kuniya

the space in which we are all naked

lauren fagan

m.arch 2 arch 702: senior research studio ii instructor: jessie andjelic

Today we live in a digital panopticon. Our personal information is worth more than land or oil, and we have become the commodity. Data from our online activity is evaporating into digital traces of ourselves, producing a trillion-dollar industry of information. We are giving away everything for nothing.

THE SPACE IN WHICH WE ARE ALL NAKED constructs a new reality that challenges systems of power and data monopsony. This oceanfront heterotopia is a gift from the digital economy to a society that has reordered its pursuit towards more equality. Speculating a world where technology enhances a dignified data system and power is mediated through reconciling a new order.

Nominated Student Award of Excellence – Canadian Architect

Inner City Prairie - Site Plan

inner city prairie

jay heule

m.plan 1 plan 606: site planning studio instructor: tawab hlimi

Inner City Prairie is a project that aims to restore the beauty and function of the Foothills Fescue Grasslands for Calgarians to enjoy, on a prominent viewpoint overlooking the city. Located between the communities of Rosedale and Sunnyside, the site will serve as an active public space combining new public amenities within the context of a natural area along the McHugh Bluff. The design seeks to place the ecological function at the fore, communicating human intentions of preservation through an orderly framed raised boardwalk traversing the site. Through cultural values and landscape language, the built form of the site informs users of the ecological value of indigenous ecosystems within a recognizable cultural context.