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Title: The Memory Steps: The Memory Steps_Library and Community Center
Creator: Kwon, Oh Keun
Date: 2012-05-01, 2012-05
Description: "The Memory Step"� is a public library combined with a community center. The project is located in an urban area that has lost much of its...
Show more"The Memory Step"� is a public library combined with a community center. The project is located in an urban area that has lost much of its character over time. Time has several important meanings that include tradition, history and discovery of unique characteristics - in other words, culture. Culture provides a city with a unique identity and as software, it provides city with diversity. Placing the project within this specific area will act as a catalyst to revitalize the cultural and social identity and regenerate the unique urban fabric. The project is based upon three principles : Identity, relationship, and Community.
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Title: The Odd Couple: FINAL SLIDESHOW
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: Fostering Synergy: Masters Project Boards_2012AC-final
Creator: Cooper, Andrea
Date: 2012-05-02, 2012-05
Description: Fostering Synergy will create a community based support system by pairing young mothers outgrowing the foster care system with community...
Show moreFostering Synergy will create a community based support system by pairing young mothers outgrowing the foster care system with community matriarchs in need of companionship. Each generation has social and physical needs that can be eased through the Fostering Synergy support system.
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Title: Re-entry Residential Community: thesis booklet
Creator: Kasargod Pattanshetty, Priyanka Rao
Date: 2012-04-29, 2012-05
Description: Re-entry residential communities are an integral part of the criminal justice system. They focus on re-entry prepartion, including job...
Show moreRe-entry residential communities are an integral part of the criminal justice system. They focus on re-entry prepartion, including job training and drug treatment. These group homes are located in the community where inmates serve a period of time after being released from federal prison, in order to prepare for reentering the community. The inmates are required to go outside during the day to work or participate in community services. Law offenders are housed in penal establishments as a punishment not for punishment. Preservation of personality & prevention of deterioration call for as high a priority as efforts to bring about the inmates’ re-entry into the society. Hence the concept of correction, reformation & rehabilitation of prison inmates should come to the forefront of any community correction center’s adminstration.
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Title: the evolution of the south fork turning basin
Creator: Grilli, Graham
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: a historical analysis of the South Fork Turning basin from 1833-2040 including proposals for future timeline. wetland remediation coupled with...
Show morea historical analysis of the South Fork Turning basin from 1833-2040 including proposals for future timeline. wetland remediation coupled with modular housing and adaptive reuse solutions. prototype for other potential developments along river's edge leading to healthier Great Lakes basin.
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Title: e.N.U.P.H.; Efficient New Urban Phoenix Housing: e.N.U.P.H. Desert Typology_Presentation Boards
Creator: Troia, Matthew
Date: 2012-05-02, 2012-05
Description: e.N.U.P.H. is an alternative typology to current suburban tract home sprawl in the American southwest. Retail shops, offices, a supermarket,...
Show moree.N.U.P.H. is an alternative typology to current suburban tract home sprawl in the American southwest. Retail shops, offices, a supermarket, plaza, and residences are combined in a courtyard building that takes advantage of mountain views to the east and south through gradually sloping forms. As an alternative to suburban homes, emphasis is placed on the generous private outdoor living area of each residence, as well as amenities like the roof, sun, and pool decks. e.N.U.P.H. preserves the Phoenician’s desire for individuality and private space with the liveliness of a public plaza in a sustainable, efficient, and medium-density desert typology.
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Title: Protecting the Artists' Social Construct in a Mutually Beneficial Developer Environment: DSheen_ProtectingArtistSocialConstruct_Board
Creator: Sheen, Daniel
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: This project is a mixed-use high rise which will incorporate the program of the newly constructed high rise buildings of retail, hotel, and...
Show moreThis project is a mixed-use high rise which will incorporate the program of the newly constructed high rise buildings of retail, hotel, and condominiums with the program of the existing Powerhouse Arts District, art gallery, auction house, art work spaces, and artist lofts. In order for this combination of program to occur and to retain developer interest in this high rise tower, relationships between the program were investigated. Typical “inefficient” or unleasable spaces in a traditional high rise were used as opportunities to incorporate these art district programs into the site. Artist lofts were design on the perimeter of the mechanical floors to take advantage of double height spaces as well as privacy. Art galleries, and an auction house was incorporated on the lower service level in order to take advantage of loading/unloading access. Art work spaces were designed around program which required column free spacing and a sunken art plaza was designed to add additional frontage to different retail and art programs located below grade. The design of both the high rise and its program intends to restore the deteriorating identity of the Powerhouse Arts District in Jersey City, NJ.
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Title: Howell Mountain Winery: Final_Boards
Creator: Duggan, Michael
Date: 2012-04-21, 2012-05
Description: Howell Mountain is a distinct and unique location in the heart of Napa Valley California. The 45 acres site rests on the mountain’s south west...
Show moreHowell Mountain is a distinct and unique location in the heart of Napa Valley California. The 45 acres site rests on the mountain’s south west slopes and is planted with high quality grapes used in the production of red wine. When the fog rolls off the ocean and into the Napa Valley, the weather on Howell Mountain is generally sunny and cool. The appellation owes its distinctive climate to the fact that it is positioned high above the valley floor. The program includes both the wine production facilities and the hospitality facilities for visitors. The driving concept of the project is to merge those two, often opposing, programmatic elements. From west to east, the site has a 43% grade change. By designing a gravity flow winery, this facility can take advantage of that significant slope.
