- Oxford Academia at:
- 2025 Sessions:
July 19–August 1
- Eligibility:
Completing grades 9–12
Motivated rising 9th graders will also be considered
- Typical Seminar Size:
In this seminar, explore how we interact with space through hands-on exercises paired with critique sessions, small-scale construction projects, and guest designers. Dive deep into topics centered on utility and aesthetics with digital drafting and historic styles. Throughout the session, explore how the concepts of design and sustainability are inextricably linked, and increasingly so. Delve into the innovative world of eco-conscious design, where aesthetics and environmental responsibility harmonize. Gain insights into sustainable building materials, energy-efficient technologies, and sustainable urban planning. Discover how architectural design can be a catalyst for positive environmental change, addressing pressing global issues. Learn how the concepts of use cases, impact studies, material life cycles, and functional aesthetics overlap and inform both products and policies focused on design.
FEATURED FACULTY
University of Oxford, M.St., Film Aesthetics
University of Vienna, M.Sc., Cognitive Science
King’s College London, M.Sc., Neuroscience
University of Novi Sad, M.Arch., B.Arch., Architecture
An engineer of architecture and a neuroscientist, Mihaela is an intellectual polymath with both architecture design and project management experience, as well as research experience in brain sciences. With studies spanning multiple disciplines, including cognitive science, neurosciences, aesthetics, AI, and architectural engineering, her current work aims to combine architecture with cognitive and behavioral sciences: all to uncover the complex and fascinating relationship between humans and their (built) environment. Until recently she was the Director of Strategy and Development at the Department of Experimental Psychology at Oxford, at the Foundation for Theoretical Neuroscience and AI. Mihaela is currently a consultant in London, working on her first book. She has been delivering her innovative academic program in architecture, the Oxford School of Architecture (OSA), to students during the summer since 2014.