Jun 14

Jun 14 390 / Kiara Koval: AQF 24

Submission #390 | Kiara Koval: AQF 24 — “Nearly two-thirds of the world’s population experiences severe water scarcity during at least one month every year. For this reason, we must strive to educate the population on sustainable resource use. In response, this water extraction facility serves two functions, the provision of clean water, as well as acting as an educational public space. In this concept, the configuration of circuitous forms and permeable thresholds create an open atmosphere with a fluid spatial narrative that encourages movement between spaces".”

Jun 12

Jun 12 389 / Hannah Rudolph, Livia Machler, Ana Zoe Nebelung, Svea Völkel: Live Through

Maria Flores

students

Submission #389 | Hannah Rudolph, Livia Machler, Ana Zoe Nebelung, Svea Völkel: Live Through — “In order to make Bad Honnef's potential come alive again for its citizens, it is necessary to create new, strengthening visions of the future. This work is an attempt through four different architectural impulses Bad Honnef to strengthen its position in becoming a sustainable and attractive medium-sized city. We understand the city as an urban space that is to be shaped and co-determined by the city's citizens.”

Jun 10

Jun 10 388 / Arian Saghafifar and Ali Sader: Deira Urban Market

Maria Flores

students

Submission #388 | Arian Saghafifar and Ali Sader: Deira Urban Market — “Understanding the Urban Market: Urban agriculture is a social movement for sustainable communities, where organic growers, foodies, and locavores form social networks founded on a shared ethos of nature and community. Many people are looking for food security, nutrition, and income generation which are key motivations for urban agriculture and local markets.”

Jun 6

Jun 6 386 / Seda Petrosyan: Recognizable in Plan Not in Section

Maria Flores

students

Submission #386 | Seda Petrosyan: Recognizable in Plan Not in Section — “Office building for a tech company in Playa Vista, Ca. This thesis attempts to convey spatial experiences through a plan by re-purposing (reconceptualizing, re-imagining) quintessential modernist examples of the twentieth century, that were designed with the free plan and their own, already known, volumetric characteristics. The attempt is to challenge the notion of a plan by revisiting ambiguity in architecture through a close reading of traditional representation.”

Jun 4

Jun 4 385 / Staś Gulkowski and Burcu Doğruyol: HOME

Maria Flores

students

Submission #385 | Staś Gulkowski and Burcu Doğruyol: HOME — “During these unprecedented times, for the first time, we all share a similar experience of adjusting to the new realities of our everyday life. We are used to expanding our world through exploring the city around us, taking part in the collective activities that are going on in it, or simply getting to know people in the community. Contrarily, today’s conditions require us to sustain our needs and pleasures within the walls of our house. Being limited by these boundaries as well as transforming that limitation into countless opportunities is part of the experience.”

Jun 2

Jun 2 384 / Malavika Madhuraj and K Siddharth: Lake Trail

Maria Flores

students

Submission #384 | Malavika Madhuraj and K Siddharth: Lake Trail — “Gopal Samudram lake is presently abandoned and is the home ground for waste disposal. This project intends to revitalize the lakeside and capitalize on its true potential. Currently, there is a lack of recreational space within Katpadi. Through the development of a promenade, shops, and restaurants, the lakeside will be transformed into a recreational hub for the public with the hopes of generating a sense of place and community feel.”

May 31

May 31 383 / Priyanka Mukherjee: Linguistic Labyrinth

Maria Flores

students

Submission #383 | Priyanka Mukherjee: Linguistic Labyrinth — “The lack of information on the origin of languages leads to the necessity of preservation center, lack of knowledge and data on the languages leads to the necessity of research center, the lack of the system of derivation leads to the necessity of conservation center and the lack of awareness on this field leads to the necessity of a learning center, library, museum, exhibition, and gallery.”

May 29

May 29 382 / Eric Peters and Alex Storz: Institute for Film

Maria Flores

students

Submission #382 | Eric Peters and Alex Storz: Institute for Film — “Through investigations of formal interpretations of cinematic terminology, we developed a proposal for an Institute for Film, located in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana. The film's experience at its core is storytelling. Through the use of perspectival shifts and conceal/reveal, plots and subplots unfold before you. As we combined such cinematic elements, our concept emerged as “Suspension of Disbelief.”

May 28

May 28 381 / Andreas Tsenis: Split

Maria Flores

students

Submission #381 | Andreas Tsenis: Split — “The proposed St. Clair Nature Center explores the concept of a cellular architectural form, primarily exploring the ideas “to Split”. The overall proposal features 7 buildings that are organized programmatically to remain distinct entities while sharing similar relationship together. The overall form was sequentially positioned to follow not only the solar and wind orientation of the site, but also defining the relationship between nature and occupiable spaces through the use of wall extensions and building gaps.”

May 27

May 27 380 / Samuel Pruitt: Axonometric

Maria Flores

students

Submission #380 | Samuel Pruitt: Axonometric — “This conceptual collision expresses the idea of a collective assemblage of parts from the project's neighborhood, both from the specific typological idiosyncrasies to the more general "building blocks" taken from the dimensions of conventional residential complexes of the Mexican War Streets (Pittsburgh, PA). The drawing style expresses the underlying complexities of the project while also referencing the form and programmatic functionality of the building.”

May 25

May 25 379 / Maya Menashe and Adriane Magadia: Pocket Depot

Maria Flores

students

Submission #379 | Maya Menashe and Adriane Magadia: Pocket Depot — “This is a Co-Living/ Co-work apartment complex that serves to house post-graduate students of the universities within The City of Newark, keeping young professionals in the city that is on the rise. This building also serves as a workshop, art exhibit, and marketplace that is open to the public and welcomes them. The pocket depot is calling all creators, artists, makers, inventors, as well as young professionals to come and take advantage of all this building has to offer them.”

