Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design#Special programs

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The planning programs at Cal Poly Pomona evolved from the undergraduate landscape architecture program that originally was part of the School of Agriculture.[http://www.csupomona.edu/~urp/master_files/main/dept_history.htm Department of Urban and Regional Planning - Department History] After approval of the creation of a new School of Environmental Design, the landscape and urban planning programs moved into their current building in January 1971. The Department of Urban Planning was created and soon after a Department of Architecture. Department of Urban Planning was renamed "Department of Urban and Regional Planning" in 1983 to reflect an expanded program. The School was renamed the "College of Environmental Design" in 1988. The Department of Art was transferred to Environmental Design from the College of Arts in 1992.

In 1978, the College was briefly led by Richard Saul Wurman, founder of the TED (conference) and given credit for coining the term "information architect".{{cite news |url=http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/06/23/228090/index.htm|work=CNN|first=David|last=Stipp |title=Richard Saul Wurman The King Of Access Q: What Do Bill Gates, Daniel Boorstin, Marvin Minsky, Horace Deets, Herbie Hancock, Nicholas Negroponte, Edward De Bono, And A Slew Of Other Elite Doers And Thinkers Have In Common? A: They're All Friends Of Ted |date=1997-06-23}}

File:Cal Poly Pomona IDC.jpgIn the summer of 2009 the University hired former Los Angeles City Councilman and current member of the Planning Commission Michael Woo to serve as Dean of the college.

The college is housed in several buildings around campus including Building 7, designed by modernist architect Carl Maston, and the IDC (Interim Design Center), a {{convert|30000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} design studio building at the east end of the campus. Current plans are for a new Architecture Building adjacent to the IDC (Interim Design Center).

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The Department of Architecture is a member of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Two programs are accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. The undergraduate program was ranked 16th nationally in the 2014 edition of "America's Best Architecture & Design Schools" published by the journal DesignIntelligence and was in the top 20 in the 2011 survey.{{cite web | url=http://archrecord.construction.com/features/Americas_Best_Architecture_Schools/2011/schools-1.asp | title=2011 America's Best Architecture Schools | Features |work=Architectural Record }} In 2009, the program was named one of three schools in the nation that excel in sustainable design by Arch Ed 2009 published by Architect Magazine.{{cite magazine|title=A new guide to inform (and demystify) the process of choosing an architecture school|url=http://www.architectmagazine.com/education/sustainable.aspx|author=Amanda Kolson Hurley|year=2009|magazine=Architect Magazine |access-date=2010-02-24}} The program has been "impacted"[http://dsa.csupomona.edu/admissions/major_impaction.asp Cal Poly Pomona - Impacted Majors] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091211191748/http://dsa.csupomona.edu/admissions/major_impaction.asp |date=2009-12-11 }} since its inception over 40 years ago,[http://www.csupomona.edu/~env/pdfs/DEAN'S MESSAGE.pdf ENV 2008 Newsletter - Message from the Dean] with many more students applying than can be accommodated. In 2002 the department admitted 15 percent of undergraduate applicants making it the 5th most selective Bachelor of Architecture program in the country.{{Cite web|url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/|title=Architectural Record | Building Architecture, House Design & Products|website=www.architecturalrecord.com}} By 2007 the department's acceptance rate was down to 9 percent, or 225 out of 2,551 applicants,{{Cite web|url=https://petersons.com/|title=Peterson's Undergraduate Schools|website=petersons.com}} of which 100 enrolled.

Due to the design studio based structure of the program, the student to faculty ratio is a relatively low 17 to 1.[http://www.csupomona.edu/~irap/otherreports/documents/StudenttoFacultyRatio_Falls2005-2008.pdf Cal Poly Pomona Student to Faculty Ratio, Falls 2005-2008] Prior to graduation students are required to complete a 500-hour internship under NCARB.[http://www.csupomona.edu/~academic/catalog/col_schol/CoEnvDesign.pdf Cal Poly Pomona Catalog 2008-2009 - College of Environmental Design]

