This thesis aims to interconnect various aspects of the unjust system affecting these communities, exploring both the causes and effects while proposing solutions to address these challenges and layout a system for resilient ...

City Stereotypes: Stereotypes, pre-conceived notions, and reputations that cities have received is unquestionably not objective, and a sense of ignorance is hence derived, especially from those people who have not been ...

Carefully dug graves have shown that even Neanderthals and Homo-Sapiens have buried their dead, indicating a spatial response to death since the dawn of the rational mind. In the “post-modern” age of funeral services, ...

Care for the mentally ill has been a concern since the colonial settlement of the United States. Urbanization forced the government to react to the overwhelming task of caring for the mentally ill. The mentally ill are ...

Throughout history traumatic events have served as a catalyst for the reinvention of the city. Through destruction cities are able to change the ways in which they function, address issues that limit growth, provide ...

Dinner is served. Dinner is eaten. There are inevitably leftovers. What to do with them? The family has a few options as to what they can do with the leftovers; their choice of action will determine the “leftovers’ ...

What began as exploration of societal lines and the social, political, and economic influence grew to include an investigation of the concept of liminality and both its spatial and temporal characteristics. Using Belfast, ...

Living Enriched is an architectural thesis that explores how we might provide personal green space to residents of dense urban centers. The project explores, more specifically, the development of a residential flat development ...

The cost of living in California exceeds many peoples budget in the urban areas. San Francisco and Los Angeles are two of the most expensive cities in the U.S. The average rent in Los Angeles if up 32% since 2000, while ...

We are constantly observing environments, but do we really understand what we are observing? Our physical environments are organized and constructed through the constant layering of identities and the processes of everyday ...