Award Recipients Gallery: Spring 2021 A gallery of work from the class of 2021 student award recipients. Congratulations to all! All Courses ARCH 502A: Architectural Design V ARCH 692B: Building Science Thesis ARCH 793B: Architecture Directed Design Research Gallery – Composite Figures: Design Innovation Toward Resilient Housing Communities in Los Angeles Gallery – The New New Realists: Building the Social Imaginary Gallery: Critical Drawings, No Pens Gallery: Designing for a New Collective Good – Inclusive Alternatives of Urban Value Creation Gallery: Directed Design Research Gallery: Graphic Intervention Gallery: Innovation Through Mastery Gallery: Life/Work Practice Gallery: PARTICLES Gallery: Proving Ground: UNESCO's Laboratories Gallery: Unholy Alliances, Alchemical Processes and Black Box Magic Gallery: Utopic and Crisis Forms 793a_J. Yolande-Daniels_Haodong-Pan – Haodong Pan Urban Exhibits Play is the tool to dedicate the process from psychic space (abstract space) to concrete space. As a player, I am questioning what the city should offer… 210407 793b thesis concept savage44 – Devon Savage A liminal transfer [Folie 1, 2, 3, 4] This thesis is driven by an investigation into the liminal spatial conditions of the Salish Sea, a dis-placed place suspended from ordinary time. Four folies mark this… A32 – Gaurav Kapoor The Pyramid Fields The Pyramid Fields is an exercise aimed at producing a design alternative for additions done to masterpiece of architecture in order to preserve the architects original vision,… Thumbnail – Christina Shin Sh.tudio Sh.tudio also known as shop + studio proposes a new form of work-life in architectural practice. Based on a typical suburban home, Sh.tudio critiques the conventional suburban… COVER PAGE – Zida Liu Central Amazon Intellectual Property Complex, Brazil This project begins by acknowledging the biopiracy conducted by multinational biotech corporations in the Amazon. With patents registered on materials and knowledge pirated from indigenous people, these… Thumbnail-01 – Irving Tian Architecture of Machine Systems Architecture of Machine Systems delves into the parallels between Rube Goldberg machines and architecture. The architecture machine uses words to drive design while rejecting the presumptions of… ARCH793b_GeoffreyvonOeyen_LouiseRogier_Cover-THUMBNAIL – Louise Rogier Transformation Strip Malls Based on 3 different kinds of studies, this thesis project proposes the repurpose and transformation of the single story strip mall near LA Metro stops into communal… Cover page-01 – Mary Perez Re gen Re gen is a proposal for a radical way to recycle local used items through a multi-scale material conversion and repurpose system. The Re gen Cooperative creates… Arch 793B_ImanAnsari_HieuPhung_Thumbnail – Hieu Phung Bewilderment Bewilderment is an architecture thesis project exploring the idea of performers as audience and audience as performers. Utilizing architecture strategies, the thesis create scenarios where sensational elements… 502_SaschaDelz_AbriannahAiken_Thumbnail-46 – Abriannah Aiken Spaces of Expression Society is riddled with injustice and the built environment is not immune; Architects have a responsibility to actively play a role in making a more just society… ARCH502a_MaryCasper_NastassjaLafontant_BILLBOARD – Nastassja Lafontant Bathroom Rituals Studying Americanized bathroom spaces and how to implement Eastern social factors as if they were Roman bathhouse or sentos. I would argue that the only way to… ARCH793b_LisaLittle_LuisSalasJImenez_Thumbnail – Luis Salas Jimenez Invisible Neighbors There has been an explosion of van dwellers in both our major cities and rural areas and evidence shows that these communities will continue this growing trend…. ARCH 793b_AndyKu_MinyueGe_CoverPage – Minyue Ge The Elements The project explores essential graphic elements in an architectural drawing. The combination of architectural drawing and graphics yields new methods of reading the drawings. The drawings illustrate… CoverPhoto_RushitaVora – Rushita Vora Embodied Carbon of Wood Construction The thesis analyses the embodied carbon of different timber structural systems, and also addresses the impact of carbon sequestration and transportation of materials on the embodied carbon… Figure 3-8 a – Barbara Aguirre-Garayzar DESIGN AND MODELING OF AN ENGINEERED BAMBOO STUD WALL IN SOLIDWORKS Alternative, low carbon materials are emerging for use in construction. The presented research explored the use of laminated bamboo in a light-frame wood construction, a common method… Cover page_Yushi Wang – Yushi Wang Multi-occupancy Environmental Control for Smart Connected Communities The project proposes an integrative approach that developed a community member-centered framework for determining the heating system control of the building through multi-standard decision-making driven by bio-sensing,… Load More Loading More… You’ve reached the end of the list
