Aaron Vinsel
ARCH-4980.2 | Julia Watson, Assistant Professor PYRO[BIO]DIVERSE AGRARIANSIM AARON VINSEL Fire has been used by many cultures throughout the world as a land management strategy as well as an ecological driver. On the island of Madagascar, the use of fire has been seen in both the forests as well as the grasslands for as long […]
Roslyn Dudas
ARCH-4980.4 | Ted Ngai, Lecturer UPGRADING WASTE FROM BI-PRODUCT TO RESOURCE ROSLYN DUDAS Despite the reality of a declining economy for decades, the perception of opportunity and improved living conditions is continuing to drive population growth in Lagos, Nigeria. This growth combined with a lack of affordable housing and job opportunities, causes the citizens to […]
Joel Rios
ARCH-4980.2 | Julia Watson, Assistant Professor EXPANDING THE GRID JOEL RIOS With the growing population in Mexico City, Slums have begun to develop with in ecological reserves that surround the capital. The ecological reserves are the crucial water filtration system that provides for the depleting Mexico City Aquifer, making it more important to protect them […]
Timothy Yiu
ARCH-4980.1 | Chris Perry, Assistant Professor LOGISTICAL LANDSCAPES Providing and Restoring Territories TIMOTHY YIU Situated along the Hudson River, the project investigates issues concerned with industrialization and regional decline. Where the degradation of the industrial period resulted in the accumulation of abandoned wastelands, polluted waterways, deforestation, along with more recent recessions leading to decreasing farmlands, […]
Final Project
ARCH 4980 ARCHITECTURE IN THE EXPANDED FIELD Final Project: Directed Research Sequence DEAN’S PREFACE The education of an architect is comprised of an ecology of interests acquired over many years to adequately prepare the students to move forward as leaders in the profession. Once they arrive in their final year (referred to as ‘Final Project’ […]
Timothy Kim
ARCH-4980.4 | Ted Ngai, Lecturer URBAN FARMING WITH HOME APPLIANCES TIMOTHY KIM Converting existing vertical infrastructure as a vertical farming and developing effective farming practices through revolutionary home appliance designs. Seoul’s population has been decreasing since the high living cost force family to move out and live in suburban areas. However, the number of households […]
Sakeenah Salem
ARCH-4980.2 | Julia Watson, Assistant Professor SHIFT-CYCLING THE FRAMEWORK SAKEENAH SALEEM Selective logging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has led to higher densities of roads that largely fragment and disrupt the biodiversity of the forest. The major concern is that these roads are often abandoned or left for migrator’s settlements that overtime further […]
Steven Flynn
Reversing the Flow of Tailings Disposal in Open-Pit Mining The result of a decade of war and another of peace has lead to a split as to the future of mining on Bougainville. On one side some would like to use the mine as an economic foundation for an independent Bougainville, the other wish for […]
Stephen Andenmatten
ARCH-4980.2 | Julia Watson, Assistant Professor ECOAGRICULTURE ZOOFARI STEPHEN ANDENMATTEN How can assisted wildlife migration be implemented into a fragmented landscape to protect and sustain biodiversity, and promote biocultural diversity through the adaptation to climate change? By protecting and expanding preservation areas pole-ward across latitudes, cooler zones such as high elevation corridors and southern slopes […]
Michael Kehoe
[SLUM]SCAPE Redefining the Favela MICHAEL KEHOE As the megacity of Rio de Janeiro continues to grow at an astonishing rate, the lack of flat, developable land continues to be a pressing issue. Since the city’s colonization by the Portuguese in the 1500’s, the urban development of Rio de Janeiro has been directly influenced by its […]