FIU SoA Final Reviews
Each semester, the FIU School of Architecture celebrates the work of our students –produced at each level of our curricula– by inviting practicing professionals, our faculty, alumni, and community partners to our Final Reviews. Please join us, at the dates and times below, as we discuss the ideas and creative solutions proposed by our students to the real-world problems addressed in their studios.
Spring Final Reviews 2026
FIU Department of Architecture
Master of Architecture
April 17th to April 27th
All juries will begin at 2:00 pm sharp unless otherwise noted. Please provide guest critics with program and site information in advance. Each Host Critic should invite at least one additional juror from the profession or another architecture school.
Time: 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery + External Walls
Professor: Lindsey Caseneuve
Juror/s: Antuhan Gonzalez, Albert Knoepffler
Class: Design Studio 2 ARC 1302
Time: 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery + External Walls
Professor: Olga Kusche-Iglesias
Juror/s: Renzo Lopez, Elliott Sturtevant
Class: Design Studio 2 ARC 1302
Time: 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery + External Walls
Professor: Sandra Socarras
Juror/s: Alfredo Andia, Crismary Pascarella
Class: Design Studio 2 ARC 1302
Time: 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery + External Walls
Professor: Laura de la Vega
Juror/s: Moises Torres, Fernando Herrera
Class: Design Studio 2 ARC 1302
Time: 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery + External Walls
Professor: Kenzie Perry
Juror/s: IAR
Class: Design Studio 2 ARC 1302
Time: 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery + External Walls
Professor: Moises Torres
Juror/s: Hermes Pérez, Bhavleen Kaur
Class: Design Studio 2 ARC 1302
Time: 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery + External Walls
Professor: Cristina Brcek
Juror/s: Henry Rueda, Naomy Peralta
Class: Design Studio 2 ARC 1302
Time: 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery + External Walls
Professor: Ma Alejandra Alonso
Juror/s: LAEUD
Class: Design Studio 2 ARC 1302
Time: 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery + External Walls
Professor: Carola Bravo
Juror/s: Mark Marine, Ayxa Arechavaleta
Class: Design Studio 2 ARC 1302
Time: 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery + External Walls
Professor: Holly Zickler
Juror/s: Elmer Garcia, Hernan Guerrero-Applewhite
Time: 9:00am to 1:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery + External Walls
Professor: Mark Marine
Juror/s: Holly Zickler, Felipe Mesa
Class: Design Studio 4 ARC 2304
Time: 9:00am to 1:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery + External Walls
Professor: Elmer Garcia
Juror/s: Lindsey Caseneuve, Kate Balug
Class: Design Studio 4 ARC 2304
Time: 9:00am to 1:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery + External Walls
Professor: Antuhan Gonzalez
Juror/s: Moises Torres, Sara Valente
Class: Design Studio 4 ARC 2304
Time: 9:00am to 1:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery + External Walls
Professor: Renzo Lopez
Juror/s: Cristina Brcek, Eric Goldemberg
Class: Design Studio 4 ARC 2304
Time: 9:00am to 1:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery + External Walls
Professor: Hermes Pérez
Juror/s: Olga Kusche-Iglesias, Camilo Rosales
Class: Design Studio 4 ARC 2304
Time: 9:00am to 1:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery + External Walls
Professor: Maria D’Alessandro
Juror/s: LAEUD
Class: Design Studio 2 Super Jury
Time: 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: PCA-135 External Wall
Professor: Nik Nedev
Juror/s: Ebru Ozer, Jason Chandler
Time: 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery
Professor: Henry Rueda
Juror/s: Jason Chandler, Nick Gelpi, Nik Nedev, Cynthia Ottchen, HKS
Class: Design Studio 8 + Design 9
Time: 2:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery + Assigned Rooms
Professor: Marilys Nepomechie, Bhavleen Kaur
Juror/s: Kate Balug, Felipe Mesa, Nick Gelpi, Cynthia Ottchen, Shahin Vassigh, Henry Rueda, Jaime Canavés, Mark Marine, Eric Goldemberg, Neil Leach, Alfredo Andia, Moises Torres, Genoa Faculty
Time: 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery South Wall
Professor: Alfredo Andia
Juror/s: Kate Balug, Thomas Spiegelhalter, Naomi Harrison, Naomy Peralta
Time: 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery North Wall
Professor: Jaime Canavés
Juror/s: Camilo Rosales, Shahin Vassigh, Alex Castiello, Hernan Guerrero-Applewhite
Time: 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: PCA 135 Outdoor Wall
Professor: Marcelo Ertorteguy
Juror/s: Jacek Kolasinski, Nik Nedev, Glen Santayana, Olga Kusche-Iglesias
Time: 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: PCA 300 East Wall
Professor: Nick Gelpi
Juror/s: Mark Marine, Marilys Nepomechie, Tori Arpad-Cota, Renzo López
Time: 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: PCA 135
Professor: Eric Goldemberg
Juror/s: John Stuart, Bhavleen Kaur, Smaro Katsangelou, Cristina Brcek
Time: 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: PCA 300 West Wall
Professor: Felipe Mesa
Juror/s: Henry Rueda, Gray Read, Angel Suárez, Sofia Mere
Time: 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: PCA 135 Outdoor Wall
Professor: Cynthia Ottchen
Juror/s: Madeline Gannon, Neil Leach, Elizabeth Cardona, Nahshon White
Time: 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery Outdoor Wall
Professor: Claudio Salazar
Juror/s: Elliott Sturtevant, Sara Valente, Lorena Knezevic, Moises Torres
Juror/s: Nathaniel Belcher, Chuck Paros
Time: 4:00pm to 4:15pm
Event: Master Project Selected Students Announcement
Each faculty member selects two students per studio. One student per studio will advance to the Super Jury Award presentation.
