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Insert Community: A Revaluation Of Space, Joshua Ramirez
Insert Community: A Revaluation Of Space, Joshua Ramirez
Bachelor of Architecture Theses - 5th Year
This thesis is an attempt to question the way in which we understand and create housing. Currently, there is a growing issue with lack of space within our major and developing cities, creating an increase of demand for higher density buildings, which is especially true for housing. Apartments are typically the answer for higher density, smaller square footage needs, leaving large amounts of uniformly small and repetitive housing units, slowly forcing people to abandon their individuality. The question is, are there no available options for creating more expressive and freeing units for people to be able to live in?
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Technological Augmentation: Creating A Public Center For Making, Timothy Hardeman
Technological Augmentation: Creating A Public Center For Making, Timothy Hardeman
Bachelor of Architecture Theses - 5th Year
We live in an era where technology is driving forward at an unprecedented pace. We have access to tools, materials, and processes which weren’t even conceptualized 50 years ago. 3D printing, CNCs, and Laser Cutters allow us to create incredible designs, and at affordable prices. We have carbon fiber, advanced composites, and modern alloys.
But where do we experience these things? In a classroom? Through screens as we read about these intangible leaps in technology? Why don’t we have a place where we get to experience these things first-hand, and experiment with our own ideas about how they could be …