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Stitching The Void, Taylor Van Ness
Stitching The Void, Taylor Van Ness
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
My thesis asks how architecture can play a role in the scientific surveying and ecological healing of a landscape of declining biodiversity in order to assist reforestation, while offering an invitation to returning wildlife. A series of architectural interventions stitched into the landscape are inhabited by reforestation activation devices. The symbiotic relationship between architecture and the devices allow for the implementation of a number of dynamic and pragmatic functions based on a pre-determined protocol.
This Is Not A Memorial, Kaitlin Burger
This Is Not A Memorial, Kaitlin Burger
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
After the Vietnam / American War, both lives
and land were left devastated and still remain
scarred, acting as a tangible memory of the
violence that occurred on Vietnamese soil.
Craters the size of lakes cover the countryside.
People live daily with the injuries and birth
defects resulting from malicious warfare. Though
the fighting is over, the suffering is not. Also
left behind were thousands of pounds of unexploded
ordinance embedded into the landscape, waiting to
resurface. In many unfortunate cases, the
curiosity of children has lead them to these
brightly-colored objects and, thus, their death.
My architectural installation will …
Bio-Architecture Feedback Loop, Nicole Samuelu
Bio-Architecture Feedback Loop, Nicole Samuelu
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
Biomimicry is the imitation of the models, systems, and elements of nature for the purpose of solving complex human problems. There is an incredible opportunity for architecture to use biomimicry as a model for design in which a resulting architecture can become an operating part of its environment. While this project will consider the efficiency and beauty of nature, those elements will not be the focus. This thesis will aim to create a more cohesive relationship between architecture and its environment by treating the human-made structures as if they were a participating member of its habitat and part of the …
The Hutongs Blooming 08, L Khawn Din
The Hutongs Blooming 08, L Khawn Din
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
China’s rapid development has altered the city’s landscape on a massive scale, continually eroding the delicate urban tissue of old Beijing. Such dramatic changes have forced an aging architecture to rely on chaotic, spontaneous renovations to survive the ever-changing neighborhood. In addition, poor standards of hygiene have turned unique living space and potential thriving communities into a serious urban problem. Hutongs are gradually becoming the local inhabitants’ dumpster and the haven for the wealthy. The hutongs blooming 08, will be inserted into the urban fabric, structure like clouds, attracting new people, activities, and resources to reactivate entire neighborhoods. They exist …
Mojave Unnerved, Rachel Scarnaty
Mojave Unnerved, Rachel Scarnaty
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
phenomenology is rich in the preserved land of the mojave desert with only a light human touch interfering.
observed through admiration and mainly scientific analysis, it is easy to believe the ethereal qualities of the land are at their peak.
i challenge that architecture may exist within the mojave national preserve to intensify the unique sensory experiences.
tectonics form to measure and analyze the climate components that create the fantastical qualities. the architecture learns from the environmental and social history and future of each site.
i have chose four of nine main sites within the preserve: soda lake, barber peak, …