Time: 4:15pm to 5:00pm
Event: Super Jury Presentations
Selected students present a 3-minute digital summary of their project.
Time: 5:00pm to 5:30pm
Event: External Jury Deliberation
Time: 6:00pm
Event: Toast to Graduating Class
Event: SOA Master Projects Exhibition
Time: 10:00am to 5:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery
Event: SOA Tau Sigma Delta + ARCC King Medals + TSD Induction Ceremony
Time: 10:00am to 11:30am
Location: BEA Gallery
Event: Department of Architecture Awards.
Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm
Location: BEA Gallery
Event: CARTA Graduation
Time: 3:00pm
Location: Panther Arena
Doctor of Design
Class: DDes Progress Reviews and Final Presentations
Time: 10:00am to 4:00pm
Location: RDF Lab (in person)
Major Professors: Neil Leach, Shahin Vassigh
Faculty Committee: Balug, Guiamares, Morel, Gannon, Braumann, Kaur, Pezeshk, Bodadilla, Li
Class: DDes Progress Reviews and Final Presentations
Time: 10:00am to 4:00pm
Location: Online. Zoom link upon request
Major Professors: Neil Leach
Faculty Committee: Spiegelhalter, Kaur, Kolasinski, Bobadilla, Tardinico, Alderson, Choma
FIU Department of Interior Architecture
April 15th to April 27th
Time: 9:00am to 1:30pm
Location: SET Lab
Professor: Simone Stark
Juror/s: Miguel Hasting, Ebru Ozer, Roberto Rovira
Time: 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery
Professor: Maria Alonso
Juror/s: Giselle Velezmoro, Ebru Ozer, Linda Chamorro
Time: 9:00am to 1:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery
Professor: Maria D’Alessandro
Juror/s: Roberto Rovira, Ebru Ozer
Time: 9:00am to 1:30pm
Location: BEA Gallery
Professor: Roberto Rovira
Juror/s: Gonzalo Cruz, Irene Cambeyro, Gianno Feoli
Class: GD4
Time: 9:00am to 1:30pm
Location: PCA 318
Professor: Linda Chamorro
Juror/s: Cat Marshall, Ana Jardines, Simone Stark
Class: GD4
Time: 9:00am to 1:30pm
Location: SET Lab
Professor: Manuel Sanchez-Ruiz
Juror/s: Arturo Vasquez, Ebru Ozer
Class: Master’s Project
Time: 2:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery
Professor: Gianno Feoli
Juror/s: Cat Marshall, Helen Cohen, Ebru Ozer, Roberto Rovira
Event: Master Projects Exhibition
Time: 10:00am to 5:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery
Event: Tau Sigma Delta + ARCC King Medal Ceremony
Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery
Event: CARTA Graduation
Time: 3:00pm
Location: Panther Arena
FIU Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design
April 15th to April 27th
Time: 9:00am to 1:30pm
Location: SET Lab
Professor: Simone Stark
External Juror: Miguel Hasting
Internal Jurors: Ebru Ozer and Roberto Rovira
Time: 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery
Professor: Maria Alonso
External Juror: Giselle Velezmoro
Internal Jurors: Ebru Ozer and Linda Chamorro
Time: 9:00am to 1:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery
Professor: Maria D’Alessandro
Internal Jurors: Roberto Rovira and Ebru Ozer
Time: 9:00am to 1:30pm
Location: BEA Gallery
Professor: Roberto Rovira
External Jurors: Gonzalo Cruz and Irene Cambeyro
Internal Juror: Gianno Feoli
Class: GD4
Time: 9:00am to 1:30pm
Location: PCA 318
Professor: Linda Chamorro
External Jurors: Cat Marshall and Ana Jardines
Internal Juror: Simone Stark
Class: GD4
Time: 9:00am to 1:30pm
Location: SET Lab
Professor: Manuel Sanchez-Ruiz
External Juror: Arturo Vasquez
Internal Juror: Ebru Ozer
Class: Master’s Project
Time: 2:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery
Professor: Gianno Feoli
External Jurors: Cat Marshall and Helen Cohen
Internal Jurors: Ebru Ozer and Roberto Rovira
Event: Master Projects Exhibition
Time: 10:00am to 5:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery
Event: Tau Sigma Delta + ARCC King Medal Ceremony
Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: BEA Gallery
Event: CARTA Graduation
Time: 3:00pm
Location: Panther Arena