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Title: Garfield Station Area Rehabilitation Project
Creator: Oh, Soohyun
Date: 2011-04-25, 2011-05
Description: Architecture is significantly associated with people. Because architecture is design of life, activities and spaces for people. Therefore,...
Show moreArchitecture is significantly associated with people. Because architecture is design of life, activities and spaces for people. Therefore, architectural behavior does not have only a physical impact but also social and economic impact on the area. Especially the architectural elements can help to development an area and provide an enhanced economic aspect, cultural activities and social communication to inhabitants in underdeveloped or backward area. The Garfield Station Area Rehabilitation Project is a grand scale development project that comprehends urban scheme, site master plan and architectural design phases. The goal of the project, consistent throughout all phases, is to transform the abandoned Washington Park Community into a recovered, preserved and developed community with its rich history by promoting cultural, social and economical incentives to be linked to the Hyde Park Community.
M.S. in Architecture, May 2011
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Title: re|build
Creator: Clithero, Katherine
Date: 2012-05-02, 2012-05
Description: On May 22, 2011, Joplin, Missouri was struck by a powerful EF-5 tornado. The nearly one-mile wide tornado cut a path almost 22 miles in length...
Show moreOn May 22, 2011, Joplin, Missouri was struck by a powerful EF-5 tornado. The nearly one-mile wide tornado cut a path almost 22 miles in length, destroying over 7,000 homes and about 2,000 other structures. Among the buildings completely destroyed during the storm was Joplin High School. The rebuilding of the school is an important step for the community to heal and grow from the devastation. The intent of the design is to improve the quality of education by incorporating collaborative learning spaces, integrating technology and promoting environmental responsibility.
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Title: Architectural Hybrid Studio: Architectural Hybrid Studio Boards
Creator: Emery, Jake
Date: 2012-05, 2012-05
Description: The innovative institute blends the professionalism of the city with the teachings of a studio-based architecture school in the neighborhood...
Show moreThe innovative institute blends the professionalism of the city with the teachings of a studio-based architecture school in the neighborhood of Bronzeville. Thus, this helps the students become exposed to the real world practice, attaining professional principles and experience in the field. The new institute becomes an incubator for learning and producing great architecture. It combines individuals at various stages of their professional and educational careers. Graduate students, graduates, and working architects share space and together create a unique learning environment
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Title: TENSIWALL
Creator: Chiu, Mark A.
Date: 2011-12-10, 2011-12
Description: A facade is the interface between building and environment, between indoor and outdoor; therefore it has a functional quality – protection of...
Show moreA facade is the interface between building and environment, between indoor and outdoor; therefore it has a functional quality – protection of the interior spaces, inhabitants, and services from the forces of the exterior surrounding environment. The facade is also the first component to be seen of any building; therefore it has a certain aesthetic quality that it needs to achieve. Currently, most facades are constructed of relatively heavy materials, requiring more structural material usage; and opaque materials, depriving the interior occupants of natural light. A textile facade, however, can provide a lightweight, lighttransmissive, and highly insulative exterior wall, while also offering versatility in the aesthetics. Although they are usually not considered to be a facade material, textiles can create a highly advanced alternative to the current facade solutions. Therefore, the thesis topic is to develop a future exterior wall system with advanced physical properties based on a textile facade.
M.S. in Architecture, December 2011
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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: Sprout: An Urban Outreach Enterprise: studio book
Creator: Basham, David
Date: 2010-07-29

