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Friday, December 1

FRESHMAN STUDIO: Space Making, Place Making, Making Use
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Crosby Hall

Faculty: Korydon Smith, Seth Amman, Anne Dafchik, Michael Hoover, Jennifer Oakley, Nicole Sarmiento
TAs: Joey Amirato, Gavin Carroll, Alexa Cutruzzula, Cassidy Frisch, Allison Gomez, JP Mata-Collantes, Katie Nelson, Carol Recinos Luna, Charles Stevens, Joshua Stolber
Critics: Faculty and Graduate Students in the Department of Architecture, UB Alumni, and Invited Guests

Monday, December 4

SENIOR COMPETITION: Housing In Place: An Urban Village for Refugees on Buffalo's West Side
9 a.m. - 5 p.m. | Hayes Atrium

Faculty: Jason Sowell, Annette LeCuyer, Jin Young Song, Bradley Wales
Critics: Catherine Joseph (3XN), Ishtiaq Rafiuddin (Undecorated), Kearon Roy Taylor (Banham Fellow)

ARC 503/603 GRAD 2/3.5 yr: Center for Sustainable Dying
9 a.m. - 5 p.m. | 301 Crosby

Faculty: Adam Thibodeaux, Joyce Hwang
Critics: Nikole Bouchard (UW Milwaukee), Alex Bozikovic (The Globe and Mail), Sapphira Charles (Sapphira), Sergio Lopez-Pineiro (UW Milwaukee), Gregory Rubin (Poiesis Architecture), Seth Amman, Gregory Delaney, Anahita Khodadadi, Erkin Özay, Maia Peck, Gregory Serweta, Justina Zifchock

Tuesday, December 5

Thesis and Directed Research

THESIS: Aqsa Rafi | Disassembling the Edges: The Case of Abadis in Noida, India
9 a.m.. | Hayes 3rd Floor
Committee: Erkin Özay (Chair), Kristine Stiphany
Reviewers: Alex Bozikovic (The Globe and Mail), Sergio Lopez-Pineiro (UW Milwaukee), Alissa Diamond, Daniela Sandler, Korydon Smith, Beth Tauke

DIRECTED RESEARCH: Sara Koushan | Study of Double-Skin Façade in Buffalo
9 a.m. | Hayes 134
Committee: Nicholas Rajkovich (Chair), Anahita Khodadadi
Reviewers: Seth Holmes (RIT), Elaine Chow, Nathaniel Heckman, Laura Lubniewski

DIRECTED RESEARCH: Briana Egan | Passive Aggressive: Increasing Resilience in Buffalo Doubles
10:15 a.m. | Hayes 134
Committee: Nicholas Rajkovich (Chair), Laura Lubniewski, Jordana Maisel
Reviewers: Seth Holmes (RIT), Sergio Lopez-Pineiro (UW Milwaukee), Elaine Chow, Steph Cramer, Nathaniel Heckman, Christopher Osterhoudt

DIRECTED RESEARCH: Petreen Thomas | Challenging Racial Capitalism: Preserving and Protecting Black Neighborhoods on the East Side of Buffalo Through Collective Ownership
10:15 a.m. | Hayes 4th Floor
Committee: Erkin Özay (Chair), Daniela Sandler, Henry Louis Taylor, Jr.
Reviewers: Franchelle Parker (Open Buffalo), Alissa Diamond, Libertad Figuereo

THESIS: Bethany Greenaway | Characterizing Flood Risk in Broome County Manufactured Home Parks
11:30 a.m. | Hayes 134
Committee: Nicholas Rajkovich (Chair), Jordana Maisel
Reviewers: Seth Holmes (RIT), Jamie Vanucchi (Cornell University), Kelly Gregg, Laura Lubniewski, Korydon Smith, Kristine Stiphany

DIRECTED RESEARCH: Brian Kwong | Boom and Bust: Past and Future Visions for the Broadway Market, Buffalo, NY
11: 30 a.m. |  Hayes 4th Floor
Committee: Erkin Özay (Chair)
Reviewers: Alex Bozikovic (The Globe and Mail), Olivia Dobbs (James Lima Planning and Development), Sergio Lopez-Pineiro (UW Milwaukee), Maia Peck, Laura Quebral, Christopher Romano, Kearon Roy Taylor (Banham Fellow)

DIRECTED RESEARCH: Maria Clara Pellegrini | Electroscape: Unveiling the Invisible Network
11:30 a.m. | CAST
Committee: Mark Shepard (Chair), Mona Mahall (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)
Reviewers: Millie Chen (UB College of Arts and Sciences), Brian Clark (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar), Randy Fernando

THESIS: Michael Napier | Tuning: Towards Programming a Holistic Residential Architecture
1:30 p.m. | Hayes 402
Committee: Korydon Smith (Chair), Randy Fernando
Reviewers: Alex Bozikovic (The Globe and Mail), Amber Holycross (Wendel), Seth Amman, Elaine Chow, Miguel Guitart, Kenneth MacKay, Jordana Maisel

