S’12 Courses
Spring 2012. Please see here the list of courses available for next semester: ARCH4850 Architecture Acoustics 2 In the spring semester, students will have the opportunity to design their own performance hall. This process will include continued studies of acoustics measurements, simulated sound fields, community noise issues, and professional practice in acoustics consulting. The course […]
Catherine Callaghan
ARCH-4980.4 | Ted Ngai, Lecturer JAKARTA [Network of Water][Flow of People] CAT CALLAGHAN Jakarta, the capital city of the island nation of Indonesia, has traditionally had a strong relationship to water. In the past sixty years, rapid population growth has degraded the rivers systems which have become highly polluted with household and industrial waste. This […]
Caitlin Walsh
ARCH-4980.1 | Chris Perry, Assistant Professor CULTURAL REACTIVATION Tamarack [art] Lodge CAITLIN WALSH In the foothills of the Catskills, a small Jewish community started a summer retreat for the Jewish New Yorkers. It grew, hitting its peak in the fifties and sixties, and was known as the Borscht Belt. At this time there were resorts, […]
Ayana Coker
ARCH-4980.4 | Ted Ngai, Lecturer [AGRO]URBANSCAPE Integrating Rural Agriculture into the Urban Void AYANA COKER The city of São Paulo is growing at an exponential rate, leaving more than 30 percent of the city’s buildings abandoned. It is the goal of this thesis to introduce rural agriculture into the urban landscape as a response to […]
Andrew Fini
ARCH-4980.3 | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor A READILY MORPHABLE SPACE ANDREW FINI This is an exploration about an adaptable system that generates immersive performance spaces with the ability to morph and change based on the user or performer inputs, or on preprogrammed configurations that correspond to the performance. Through the use of this kit of […]
FP_Watson Section 11-12
Final Project | Julia Watson, Assistant Professor BEYOND BIOCULTURAL DIVERSITY Re-coupling Culture and Nature FP Students 2011-12 – Julia Watson Section In the midst of economic and biospheric crises, we have a unique opportunity to redirect the course of development unfolding with design explorations that seek to unravel the mounting evidence linking the co-existence of […]
Fall 2011 Final Project Reviews
Fall 2011 Schedule (December 2nd, 2011): Final Project 1 & Thesis Reviews LEITAO (Gallery East) Time Student Degree Guest(s) Fac. Helper(s) Title 11:00 AM Sean Burns B.Arch Ed Keller Anthony Titus Zbigniew Oksiuta Death of a Stadium 11:30 AM Sheldon Pei B.Arch Ed Keller Anthony Titus Zbigniew Oksiuta Reconstitution of the Olympic Stadium 12:00 […]
Watson FP Studio (2010-11)
ARCH 4980.02 Re-coupling Culture and Nature; a new agency for architecture 1 Faculty: JULIA WATSON In the midst of economic and biospheric crises, we have a unique opportunity to redirect the course of development unfolding within our global natural reserves. Strong evidence linking the co-existence of cultural and biological diversity is reframing the global approach […]
Watson FP Studio (2011-12)
Arch 4980.02 Beyond Biocultural Diversity: Re-coupling Culture and Nature 2 Faculty: Julia Watson Introduction In the current period of economic and biospheric crises known as the sixth great extinction, conservation has emerged as a primary defense in combating climate change and forecasted environmental catastrophes. The emergent sub-field of biocultural diversity conservation, explores the coexistence of […]
Leiteao FP Studio (2011-12)
Thesis FINAL PROJECT section 03 Cloud-Architecture. Active Erosion and Disassembly: Games, Cities and Time-off Faculty: CARLA LEITÃO In the CLOUD Studio, we will look into a possible future in the design of spaces which takes serious advantage of two inter-related characters: ultra-locality and remote connection. For this, will use two main attitudes of tectonic […]