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ARCH 502A: STORIES OF THE SECOND DECADE

Instructor: Jimenez Lai

STORIES OF THE SECOND DECADE

With one year remaining until the first quarter of the 21st Century completes, the identity of this time period is currently being forged. In this thesis group, the students will tell stories of our era, and dial the conceptual scale of their stories onto a macro-context at this moment in the ongoing history of architecture. In particular, the stories will demonstrate the spirit of our times. This can be done with the sensibility of the images, the approach to working methodology, the cadence of the chosen subject matter, the mastery of contemporary technologies, or other means and methods.

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Lumps of Clay

By using ceramics as a framework to influence architectural spaces, this thesis explores the transformative potential of ceramics in architecture structurally and aesthetically. Between these two fields, coexist fundamental principles…

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A Decade of Trauma

This thesis project endeavors to scrutinize a decade of American trauma through an architectural lens.It begins by investigating seemingly innocuous architectural elements and structures that harbor darker implications. Among these…

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COUNTER-CANON

The counter-canon stems from both critical and canonical attitudes in architecture. The counter-canon acknowledges that the field of architecture has developed its own theoretical frameworks and guiding principles to regulate…