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386 / Seda Petrosyan: Recognizable in Plan Not in Section

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.”

362 / Kelly Deak: Architectural Allusion of the Everyday Object

362 / Kelly Deak: Architectural Allusion of the Everyday Object

Maria Flores
students

Submission #362 | Kelly Deak: Architectural Allusion of the Everyday Object — “The material panel system alludes towards an everyday object, the button, which is used to impose or imply formal association. Here the button is looked at in terms of materiality, not the physical, but rather its functionality and properties. The button-like panel systems consist of a button case, free-flowing joints, and low resolution projected shadows.”

285_Ahmad Baydoun: Escape to an Alternative-Power Archive

285_Ahmad Baydoun: Escape to an Alternative-Power Archive

Maria Flores
students

Submission #285 | Ahmad Baydoun: Escape to an Alternative-Power Archive — “This study examines the nature of territories in the region of Lebanon that are governed by alternative systems in contrast to state-based structures of governance. In these territories, the state has minimal-to-limited influence on the social, political, and economic activities of such given areas, since certain non-state actors exert a structure of governance based on their political agenda.”

205_Paulina Hurtado: Narrows Pavilion

205_Paulina Hurtado: Narrows Pavilion

Maria Flores
students

Submission #205 | Paulina Hurtado: Narrows Pavilion — "Narrows pavilion is a social platform that works as a living organism introducing the subject into a portal that addresses space as the expression of scenery.  The pavilion explores the idea of implied functionality. Something that might happen but doesn’t have a fixed definition. For instance, it is a space for exhibitions, but it is not a museum; it is a space with scenographic features for performances, but it is not a theater; it is a space for dinning and social encounter, but it is not a cafe nor a restaurant."

101_Mary A. Alvarez: Architecture of Metanoia

101_Mary A. Alvarez: Architecture of Metanoia

Maria Flores
students

Submission #101 | Mary A. Alvarez: Architecture of Metanoia: A Study of Space and the Transformation of Consciousness — The current state of our collective consciousness creates in our surrounding the physical manifestation of a world prioritized and driven by economic forces. Our capitalist system encourages a culture of endless consumption, and disregards that our natural environment is the most essential resource for our continuing survival; we are facing an awareness crisis in addition to the environmental one.

95_Lian Ren and Shuo Yang: THE CORE

95_Lian Ren and Shuo Yang: THE CORE

Maria Flores
students

Lian Ren and Shuo Yang: THE CORE — "THE CORE is a social housing project located in Bronx, New York. Our housing design explores the possibility to live in various cores in order to maximize density and light. All of these cores provide structural support for all the floor structure, which is waffle slabs. The public cores are located in the center of each block to connect all the unit cores on the four sides. All the unit cores are very densely placed near the perimeter to allow for more sunlight and cross ventilation."