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Construction Of An Apartment Building And Parking Garage, Kirsten Wilson, Kirsten R. Wilson
Construction Of An Apartment Building And Parking Garage, Kirsten Wilson, Kirsten R. Wilson
Honors College Theses
Construction projects are known far and wide to all people. Buildings we need for daily survival would not exist if it were not for the construction industry. Our homes, healthcare facilities, groceries, and other necessary amenities would be gone if it were not for the structures they are housed in. This project aims to simulate the lifespan of a construction job from the design phase to the preconstruction phase and stops at the final presentation before an agreement to start construction.
To create the simulation for the students, a fake RFP, or request for proposal, was created and given to …
Medkit: Modular Emergency Deployment, Christian Ladefoged, Zamila Karimi
Medkit: Modular Emergency Deployment, Christian Ladefoged, Zamila Karimi
Bachelor of Architecture Theses - 5th Year
This thesis began with exploring low-cost prefab dwelling units to be implemented in struggling communities with extreme poverty, homelessness, and unemployment. The initial research on modular units shifted to focus on our healthcare infrastructure challenges here at home given the COVID-19 crisis.
“Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had a substantial impact on racial and ethnic minority populations and essential workers in the United States …”1 This disease disproportionately impacts poor and rural communities in the United States, showing double the mortality than urban areas simply due to the neglected environment2. Emergency assistance is needed to expand the …