SPRING 2026 FINAL REVIEWS - DETAILED SCHEDULE

Welcome to the UVA School of Architecture's Spring 2026 Final Reviews. This page provides an overview of the schedule and each studio review's faculty and invited guests. We wish all the students the very best for their final presentations!

 

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Spring 2026 - First Year Foundation Studio

ARCH 1030 — 
UNDERGRADUATE FOUNDATION STUDIO I
DESIGN FOUNDATIONS

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11am - 2pm
Coordinators and Instructors: Marta Jarabo and Cesar López

Locations: East Wing Gallery, 101A, 101C, and Van Lengen Lobby
Critics: JT Bachman (11am - 12:30pm), Lauren Cantrell (11am - 1pm), Elgin Cleckley, Cameron Fullmer, Sanda Iliescu, Inés Martín-Robles (12:30pm - 2pm), Schaeffer Somers (11am - 1:30pm), Kyle Sturgeon, Peter Waldman


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Spring 2026 Undergraduate Architecture Studio

ARCH 2020 — 
UNDERGRADUATE ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION STUDIO III
HOUSING MATTERS

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Section 1
9:30am - 3:30pm
Coordinator and Instructor: María González Aranguren 

Location: 205
Critics: Mona El Khafif (1pm - 3:30pm), Jori Erdman (9:30am - 12pm), Cesar López (9:30am - 12pm), Tamara Metz (9:30am - 12pm), Donghwan Moon (1pm - 3:30pm), Luis Pancorbo (1pm - 3:30pm), Clayton Strange


Section 2
9:30am - 3:30pm
Instructor: Robin Dripps

Location: 305
Critics: Laura Battaglia (1pm - 3:30pm), Abigail Coover (1pm - 3:30pm), Cesar López (1pm - 3:30pm), Seth McDowell, Lemara Miftakhova Morrell, Lucia Phinney, Sharóne Tomer (9:30am - 12pm)


Section 3
9:30am - 3:30pm
Instructor: Esther Lorenz

Location: 405
Critics: Manuel Bailo, Kelly Callahan (1pm - 3:30pm), Abigail Coover (9:30am - 12pm), Mona El Khafif (9:30am - 12pm), Ali Fard (1pm - 3:30pm), Tuomas Siitonen (9:30am - 12pm), Zhicheng Xu (1pm - 3:30pm)


Section 4
9:30am - 3:30pm
Instructor: Sasson Rafailov

Location: 401
Critics: Lauren Cantrell (9:30am - 12pm), Elgin Cleckley (9:30am - 12pm), Nana Last (1pm - 3:30pm), Mark Lawrence (1pm - 3:30pm), Donghwan Moon (9:30am - 12pm), Sharóne Tomer (1pm - 3:30pm)


Section 5
9:30am - 3:30pm
Instructor: Tithi Sanyal

Location: Van Lengen Lobby
Critics: Laura Battaglia (9:30am - 12pm), Elgin Cleckley (1pm - 3:30pm), Jori Erdman (1pm - 3:30pm), Ali Fard (9:30am - 12pm), Marta Jarabo (1pm - 3:30pm), Katie Stranix (1pm - 3:30pm), Zhicheng Xu (9:30am - 12pm)


Section 6
9:30am - 3:30pm
Instructor: Ozan Şen

Location: 302
Critics: Kelly Callahan (9:30am - 12pm), Marta Jarabo (9:30am - 12pm), Zeynep Kuheylan (1pm - 3:30pm), Mark Lawrence (9:30am - 12pm), Tamara Metz (1pm - 3:30pm), William Sherman (9:30am - 12pm), Tuomas Siitonen (1pm - 3:30pm)


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Spring 2026 Graduate Architecture Studio

ARCH 6020 — 
GRADUATE ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION STUDIO II
THE INFORMATION VORTEX

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9am - 4pm
Instructors: Katie Stranix (Coordinator) and Luis Pancorbo

Locations: 305 + 405
Critics: Dani Alexander (9am - 12pm), Abigail Coover, María González Aranguren (9am - 12pm), Mark Lawrence (9am - 12pm), Ozan Şen (1pm - 4pm), Lauren Shirley (1pm - 4pm)


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Spring 2026 Undergraduate Architecture Studio

ARCH 3020 — 
UNDERGRADUATE ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION STUDIO IV

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DON'T GET ANY BIG IDEAS

Section 1
10am - 3:30pm
Coordinator and Instructor: JT Bachman

Locations: 220B and Salon Walls
Critics: Elgin Cleckley (1pm - 3:30pm), Seth McDowell (10am - 12pm), Bhargavi Murthy (1pm - 3:30pm), Matt O'Malley (10am - 12pm), Adam Ruffin (1pm - 3:30pm), William Sherman

 

CYBER VERNACULAR

Section 2
10am - 3:30pm
Instructor: Manuel Bailo

Locations: 220C and Salon Walls
Critics: Blake Bissen, Tom S. Chung (10am - 12pm), Mona El Khafif (10am - 12pm), Mark Lawrence (1pm - 3:30pm), Shiqiao Li (10am - 12pm), Esther Lorenz (1pm - 3:30pm)

