At the heart of our teaching—since the beginning of the school—are real projects carried out by our students for real clients. In the spring term, teams of students complete community-scale master planning projects, such as a streetscape design, a park […]
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In the winter term, teams of two to three students work on plans for large tracts of land, neighborhoods, towns, cities, or regions. Student projects reflect the real needs of their clients in the context of a changing environment, as well as […]
Read full storyIn the fall term, each student is assigned an individual project selected from property owners in nearby communities who have contacted the school requesting site design and planning services. Although the focus is on a small area, the projects are never […]
Read full story Please note: Due to the weather, presentations on Friday, November 16 will begin at 10:20 a.m. Student Project Presentations Friday, November 16 and Saturday, November 17 The Conway School 88 Village Hill Road, Northampton, MA Please RSVP Below This fall […]
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It is particularly thrilling to see Conway projects make their way past the conceptual stage and on to implementation. Such is the case with The Lake Wallace Sensory Trail, a proposed fully-accessible trail in Belchertown, Massachusetts. Alumni Andrew Kilduff ’17 […]
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Three times a year, Conway welcomes a panel of guest critics to campus to watch and critique the students’ project presentations. Presentations occur about 2/3 of the way through each Conway term, and critics give students valuable feedback to incorporate […]
Read full story Student Project Presentations Friday, May 25, 9am – 5pm Mill 180, Suite 211, Easthampton, MA Please RSVP Below This term, Conway’s Class of 2018 is working in teams on master planning projects in Massachusetts and Connecticut. The students will present preliminary recommendations on the 25th […]
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Student Project Presentations Friday, November 17 and Saturday, November 18 Mill 180, Suite 211 Easthampton, MA Please RSVP Below This fall term, Conway’s Class of 2018 is working on individual ecological design projects in nearby cities, towns, and countrysides. They will present conceptual […]
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Conway’s small size and combination of full time faculty and part-time faculty working in the field allows the school to integrate new topics into the curriculum. For example, over the course of the past ten years the school has added food system plans to […]
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Tim is a current student and member of the class of 2017. This essay was inspired by his work with GIS during the winter term, where student projects are larger, planning scale projects. For their winter term project, Time and his classmate Andrew […]
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