Title: TRACK on Devon Avenue
Creator: Kohn, Adi
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: This project encourages innovative design and planning concepts that further the development of a better, healthier and more active lifestyle...
Show moreThis project encourages innovative design and planning concepts that further the development of a better, healthier and more active lifestyle through the infusion of activities into everyday practices in a space inhabited daily. It is not about encouraging us to go to the gym and workingout more. It’s about giving citizens a workout through their interactions with this environment on a daily basis.
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Title: Overlap Overlay
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: UNDERGROUND AIRPORT
Creator: Kim, Churl Jong
Date: 2014, 2014-12
Description: The idea of this project is to investigate the possibility of an underground airport with passenger facilities below and aircrafts above with...
Show moreThe idea of this project is to investigate the possibility of an underground airport with passenger facilities below and aircrafts above with minimum over-ground space. An important advantage is the possibility of loading and unloading passengers at two or more aircraft entrances thereby shortening the turn-around time of aircrafts. This accessibility can be more easily managed when approached from below. Furthermore, an underground facility is expected to provide several additional advantages: 1) greater freedom for aircrafts to get into position to efficiently load and unload; 2) potential for aircrafts to power-in and power-out of gate areas omitting the need for towing; 3) shorter walking distances for passengers due to greater compactness; 4) potential for an effective and efficient Automated People Mover (APM) system; 5) greater potential for systematic airport expansion when needed; 6) potentially reduced operating cost for ventilation, heating, and cooling. These advantages will answer many of the difficulties that current airports are experiencing today. However, in order to achieve these advantages, there are many important practical questions such as the spatial, environmental, structural aspects that need to be most carefully addressed. This project endeavored to investigate these important aspects as thoroughly as time and resources permit.
M.S. in Architecture, December 2014
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Title: APPLICATION OF LONG SPAN TRUSSES AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH ATHLETIC PROGRAM AND OCCUPANT AWARENESS
Creator: Marshall, Kristen
Date: 2011-11-25, 2011-12
Description: The athletic facility at the Illinois Institute of Technology is currently insufficient for not only the school’s varsity athletes, but also...
Show moreThe athletic facility at the Illinois Institute of Technology is currently insufficient for not only the school’s varsity athletes, but also for the school’s club teams and student body. A larger facility is needed to supplement the Keating Sports Center, which is small and currently the only athletic center for the campus. This new facility will include a lightweight and ingenuitive structural design in combination with architectural engineering ideals that challenges the Miesian typology of the rest of campus. My project will incorporate an original structural design and explore the use of suitable building enclosure materials and their thermal properties in order to make the building as efficient as possible.
M.S. in Architecture, December 2011
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Title: Biophilic Calumet: Final Book
Creator: Meder, Robert
Date: 2010-07-29

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: Far Eastern Spatial Technique Untilized in Architectural Design
Creator: Qian, Zhao
Date: 2010-07-30

Title: Hutong Skyscraper high-rise studio
Creator: Zhang, He
Date: 2012-05-02, 2012-05

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: re|build: rebuild_final_book
Creator: Clithero, Katherine
Date: 2012-05-02, 2012-05
Description: On May 22, 2011, Joplin, Missouri was struck by a powerful EF-5 tornado. The nearly one-mile wide tornado cut a path almost 22 miles in length...
Show moreOn May 22, 2011, Joplin, Missouri was struck by a powerful EF-5 tornado. The nearly one-mile wide tornado cut a path almost 22 miles in length, destroying over 7,000 homes and about 2,000 other structures. Among the buildings completely destroyed during the storm was Joplin High School. The rebuilding of the school is an important step for the community to heal and grow from the devastation. The intent of the design is to improve the quality of education by incorporating collaborative learning spaces, integrating technology and promoting environmental responsibility.
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Title: CONSIDERING THE FORM OF TALL BUILDINGS TO ACHIEVE MINIMUM STRUCTURAL WEIGHT REGARDING ALONG WIND EFFECT
Creator: Alaghmandan, Matin
Date: 2014, 2014-07
Description: One of the most influential parameters in structural design of tall buildings, in addition to gravity loads, is the lateral load resulting...
Show moreOne of the most influential parameters in structural design of tall buildings, in addition to gravity loads, is the lateral load resulting from wind and to some extend earthquakes. Tall buildings have to be designed for a larger base shear, resulting from wind forces rather than from seismic forces; however, ductile detailing is used when needed to account for seismic demands. The wind effect occurs primarily in two main modes of action: across wind and along wind. Wind also produces three different types of effects on tall buildings: static, dynamic, and aerodynamic. Structurally, static effect is measured independent of time, while dynamic analysis takes into account the system responses to the changes through the period of time. When the building is flexible, it interacts with the wind load and affects its response, which is called aerodynamic effect. To reduce the static and dynamic impact, there are two main solutions: Architectural and Structural. Architects can mitigate wind effect on tall buildings by designing the form aerodynamically or at least by utilizing aerodynamic modifications, which are categorized in macro and micro modifications such as tapering and setback. Structural engineers can reduce wind effect by choosing and designing efficient structural systems regarding the form of the buildings such as tube systems and diagrid system. This thesis, by utilizing the architectural and structural strategies to reduce wind effect, introduces a new design method in the realm of tall buildings. An innovative design method of tall buildings calls for an integrated approach with considerations for both architectural and structural design requirements and concepts. This design method which considers integrated architectural and structural concepts to reduce the along wind effect, for this particular research, is an effort to achieve the minimum weight of the structure. This method creates an innovative computational workbench to design efficient tall buildings, regarding the along wind effect. This can be achieved by connecting an architectural parametric design procedure in AutoLisp (AutoCAD) to generate the models with different forms of modifications, a Computational Fluid Dynamics program (ANSYS) to do the CFD simulations, a structural analysis program (SAP2000) and the ParaGen visualization interface to consider and compare the results to evaluate the models regarding the criteria such as weight of the structure (ParaGen has also a Genetic Algorithm based optimization procedure that is not used in this research). In this research, the most important architectural and structural parameters of seventy-three of the tallest buildings are also studied. Based on the information gathered, the future trend in the geometry and form and also the structural design used for tall buildings can be predicted. It is necessary to mention, based on the past and current trends in architectural features and structural design of tall buildings, and also the future prediction, the required architectural and structural parameters for an innovative proposed design method can be helped. However, it is not clear whether this trend is in a right way or not, it has to be improved based on the architectural and structural efficient parameters. The research shows that a careful study of core design concepts in architectural features and structural design of tall buildings, along with an integrated approach considering various design requirements, can be an effective method in design of new generation of tall buildings.
Ph.D. in Architecture, July 2014
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Title: Hostile Spaces and Hostel Spaces: Re-Visioning Highway Infrastructure: Kevin_Smith Final Thesis Board 03-0f-03
Creator: Smith, Kevin
Date: 2010-07-30

