Kateri Knapp
ARCH-4980.6 | Chris Perry, Assistant Professor NEW ECO-MONASTICISM Physical and Phenomenological Re-Orientation KATERI KNAPP Inspired by the social and cultural phenomena of rediscovered freedom, do-it-yourself culture, and technological innovation that emerged out of the counter culture movement, the designers and thinkers of the Postwar period digested these desires into architectural phenomena. The realized design implications present themselves […]
Tracey Klich
ARCH-4980.6 | Chris Perry, Assistant Professor AGRITECH PARK Investing in the Micro Community TRACEY KLICH Extrapolation theory provides the basis to understand how past actions effect the present, and through this lens, how decisions made now will affect the future. During the post war period extrapolation theory makes connections between, science, technology, chemical orocesses, and cybernetics, informing […]
Joseph Hines
ARCH-4980.6 | Chris Perry, Assistant Professor Machines of Change JOSEPH HINES Feeding on the social and cultural landscapes of the 1950’s and 60’s architects of the post war period looked beyond preconceived disciplinary boundaries in an effort to extract intelligence from the ever-growing fields of science and technology. The Archigram group in particular remains to be an […]
Alyssa Johnson
ARCH-4980.6 | Chris Perry, Assistant Professor Archipelago ALYSSA JOHNSON In the postwar period the architecture experienced vast innovations of both form and usage. These changes, drawn from the space and aircraft industries and represented the life support system. Key to this system was its ability to support the user with an absolute minimum of waste and to […]
Jacqueline Fulginiti
ARCH-4980.6 | Chris Perry, Assistant Professor ECOTOPIAN ARCHITECTURE Pursuit of a New Typology JACQUELINE FULGINITI This body of work looked to the historical connections found in the post-war era through military technology and architecture. The exponential increase in technology coupled with new uses for aluminum and other metals helped airplanes to first gain a foothold in […]
Desiree Edge
ARCH-4980.6 | Chris Perry, Assistant Professor The New Hope Church DESIREE EDGE A new culmination of programmatic flexibility and natural integration within space is the future design for the religious edifice also known as a cultural religious center. Reconfigurability, site movement, and the concept of religion itself promote different denominations to fellowship and unite to foster growth […]
Morgan Danner
ARCH-4980.6 | Chris Perry, Assistant Professor Occupy Art MORGAN DANNER Through the collaboration of thematic ideas from post WWII advertisement culture and contemporary art trends, a design proposal of what the future art exhibit will entail has been realized. In the postwar era the Independent Group and Smithsons transformed the way traditional arts were displayed by using […]
Fall 2013 Electives
Please see here the list of courses available for next semester: FALL 2013. ARCH4840 Architectural Acoustics 1 Providing an overview of the essentials for architectural acoustics design of performance and public spaces, including concert halls, theaters, museums, classrooms, sports arenas, courtrooms, and religious buildings. The course may be used as a concentration in an architecture […]
2011-12 FP_Perry Section
Final Project | Chris Perry, Assistant Professor TECHNO-FUTURISM 2 Architecture, Science, Technology FP Students 2011-12 – Chris Perry Section /// Techno-Futurism The instrumental and aesthetic implications of architecture’s engagement with science and technology has a long history, part of which includes the period following the Second World War when the rapid technological advances of the […]
2011-12 FP_Leitao Section
Final Project | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor Cloud Disassembly Games, Cities, and Time-off FP Students 2011-12 – Carla Leitao Section The CLOUD DISASSEMBLY Thesis Section looks into future architectures that can disassemble other structures as well as themselves – questioning the paradigm of the building as unity, and focusing on concepts of synthetic material character, […]