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  • 33 Million Earth Upheld 
    Sommer, Shannon (2012-04-11)
    There are always questions about communities and what they need. The question that should be asked first before all others is, what defines a community? Is it the housing? Is it the economy? Is it the location and geography? ...
  • Architecture Movement Notation 
    Leveille, Corissa (2012-04-27)
    Without an architectural place, a human body cannot survive and without the body, what then becomes the point of architectural spaces? The history behind architecture and the body has grown together since the evolution of ...
  • Cata vento eco-resort development 
    Jess, Robert J. (2012-04-27)
    Eco travel and eco lodging are growing in popularity among travelers today, with this comes an opportunity for architects to design and build sustainable projects for the people that visit these often times fragile ...
  • The amnesia of place 
    Grady, Brendan (2012-05-16)
    The intended thesis examines the relationship of how architecture can define place. Place can be identified as the common willingness of individuals of a community to engage within their space. The intent of the project ...
  • Alteration. Acquiescence. 
    Stein, Catherine (2012-05-16)
    Detroit was taken over by a human made virus composed of industrial withdraw, military strategy and political policy half a century earlier that has resulted in abandoned, dilapidated, burned and vacant buildings consuming ...
  • Adaptive [re]Use 
    Marshall, Jonathan (2012-05-16)
    OVER THE AGES ARCHITECTURE HAS ADAPTED THE HUMAN CONDITION TO ENUMERABLE CLIMATES AND ENVIRONMENTS. As TECHNOLOGY HAS ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE HAS FOUND SIMPLICITY OF DESIGN THROUGH THE USE OF MECHANICALLY CONTROLLED ADAPTED ...
  • ADAPTABILITY, STRUCTURAL EXPRESSION,TECTONIC CONDITION 
    Hawarny, Michael (2012-05-16)
    It has been said that great architecture makes a statement. While some statements are open for debate, the basic premise of a building making a valid statement rings true for all good designers. With this initial design ...
  • Isolation vs. Interaction 
    Allen, Rebecca (2012-05-16)
    The purpose of this thesis is to explore two theories used in healthcare design and apply them to a typology that is not your typical "hospital" setting. Along with this I intend to use in depth research on autism to develop ...
  • Exposure of a Known [yet unacknowledged] Truth 
    Tesch, Krysten (2012-05-17)
    On time. In time. Late. These are terms that the average person uses to describe his or her relation to the concept of time. One typically views time as a method by which to organize a series of events. However, time exists ...
  • Exploring Brooklyn: A Study of Architecture & Time 
    Westphal, Mark (2012-05-17)
    Time is an inescapable theme that permeates every aspect of our lives. We understand it inertly through its passage, experiencing it as aging as we grow older. From early on we recognize that the world in which we live is ...
  • Experiential Light: Experiencing the Perceived Space 
    Conroy, Erin (2012-05-17)
    Light is more than just a functional tool we experience everyday. Rather light becomes poetic in the nature that it is able to create a language of its own. It guides experience, defines space, has the ability to alter ...
  • Experiences in Architecture 
    Pfaff, Jason (2012-05-17)
    In today’s modern culture, architecture is not normally thought of as an applied art by most people. This is because architecture is often viewed merely as a structure instead of being thought of as something with a broader ...
  • Exigency of Amelioration 
    Cordes, Joseph (2012-05-17)
    Why does a place feel livelier than another? How does a place hold people’s attention and presence? How does a place beget vitality? Why does a place fall into abandonment? How can it be revived? Many people idealize the ...
  • Evolving Community 
    Coppersmith, Adam (2012-05-17)
    Establishing a residence is an ongoing event for most. Individuals will have multiple spaces that they inhabit during their lifetime. They move from one location to another due to a variety of different influences and ...
  • Environmental Adaptability : From the Extreme to the Everyday 
    Gelow, Amanda (2012-05-17)
    The environment in which we live is always changing. It can change slightly throughout one day, moderately from season to season, or even more intensely in times of severe environmental occurrences. The thesis project will ...
  • Engaging Existing Conditions with New Conditions: A Farm Equipment Museum Amidst an Abandoned Dairy Farm 
    Bannon, Brian (2012-05-17)
    When designing architecture, an architect must always decide how best to engage the existing conditions to most effectively initiate the newly introduced conditions. Whether remodeling an older facility or building something ...
  • Ecology.Architecture.Education.Design 
    Zelenock, Julie (2012-05-17)
    A study of how the environment will effect the education habits of elementary school students.
  • Ecological Edification 
    Bayer, Christopher (2012-05-17)
    With the national economy on the fall many have questioned the future of the country. The State of Michigan in particular has come into a very trying time in its economic history. With the future of the automotive companies ...
  • ECHO: Livable Communities for Aging in Place 
    Wilson, Richard (2012-05-17)
    Currently within the United States we are witnessing the largest aging population demographic of any time in our history. This is the “baby-boomer” generation; the Post-World War II babies which were born between 1946 and ...
  • Domestic Abuse 
    LoRe, Salvatore Jr. (2012-05-17)
    Good design has the potential to benefit more people than it currently does. Design can play a direct role in addressing critical issues that we face. The process of creating the built environment can allow communities and ...

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