Rachel Stopka

Critic - Interior Architecture

Rachel Stopka is a design-builder and educator whose work focuses on collaboration between the fields of design and construction. She earned her MArch from RISD in 2010 and her BS in Mathematics in 2007 from the UMass Dartmouth, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. Stopka is a licensed construction supervisor in Massachusetts and a Certified Passive House Consultant. She teaches at RISD and Roger Williams University, and she works with Jack Ryan Architect, LLC in Providence.

Courses

Fall 2023 Courses

INTAR 2377-01 - ADVANCED DRAWING & COMPUTING TECTONICS
Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Workshop
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

INTAR 2377-01

ADVANCED DRAWING & COMPUTING TECTONICS

Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Workshop
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: F | 1:10 PM - 4:10 PM Instructor(s): Bob Pavlik, Rachel Stopka, Sunkyu Koh Location(s): Center for Integrative Technologies, Room 103 Enrolled / Capacity: 12 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This course focuses on the drawing as it serves to convey different design intentions. As a continuation of the basic drawing coursework in the MDes Summer Program, this course will explore advanced techniques in digital representation. Students successfully completing this course will be able to understand the construction of 3D drawings, develop sophisticated digital layouts with image processing software, create CAD based 2D architectural drawings and 3D models, and develop a 3D visualization of a design. The integration of 2D and 3D data, digital materials, as well as the basics of digital lighting and camera work will also be discussed.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate Interior Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies

INTAR 2377-02 - ADVANCED DRAWING & COMPUTING TECTONICS
Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Workshop
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

INTAR 2377-02

ADVANCED DRAWING & COMPUTING TECTONICS

Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Workshop
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: F | 1:10 PM - 4:10 PM Instructor(s): Bob Pavlik, Rachel Stopka, Sunkyu Koh Location(s): Center for Integrative Technologies, Room 304 Enrolled / Capacity: 12 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This course focuses on the drawing as it serves to convey different design intentions. As a continuation of the basic drawing coursework in the MDes Summer Program, this course will explore advanced techniques in digital representation. Students successfully completing this course will be able to understand the construction of 3D drawings, develop sophisticated digital layouts with image processing software, create CAD based 2D architectural drawings and 3D models, and develop a 3D visualization of a design. The integration of 2D and 3D data, digital materials, as well as the basics of digital lighting and camera work will also be discussed.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate Interior Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies

INTAR 2377-03 - ADVANCED DRAWING & COMPUTING TECTONICS
Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Workshop
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

INTAR 2377-03

ADVANCED DRAWING & COMPUTING TECTONICS

Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Workshop
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: F | 1:10 PM - 4:10 PM Instructor(s): Bob Pavlik, Rachel Stopka, Sunkyu Koh Location(s): Center for Integrative Technologies, Room 305 Enrolled / Capacity: 12 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This course focuses on the drawing as it serves to convey different design intentions. As a continuation of the basic drawing coursework in the MDes Summer Program, this course will explore advanced techniques in digital representation. Students successfully completing this course will be able to understand the construction of 3D drawings, develop sophisticated digital layouts with image processing software, create CAD based 2D architectural drawings and 3D models, and develop a 3D visualization of a design. The integration of 2D and 3D data, digital materials, as well as the basics of digital lighting and camera work will also be discussed.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate Interior Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies

ARCH 2178-04 - INTEGRATED BUILDING SYSTEMS
Level Undergraduate
Unit Architecture
Subject Architecture
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Lecture
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

ARCH 2178-04

INTEGRATED BUILDING SYSTEMS

Level Undergraduate
Unit Architecture
Subject Architecture
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Lecture
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: F | 9:40 AM - 12:40 PM Instructor(s): Rachel Stopka Location(s): Bayard Ewing Building, Room 317 Enrolled / Capacity: 16 Status: Closed

SECTION DESCRIPTION

Conceived as the culmination of the technologies sequence of courses, this course allows students to choose amongst the three instructor's differing approaches to the problem of conceiving technology holistically, in relation to a set of architectural criteria. The conceptual and technical aspects of building systems are considered and emergent environmentally-conscious technologies are emphasized for research and application.

Prerequisite: All required technologies courses.

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch, MArch (3yr), MArch (2yr): Architecture