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Title: INTERCULTURAL ERASMUS PROGRAM STUDENT ACCOMMODATIONS: boards_kemalelmas
Creator: Elmas, Kemal
Date: 2012-05, 2012-05

Title: Graduate Student Dwelling
Creator: Janica, H
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: The project will seek to create an environment for that fosters living, community, and learning for graduate students at Illinois Institute of...
Show moreThe project will seek to create an environment for that fosters living, community, and learning for graduate students at Illinois Institute of Technology.
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Title: Chicago Casino
Creator: Sholar, Scott
Date: 4/13/2011, 2011-05
Description: Transforming abandoned grain elevators while redefining the normal Casino typology. Understanding the capabilities of abandoned grain...
Show moreTransforming abandoned grain elevators while redefining the normal Casino typology. Understanding the capabilities of abandoned grain elevators and how they can be reused to create a successful design.
Sponsorship: Felsen, Martin
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Title: Monumental Adaptation: Reimagining the Old Chicago Post Office: NT_masters project_final book
Creator: Turgeon, Noel
Date: 2012-05-01, 2012-05
Description: MONUMENTAL ADAPTATION: REIMAGINING THE OLD CHICAGO POST OFFICE Built in 1932, the Old Chicago Main Post Office was the largest post office in...
Show moreMONUMENTAL ADAPTATION: REIMAGINING THE OLD CHICAGO POST OFFICE Built in 1932, the Old Chicago Main Post Office was the largest post office in the world at three million square feet. It was designed to accommodate the extension of Congress Parkway and in 1953 the Eisenhower Expressway cut a void through the center of the building. Finally the Post Office was vacated in 1997 and remains unused to this day. This project proposes the adaptation of the Post Office into a hybrid fieldhouse that contains public recreation and retail space. This proposal keeps the Post Office public, utilizing income generated through retail to maintain the building for Chicagoans. Recreation program is inserted into voids carved out of the original building. Retail occupies the peripheral space, surrounding the voids.
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Title: Multi- Generational Housing in China: Mixed-use Multi- Generational Housing in China
Creator: Liu, Ling
Date: 2011-05, 2011-05
Description: In China, too much population causes early retire age, one child policy, extremely high housing pressure, too little land for open space,...
Show moreIn China, too much population causes early retire age, one child policy, extremely high housing pressure, too little land for open space, little or no public facilities. Also, it causes the lost of many long tradition. The losing of multi- generational living is just one of them. This project is a humanistic response to the social problems.
Sponsorship: Denison, Dirk
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Title: Oil Rig Eco Hotel: OilRigEcoHotel_Poster
Creator: Marcan, Stephanie
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: By refashioning the design and programmatic use of an offshore oil rig into a luxury hotel for ecotourists, a new age of responsible travel...
Show moreBy refashioning the design and programmatic use of an offshore oil rig into a luxury hotel for ecotourists, a new age of responsible travel may emerge. By twisting the symbol of oil dependency into an ecologically preserved, environmentally accountable and revenue-producing prototype, the ideals of reuse, energy and environment can be viewed through a new lens. This design creates interesting and innovative living spaces and environments aided by sustainable integrations to create a “living machine” that establishes connections between all building systems as well as inhabitant inputs and outputs resulting in an energy independent habitat.
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Title: The Collegiate Strip: An Urban Renewal of Main Street: FinalBoard1
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: Moments of Understanding - Tribal Culture Center: Moments of Understanding - Tribal Culture Center (Boards)
Creator: Hussain, Tanveer
Date: 2012-05-01, 2012-05
Description: The main purpose of the Tribal Cultural Center is to offer a platform for the local public, tribal country’s key leaders to communicate with...
Show moreThe main purpose of the Tribal Cultural Center is to offer a platform for the local public, tribal country’s key leaders to communicate with the goal of promoting peace and prosperity to the region. This project will help these leaders create the moments of understanding for the future of generations to come (Power of democracy). It will also help to educate and train the young tribesmen so they can contribute their knowledge to their local tribes. Architecturally, site planning, landscape design and using the traditional local materials with modern construction techniques were explored.
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Title: Adaptive Reuse Hybrid Development: HenryJarzabkowski_MastersProject_AdaptiveReuseHybridDevelopment_SP11
Creator: Jarzabkowski, Henry
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: Producing and designing a prototype hybrid use development strategy for a neighboring pair of preexisting historical building in Chicago’s...
Show moreProducing and designing a prototype hybrid use development strategy for a neighboring pair of preexisting historical building in Chicago’s North side community of Lakeview.
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Title: Introspective Landscape: Efficient Residential Housing: Nate Allen Final Book
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: Supportive Urbanism: Tower + Field: 120501 Supportive Urbanism
Creator: Newman, Taylor
Date: 2012-05-01, 2012-05
Description: reexamination of centralized supportive housing in an urban context emphasizing the supportive characteristics of a productive green space....
Show morereexamination of centralized supportive housing in an urban context emphasizing the supportive characteristics of a productive green space. Other supportive elements at grade include culinary training, mixed use units, and transportation center.
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Title: The Intrepid Penguin Lodge at Shackleton Station: AAA-Board
Creator: Tolsky, Benjamin
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: This is a design for a new research station in Antarctica that also includes Antarctica's first hotel as part of the station. The emphasis is...
Show moreThis is a design for a new research station in Antarctica that also includes Antarctica's first hotel as part of the station. The emphasis is on a modular design that is easily expandable and reconfigurable in order to meet the needs of future Antarctic research and tourism demands. The end result of the project is a single 16 minute animation to demonstrate life at the station both as a daily routine and a seasonal routine, as well as the logistics of shipping and constructing the station in Antarctica.
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