Architectural Summer CAMP to Help Local Youth Design Their Future

The University of Cincinnati's prestigious College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) will offer an architectural summer camp for middle-school and high-school students. The camp will run from July 8-14.

Up to 32 middle- and high school students will be accepted into an architectural summer camp offered by the University of Cincinnati's top-ranked College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning.

Michael Pride and Lonnie Scott
Michaele Pride, director of UC's School of Architecture and Interior Design, with Lonnie Scott of Woodward High School.
The camp is for rising 8th and 9th graders as well as rising 10th and 11th graders and will run from July 8-14, 2007. The camp - called Summer CAMP for Cincinnati Architecture Mentoring Program - will open with an information session for students and their parents from 2-4 p.m., on Sunday, July 8, 2007. That session will also include information about high school courses - like physics - necessary for entering U.S. architecture programs. Then, the program will run daily from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., from Monday, July 9-Friday, July 13, before concluding with a Saturday celebration on July 15.

During the week, the camp will include five mornings of design studio instruction that focuses on work to improve a local community as well as afternoon tours of architecturally significant buildings and visits to local architects.

Sites participating students will visit include

Cost to participate in the camp is $50 and reservations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Deadline to apply for openings in the camp is May 1, 2007, and minority students are encouraged to enroll since the program is part of comprehensive efforts to increase diversity within the architecture professions. An online registration form is available.

Or prospective participants may obtain a registration form and/or more information by calling 513-556-6426 or by writing: kim.lawson@uc.edu

Sponsors of the CAMP are

  • University of Cincinnati
  • UC's College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning
  • UC's School of Architecture and Interior Design
  • Cincinnati Public Schools
  • Cincinnati Chapter of the American Institute of Architects
  • Midwestern Region Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects


Individuals helping to lead the event are

  • Chante Bright and Jay Ross of FRCH Design Worldwide
  • Derek Howard, principal with DH Architects in Fairfield
  • Dennis Mann, UC professor of architecture
  • Michaele Pride, director of UC's School of Architecture and Interior Design