 

ALONE, TOGETHER

Section 3
10am - 3:30pm
Instructor: Cameron Fullmer

Location: Van Lengen Lobby
Critics: Tom S. Chung (1pm - 3:30pm), Lindsay Duddy, Mona El Khafif (1pm - 3:30pm), Matt O'Malley (1pm - 3:30pm), Lauren Shirley (10am - 12pm)

 

O'Hill: Grounds for Peripatetic Discovery and a Library of Disparate Artifacts

Section 4
10am - 3:30pm
Instructor: Lucia Phinney 

Location: Elmaleh Gallery
Critics: Dani Alexander (1pm - 3:30pm), Jeff Aten (1pm - 3:30pm), Abigail Coover (1pm - 3:30pm), Marta Jarabo, Cesar López (1pm - 3:30pm), Sharóne Tomer (10am - 12pm)

 

Breathe In / Breathe Out — A Center for Experimental Wellbeing

Section 5
10am - 3:30pm
Instructor: Tuomas Siitonen

Location: 205
Critics: Ali Fard (1pm - 3:30pm), Esther Lorenz (1pm - 3:30pm), Tamara Metz (1pm - 3:30pm), Saadia Rais (10am - 12pm), Ozan Şen (10am - 12pm), Leopold Wehner (1pm - 3:30pm), Thomas Wilson (10am - 12pm) 

 

Civic Health Commons: Reclaiming Big-Box Retail for Health, Play, and Belonging

Section 6
10am - 3:30pm
Instructor: Schaeffer Somers

Locations: East Wing Gallery and 101C
Critics: Lauren Cantrell (1pm - 3:30pm), Shiqiao Li (1pm - 3:30pm), Cesar López (10am - 12pm), Bhargavi Murthy (10am - 12pm), Sasson Rafailov (1pm - 3:30pm), Sharóne Tomer (1pm - 3:30pm), Peter Waldman (10am - 12pm), Emily Wettstein (10am - 12pm)


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Spring 2026 Graduate Architecture Studio

ARCH 7020 — 
GRADUATE ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION STUDIO IV
ADAPTATION + EXPERIMENTATION

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Section 1
9am - 12pm
Coordinator and Instructor: Seth McDowell

Location: 305
Critics: John Comazzi, Robin Dripps, Patrick Hobgood, Kathryn Rogers Merlino


Section 2
9am - 12pm
Instructor: Inés Martín Robles

Location: 405
Critics: Ehsan Baharlou, Ed Ford, María González Aranguren, Del Hepler, Earl Mark, Luis Pancorbo


Section 3
9am - 2pm
Instructor: Marta Jarabo

Location: 401
Critics: Scott Archer (1pm - 2pm), Ila Berman (1pm - 2pm), Andrew Colopy (9am - 12pm), Mona El Khafif (9am - 12pm), Esther Lorenz, Lucia Phinney 


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Spring 2026 - Undergraduate Planning Studio

PLAN 2020 — 
UNDERGRADUATE PLANNING DESIGN STUDIO
TITLE TBA

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9am - 4pm
Instructor: Vanessa Guerra

Location: 325
Critics: TBA


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Spring 2026 - Undergraduate Thesis Studios

ARCH 4995 — 
UNDERGRADUATE ARCHITECTURE THESIS STUDIOS

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THESIS

Section 1
9am - 4pm
Instructor: WG Clark

Location: 205
Critics: Patrick Hobgood, Sanda Iliescu, Azadeh Rashidi

 

Global Sites and Fictional Sections

Section 2
9am - 4pm
Instructor: Peter Waldman

Location: Van Lengen Lobby
Critics: Scott Archer (9am - 12pm), J. Scott Finn, Ed Ford (1pm - 4pm), Inés Martín-Robles (1pm - 4pm), Kathryn Rogers Merlino (1pm - 4pm), William Sherman, Tuomas Siitonen (1pm - 4pm)


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Spring 2026 - Graduate Landscape Architecture Studio

LAR 6020 — 
GRADUATE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION STUDIO II
FALL LINE FUTURES: MAKING THE POSSIBLE TANGIBLE

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9am - 4pm
Instructors and Coordinators: Lauren Cantrell and Emily Wettstein

Locations: 220B, 220C, and Salon Walls
Critics: CL Bohannon (9am - 12pm), David Borden, Breck Gastinger, Joey Hays (9am - 12pm), Ron Henderson, John Kett, Michael Lee (1pm - 4pm), Michael Luegering (9am - 12pm), Faye Nixon, Erin Root (1pm - 4pm), Ruby Zielinski


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Spring 2026 Graduate Architecture Thesis Projects

ALAR 8995 — 
GRADUATE ARCHITECTURE THESIS PROJECTS

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9am - 4pm
Coordinators and Instructors: Matthew Jull and Nana Last

Location: Elmaleh Gallery
Critics: Patricia Gruits (9am - 12pm), Ferda Kolatan, Clare Lyster

