Rice Architecture Society is the voice of the Rice Architecture student body. With representatives from every studio, this group helps to shape the culture of the school while also providing a liaison between the students and the school’s faculty and administration.
Society’s main social and educational events include:
- Weekly open studios: late-night social gatherings for the exchange of snacks and ideas
- Mini-charrettes: short-term design competitions
- Architectronica (fall) and ArchiArts (spring): university-wide parties
- Society Pages: bi-monthly student publication in response to life in Anderson Hall
- Materials Reuse: free digital and physical community-sourced resources
Society also helps organize and run the community Mini-Kitchen, wellbeing events, Ask the Dean panels, DEI lectures, student directory, and study breaks. Its hardworking, focused members collaborate closely with faculty, staff, Society-adjacent student organizations at Anderson (ARC, AGSA, NOMAS), and the Student Association at Rice University to build a culture of care and participation at Rice Architecture.
President: Abigail Jablon
Undergraduate Vice Presidents: Sofiia Barbirenko and Faith Chen
Graduate Vice Presidents (also known as AGSA): Andy Entis, Samed Kaya
Secretary: Alba Galarza
Treasurer: Sean Choi
Archimarket Coordinators: Titan Chen, Alba Galarza, Emma Liu, Kirstie Qian
Cruise Directors: Nicole Lee, Yang Wang, Justin Zhang
Curators: Norah Cichowski, Grace Xu, Kathy Xu
Ramp Coordinators: Norah Cichowski, Ayden Lalani, Katrina Lee, Emma Liu
Recess Coordinator: Titan Chen, Angela Hu, Katrina Lee
Special Committees Head: Jack Lu
Well-being Directors: Ethan Huang, Sydney Chang