Kieran Martin
ARCH-4980.1 | Chris Perry, Assistant Professor SOFT MEGASTRUCTURE Stitching Detroit’s Urban Voids KIERAN MARTIN This research uses the post-war avant-garde trend of Megastructure as a lens into the coupling of science and design that informed the performance and aesthetics of sixties paper architecture. Though easy to discount as a fashion, Megastructure contained innovative and technically […]
Katheryn Czub
ARCH-4980.1 | Chris Perry, Assistant Professor THE ARCHITECT IS A CAVE MAN KATHERYN CZUB “Man started with two basic ways of controlling environment: one by avoiding the issue and hiding under a rock, tree, tent or roof (this led ultimately to architecture as we know it) and the other by actually interfering with the local […]
Jillian Crandall
ARCH-4980.3 | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor THE SENTIENT EVENT Establishing a Reflexive Ecology JILLIAN CRANDAL For decades, the Olympic games have been used as leverage in cities to generate tourism and to fund infrastructural developments. In actuality, the event more often leaves a disproportionate amount of damage in its wake – environmentally, financially, and infrastructurally. […]
Jessica Van Handel
ARCH-4980.3 | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor THE MOBILE GAME JESSICA VAN HANDEL Sociologists such as Johan Huizinga, author of Homo Ludens, have noted that ‘play’ is older than culture. Huizinga states that play is “a well-defined quality of action which is different from ‘ordinary life.’” The stadium is an arena for ‘play’ and should therefore […]
Jenni Wilga
ARCH-4980.3 | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor DIASPORIC ORGANIZATION Connectivity Through Informality JENNI WILGA The perpetual motion of humankind results in a global cultural exchange that has made the understanding of cultural identity increasingly complex. With the exportation of labor, goods and media, cultural boundaries are constantly blurred. The Philippines constitutes a large portion of the […]
Jeffrey Betts
ARCH-4980.2 | Julia Watson, Assistant Professor REINSTATING THE MEANDER JEFF BETTS Chinese landscapes, through rigorous attempts at a modern urbanism and continuous unsustainable sprawl, are nearing the tipping point where there may be no chances at reinstating the ecologies and systems that have sustained life and prosperity to one of the oldest civilizations in history. […]
Jay Zhang
ARCH-4980.4 | Ted Ngai, Lecturer RURAL REVOLUTION Recontextualizing the Agricultural Domain JAY ZHANG The project aims to empower the individual by giving them the ability to be self sustaining and independent using readily available commercial materials and integration of several modern technologies. Hanoi, capital city of Vietnam, is a hastily growing city aimed at modernizing […]
James Wisniewski
ARCH-4980.2 | Julia Watson, Assistant Professor THE FRINGE CITY [Re]Negotiating Urban and Agrarian Landscapes JAMES WISNIEWSKI The birth of civilization marked many things for man – among them the agricultural system of producing food. As populations increased, and with the expansion of technology, we began to see a rift emerge between where this food was […]
Jaclyn Hardiman
ARCH-4980.2 | Julia Watson, Assistant Professor COMMUNAL CAPTURE OF METHANE On the Alaskan North Slope JACLYN HARDIMAN Global trends of climate change remain dynamic throughout the history of our planet, leaving the future without exception. Tipping points mark the irreversible mark in time that the damage done cannot be reconciled. The arctic region is heating […]
2011F_Italy Program_Combs-Griffa
/ 2011 Italy Program / / BuildSmart Workshop (Torino) / Faculty: Cesare Griffa + Lonn Combs Politecnico di Torino, Faculty of Architecture II Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , School of Architecture August 29th to September 30th, 2011 Location: Castello dl Valentino and FabLabItalia, Torino. Week 1: Preliminary Design Week 1: Prototyping Week 3: Prototypes (almost) working […]