Notable and influential 20th-century architects that have taught at the department include Richard Neutra,[https://win.webdev.csupomona.edu/sppr/response.aspx?id=121 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona - Prioritization and Recovery Responses] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717011339/https://win.webdev.csupomona.edu/sppr/response.aspx?id=121 |date=2011-07-17 }} Raphael Soriano{{Cite web|url=http://www.sahscc.org/site/index.php?function=architect_details&id=2|title=Society Of Architectural Historians/Southern California Chapter|website=www.sahscc.org}} Craig Ellwood,{{Cite web|url=http://www.arcspace.com/books/Ellwood/ellwood_book.html|title=Craig Ellwood - By Neil Jackson :: books at arcspace.com|website=www.arcspace.com}} Richard Saul Wurman,{{cite web |url=http://www.wurman.com/rsw/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222232245/http://www.wurman.com/rsw/ |archive-date=2013-12-22 }} Thom Mayne,{{Cite web|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/|title=The San Diego Union-Tribune - San Diego, California & National News|website=San Diego Union-Tribune}} James Pulliam{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-01-me-pulliam1-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Valerie J. | last=Nelson | title=James Pulliam, 80; Architect, Teacher Noted for Modernism | date=2006-01-01}} and Ray Kappe,{{Cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/professional-scientific/architectural-engineering-related/173521-1.html|title=Hall of fame: Ray Kappe, FAIA: Ray Kappe reinvented the house on the hill and architecture education as we know it. | North America > United States from AllBusiness.com|website=www.allbusiness.com}} who together with Bernard Zimmerman founded the program in 1968. After a falling out with university administrators, a group went on to form the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) in 1972.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dwell.com/articles/Level-Best.html|title=Latest Stories|website=Dwell}} Past faculty include: Aaron Betsky, Michele Saee, Michael Folonis, Hsin Ming Fung, and Margaret Griffin.

According to the 2018 Design Intelligence rankings:{{Cite web|url=https://polycentric.cpp.edu/2017/09/cal-poly-pomona-architecture-programs-see-rankings-boost/|title=Cal Poly Pomona Architecture Programs See Rankings Boost | PolyCentric}}

• Top 25 Undergraduate Programs in the United States: No. 12 Nationally
• Top 10 Interior Design Program in the United States: No. 8 Nationally
• Top Ten Program in Project Planning & Management in the United States: No. 7 Nationally
• Top Ten Program in Construction methods and Materials in the United States: No. 6 Nationally
• Top Ten Program in Practice Management in the United States: No. 5 Nationally
• Top Ten Program in Sustainable Design Practices & Principles in the United States: No. 10 Nationally
• Top Ten Program in Healthy Environments in the United States: No. 8 Nationally
• Top Ten Program in Engineering Fundamentals in the United States: No. 5 Nationally

The Art Department offers two majors: A B.F.A in Visual Communication Design, leading to a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, a B.A. in Art History, leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree. The Art Department also offers three minors, a minor in Visual Communication Design, a minor in Studio Arts, and a minor in Art History.

The Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture (BSLA) is a general professional degree, nationally accredited by the American Society of Landscape Architects. The undergraduate and graduate program both ranked 10th nationally by DesignIntelligence 2014. The department's students won 5 out of 20 awards{{Cite web|url=https://www.asla.org/awards/2008/studentawards/index.html|title=ASLA 2008 Student Awards|website=www.asla.org}} from the American Society of Landscape Architects student competition in 2008, more awards than Harvard and University of Pennsylvania. Longtime faculty member Takeo Uesugi designed the George and Takaye Aratani Japanese Garden adjacent to the CLA building on campus. In 2005, the college awarded Jack Dangermond, a department graduate and Forbes 400 richest persons in America, an honorary degree.{{cite web | title=Alumnus Jack Dangermond to Earn Honorary Doctorate | url=http://ex-centric.csupomona.edu/news.asp?id=837&display=archive | work= PolyCentric| access-date=2010-03-13}} Due to the design studio based structure of the program, the student to faculty ratio is a relatively low 16 to 1.

The Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Planning is designed for students interested in working with the critical issues of social, environmental, and physical change in cities and regions. Student to faculty ratio is 24 to 1. In 2008, the program was ranked 21st in the nation for Best Urban & Regional Planning graduate program amongst all private and public schools, according to Planetizen,{{Cite web|url=https://www.planetizen.com/topschools|title=The Top Schools For Urban Planners|website=www.planetizen.com}} an online publication for the urban planning, design and development community and 2nd best for programs without a Ph.D.{{cite web | url=http://dsa.csupomona.edu/visitors/rankings.asp | title=Rankings }}

Located on {{convert|16|acre|m2}} within the Cal Poly Pomona University campus, the Center researches and demonstrates a wide array of regenerative strategies including low-energy architecture, energy production technology, water treatment, organic agriculture, ecological restoration and sustainable community development. Up to 20 students can choose to reside in one of two dormitories on site. The center offers a Minor in Regenerative Studies and a Master of Science degree in Regenerative Studies. The center became the first carbon neutral facility in the California State University system.{{cite web | url=http://polycentric.csupomona.edu/news_stories/2011/06/sustainability-earn-silver-star.html | title=Campus' Green Efforts Earn Silver STAR | PolyCentric | Cal Poly Pomona }}

