AD2 (Fall 2011)
ARCH 2220/2620 (re)Configuring Identity. Expanding the Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York Faculty: JEREMY CARVALHO, GUSTAVO CREMBIL, TED KRUEGER, ANDREW SAUNDERS (Cordinator), FLORENCIA VETCHER “Mere size is something says Browning, and I never felt the significance of this unexpected declaration as much as I did in the presence of a tiny oblong panel belonging to […]
AD2 (Fall 2010)
ARCH 2220/2620. Material Manifestations. Archive and Exhibition Center for the Legacy of the Shakers. Faculty: JEREMY CARVALHO, LONN COMBS, GUSTAVO CREMBIL, ANDREW SAUNDERS (Coordinator), FLORENCIA VETCHER “The Shakers have lasted longer a gained more fame than any other utopian community this country has produced.” “Do your work as though you had a thousand years to […]
Sheldon Pei
ARCH-4980.3 | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor RECONSTITUTION OF THE OLYMPIC STADIUM SHELDON PEI In recent years, the stadia built for the Olympics or the World Cup are left unprepared for their legacy after their intended event. Most of the stadia are underused and soon labeled as “White Elephants” as they are accumulating more debt than […]
Oksiuta Vertical (Fall 2011)
Biological Future. Evolutionary Approach To The Biological Architecture. Faculty: ZBIGNIEW OKSIUTA Studio Description Nature is objectively given and not projective planned. -Jaques Monod, “Chance and Necessity”, 1971 “…is practically unrealistic to do better than organism, in his natural habitat.” Richard Levontin, in “The God Delusion”, Richard Dawkins, 2006 Solutions of evolution are ideal and […]
Sean Burns
ARCH-4980.3 | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor DEATH OF A STADIUM SEAN BURNS The thesis is interested in the architectural implications from projecting future conditions of athletic competition and sports events as cultural artifacts. The project creates a scenario where sport events can happen in any suitable condition, provided there are athletes, a field, pitch, or […]
Philip Vernon
ARCH-4980.3 | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor IRRADIANT CITY The Politics of the Envelope PHILIP VERNON Information and material are always simultaneous. Thus, as a material and spatial practice, architecture can rigorously examine information technologies. Far from one killing the other, the substantial overlap between architecture and telecommunications provides a serious territory of speculation with real […]
Oatman Vertical (Fall 2011)
Production, Performance, Installation [PIP] Faculty: Michael Oatman PIP is sponsored by the Marcia and Chris Jaffe ’49 Program for Interdisciplinary Projects, which supports projects to be developed between the Schools of Architecture and Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Rensselaer. Founded by Chris Jaffe to support student productions and arts projects at Rensselaer, the Foundation […]
Lauren Thomsen
ARCH-4980.2 | Julia Watson, Assistant Professor NOMADIC INFRASTRUCTURE LAUREN THOMSEN A disaster is not necessarily a singular catastrophic event. It can be an ongoing, complex process that nevertheless demands urgent attention. Increased global instances of drought are slow disasters that impact ecosystems, infrastructures and communities throughout the world. These situations, such as the current drought […]
Katelynn Russell
ARCH-4980.3 | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor THOUGHTFUL CATASTROPHE KATELYNN RUSSELL The research began with an interest in erosion and self-organizing particles. There are opportunities in transitioning moments where built environments are needed for a short amount of time, helping with the transition and then are no longer needed. We will refer to this transitioning time […]
Christopher Kouttron
ARCH-4980.2 | Julia Watson, Assistant Professor A NEW MOBILE AGRICULTURE Wetland Generation and Storm Surge Control CHRISTOPHER KOUTTRON Today’s architectural discourse reveals a struggle between ecologically responsive buildings, sustainability and material/resource efficiency. Located in Bangladesh the problems of flooding, sustainable farming and erosion are of the utmost concern. Bound by the Ganges, Indus and Brahmaputra […]