It does not attempt to solve conflict or tensions, it instead seeks to utilize the architectural methods of coupling new programs and functions in the city to create a political and public paradigm of urban awareness. The project determines a logic which makes the invisible, visible through experience and visuality. Coupling a vertical pumping station with generic Think Tank office space, a new paradigm which discusses issues of territorial movement across scales, political and physical resource and infrastructural flows, rethinking the surface of the city as a responsive framework, and the visibility of information allowing people to access the complexities of our world. Manifesting the political and infrastructural issues of water importation and movement are paramount. The architect becomes a provocateur to generate this active space for dialogue.

Each student is advised by a committee of three and the final reviews are graded by a committee of five. Following the final reviews a panel of outside experts is invited to Superjury to see the best of the work. At the end of the day the entire faculty assembles to award the prizes that are recognized here.

The James A. Britton prizes for best thesis are awarded annually. The runner-up Dean's Citations and Thesis Citations are awarded to all students participating in the Superjury."

-Bruce Abbey

Students:
Yanel De Angel, M. Arch, "Palio Ritual and Market" Siena, Italy
Gonzalo Diez, M. Arch, "Rural school" Ecuador
Ryan Dillon, B. Arch, "Ansel Adams Gallery" California
Christian Daniels, B. Arch, "Virtual Dwelling" Los Angeles, California
Amador Pons, B. Arch, "Housing the Homeless" New York, New York
H. Philipp Walter, B. Arch, "A Studio Gallery Addition to the Everson Museum of Art" Syracuse, New York
Maria Agostini, M. Arch, "Carmelite Monastery" Puerto Rico
Heidi Christianson, B. Arch, "Community Church, Well, and Market" Haiti
D. Jason Olsen, B. Arch, "Digital Library and Community Archive" New York, New York
Maricel Ramos, M. Arch, "Registration Center and Public Entry" San Juan, Puerto Rico
Ryan Samsa, B. Arch, "Urban Housing" Rochester, New York
Jeffrey Zynda, "INS Border Station" Alexandria Bay, New York

The study begins with the origins and the physical structure of the public markets and their relationship to the medieval kinship structures which served as the basis of the social and economic systems. Conflicts first began to arise as the expansion of merchant trading strained the insular feudal system and altered both the economic activities and the social relationships of its citizens. In each stage the development of the public market system, both the physical organization of the markets and the socio-economic forces which dominated their formation are examine in depth.