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Title: URBAN RETROFIT OF THE HISTORICAL CITY OF AHMEDABAD, INDIA
Creator: Patel, Chanakya Dineshbhai
Date: 2012-11-26, 2012-12
Description: Most great cities of today originally started as small settlements on the banks of rivers. Ahmedabad, founded in year 1411 AD by emperor Ahmed...
Show moreMost great cities of today originally started as small settlements on the banks of rivers. Ahmedabad, founded in year 1411 AD by emperor Ahmed Shah indeed has a claim for thriving in all aspects of life for the past six centuries. Established as a small military settlement on the dry and sandy north Gujarat plains on the bank of river Sabarmati, Ahmedabad today is fifth largest city and seventh largest metropolitan of India. Geographically the Sabarmati River divides the city of Ahmedabad into two segments. Within each side of the city there are two distinct images, urban west and historic east. It could be stated that the historic district of city must now hold its position as the center both geographically and economically considering the overall metropolitan area of Ahmedabad. With rapid urbanization, the historic district is overlapped by today’s fast paced life and urbanity resulting a steady loss of its heritage and greater than that, a sense of place. This thesis proposes a conservation and reconstruction model for the historic district of Ahmedabad addressing the most fundamental issues of economic viability and sustainability. The main challenge driving this thesis is how to retrofit the historic district so that it matches the urbanity of 21st century along with keeping its historic character intact. The initial process is to assemble background observations and research that will provide an understanding of the concepts required for retrofitting the historic district of Ahmedabad. It is hopeful that the ideas and architectural process can also be a framework to be applied on other historic cores that have been neglected and suppressed by today’s urbanity and especially in Asian countries.
M.S. in Architecture, December 2012
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Title: The world's playground
Creator: Yeon, Eungju
Date: 2012-04-25, 2012-05
Description: Olympic cultural center for 2012, Korea

Title: Creative Public Library and Material Center
Creator: Phanuprasit, Praerin
Date: 2010-07-29

Title: All Season Recreation Center: Eric Grebliunas Thesis Boards
Creator: Grebliunas, Eric
Date: 2012-04-30, 2012-05
Description: The center is a celebration of Chicago's unique seasonal opportunities and will encourage the inherent entertainment nature provides. This is...
Show moreThe center is a celebration of Chicago's unique seasonal opportunities and will encourage the inherent entertainment nature provides. This is a structurally determinate project.
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Title: waterWORKS: Reed Webster Final Book
Creator: Webster, Reed
Date: 5/3/2011, 2011-05
Description: Water shortages will be a global problem by the year 2025. With the Great Lakes Basin accounting for 95% of the fresh water in the United...
Show moreWater shortages will be a global problem by the year 2025. With the Great Lakes Basin accounting for 95% of the fresh water in the United States it will soon become our most valuable natural resource. In re-defining urban relationships to the Great Lakes a healthy, ecologically stable, and regenerative water system can become our greatest national asset. Providing a prototype solution for one of these urban areas (Traverse City, MI) may set a precedent for long term protection of the Great Lakes.
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Title: Waste to Work
Creator: Vlahakis, Meredith
Date: 2010-07-30

Title: Nibakure Children's Village School
Creator: May, Bryan
Date: 2010-07-13

Title: Center for Civil Disobedience: 20120416_Final_Prez_Post_Rast
Creator: Pantazis, Steven
Date: 2012-05-02, 2012-05
Description: An Architecture to formalize the process of civil disobedience. It raises awareness of the implications of the privatization of public space