793a_J. Yolande-Daniels_Haodong-Pan – Haodong Pan Urban Exhibits Play is the tool to dedicate the process from psychic space (abstract space) to concrete space. As a player, I am questioning what the city should offer…
210407 793b thesis concept savage44 – Devon Savage A liminal transfer [Folie 1, 2, 3, 4] This thesis is driven by an investigation into the liminal spatial conditions of the Salish Sea, a dis-placed place suspended from ordinary time. Four folies mark this…
A32 – Gaurav Kapoor The Pyramid Fields The Pyramid Fields is an exercise aimed at producing a design alternative for additions done to masterpiece of architecture in order to preserve the architects original vision,…
Thumbnail – Christina Shin Sh.tudio Sh.tudio also known as shop + studio proposes a new form of work-life in architectural practice. Based on a typical suburban home, Sh.tudio critiques the conventional suburban…
COVER PAGE – Zida Liu Central Amazon Intellectual Property Complex, Brazil This project begins by acknowledging the biopiracy conducted by multinational biotech corporations in the Amazon. With patents registered on materials and knowledge pirated from indigenous people, these…
Thumbnail-01 – Irving Tian Architecture of Machine Systems Architecture of Machine Systems delves into the parallels between Rube Goldberg machines and architecture. The architecture machine uses words to drive design while rejecting the presumptions of…
ARCH793b_GeoffreyvonOeyen_LouiseRogier_Cover-THUMBNAIL – Louise Rogier Transformation Strip Malls Based on 3 different kinds of studies, this thesis project proposes the repurpose and transformation of the single story strip mall near LA Metro stops into communal…
Cover page-01 – Mary Perez Re gen Re gen is a proposal for a radical way to recycle local used items through a multi-scale material conversion and repurpose system. The Re gen Cooperative creates…
Arch 793B_ImanAnsari_HieuPhung_Thumbnail – Hieu Phung Bewilderment Bewilderment is an architecture thesis project exploring the idea of performers as audience and audience as performers. Utilizing architecture strategies, the thesis create scenarios where sensational elements…
502_SaschaDelz_AbriannahAiken_Thumbnail-46 – Abriannah Aiken Spaces of Expression Society is riddled with injustice and the built environment is not immune; Architects have a responsibility to actively play a role in making a more just society…
ARCH502a_MaryCasper_NastassjaLafontant_BILLBOARD – Nastassja Lafontant Bathroom Rituals Studying Americanized bathroom spaces and how to implement Eastern social factors as if they were Roman bathhouse or sentos. I would argue that the only way to…
ARCH793b_LisaLittle_LuisSalasJImenez_Thumbnail – Luis Salas Jimenez Invisible Neighbors There has been an explosion of van dwellers in both our major cities and rural areas and evidence shows that these communities will continue this growing trend….
ARCH 793b_AndyKu_MinyueGe_CoverPage – Minyue Ge The Elements The project explores essential graphic elements in an architectural drawing. The combination of architectural drawing and graphics yields new methods of reading the drawings. The drawings illustrate…
CoverPhoto_RushitaVora – Rushita Vora Embodied Carbon of Wood Construction The thesis analyses the embodied carbon of different timber structural systems, and also addresses the impact of carbon sequestration and transportation of materials on the embodied carbon…
Figure 3-8 a – Barbara Aguirre-Garayzar DESIGN AND MODELING OF AN ENGINEERED BAMBOO STUD WALL IN SOLIDWORKS Alternative, low carbon materials are emerging for use in construction. The presented research explored the use of laminated bamboo in a light-frame wood construction, a common method…
Cover page_Yushi Wang – Yushi Wang Multi-occupancy Environmental Control for Smart Connected Communities The project proposes an integrative approach that developed a community member-centered framework for determining the heating system control of the building through multi-standard decision-making driven by bio-sensing,…