Senior Theses Copyright (c) 2013 Syracuse University All rights reserved. http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses Recent documents in Senior Theses en-us Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:12:32 PDT 3600 Prototyping Community http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/156 http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/156 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 10:31:47 PST 'This thesis focuses on implementing this system for the Chad refugee camp of Iridimi located along the border of the conflict stricken Darfur region of Sudan. Its climate and soil content are idea for rammed earth construction and its population is in need of better solutions to the increasing struggle for adequate shelter."

]]> Daniel Di Dio An Agitated (co)Existence - The Conquest of TImeless Meztisaje http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/155 http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/155 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:22:06 PST "The success of the Marvelous Real is in the acknowledgement as existing of the pre-existed, implied or unnoticed and its revelation through unusual juxtaposition and interweaving narrated in a passive tone. The contention of this thesis is that if this type of juxtaposition of existing, pre-existed, implied and unnoticed is translated into an architectural concept where the tools of juxtaposition are space, form, program, materiality, and order it is possible to create, by addition and subtraction, a heightened reality of the historical layering of site."

]]> Joaquin Bonifaz Mangrove Housing: Ecosystem as a Housing Typology for Culebra, PR http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/154 http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/154 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:22:05 PST "This thesis will address ways in which design can provide safe shelter for the local residents of Culebra. It promotes an architecture that provides safe shelter during hurricanes, which creates an awareness of the danger and effects this natural force has."

]]> Jose Manuel Marti A Retrospective Study of Renaissance Florence http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/153 http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/153 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:22:02 PST "The architecture of the Florentine Renaissance was a means of establishing a visual, physical identity that represented the new values of a new society. The integration of Medieval and ancient Roman ideals resulted in the making of Renaissance space. In essence, the city of Renaissance Florence can be seen as a synthesis of order and disorder. The "new" insertions of Renaissance order accommodate what was an existing condition of Medieval disorder while simultaneously creating a new coherent architectural identity. The result of this synthesis was much more than a "revival" of ancient architectural sensitivities, rather, it was the development of a new urbanism that continues to influence the development of our cities today."

]]> Kathryn Blakeslee Newark Noir: A Study of Film and Architecture http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/152 http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/152 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:16:14 PST "Through the investigation of the filmic narrative and the semantics of the visual style inherent in film noir, I intend to establish a precedent that can be used to construct an architectural product in Newark that serves to investigate the city's past, present, and anticipate the future."

]]> Tom McInerney Transformation of a Vernacular Tradition Into Art http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/151 http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/151 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:16:14 PST "This thesis is an examination of an approach to architecture. I strive to make architecture which grows out of a regional and historical context and then goes beyond to become art. I will examine the process of design."

]]> Nancy Hiss Multi-media and Rare Books Addition - New Haven, CT http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/150 http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/150 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:16:13 PST "This proposal is a study and experiment into what the role of architecture (library) is, in the information age. The question of what it is about a certain place or building that people retreat to and gather, and experience something more than an active computer screen. How, architecturally, it can transform or 'bridge' itself from historical and traditional building types that it critically addresses these issues."

]]> Henry Hong Reading and Composition: An Exploration into the Nature of an Architectural Language http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/149 http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/149 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:11:32 PST 'This thesis proposes that a legible and complete language of architecture in an industrial society may be arrived at through the creation and use of a mass produced kit of parts. It sets out to prove the viability of such work by inventing and adapting a standardized kit to several versions of a library program on separate sites in Syracuse, NY."

]]> Alexander K. Wing Autonomy in the Institution: An Institute for Detroit Techno and Rave Culture http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/148 http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/148 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:16:38 PDT "The institution, in physical form, requires spatial and visual separation to replace its socio-economic history in the urban and physical landscape. An Institute for Detroit Techno will test this assertion through the establishment of techno music as an autonomous art form and the manipulation of the physical context of the project through collage and situating the project along the freeway, which is an autonomous spatial condition within the city."

]]> Peter Heasley The District: Sight/Sire Lines // The War of Tourisms: Back to the Panopticon http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/147 http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/147 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:51:25 PDT "Because of the shortcoming of visual and non-visual technologies, it is necessary to return to the Panopticon in order to engage any conversation of vision and control. It is the contention of this thesis that the sinister interpretations of the architectural community fall short of the authors intentions and that it is possible to consider vision as being used simultaneously by different agencies. This simultaneous vision can create visual encounters that lead to unforeseen hybridizations, turning Granada into a laboratory of hybrid cultures, tourist and citizen, nomadic and sedentary."