Title: EL CABAÑAL, A SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Creator: Peris, Blanca
Date: 2013, 2013-07
Description: Every generation builds its own city in terms of the social, economic, technological and cultural conditions of its time. We have the...
Show moreEvery generation builds its own city in terms of the social, economic, technological and cultural conditions of its time. We have the opportunity to put forward a new model of urban development that responds to the new conditions of habitability for the start of the 21st century. The fact is that we no longer live in a compact metropolis, but in a discontinuous metapolis, an extensive territory criss-crossed by road and rail transport routes and occupied by kernels of population, logistics centers, industry parks and shopping and leisure centers around which people (local, national and foreign) move according to their needs. In this situation it is as necessary to propose strategies for the renewal and compaction of the urban centers as for the integration and protection of the elements that constitute the natural and geographical landscape of our environment. The challenge of constructing a new neighborhood on the boundary between the city of Valencia, in Spain, and it’s orchard (the famous ‘Huerta’) will enable to explore this open and dynamic new hybrid condition of the territory and to propose a new model for the construction of the urban fringes. I would like to address the challenge of integrating the landscape that surrounds the city of Valencia, the landscape we have inherited from our ancestors. To do this it is necessary to reformulate the very concepts of urbanism with which traditionally is operated in the city. The word 'urbanism' was coined by Ildefons Cerdà to designate the science of urban growth, a process based on the implanting of a rational grid, superposed on an agricultural layout, in which the owners of a plot of agricultural x land had transferred to them the ownership of a plot of urban land eligible for development. It is this principle that has informed and overseen the urban expansions of the 19th century and the modern city of the 20th, the typically North American low-density city and the historical revivalism of the end of the last century. But the challenge facing urbanism now is to manage to make the city grow, integrating into our developments the anthropological and cultural elements of the landscape that surrounds us - constructing and conserving are accomplished in the same act. As against the old city-country dichotomy I now propose to bring about an intelligent transition between these two formerly antagonistic modes of dwelling, an integration that lets us recognize the social and cultural value of -in this case- the landscape of the Huerta of Valencia and incorporate it into the urban fabric by means of appropriate management strategies. Given an increasingly uniform global society, we need to recognize the specific cultural and landscape values of each territory as fundamental to the quality of life of the people who live there and to reaffirm a distinct identity that can provide a competitive advantage. Because of this, in contrast to the town planning of the 20th century, conceived on the basis of the speed of the car, I would like to propose a new model of 'urban-agricultural' development that guarantees the creation of a high-quality local environment. More than designing a city, I would like to create habitable environments that effectively resolve the different factors that give people the assurance habitability at different scales: the neighborhood, the landscape and the home.
M.S. in Architecture, July 2013
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