Using the idea of an architectural design thesis as praxis, two buildings were designed to both talk about and perform the thesis. The ideas at work in the project include consideration of objects, people, places and things ...

Once a symbol of technology and innovation, freeway infrastructure has matured into a hyper concrete network - neither a place, nor a destination for the city dweller, and dominated by the privileged utilitarianism of the ...

One unique aspect of the extended stay hotel typology is that as demographics of temporary populations within this dwelling type shift, relationships must constantly be renegotiated. In order to best respond to the demands ...

This thesis exploits the latent opportunities that are found in buffer zones. While typical buffers are static, passive entities, this thesis treats the buffer as a territory that is able to act aggressively. The buffers' ...

Spaces in video. Layering of spaces. Interaction of layers. Edits of interactions. Events as edits. Layers of events. Light from televisions. Televisions as bodies. Bodies in places. Places of interactions. Interactions ...

This thesis expands upon the dialogue between speed and architecture, investigating how architecture reinterprets the linear city, originally defined by the continuous fabric of the freeway and more recently reconfigured ...

The end of the twentieth century is marked with the debut of the information age and the beginning of a global society. The dynamic properties of urban landscapes throughout the world are escalating to new levels in direct ...

The question this thesis explores is what could the relationship be between subject, the participant, and object, architectural form, other than fixed. This question arises from a consideration of the relative value of the ...

In America, the debate between high modern art and certain aspects of popular culture (most often referred to as kitsch) has been raging since the 1960's. Now, in the 80's and 90's, the dialogue has been extended to include ...

Architecture and the conceptions of urban and rural space have been drastically transformed by the continuous expansion of the man-made into the natural rural landscape. The collision of man-made and natural environments ...