]]> Charles Michael Frederick Proffit A Gateway to the Campus http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/146 http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/146 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:51:23 PDT "The thesis proposal is the design of a master plan for Syracuse UNiversity. The S.U. Campus was my vehicle to experiement and apply the ideas and principles derived from my previous historical research and urban analysis: The subject of these two, in fact, has been the American College Campus, not only as a type of Architecture Planning, but also as a reflection of the american educational system."

]]> Caterina Frisone Media-Flex http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/145 http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/145 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:51:22 PDT "The objective of this thesis is to look into and explore the effects of rigid programming on design. Included in this research is an in depth look into the process of demolition from the motives for destroying a preexisting building to the participation of all parties involved."

]]> Gerard DeRomanis Jr. Prototype: A Community Center for the Slums of Sao Paulo, Brazil http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/144 http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/144 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:51:21 PDT "Poverty can be viewed through 5 different perspectives: urbanism, economy, sociology, politics, and legislation. Architecture can refer to all of them, but my decision is to deal with primarily urbanistic problems."

]]> Andre' Mellone Architecture and Memory http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/143 http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/143 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:46:45 PDT "The primary focus of this thesis is to understand the role and responsibility of architecture in provoking memory."

"The vehicle selected for the pursuit of this thesis is an Institute of Maritime Etruscan Studies sited in Cerveteri, Italy, one of the most memorial and testimonial sites in Italy today."

]]> Mary Patterson perFORMative Design: Investigating Form in the Natural and Capitalist Environment http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/142 http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/142 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 06:56:54 PDT "Rethinking the design process from conception and allowing natural forces, such as wind, solar exposure, and rainfall to drive the initial design will generate a structurally and environmentally efficient form."

]]> John M. Santoro Didactic Architecture: A Tectonic Response http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/141 http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/141 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 06:56:53 PDT "Using the tectonic nature of architecture as the vehicle, architecture can educate its users of material life cycles., Through revealing particular stages of production by exposing, exaggerating and juxtaposing the connections between materials, the physical process of a buildings formation can be understood, along with architecture's inherent connection to nature."

]]> Elizabeth Kankainen Avalanche: Architecture of Emergency http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/140 http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/140 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 06:56:52 PDT "A buildign for rescue must perform its function seamlessly during times of emergency. The consideration of landscape in terms of an event leads to an evocative solution that best accommodates the program of the project. Using a thorough investigation of spatial, infrastructural, and conceptual networks on the site, I will design a center for avalanche rescue in the White Mountains of New Hampshire."

]]> Joshua M. Lacasse Campus [re]Connected: Research, Housing, and Recreation Campus in the Pristine Northern Woods of Wisconsin http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/139 http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/139 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 06:56:51 PDT "People are becoming more and more removed from the natural world through the development of modern technologies and lifestyles... Reconnecting people with the natural environment will enable a realization of our reliance on the natural environment and its success in the future. Campus design and landscape architecture can come together to interpret the way we interact with the environment and further this connection in a positive way."

]]> David A. Franknecht Jr. Lattice Architecture http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/138 http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/138 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 06:56:50 PDT "

The pervasive proliferation of complex tracking systems such as GPS and simulation gaming environments such as Full Spectrum Warrior are transforming the built environment into an immersive 1:1 map where all flows and transactions are measured, monitored, and tracked. The gap between map and real experience disappears resulting in an immersive map. The spatial implications of this real time 1:1 immersive map creates an opportunity for architecture itself to monitor, track, and measure flows and transactions. This tracking and simulation agenda plays out specifically in the design of a surface that integrates military training, military artifacts, and civilian recreation into the MIL_CIV surface that modulates due to games, time of day, season, and participants acting on the site."

]]> Elizabeth M. Quick Dwelling in the Stability of Change: Creating Identity Through the Repetition of Site Specificity for the Foster Care System http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/137 http://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/137 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 06:56:49 PDT "This thesis contends that an integration of the associations that modernity and dwelling have with foster care will enable place identification in the deinstitutionalized system. When the two work in conjunction with each other, opportunities for dwelling will be created within, between, and around the framework of the modern grid."

]]> Emily A. Wiles