Title: A Mixed Use High Rise in Mumbai: Board_MixedUse_Irshad_Saleji
Creator: Saleji, Irshad
Date: 2011-05, 2011-05
Description: C-ward is the neighborhood (in Mumbai) that was designed and developed around 1940 and thereafter there has been no or very little improvement...
Show moreC-ward is the neighborhood (in Mumbai) that was designed and developed around 1940 and thereafter there has been no or very little improvement in infrastructure, which has led to narrow street, unsafe pedestrian and limited open space. C-ward in one of the most prime real-estate location considering it right next to financial district , close to major train station and close to Shoreline. ROMF (Remaking of Mumbai Federation) has taken the initiative to develop the C-ward and the project site part of ROMF development area. City centers have always been source of density because of scarcity of land. The sensible and effective use of such land would be to build vertical (high-rise) and also to have the possibility of expansion for the future development. A mixed use high rise development diversifies the use of space within a single building structure. Combination of living, entertainment, shopping and lodging in single urban structure, helps to utilize the full potential of an urban site.
Sponsorship: Durbrow, John
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Title: Introspective Landscape: Efficient Residential Housing
Creator: Allen, Nate
Date: 2012-05, 2012-05
Description: This project is a contemporary revisit of the ideas behind Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian houses. The building consists of three separate...
Show moreThis project is a contemporary revisit of the ideas behind Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian houses. The building consists of three separate dwelling units on the same lot, a variation from the typical Chicago three-flat in that, rather than the three units being stacked one on top of the other, they are ordered linearly one after the other. The primary advantage of this arrangement is that each unit is allowed access to the ground floor, and to one of the three designated courtyard areas.
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Title: WIDESPAN: Masters Project
Creator: Ninan, Janice
Date: 2011-05, 2010-12
Description: Widespan design.Investigating the integration of windmills into longspan structure and investigating the axial forces of tension to span...
Show moreWidespan design.Investigating the integration of windmills into longspan structure and investigating the axial forces of tension to span grater spans using virtual depth concepts with slender lightweight design.
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Title: Overlap Overlay: Overlap Overlay Board
Creator: Wankel, Jordan
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: The purpose of this overlay is to provide the proper mechanics which allows a new type of home ownership while addressing current urban...
Show moreThe purpose of this overlay is to provide the proper mechanics which allows a new type of home ownership while addressing current urban vacancy. The overlay attempts to be democratic. It establishes basic rules based on the existing block requirements, while also providing flexibility within. Residents voluntarily participate in the system, benefiting from the whole. Social interactions, block orientated activities, and housing arrangements expand and contract over time.
Sponsorship: Goodman, David
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Title: The Odd Couple
Creator: Bacheller, Tim
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: The socio-political structure of Belgium, a whole containing disparate parts, serves as the catalyst for The Odd Couple: two individual...
Show moreThe socio-political structure of Belgium, a whole containing disparate parts, serves as the catalyst for The Odd Couple: two individual secondary schools in Brussels, one Dutch-speaking, the other French-speaking, sharing the same site. The common element shared among the two schools is the public realm. Rather than shunning the public, the public is encouraged to actively engage in activities within the building. In this way the common spaces throughout the building take on the role of serving the needs and desires of both schools and the public, resulting in the necessity for dialogue and cooperation. By filtering program through a socio-political lens, a “school” typology emerges that emphasizes interaction and extramural learning.
Sponsorship: Conger-Austin, Susan
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Title: Moksha Tower
Creator: Fu, Yalin
Date: 2011-03, 2010-05
Description: In India, death is considered one of the most important stages of the whole human process.And the traditional funeral process occupied a great...
Show moreIn India, death is considered one of the most important stages of the whole human process.And the traditional funeral process occupied a great quantity of land in a country with a big population.Moksha tower(cemetery tower) created a high-rise cemetery in order , to free up previous ground floor cemetery green space for recreation. This would create a vertical resource for the handling and disposal of dead bodies, which would provide storage for the dead for only limited a period of time, in order to ensure adequate capacity to continually accommodate new dead.
Sponsorship: Wood, Antony
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Title: Latino Cultural Center in Chicago
Creator: Vidal, Francisco
Date: 2010-05-01, 2010-05-01
Description: As Latino immigrant families assimilate in to U.S. Society there is the risk that future generations will not learn about their history,...
Show moreAs Latino immigrant families assimilate in to U.S. Society there is the risk that future generations will not learn about their history, culture and traditions. Many Latin people born in the United States do not learn about their heritage, they just adapt to the American lifestyle. There is a need for new infrastructure that works as cultural exchange and support for this community. This Cultural Center is intended to be part of the existing downtown cultural infrastructure. The idea is to include it as part of the cultural and educational organizations in order to integrate it with tourism.
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Title: 35TH BRONZEVILLE·IIT SOCIAL CONDENSER
Creator: Hyesun, Jeong
Date: 2012-11-19, 2012-12
Description: The transit station at IIT is mono-functional, lacking connections to place or programs that engage flows of people passing in and out of the...
Show moreThe transit station at IIT is mono-functional, lacking connections to place or programs that engage flows of people passing in and out of the neighborhood. Due to this fact, campus areas around the transit station become desolate and lackluster giving no motivation for people to remain at the station other than just to take train and bus. IIT’s campus lacks engagement with Bronzeville, although both the institution and neighborhood share the transit station. My proposal for these problems is to design a transit station and cultural complex that provides a social condenser for the larger community of Bronzeville. This will create a rich mixture of programs and amenities to be shared by both audiences
M.S. in Architecture, December 2012
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Title: The Collegiate Strip: An Urban Renewal of Main Street: Wade-FinalGraphicArgument
Creator: Wade, Jessica
Date: 2012-04-30, 2012
Description: This project was a look at redeveloping Main Street in Buffalo,New York to become a new Collegiate Strip for College students. The detailed...
Show moreThis project was a look at redeveloping Main Street in Buffalo,New York to become a new Collegiate Strip for College students. The detailed site located at the intersection of Jewett Avenue and Main Street provided a new 'Arts Node' where students could live, perform, and practice their given talents. This site also provided a connection to the existing Tri-Main Center which allows public display space for artistic individuals. An infrastructural addition over the existing railway system provided additional outdoor space labeled a 'social alley' that connected Main Street and Jewett Avenue and provided more creative space between the Tri-Main Center and the new Arts Node.
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Title: Learning Company, Literacy Center, Johannesburg, South Africa: final board
Creator: Gray, Aisling
Date: 2010-07-29

Title: Introspective Landscape: Efficient Residential Housing: Final Board2_001
Creator: Allen, Nate
Date: 2012-05, 2012-05
Description: This project is a contemporary revisit of the ideas behind Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian houses. The building consists of three separate...
Show moreThis project is a contemporary revisit of the ideas behind Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian houses. The building consists of three separate dwelling units on the same lot, a variation from the typical Chicago three-flat in that, rather than the three units being stacked one on top of the other, they are ordered linearly one after the other. The primary advantage of this arrangement is that each unit is allowed access to the ground floor, and to one of the three designated courtyard areas.
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Title: Chicago Urban Art Center
Creator: Erick, Kristanto
Date: 2010-07-29

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