Order of Presentations + Details: TBA


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Spring 2026 Advanced Research Studio

ARCH 4020 / ALAR 8020 — 
ADVANCED RESEARCH STUDIO

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Seeing the Land

1pm - 4pm
Instructor: Zhicheng Xu

Locations: East Wing Gallery and 101C
Critics: Andrew Colopy, Ipsita Datta, Patricia Gruits, Ozan Şen


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Spring 2026 - Graduate Landscape Architecture Studio

LAR 7020 — 
GRADUATE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION STUDIO IV
THE BAY STUDIO: VIRGINIA BEACH

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8:30am - 2pm
Instructors: Leena Cho, Brian Davis and Ruby Zielinski

Location: 401
Critics: David Borden (1pm - 2pm), Nick Glase (8:30am - 12pm), Ron Henderson, Faye Nixon, Adrian Robins


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Spring 2026 - Advanced Research Studios

ARCH 4020 / ALAR 8020 — 
ADVANCED RESEARCH STUDIOS

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Design from Tree to Timber: Building Non-planar Futures

Section 1
9am - 12pm
Instructor: Kyle Schumann

Locations: 220C and Salon Walls
Critics: Robin Dripps, Patricia Gruits, Seth McDowell

 

After Data: Shadows, Ghosts, Ruins

Section 2
9am - 4pm
Instructor: Ali Fard

Location: 305
Critics: Ghazal Jafari, Esther Lorenz, Clare Lyster, Ozan Şen (9am - 12pm)


The Working Landscape: A Foray in Productive Landscape Systems

Section 3
9am - 4pm
Instructors: Breck Gastinger and Jeremy Jordan

Locations: 101A and 101B
Critics: David Borden (9am - 12pm), Warren Byrd (1pm - 4pm), Michael Geffel, Nick Glase (1pm - 4pm), Justin Mallory (9am - 12pm), Beth Meyer, Kate Snider Tabony
 

Spaces for Meditation

Section 4
9am - 4pm
Instructors: Shiqiao Li and Vo Trong Nghia

Location: 205
Critics: Manuel Bailo, Ila Berman (1pm - 4pm), Patrick Hobgood (9am - 12pm), Azadeh Rashidi (9am - 12pm), Peter Waldman 
 

Adaptive Shelter Healing Landscape

Section 5
9am - 4pm
Instructor: Earl Mark

Locations: 220B and Salon Walls
Critics: CL Bohannon (9am - 12pm), Ed Ford (9am - 12pm), Mohamed Ismail (1pm - 4pm), Inés Martín-Robles, Kathryn Rogers Merlino (1pm - 4pm), Schaeffer Somers, Peter Waldman


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Spring 2026 - Undergraduate Thesis Studios

ARCH 4995 — 
UNDERGRADUATE ARCHITECTURE THESIS STUDIOS

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Section 1
9am - 4pm
Instructor: Ehsan Baharlou

Location: Van Lengen Lobby
Critics: WG Clark, Ed Ford (1pm - 4pm), Inés Martín-Robles, Kathryn Rogers Merlino (9am - 12pm)


Section 2
9am - 4pm
Instructor: Mona El Khafif

Location: 302
Critics: Scott Archer (1pm - 4pm), Ila Berman (1pm - 4pm), María González Aranguren (9am - 12pm), Ferda Kolatan (9am - 12pm), Clayton Strange (1pm - 4pm), Peter Waldman (9am - 12pm)


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Spring 2026 Graduate Architecture Studio

ARCH 7020 — 
GRADUATE ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION STUDIO IV
ADAPTATION + EXPERIMENTATION

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9am - 4pm
Instructor: Katie MacDonald

Location: 405
Critics: Nick Brinnen (1pm - 4pm), Andrew Colopy (9am - 12pm), Marta Jarabo, Lucia Phinney, Ozan Şen (1pm - 4pm), Zhicheng Xu


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Spring 2026 Graduate Architecture Thesis Projects

ALAR 8995 — 
GRADUATE ARCHITECTURE THESIS PROJECTS

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9am - 4pm
Coordinators and Instructors: Matthew Jull and Nana Last

Location: Elmaleh Gallery
Critics: Scott Archer (9am - 12pm), Patrick Hobgood (1pm - 4pm)

Order of Presentations + Details: TBA


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Spring 2026 - Graduate Landscape Architecture Thesis Projects

ALAR 8995 — 
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE GRADUATE THESIS PROJECTS

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2pm - 4pm
Coordinator: Leena Cho

Location: Corner Gallery
Critics: David Borden, Leena Cho, Ron Henderson, Shanti Levy (2pm - 3pm), Faye Nixon, Matthew Seibert

Order of Presentations + Details:

  • Ruth Shatkay
    2pm - 3pm 
    By Little and Little: Young Trees as Medium
    Advisor: Emily Wettstein
     
  • Hetvee Panchal
    3pm - 4pm
    Title to be announced
    Advisor: Brian Davis



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