2020-21 School of Architecture Commencement Program

Commencement

School of Architecture

Message from the Dean The School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin is relatively unique among its peer institutions. Our nine programs cover the full breadth of the disciplines of the built environment, and the depth of our degree offerings not only range from the undergraduate to doctoral level, but also include opportunities for joint degrees within programs as well as with other schools and colleges at UT. Bringing together Architecture, Community and Regional Planning, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Historic Preservation, Urban Design, Sustainable Design, and Architectural History, the school looks to the past as well as to the future, investigates design from the scale of the human body to a mega-region, and explores problem contexts ranging from low-income housing to high-tech medical environments. This depth and breadth provides a robust educational framework that is well grounded in the fundamentals, comprehensive in its topical investigation, and innovative in its experimentation. Foundational to our educational process are multidisciplinary integration and collaborative partnerships. While the lay public may think of designers as creative individuals, the actual design process is an intricate weaving together of many voices and diverse viewpoints. Beyond all of the many curricular components that comprise a design education, the most valuable lessons may stem from the dynamics of our community. In active discourse or in casual conversation, in project teams or in helping another in the fabrication lab, all of us have shared in the indelible support and camaraderie of the design community.

The students who are graduating today from our School are among the world’s best prepared to address the ever more complex questions and issues facing contemporary society and the future state of our planet. Each one will share in shouldering the profound responsibility of our respective disciplines for determining the physical fabric of society, a fabric that provides first and foremost for the health, safety and welfare of all populations, yet also manifests as the tangible repository for a society’s values as well as the scaffold for how cultures define themselves and their aspirations for the future. As the designers of the built environment, you are uniquely suited to convene differing constituents and points of view, to map contested boundaries and territories, to negotiate and pose multiple scenarios and interventions. The difficulties that you and the rest of the world have faced in this past year due to the pandemic and multiple crises were heart rending and tragic for so many, but also a somber reminder that our society depends on the very type of thinking that you have developed in your years here. Your accomplishments during this time were extraordinary, and I look to you to be the agents of change that the world so desperately needs.

At The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, we are rethinking the role of design in the larger world, from the buildings and environments that we produce to our engagement with the public and the surrounding urban fabric. We look to you, today’s graduates, to give voice to the value and potential of design in the world as it is to bring about the world that could be.

D. Michelle Addington Dean Henry M. Rockwell Chair in Architecture

Student Awards PETER O. COLTMAN BOOK PRIZE IN ARCHITECTURE

ASID CERTIFICATE OF HONOR Xie Maggie Hill

Chandler Householder

ASID CERTIFICATE OF MERIT PETER O. COLTMAN BOOK PRIZE IN COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING Abbey Elisabeth Judd

BRONZE ALPHA RHO CHI MEDAL Judged by the faculty of the school, this medal is presented to a graduating architecture student who has shown an ability for leadership, performed willing service for the school, and who has promise of real professional merit through their attitude and personality.

Tristan Charles Ahlquist

AIA HENRY ADAMS MEDAL Awarded by the American Institute of Architects to one undergraduate and one graduate student in architecture who display “general excellence” throughout their academic career.

Jacob Michael Dasuta Zeke Jones

Megan Rider

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PLANNERS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING STUDENT Tatum Nadine Troutt

COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING ENGAGED PRACTICE Storytelling, Co-Production and CommunityBased Park Design in Dove Springs, Austin Michelle Parke Samira Bashar Alaina Bompiedi Caitin Hartnett Jongmoon Lee Raviya Mysorewala Jorge Losoya Veronica Romero

Student Awards COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING COMMUNITY DESIGN Drowning in Disinvestment: Addressing historic inequities in stormwater infrastructure in disaster recovery planning in Houston, Texas Patrick Bauer Sidney Beaty Cameron Christie Sean Conway Mitchell Ford Nafisa Iskandar Jessica Jones Abbey Judd Anita Machiavello Luisa Milani Tressa Olsen Todd Podbielski Tatum Troutt

FACULTY RECOGNITION PRIZE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Awarded to a graduating Master of Landscape Architecture student in recognition of academic excellence.

June Landenburger

FACULTY RECOGNITION PRIZE FOR DESIGN EXCELLENCE IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Awarded to a graduating Master of Landscape Architecture student in recognition of sustained excellence in design.

