<p>SCIARC was meant to be the (expensive) Cooper Union of the West Coast. To the extent that SCIARC encourages a highly conceptual and artistic approach to design, it has been successfull. I’m not sure the graduates end up with the same level of discipline, however. There are some very slick faculty models and photo-realistic renderings–but not much substantial built work. The graduate work is mostly retail, interior and residential. <a href=“http://www.sciarc.edu/portal/work/index.html[/url]”>http://www.sciarc.edu/portal/work/index.html</a></p>
<p>The CC poster with the most in-depth knowledge would be larationalist. You could pm her.</p>