 12-15

2025-2026

Section	Course title	Instructor(s)
LEC0101	Trading Places	Jeannie Kim
LEC0102	Architecture and the Right to Housing	Karen Kubey
LEC0103	Design Technologies	Humbi Song
LEC0104	Bioregional Futures	Sam Dufaux
LEC0105	Rehearsing the Parade: Ephemeral Architectures and Persuasion on the Move	Miles Gertler
LEC0106	When the Impossible Happens	Brian Boigon & Amazonian Monkeys
LEC0107	Almost Ordinary	Michael Piper
LEC0108	The Archipelago Studio	Petros Babasikas
LEC0109	Public, Building, Forms	Adrian Phiffer