Taylor Danielle Davis

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AWARD OF HONOR AND MERIT The American Society of Landscape Architects presents an Award of Honor and an Award of Merit to graduating students in landscape architecture. Faculty nominate candidates based on overall preparation to enter the profession.

Award selections are determined by a jury comprised of members of the Central Texas Section of the Texas ASLA. Taylor Danielle Davis Joseph Berek

Student Awards OUTSTANDING DISSERTATION IN ARCHITECTURE Williamena Granger Constructing Old Age: Race, Ethnicity, Religion, and the Architecture of Homes for the Aged, 1870-1965

OUTSTANDING DISSERTATION IN COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING Raksha Vasudevan Decolonial Practices in the Neoliberal City: Young People’s Mobilities and Resistances in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

OUTSTANDING THESIS OR PROFESSIONAL REPORT IN COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING – CENTRAL TEXAS APA AWARD Sara Belén Albornoz Exploring the Potential to Grow Food and Racial Equity on Austin’s Floodplain Buyout Lands

OUTSTANDING MASTERS THESIS IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION Alexandra Wysopal The Conservation of Fire-damaged Stained Glass: Identifying Conditions and Selecting Treatment Options for 19th-20th Century Stained Glass Windows Impacted by Fire

OUTSTANDING MASTERS THESIS IN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN Benjamin Grady Marshall Artificial Trichome Copper Mesh for Dehumidification Purposes in Architecture

EXCELLENCE IN URBAN DESIGN Beatriz Vergara Aller

Student Employee, Faculty and Staff Awards OUTSTANDING TEACHING

Christine Johnson

ASSISTANT OUTSTANDING GRADUATE

Aabiya Baqai

RESEARCH ASSISTANT OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP

Miriam Solis Assistant Professor

OUTSTANDING SERVICE Charlton Lewis Senior Lecturer OUTSTANDING TEACHER Katherine Lieberknecht [LECTURE] Assistant Professor OUTSTANDING TEACHER Cisco Gomes [STUDIO] Associate Professor OUTSTANDING STAFF Casey Stringham Facilities Manager Justin Taylor

Administrative Associate DEAN’S SPECIAL COMMENDATION

Robin Dusek Assistant Director of Student Affairs

Candidates and Graduates PH.D. IN ARCHITECTURE DECEMBER 2020 Joshua Morris Conrad

MASTER OF ARTS IN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 2021 CANDIDATES Alexander Bala∞ Cecilia Muzika Klein*

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING AND MASTER OF SCIENCE IN URBAN DESIGN 2021 CANDIDATE Jorge Zapata*

KEY: * Degree candidate for August 2021 ∞ Dean’s Ambassador + Dual degree with a program outside of the School of Architecture

Candidates and Graduates MASTER OF SCIENCE IN COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING DECEMBER 2020

2021 CANDIDATES

Tymon B. Khamsi Timothy Welch McCarthy

Sara Belén Albornoz∞ Patrick Bauer Maxwell Bernhardt Cameron Christie Sean Conway* Mitchell Ford Monika Gehl Andrew Glazener Caitin Hartnett* Nafisa Meisa Iskandar Abbey Elisabeth Judd∞+ Seth LaRue* Jongmoon Lee Jorge Losoya Anita Machiavello Jordan McGee* Luisa Duarte Milani* Raviya Mysorewala* Todd Podbielski August Stanley* Tatum Nadine Troutt∞+ Ziyue Su

* Degree candidate for August 2021 ∞ Dean’s Ambassador + Dual degree with a program outside of the School of Architecture

Candidates and Graduates MASTER OF INTERIOR DESIGN (FIRST PROFESSIONAL) 2021 CANDIDATES Jennie Mason Megan Rider∞ Malati Vasudevan

MASTER OF INTERIOR DESIGN (POST-PROFESSIONAL) DECEMBER 2020

2021 CANDIDATE

Hannah Susan Saji

Boyoung Huh

MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE (FIRST PROFESSIONAL) 2021 CANDIDATES

Amanda Alvarez∞ Joseph Berek Taylor Danielle Davis∞ Kathryn Kimball June Landenburger Sean Christopher Scaff Tabitha Tattenbach Charlie Weber Kristin Maile Hollison Witte

Candidates and Graduates MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION 2021 CANDIDATES Eliza Winslow Haskell Blackman∞ Sydney Andrea Landers Vizcaino Alexandra Wysopal

