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Title: ADAPTATION AND RENOVATION OF SCHULZE BAKERY TO A MIXED USE BUILDING: master thesis Final Booklet-wigdan al-guneid
Creator: Al-guneid, Wigdan
Date: 5/2/2011, 2011-05
Description: Holding focus on techinics and strategies of development arc, a landmark building on the south side of Chicago will be re-adapted and...
Show moreHolding focus on techinics and strategies of development arc, a landmark building on the south side of Chicago will be re-adapted and transformed from a bakery to a much needed mixed use building.
Sponsorship: Waldorf, Tyler
Sponsorship: Denison, Dirk
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Title: The Brownfield Renewal Recreation Center: Final-board
Creator: Babakhanian, Rosika
Date: 5/10/2011, 2011-05
Description: This Project is an urban renewal of an abandoned post-industrial land in the calumet region located on Chicago’s far southeast. The Calumet...
Show moreThis Project is an urban renewal of an abandoned post-industrial land in the calumet region located on Chicago’s far southeast. The Calumet region was once the largest and richest wetland in lower north America, but 120 years of intensive industrialization, pollution and waste disposal tailored the ecosystem of this region and resulted in thousands of acres of brownfields.
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Title: Moments of Understanding - Tribal Culture Center: Moments of Understanding - Tribal Culture Center (Project)
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: WasteLESS Modular Housing: FINAL_BOARDS_landscape_BrodmarkleEmerson
Creator: Emerson, Melissa
Date: 2012-05-02, 2012-05
Description: This project aimed to create efficient housing for the average American with the ability to customize their home to their own needs, lifestyle...
Show moreThis project aimed to create efficient housing for the average American with the ability to customize their home to their own needs, lifestyle, and aesthetics. In addition, the feasibility of pre-fabricated portions of the home made this more realistic in terms of cost and the quickness of its construct-ability for each potential home owner.
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Title: New Housing Model "Flexible Housing Components:IMG_7334_EDIT_Crop"
Creator: Quinn, Aidan
Date: 2012-05-02, 2012-05
Description: This project is a focus on spatial flexibility. The idea is to generate housing components that focuses on flexibility in order to create...
Show moreThis project is a focus on spatial flexibility. The idea is to generate housing components that focuses on flexibility in order to create space that is defined by the user.
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Title: Center for Civil Disobedience
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: Captured Moments: A Concept for a K-12 Urban School
Creator: Twardowski, Jacqueline
Date: 2012, 2012-05
Description: The inspiration to develop a vertical urban school originates from rising urban density and the lack of interconnection and identity in some...
Show moreThe inspiration to develop a vertical urban school originates from rising urban density and the lack of interconnection and identity in some urban environments. The urban condition is a construct of rhythm, memory, and the sensory. This condition is illuminated through the dense activity and interaction of city life. This scheme embraces the layers of activity and vibrancies inherent in the operation of schools and cities.
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Title: INTERCULTURAL ERASMUS PROGRAM STUDENT ACCOMMODATIONS: toplu
Creator: Elmas, Kemal
Date: 2012-05, 2012-05

Title: Facade Retrofit - High Performance Facade Systems for an Existing Building
Creator: Velichkova, Gergana
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: THE FAÇADE HAS THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL WHEN TRYING TO OPTIMIZE THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF A BUILDING. THE MAIN GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO...
Show moreTHE FAÇADE HAS THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL WHEN TRYING TO OPTIMIZE THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF A BUILDING. THE MAIN GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO INVESTIGATE WHAT IS THE VALUE OF FACADE RETROFIT AND STUDY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERFORMANCE, WEIGHT, EMBODIED ENERGY, ASSEMBLY EFFORT, COST AND POTENTIAL SAVINGS. 4 DIFFERENT FACADE SYSTEMS ARE ANALYZED AND COMPARED IN THE CONTEXT OF AN EXISTING BUILDING. ONE OF THE SYSTEMS IS CURRENTLY INSTALLED AND HAS BEEN RECENTLY RETROFITTED, WHILE THE OTHER THREE ARE DESIGN PROPOSALS WHICH FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS: PERFORMANCE AND DAYLIGHT, MINIMAL STRUCTURE AND ADAPTABILITY.
Sponsorship: Sobek, Werner
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Title: Remote Home: a handcrafted, component-based solution for southwest living: cordell_masters_booklet_2012
Creator: Cordell, Christopher
Date: 2012-05-01, 2012-05
Description: A prefabricated home with componentry optimized for simple fabrication and human-scale labor. This project explores the benefits of linking...
Show moreA prefabricated home with componentry optimized for simple fabrication and human-scale labor. This project explores the benefits of linking digital design and prefabrication to maximize construction efficiency and minimize on-site delays. Its physically remote location also necessitates a highly light and mobile solution that is simple in construction.
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Title: The Collegiate Strip: An Urban Renewal of Main Street
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: HIGH RISE BUILDING: var
Creator: Sun, Yanfang
Date: 2012-05-08, 2012-05
Description: MIXED USE HIGH RISE BUILDING DESIGN COMBINING WIND TURBINE, IN ORDER TO FIND A SUSTAINABLE WAY TO USING CLEAN ENERGY