DIRECTED RESEARCH: Daphne Pugliese | A Sustainable Working-Class Framework For Ecologically Conscious Northeast American Architecture
1:30 p.m. | CAST
Committee: Mark Shepard (Chair), Laura Lubniewski
Reviewers: Sergio Lopez-Pineiro (UW Milwaukee), Nicholas Bruscia, Steph Cramer

DIRECTED RESEARCH: Charles Stevens | Comparing Design Studios: Analyzing Relationships Between Institutional Ambitions and Building Design
2:45 p.m. | Hayes 4th Floor
Committee: Korydon Smith (Chair)
Reviewers: Kelly Hayes McAlonie (Director UB Campus Planning), Steph Cramer, Miguel Guitart, Erkin Özay

DIRECTED RESEARCH: Kaetlyn Ashkar | Where are the Maps? Guerrilla Mapping Demolitions in the Occupied West Bank, Palestine
2:45 p.m. | Online via Zoom 
Meeting ID: 986 3439 8242
Passcode: 821939
Committee: Kristine Stiphany (Chair), Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah
Reviewers: Charles L. Davis II (University of Texas at Austin), Samina Raja, Hadas Steiner

THESIS: Julia Wade | Unraveling Sensory Dimensions
2:45 p.m. | Parker 148
Committee: Beth Tauke (Chair), Randy Fernando
Reviewers: Alex Bozikovic (The Globe and Mail), Millie Chen (UB College of Arts and Sciences), Sergio Lopez-Pineiro (UW Milwaukee), Nicholas Bruscia, Shawn Chiki Lewis, Daniela Sandler

Wednesday, December 6

SOPHOMORE STUDIO: Generous Architecture
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Crosby 01, Crosby 201, Crosby 230, Crosby 301

Faculty: Georgios Rafailidis, Adam McCullough, Maia Peck, Jon Spielman, Kearon Roy Taylor (Banham Fellow), Justina Zifchock
Critics: Erika Abbondanzieri (Watts Architects + Engineers), Olivia Arcara (BKC Group), Christopher Brandt (Bero Architecture), Mark Brooks (Long Associates Architects), Kevin Connors (eco_logic STUDIO), Bradley Everdyke (Carmina Wood Design), Paul Hunter (Seminary Graduates/ Priests), Fiona Lim-Tung (University of Waterloo), Chris Siano (The Foundry Group), Ed Watts (Watts Architects + Engineers), Ed Wilczynski (EDW Architect), John Wingfelder (John Wingfelder Architect), Seth Amman, Paul Battaglia, Nicholas Bruscia, Brian Carter, Albert Chao, Steph Cramer, Gregory Delaney, Lukas Fetzko, Nathaniel Heckman, Michael Hoover, Joyce Hwang, Shawn Chiki Lewis, Nicole Sarmiento, Gregory Serweta, Beth Tauke, Adam Thibodeaux, Bradley Wales, Jin Young Song

ARC 501 GRAD 1/3.5 yr: Good Neighbors
1. - 5 p.m. | Hayes 4th Floor

Faculty: Miguel Guitart
Critics: Andrew Berman (Andrew Berman Architect), Michael Tunkey (CannonDesign), Steph Cramer, Annette LeCuyer, Kenneth MacKay, Erkin Özay, Jin Young Song

Thursday, December 7

GRADUATE RESEARCH GROUPS

SITUATED TECHNOLOGIES: Fidelity and Tolerance
1. - 6 p.m. | Parker 18

Faculty: Nicholas Bruscia
Critics: Andrew Pries (Boston Valley Terra Cotta), Anahita Khodadadi, Mark Shepard, Jin Young Song

ECOLOGICAL PRACTICES: scoutHAVEN
1 - 6 p.m. | SMART
Faculty: Steph Cramer
Critics: Gary Decker, Chris Matherson, John Moscati, Ranger 'Digger' Ashley, Ranger Jake Ashley, and others (Western Niagara Scout Council), Jonathan Morris (Carmina Wood Design), Laura Lubniewski, Nicholas Rajkovich, Jason Sowell

MATERIAL CULTURE: Sydney Gross Memorial
1 - 6 p.m. | Hayes 403

Faculty: Christopher Romano
Critics: Mehrdad Hadighi (PSU), Tadd Heidgerken (University of Detroit Mercy), Shadi Nazarian (UTA), Miguel Guitart, Julia Hunt, Joyce Hwang, Nicole Sarmiento, Joseph Swerdlin

INCLUSIVE DESIGN: The Space of Gender
1 - 6 p.m. | Hayes 3rd Floor

Faculty: Edward Steinfeld
Critics: Andrew Gunther (Young and Wright Architects), Maya Kirch, Krista Macy (IDEA Center), Anne Dafchik, Randy Fernando, Beth Tauke, Adam Thibodeaux