May 23

May 23 378 / Gregory Rendon Jr: Infill Housing

Maria Flores

students

Submission #378 | Gregory Rendon Jr: Infill Housing — “Located in the historic district of Savannah, Georgia, the objective was to create an apartment complex, garden & carriage house on a corner lot. This project was developed from two main concepts. The primary concept is using a dynamic built-in structure to mold furniture and create unique spacial conditions. The scheme of this design is folding a monolithic plane to serve multiple functions while removing the interpretation of what is a floor, wall, and roof. The second concept is a vertical public space that resides in the interior of the building. Illuminated by a system of skylights from above, this serves as the anchor of the social space while also illuminating the units with natural light through the interior. Materiality was carefully chosen to maintain the urban fabric while introducing a contemporary building.”

May 21

May 21 376 / Sergio Achury: Walyalup Aboriginal Centre

Maria Flores

students

Submission #376 | Sergio Achury: Walyalup Aboriginal Centre — “The area around Arthur’s head has been an important location throughout the years. The area raises awareness of the past and history not only for Fremantle but for all Western Australia. This area represents different meanings for indigenous and non- indigenous people nevertheless, it is a place where both cultures meet and share with each other a big significance for the present and the future. Thorugh the last couple of decades, the Australian government has been putting a lot of effort to rectify the relationship between the two parts. Here is where architecture plays an important role.“

May 19

May 19 375 / Jonathan Bonezzi and Ryan Lane: Collaged Collections

Maria Flores

students

Submission #375 | Jonathan Bonezzi and Ryan Lane: Collaged Collections — “145,000 sqft. the new art museum at 106-72 marginal street, Boston; culminates contemporary ideas in architecture about allure, collage, and collections as ideological drivers for the spatial and representational design process of the project. thinking about the irresolute and the misaligned and the unknown; the project looked towards contemporary ideas about allure and collage to produce deceptions and irregularities in the project to draw the user in. we pose to question in this post-digital age of architecture what it means to be simultaneously object and field.”

May 17

May 17 374 / Aidan Crossey: [New] York

Maria Flores

students

Submission #374 | Aidan Crossey: [New] York — “[New] York revisits the idea of an urban fabric and context as a platform for storytelling and atmosphere creation/development though a “speculative” urban design. Occurring in Lower Manhattan, [New] York re-frames the ideas of Archigram’s plug-in and walking city through a kinetic architecture that tends to the cities needs. The machine, residing in a fantastical projection of Manhattan, directly and indirectly, interacts with the urban fabric through three programmatic infrastructural moments: advertising, refueling, and a theater. “

May 13

May 13 372 / Mümün Keser: nGoth

Maria Flores

students

Submission #372 | Mümün Keser: nGoth — “The project was designed for the "Garbage City" in Manshiyat Naser, Cairo. The entire area is filled with semi-finished buildings based on the Dom-Ino typology of Le Corbusier. It is like a living organism that grows up one-dimensionally when more space is needed. Nevertheless, there are a lot of infrastructural and ecological problems.”

May 11

May 11 371 / Dhruva Lakshminarayanan: Respite In Cacophony

Maria Flores

students

Submission #371 | Dhruva Lakshminarayanan: Respite In Cacophony — “Our sensibilities, therefore, have been doctored through the years to imagine this Disney land like, stereotypical representation of the city, when the reality is as diverse, as the google images suggest sameness. Before actually arriving here, I too fell victim to this ‘surreal façade’, contriving a glitzy, glamorous cityscape to be my future abode.”

May 10

May 10 377 / Hazem Talaat: [Un]finished: Testing ft: Koko the Clown / Ghost

Maria Flores

students

Submission #377 | Hazem Talaat: [Un]finished: Testing ft: Koko the Clown / Ghost — “[Un]finished: testing ft: Koko the clown / Ghost + This is the first project to release this year, and was cooked in the end of 2019. This project is an important step stone in my experimental work process. I wanted to merge as much of my expertise from architecture , graphics and fashion into one body of work that will start a new direction to my work. + I dedicate this project to important names that inspires me and i am blessed of the friendship of some of them.”

Feb 26

Feb 26 370 / Piermario D'Ortona and Ludovica Mochi: Finca Comunitaria

Maria Flores

students

Submission #370 | Piermario D'Ortona and Ludovica Mochi: Finca Comunitaria — “The now planetary emergency of the climate issue - the rising temperatures of the planet due to the use of fossil resources - gives particular attention to the issues of indigenous peoples and the fate of the territories of which they are the custodian inhabitants. Moreover, it is precisely with respect to these extreme conditions that these communities have always shown extraordinary adaptive capacities - recognizable, for example, in the forms of the settlements and in the types of housing adopted - but also and above all in the organizational methods and statutory rules of life based on the sharing of territorial and village common goods.”

Feb 24

Feb 24 369 / Osman Ural: A New "Square Deal": For the "Soul" of East Harlem's Social Housing Projects

Maria Flores

students

Submission #369 | Osman Ural: A New "Square Deal": For the "Soul" of East Harlem's Social Housing Projects — “The location of the proposal is in East Harlem, a project called the King Towers. This neighborhood has major issues with crime, air quality, and poverty, all while existing at the corner of Central Park - literally the spatial realization of social inequality. The site has a repetitive tower typology that is typical of NYC social housing, and therefore could act as a blueprint for other projects in the city. The single large public space also makes a proposal more flexible to implement.”