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN DECEMBER 2020

2021 CANDIDATES

Robert Z. Lehr

Maite Bizcarguenaga Doucet Benjamin Grady Marshal

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN URBAN DESIGN DECEMBER 2020

2021 CANDIDATES

Kaitlin Marie Schuette Beatriz Vergara Aller Cheng Xie Meizi Yang Ziyue Zhang Kaiyu Zhou

Maitrei Phansalkar Mengdi Yang

Candidates and Graduates MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE (FIRST PROFESSIONAL) DECEMBER 2020

2021 CANDIDATES

Juan Casillas Acosta Jennifer Grace Adair Andrea Valentina Alvarez Barrios Robbie Anderson Delaney Brae Bannister Alexis Danielle Benton Fatima Paulina Betts∞ Wellington M. Chew Andrew Venable Garden∞ Andriy Grygorenko Amanda Lorraine Hirsch Zeke Jones∞ Christian Thomas Lopp Julia Martinelli∞ Jennifer Pranskevich Francisco Moises Resendiz Carrillo∞ Kevin Rivera Samuel Aaron Henry Rose Youssef Shabo Iuliia V. Tambovtseva Valentina V. Tambovtseva

Tristan Charles Ahlquist∞ Cara Bristow Margaret Bunke John DuBois Coleman Priscilla Goodwin James Christian Hardt Mary ‘Harly’ Hutker∞ Maarten Janssens Christine M. Johnson∞ Amaya Jo Lucas∞ Lisa Maccora∞ Alexander T. McKenzie Christopher Mowery Katherine Odom Alexandra Paige Pease Gabrielle Rossato* Douglas Shay Kenneth Sneed Lucas Strzelec∞ Dylan Taylor Chloe Madeleine Thomasian* Crystal Torres∞ Ying Zhang

* Degree candidate for August 2021 ∞ Dean’s Ambassador

Candidates and Graduates MASTER OF ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 2021 CANDIDATES Amaya D’souza Ruofeng You

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES DECEMBER 2020

2021 CANDIDATES

Katherine Cook

Diana Atvars Terrell R. Brown Alexander Clayborn Faith Maria Matheson Siobhán O’Casey Mila Santana∞*

* Degree candidate for August 2021 ∞ Dean’s Ambassador

Candidates and Graduates BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE DECEMBER 2020

2021 CANDIDATES

Ian Amen Katherine Bomar Smita Centala Johan Cheah+ Marisol Garcia Aubry Klingler Erin Smith Vasily Sufuev

Tahirah Ayah Aatiq Blake Matthew Ahart Michael C. Azterbaum Maymona Bahaa Aldin* Autusa Behroozi∞+ Cole Bennette∞* Luis Alejandro Bósquez Raymond Castro∞ Daniel A. Chavez∞+ Jessica Yi-Jie Chen* Leesa Cheong-Cano* Kaavya Chhatrapati* Josiah Chopin Kalie Adele Currin*

Nicholas Dalquest∞* Jacob Michael Dasuta* Alejandro Davila Eleodoro Davila* Ali Davis* Danielle Eke Hannah George Fredricks+ Nelly Garcia-Carrillo Christopher Gaschen Sarah Hopper* Matthew Hodges Chandler Householder∞* Lyndsey Howarth* Jonathan Huang+ Maxwell Hunter Audrey Anh Thu Le Bennett Lembcke* Sydney Lohkamp* Ananya Manian Gabrielle Mauldin Alexis Medrano-Ross Jacob T. Middleton Jeremy Miller* Maanasa Nathan+ Alexander D. Noaks* Makayla Ponce Amber Noel Pufal Brandon T. Raettig Nicole Jeanne Raskosky Anneleise Sebesta* Jimin Son McKenzie Lea Sosa Blair Stingley Patricio Villa+ Madison Renae Vincent Eleanor Wakou Jeffrey Watson Michael West∞ Courtney Grace Williams Celine Linxi Wu*

Candidates and Graduates BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERIOR DESIGN DECEMBER 2020

2021 CANDIDATES

Katherine Kligerman

Lilli Geen Ashlyn Hartfiel Xie Maggie Hill∞ Tara Lulla Ivy Njoroge Lauren Rathbun Cordelia Ann Staniford Morgan Whiddon