Carnival Gateway Project Management

In partnership with the Architectural Crafts Collective (ACC), this course focuses on the management and construction administration of the 2026 CMU Spring Carnival Gateway Pavilion. This course is designed for students interested in joining the management team.

Carnival — a century-old tradition at CMU — temporarily transforms the campus into an improvised urban ecosystem each spring. Students gain hands-on experience by working through the logistics of managing the construction of a full-scale pavilion, from prefabrication and on-site assembly to installation, documentation, and eventual reuse. The semester concludes with the transformation of the pavilion into an outdoor tea shop in Pittsburgh, prompting students to consider the full life cycle of a structure from conception to reuse.