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Threshold Tectonics: Reclaiming Space Through Geomorphological Design, Amreeta Verma
Threshold Tectonics: Reclaiming Space Through Geomorphological Design, Amreeta Verma
Architecture Senior Theses
This research posits that a revitalization of indigenous earth architecture practices in a contemporary context can mitigate the immense waste and embodied carbon in the construction industry while engaging practices of land return and reclamation. Locally sourced earth materials are the focus of this research because when utilized in a circular consumption cycle, they can be reused or returned to the natural environment. Designing with a temporal understanding of material decay, changing site conditions, and project life cycle reduces the impact of construction waste on the burgeoning issue of environmental degradation and resource depletion. Material experimentation is used to develop …
Performative Design: Investigating Form In The Natural And Capitalist Environment, John M. Santoro
Performative Design: Investigating Form In The Natural And Capitalist Environment, John M. Santoro
Architecture Senior Theses
"Rethinking the design process from conception and allowing natural forces, such as wind, solar exposure, and rainfall to drive the initial design will generate a structurally and environmentally efficient form."
Didactic Architecture: A Tectonic Response, Elizabeth Kankainen
Didactic Architecture: A Tectonic Response, Elizabeth Kankainen
Architecture Senior Theses
"Using the tectonic nature of architecture as the vehicle, architecture can educate its users of material life cycles., Through revealing particular stages of production by exposing, exaggerating and juxtaposing the connections between materials, the physical process of a buildings formation can be understood, along with architecture's inherent connection to nature."
Leaving A Smaller Footprint: Optimizing Passive Systems For Single Family Attached Housing, David J. Silver
Leaving A Smaller Footprint: Optimizing Passive Systems For Single Family Attached Housing, David J. Silver
Architecture Senior Theses
"Creating the best internal comfort conditions for the resident, while using little to zero non-renewable energy, is ideal in creating a sustainable, innovative, and contemporary structure that embraces both a flexible and efficient lifestyle and, at the same time, addresses important energy issues that will be a solid foundation for a new modern world."
No Child Left Inside: Environmental Education Through A Reciprocal Relationship Between Architecture And The Natural World, Leah Kleinman
No Child Left Inside: Environmental Education Through A Reciprocal Relationship Between Architecture And The Natural World, Leah Kleinman
Architecture Senior Theses
"Through a reciprocal relationship between architecture and the natural world, this thesis contends that environmental education programs can teach children to appreciate and preserve our natural environment. Architecture becomes an instructional tool itself and a way of experiencing the natural world while sustaining it and providing a healthy and comfortable setting in which to learn and have fun."
{Perm] House: Performance Of Recycled Materials, Cristina Alonso
{Perm] House: Performance Of Recycled Materials, Cristina Alonso
Architecture Senior Theses
"The construction of single-family housing units will prodive an opportunity to design using recycled materials. This thesis seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of the unit's performance in a tropical climate, through means of passive cooling; in particular the promotion of comfort ventilation during the daytime."