Title: HIGH RISE BUILDING: turbine detail view
Creator: Sun, Yanfang
Date: 2012-05-08, 2012-05
Description: MIXED USE HIGH RISE BUILDING DESIGN COMBINING WIND TURBINE, IN ORDER TO FIND A SUSTAINABLE WAY TO USING CLEAN ENERGY

Title: Space|Place: CharlottePage_Master's Project_BoardPamphlets
Creator: Page, Charlotte
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: A commentary on Education: examination of the experience of the subject (space) in relation to the object (place).
Sponsorship: Conger-Austin,...
Show moreA commentary on Education: examination of the experience of the subject (space) in relation to the object (place).
Sponsorship: Conger-Austin, Susan
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Title: Room For Growth
Creator: Mckenzie, Jennifer
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: The project is a resource center for formally incarcerated people returning to civil society. Many transitional facilities are overrun with...
Show moreThe project is a resource center for formally incarcerated people returning to civil society. Many transitional facilities are overrun with the great flux of people reentering society every year. Room for Growth project proposes to stabalize this group of people by offering another option of counseling centers, housing and work training facilities in the Washington Park neighborhood of Chicago.
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Title: PHOTONASTIC Innovative Facade Technology: L_ROMERO_FINAL_BOOK
Creator: Romero, Loretta
Date: 2012-04-24, 2012-05
Description: PHOTONASTIC is a concept addressing the invention, design, production and potential implementation of a building integrated system. The system...
Show morePHOTONASTIC is a concept addressing the invention, design, production and potential implementation of a building integrated system. The system attempts to address the relationship between energy conservation and architectural facade innovation. The skin affects both the appearance and performance in such a way that these features promote new design concepts and stimulate technical developments for the architecture of the future.
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Title: Reviving the Lost Art: Reviving the lost art
Creator: Nguyen, Chung Thuy
Date: 2011-04, 2011-05
Description: The goal of the project is to celebrate the craftsmanship of lacquer painting and to revive the lacquer village in a new urban context

Title: Space|Place
Creator: Page, Charlotte
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: A commentary on Education: examination of the experience of the subject (space) in relation to the object (place).
Sponsorship: Conger-Austin,...
Show moreA commentary on Education: examination of the experience of the subject (space) in relation to the object (place).
Sponsorship: Conger-Austin, Susan
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Title: Urban Sanctuary: Life and Revitalization Center
Creator: Venia Iii, Ellis
Date: 2012-04-29, 2012-05
Description: The project is a revitalization and life center for people and their families living with diabetes. The goal of the facility is to provide a...
Show moreThe project is a revitalization and life center for people and their families living with diabetes. The goal of the facility is to provide a place to escape from everyday living. Elements to improve the knowledge and livelihoods of individuals who have been diagnosed with the disease will be implemented allowing the project to become a central node. Creating an environment that promotes relaxation and revitalization within an urban context is of great importance to the project. Partnerships with relative medical facilities will establish a client base and ease the access to the facility. If used successfully, the project could be a cornerstone to multiple facilities across the country.
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Title: Supportive Urbanism: Tower + Field: 120201 OPEN SPACE AND EMBEDDED LANDSCAPE
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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