Thesis
Thesis, the final design studio of the Master of Architecture program at Taubman College, is a studio wherein students develop their thesis research and design interests towards a thorough and complete spatial project, utilizing a wide range of skills. These skills, deployed individually and in groups, depending on the thesis section, include researching, analyzing, theorizing, designing, drawing, and presenting a cohesive project at the end of an academic year’s worth of investigation.
Dimensions 29 showcases nine projects from a diverse pool of thesis submissions, representing the varied methodologies and design philosophies that come into play in this final work of the Master of Architecture program. Thesis offers the opportunity to develop individual interests, ones that often continue to play out over the course of the student’s career, giving them the ability to start working on what they see as critical to the discipline today.
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Featured projects
Aeriform Ecologies, Jennifer Ng
The Chantespeek: A Nonsensical Ballad for Architecture, Andy Lin
AL-10XX: ReCAST, Andrew Delle Bovi . Grant Herron . Mark Knutson John Larmor . Shan Sutherland Metastatic Metropolis, Alexandra Chen
Metastatic Metropolis, Alexandra Chen Pneumatic Futures, Robyn Wolochow
Nokomis One, Caitlin Cashner . Steve Sarver . Daniel Tish
Casting Doubt: A Matter of Perception, Soo Hyuk Choi . Kevin Gurtowsky Yunzhi Ou
Noun Things, Brian Barber . Joseph Donelko Jr.
Aeriform Ecologies, Jennifer Ng
The Yada-Yada, Yojairo Lomeli
A Monument in Two Dimensions, Michelangelo Latona Fold Out Couch: Somewhere Between a Couch and a Space Frame, Rebecca Braun . Tyler Smith Noun Things, Brian Barber . Joseph Donelko Jr. The Yada-Yada, Yojairo Lomeli
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