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• Richard Neutra - VDL House - The college maintains the house of renowned modernist architect Richard Neutra, whose wife left the house to the college to continue his legacy.{{cite web |url=https://win.webdev.csupomona.edu/sppr/response.aspx?id=121 |title=Prioritization and Recovery Responses | Cal Poly Pomona |access-date=2011-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717011339/https://win.webdev.csupomona.edu/sppr/response.aspx?id=121 |archive-date=2011-07-17 }} The house serves as a laboratory for the study of historic preservation and sustainable design and has been used to host college guests and design studio presentations. There are student led tours of the house every Saturday from 11am to 3pm. For more information visit the neutra-vdl.org website {{Cite web|url=http://neutra-vdl.org/|title=Neutra VDL|website=VDL}}
• Office for International Studies - The college encourages students to participate in study abroad programs through the CSU International Programs in Italy, Denmark and Canada. In addition the college maintains direct exchange programs[http://www.csupomona.edu/~international/study_abroad/exchange.shtml Cal Poly Exchange Programs] in architecture with the École Spéciale d'Architecture in Paris France, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia, Kyushu University in Japan, the National Technical University of Athens in Greece, University of Strathclyde in Glasgow Scotland, Hochschule Biberach in Germany, and the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tamkang University and Chaoyang University of Technology in Taiwan. An average of 60 to 80 students participate each year in the various programs. Under existing agreements, a number of foreign students also study each year at the College.
• Resource Center - A resource library containing 25,000 books, periodicals, technical reports and a special collection of documents from the architectural offices of Richard Neutra, Craig Ellwood, Raphael Soriano, Garrett Eckbo{{cite web | url=http://archinect.com/news/article/3454534/cal-poly-pomona-archives-on-california-modernism-and-international-style | title=Cal Poly Pomona Archives on California Modernism and International Style }} and Donald Wexler.{{Cite web|url=https://bustler.net/news/1325/palm-springs-wexler-weekend-will-honor-famed-desert-architect|title=Palm Springs' Wexler Weekend Will Honor Famed Desert Architect|website=Bustler}}
• W. Keith and Janet Kellogg Art Gallery - Located in building 35A, the {{convert|4500|sqft|m2|adj=on}} gallery hosts contemporary art exhibits for the campus and greater Los Angeles community. The building was designed by architecture instructor James Pulliam and its sculpture garden and entry gates were designed by Italian industrial designer Ettore Sottsass.
• Neutra Medal for Professional Excellence - An annual award given in recognition of an individual's contribution to the environmental design profession. Past recipients include Renzo Piano, Harwell Hamilton Harris (1982), Kisho Kurokawa (1988), Herman Hertzberger, Konrad Wachsmann (1980),{{Cite web|url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/6141-rediscovering-a-prefab-pioneer|title=Rediscovering a Prefab Pioneer | 2008-08-16 | Architectural Record|website=www.architecturalrecord.com}} Ralph Rapson (1984), Bruce Schneider-Wessling (1985), Lawrence Halprin (1986), Ian McHarg (1992), Moshe Safdie (1993), Jaime Lerner (1994), Albert Frey (1996), Glenn Murcutt (1998), Samuel Mockbee, Francis Dean, Raymond Kappe, Al Gore (1999), Rafael Viñoly (2000), Jones and Jones (2007), Thom Mayne (2011), Tadao Ando (2012), Michael Rotondi (2014),{{Cite web|url=https://www.archdaily.com/561828/michael-rotondi-to-receive-richard-j-neutra-medal-for-professional-excellence|title=Michael Rotondi to Receive Richard J. Neutra Medal for Professional Excellence|date=October 27, 2014|website=ArchDaily}}{{cite web|url=http://www.csupomona.edu/~arc/neutra_award.html |title=Cal Poly Pomona | Dept. Of Architecture |access-date=October 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019182831/http://www.csupomona.edu/~arc/neutra_award.html |archive-date=October 19, 2014 }} Enrique Norten (2015).{{Cite web|url=http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=8298|title=Q+A> Enrique Norten - The Architect's Newspaper|website=archpaper.com}} and Carme Pinós (2016).
• Schrage House - In 2011, the college was pledged the Schrage House designed by renowned Mid-Century Modern architect Raphael Soriano in the 1950s. The $3 million bequest includes funding for the future maintenance of the home.{{Cite web |date=May 2011 |title=3 Million Gift to Modern Architecture Studies |url=http://polycentric.csupomona.edu/news_stories/2011/05/3mil-env-gift-modern-architecture-studies.html |website=polycentric.csupomona.edu}}
• The Dale Prize - "The Dale Prize recognizes planning excellence, creates dialogue between scholars and practitioners, and enriches the education of planning students. Scholar and practitioner awardees demonstrate excellence in a common topic that is selected each year. Awardees spend two days on the campus, meeting with students and participating in a colloquium. The Dale Prize is made possible by an endowment provided by June Dale, wife of the late William R. Dale (Bill Dale)."{{Cite web |title=Dale Prize |url=http://www.csupomona.edu/~urp/daleprize/ |website=www.csupomona.edu}}
• Link Magazine - A twice a year publication showcasing the accomplishments of students, faculty and alumni in the fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Art and Urban Planning.{{Cite web |title=can't be reached |url=http://www.csupomona.edu/~env/images/Link%20W13sml.pdf |access-date=June 8, 2025 |website=www.csupomona.edu}}

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