OPTION STUDIO: Performance
1 - 6 p.m. | Hayes 4th Floor

Faculty: Brian Carter
Critics: Andrew Berman (Andrew Berman Architect), Kelsey Habla (Arup), Matthew Etu, Gregory Delaney, Annette LeCuyer, Maia Peck, Gregory Serweta

Friday, December 8

JUNIOR STUDIO: Building Boats/Boat Buildings
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Crosby 201, Crosby 230, Crosby 301

Faculty: Kenneth MacKay, Albert Chao, Elaine Chow, Laura Lubniewski, Gregory Serweta
Critics: Michael Anderson (Abstract Architecture), Scott Archambault (Architectural Resources), Jeffrey Bailey (Jeffrey Bailey Architect), Michael Conroe (ELEV8 Architecture), Justina Dziama (Architectural Resources), Matthew Graham (Cannon Design), Tadd Heidgerken (University of Detroit Mercy), Rachel Mourdant (ELEV8 Architecture), Peter Murad (Architectural Resources), Abigail Peters (Architectural Resources), Michael Tunkey (Cannon Design), Michael Tuzzo (Architectural Resources), Seth Amman, Nicholas Bruscia, Brian Carter, Steph Cramer, Gregory Delaney, Miguel Guitart, Julia Hunt, Joyce Hwang, Anahita Khodadadi, Annette LeCuyer, Shawn Chiki Lewis, Maia Peck, Christopher Romano, Jason Sowell, Kearon Roy Taylor (Banham Fellow), Bradley Wales, Jin Young Song, Justina Zifchock

Monday, December 11

GRADUATE RESEARCH GROUPS

OPTION STUDIO: New Connections
4 - 6 p.m. | Hayes 217

Faculty: Conrad Kickert, Matthew Roland
Critics: Harold Fields (Canisius University), Cecelia Gotham (Canisius University), Carl Montante (Uniland), Ashley Smith (NFTA), Jason Yots (Preservation Studio), Robert Shibley

URBAN DESIGN + Plng.: Community Conversation: Citizen Planning School Presentations
6 - 8:30 p.m. | Hayes 403

Faculty: Erkin Özay, Libertad Figuereo

Thursday, December 14

GRADUATE RESEARCH GROUPS

URBAN DESIGN + Plng.: Visions for the Buffalo Science Museum Expansion
5 - 7:30 p.m. | Hayes 402

Faculty: Hiroaki Hata
Critics: Scott Archambault (Architectural Resources), Sydney Brown (ROCC), Barbara Campagna (Barbara Campagna Architecture + Planning), David Cinquino (Buffalo Museum of Science), Richard Cummings Sr. (ROCC), Richard Cummings Jr. (ROCC), Stephaney Geter (ROCC), Alan Oberst, Zhi Ting Phua (Olmsted Parks Conservancy), Alissa Diamond, Kate Nelischer, Max Nie, Robert Shibley, Ernest Sternberg, Bradley Wales

Friday, December 15

UB Small Built Works Program / ARC 548: Theoretical Provocations and Analysis of the NYSDOT-Proposed Tunnel in Olmsted's Humboldt Parkway
4 - 6 p.m. | Delavan Grider Community Center

Faculty: Bradley Wales

Fusing Dimensions: The Transposition between Virtual and Physical Realities | ARC 617 Situated Technologies Technical Methods 
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. | Parker 24, 54, Smart Lab

Instructors: Randy Fernando and Shawn Chiki

Fall 2023 Faculty

Seth Amman, Paul Battaglia, Samendy Brice, Nicholas Bruscia, Brian Carter, Albert Chao, Elaine Chow, Steph Cramer, Julia Czerniak, Anne Dafchik, Gregory Delaney, Nicholas Eichelberger, Randy Fernando, Lukas Fetzko, Miguel Guitart, Hiroaki Hata, Nathaniel Heckman, Michael Hoover, Julia Hunt, Joyce Hwang, Anahita Khodadadi, Conrad Kickert, Annette LeCuyer, Shawn Chiki Lewis, Laura Lubniewski, Kenneth MacKay, Dennis Maher, Jordana Maisel, Adam McCullough, Chris Osterhaudt, Erkin Özay, Maia Peck, Georgios Rafailidis, Nicholas Rajkovich, Christopher Romano, Daniela Sandler, Nicole Sarmiento, Gregory Serweta, Mark Shepard, Robert Shibley, Korydon Smith, Jin Young Song, Jason Sowell, Jon Spielman, Hadas Steiner, Edward Steinfeld, Kristine Stiphany, Despina Stratigakos, Joey Swerdlin, Beth Tauke, Kearon Roy Taylor (Banham Fellow), Adam Thibodeaux, Bradley Wales, Sue Weidemann, John Wightman, Jennifer Wisinski-Oakley, Justina Zifchock