Summer Camps
The CADC offers multiple week-long summer camps to help students explore the fields of Architecture, Design and Construction prior to high school graduation. These camps allow students to interact with CADC faculty, spend time in our facilities and learn about our majors while in a fun summer camp environment. The CADC partners with the Auburn Youth Programs Office for the residential portion of our camps. In the evenings campers will experience campus life while residing in Auburn residence halls, eating at campus dining facilities, and enjoying social and recreational activities with 24/7 Auburn Youth Programs Counselor supervision.
Architecture Camp
Basic Design to Architecture Project
Our summer camp curriculum mirrors the first few semesters of Architecture School at Auburn. Students will start the week learning basic design concepts and conclude with several architectural design projects.
Studio Experience
Work in studios and on projects using our campus resources with Architecture faculty and current students from 9:00am-4:30pm.
Building Construction Camp
Start the week by learning construction management processes like estimating, scheduling, BIM modeling, materials and methods and safety from our Building Science Faculty.
Finish the week using the construction management processes learned to build a structure.
Full Scholarship Program- Participants selected through an application process
Learn about construction management surrounded by other young women also interested in the built environment
Great for students considering the world of Architecture, Construction, Civil Engineering or Environmental Design
Experiential Learning activities incorporating construction drawings, materials/methods, construction trades and technologies
DCDC will expose participants to the majors in the CADC and the career possibilities that follow a degree from the CADC. The camp is open to all students with a focus on students from underrepresented geographic locations and backgrounds.
With the instruction of faculty, current students and staff, campers will complete projects representative of all the CADC majors. Each day of camp will focus into one of the three schools in the CADC, and the final day of camp will include an exhibition of all the work from the week along with awards for the most outstanding projects.
The goals of DCDC are to teach campers about the many career opportunities that exist in the fields of Architecture, Design and Construction, to expose participants to the diverse, studio and lab based majors in the CADC and to provide experiential learning opportunities through project-based curriculum.
DCDC is a scholarship camp. Students selected to attend will have the $900 camp fee waived.
Industrial Design Workshop
Design Experience
Gain intensive design experience beginning with the identification of a design problem and leading to concept development, and exploratory prototyping through practical, hands-on design activities and technical demonstrations.
Foundation skills
Master basic foundation skills such as sketching, rendering, and prototyping while working in dedicated studio spaces with current students and Auburn Design Faculty as guides.
Landscape Architecture Camp
This week-long program introduces students to concepts in landscape site reading and fieldwork and concludes with a landscape architecture design proposal. These projects allow students to explore the way that Landscape Architects impact the built environment and work with other disciplines to enhance open space in our cities.
Industrial and Graphic Design Camp
Intensive Design Experience
Students will learn principles in both the fields of Industrial Design and Graphic Design such as idea generation, concept development, exploratory prototyping, typography, repetition, proportion, rhythm and negative space.
A week in the Studio
Each day is filled with practical, hands-on design activities, technical demonstrations, and in-depth instruction in the studios for the School of Industrial and Graphic Design.
Skill Building
Foundational skills such as sketching, rendering, and prototyping are emphasized throughout the week as participants develop their solution to the issue at hand.