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Dark Site Observatory, Aaron W. Uhe
Dark Site Observatory, Aaron W. Uhe
ASA Multidisciplinary Research Symposium
This project for our Architecture Studio was completed in collaboration with the Physics Department to create possible concepts for an observatory for the Solar Eclipses in 2017 and 2024.
Other Wildernesses, Other Realities | A Framework For Shrinking Cities, Alyssa Goraieb
Other Wildernesses, Other Realities | A Framework For Shrinking Cities, Alyssa Goraieb
Architecture Senior Theses
This thesis is an experiment to imagine the possible realities that emerge from a redefining of the "idea of wilderness".
Wilderness is an idea.
Its definition is slippery. It is neither a physical place nor a state of being (as the "-ness" suggests). Wilderness is a human construct defined by varying cultural and social attitude. This fluid meaning drove numerous paradigms throughout American history - from eighteenth century romanticism's sublime doctrine to today's environmentalism.
Inspired by past American paradigms, this thesis invents five other wilderness ides that exist as a parallel alternatives to our own. Each produces a …
Measuring Rapid Stillness, Alexis Porten
Measuring Rapid Stillness, Alexis Porten
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
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