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ARCH 502: Control Points 2026

Instructor: Eric Haas

Cohabitation System: Negotiating Space Between Humans and Birds

Contemporary buildings operate as zones of exclusion, separating human space from ecological systems.

This project proposes architecture as a mediator of that separation, organizing how humans and birds occupy the same environment. It allocates space specifically for birds and reinvites them to cohabit the building, defining where they can perch, nest, and move through while sharing common spatial systems with humans.

Cohabitation System: Negotiating Space Between Humans and Birds