Zhiyu (Giselle) Lin_MArch 24_Murphy_Timecraft, Spatial and Temporal Incorporation_image
Timecraft, Spatial and Temporal Incorporation
Incorporating spatial and temporal dimensions into architectural design has transformative potential. It offers new perspectives on how our built environment can enhance our existence. This thesis project explores the potential…
Yushan He_MArch 24_Murphy_U-control(exhibition)_image
U- Control/ Olympics Museum
In today’s world, the boundaries between reality and virtuality are blurring, with many people spending significant time in virtual spaces for work and leisure. This raises a critical question: how…
SiddhiChogle_MArch 24_Murphy_City Kaleidoscope _ Fragmented Culture in Urban Context
City Kaleidoscope: Fragmented Culture in Urban Context
The vanishing culture of Los Angeles due to rapid urbanization threatens its rich heritage and diversity, erasing traditions and impacting social cohesion. Showcasing LA’s cultural tapestry at the 2028 Olympics…
Mengyan Zhou_MArch 24_Murphy_’M Landscape’_Image
‘M Landscape’
The thesis project proposes a new Olympic Park over the Santa Monica Blue Bus service yard, located at the terminus of Los Angeles 10 freeway and the METRO Gold Line….
Linli_Qiu_MArch 24_White Elephant
Nature space and timeline events (popup shop and sports)
The Olympics often experience severe “white elephant” phenomena due to surplus venue equipment and inadequate post-Olympic planning, leading to underutilized infrastructure and wasted resources. In this thesis project, I aim…
LauraCosmeDiaz_MArch 24_Murphy_Inhabiting the Third Space_Image
Inhabiting the Third Space: Architecture of the Displaced
A city’s economic, social, and cultural activities create contact zones where different groups collaborate, compete, and negotiate. The physical layout of cities can facilitate contact or deter it. Although Los…
Jordan Levine_MArch 24_Murphy_Image, Apparatus, and the Ownership of time_Image
Image, Apparatus, and the Ownership of Time
Both the 1932 and 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles were tremendous commercial successes; the events elevated the Games from being solely an athletic competition to that of a global spectacle….
ConradLau_MArch 24_Murphy_CaseStudy29OlympicVillage_image-01
Case Study 29: Olympic Village
Case Study 29: Olympic Village aims to address current and future housing shortages in Los Angeles through leveraging the ideals of prefabrication. Historically, Los Angeles has contributed two important precedents…
Bixuan Zhang_MArch 24_Murphy_Healing Environment Over Time_Image
Healing the Environment Over Time
Ideally, if properly conceived, the Olympics can promote positive infrastructure improvement in the host city, affecting the transportation system, housing facilities, and engaging the public spaces. My thesis proposal aims…
Austin Merchant_MArch 24_Murphy_Transitioning the Harbor Freeway_image
Everybody Walks in LA: Transitioning the Harbor Freeway
In the near-distant future shaped by environmental collapse and societal fragmentation, the 110 Freeway in Downtown Los Angeles is a “junkspace,” the discarded fragments of an infrastructural monument. A vehicle…
Amanda Bonilla_MArch 24_Murphy_Architectural Alchemy Longevity Through Movement_image-01
Architectural Alchemy | Longevity Through Movement
The elderly population in the U.S. is to double in the next twenty-five years. Our environments are ill-suited for aging. Additionally, negative perceptions of aging dominate popular culture, which is…