Lindsey Dubas
ARCH-4980.2 | Jeremy Carvalho, Adjunct Professor Ter[RAIN] Re[CREATION] LINDSEY DUBAS Many non-human organisms within the desert have adapted themselves to live in the desert, while humans have adapted the desert to better fit their needs .For example, the cactus has a pleating pattern which collects and directs the flow of water, while the roots of the cactus […]
Tyler Doherty
ARCH-4980.2 | Jeremy Carvalho, Adjunct Professor BIO-INFRASTRUCTURAL SHIFT CircumSymbiotic Dwelling TYLER DOHERTY Over the course of the last century, global civilization has become increasingly dependent on the extraction and processing of fossil fuels in order to meet the world’s energy requirements. This reliance, which has been peaking in recent years, is an unsustainable course due to […]
Michael Villardi
ARCH-4980.3 | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor ALTERITY AND THE POST-HUMAN MICHAEL VILLARDI Uexküll argues that organisms retain a level of complexity suitable to the environments in which they are subjects to; for example, ticks ¬only respond to a handful of environmentally stimuli, as their environment only necessitates actions to the smell of butyric acid in the air […]
Andrew Pennacchia
ARCH-4980.3 | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor ADAPTABLE INFRASTRUCTURE Reef Morphology + Coastal Habitation ANDREW PENNACCHIA The current built environment consists of static structures designed with the objective of creating a solid system that uses only the inherent strength and durability of material and connection to combat environmental pressures. Usually in a built structure, weak points have to […]
Madeleine Kotiuga
ARCH-4980.3 | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor NAVIGATING THROUGH APATHY MADELEINE KOTIUGA Government is an important part of people’s lives. In essence it creates rules, guidelines for what occurs on a day to day basis and, in turn molds the culture of a country. It is for these reasons that being an active and engaged citizen of a […]
Tyler Hopf
ARCH-4980.3 | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor EVENTION TYLER HOPF Designing human behavior through the construction of event.
Sarah Goldfarb
ARCH-4980.3 | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor ALTERNATING DISEQUILIBRIUM Design for States of Prolonged Displacement SARAH GOLDFARB While the early built environment derived from the physical need for shelter and security, the modern built environment has been made to respond to not only physical needs, but social and political demands as well. As technologies advance, so too does […]
Joshua Gerber
ARCH-4980.3 | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor CONNECTIONS TO DISASTER JOSHUA GERBER Connections to Disaster investigates the behavior of two competing network typologies (decentralized and distributed), in an effort to remap the relationship between architecture and disaster, specifically the tsunami. Fundamentally, the concept of cloud architecture is one of mobility, and disassembly – qualities which to this point […]
Kylee Besecker
ARCH-4980.3 | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor OXYGENATION OF THE UNINHABITABLE SPACE KYLEE BESECKER The city of Shanghai has reached the point in which its air pollution can no longer be ignored. In the year of 2038, the Puxi district, which is the most densely populated and is a cultural, residential and commercial center, as well as the […]
John Baker
ARCH-4980.3 | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor CLOUD POWER Spatial Infrastructures JOHN BAKER The current electrical power system is pervasive throughout our culture and is coupled with many other modern infrastructural network systems. The power system has been in place for many years and has become an essential part of modern society. This is most prevalent during times […]