Final Reviews

Join us for Department of Architecture student final reviews as we engage in critique and debate around the creative work of our students. 

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Wednesday, April 17

FRESHMAN STUDIO: FRESHMEN STUDIO: Architectural Alchemy
9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Crosby 01, Crosby 20, Crosby 40, Crosby 230

Faculty: Steph Cramer, Rachel Martin, Adam McCullough, Jennifer Wisinski-Oakley, Hali Sheriff
TAs: Natalie Freund, Cassidy Frisch, Alec Lewis, Pouya Pakkhesal, JP Mata-Collantes, Katie Nelson, Charles Stevens, Joshua Stolber
Critics: Mike Anderson (Abstract Architecture), Serena Minix (Foit-Albert), Seth Amman, Albert Chao, Elaine Chow, Gregory Delaney, Wade Georgi, Miguel Guitart, Michael Hoover, Julia Hunt, Anahita Khodadadi, Annette LeCuyer, Kenneth MacKay, Maia Peck, Christopher Romano, Jon Spielman, Beth Tauke

Monday, April 29

ARC 502 GRAD 3.5 YR: House for Everything
1 p.m. - 5 p.m. | Crosby 116, Crosby 330

Faculty: Georgios Rafailidis
Critics: Steven Chodoriwsky (University of Utah), Nikos Patsavos (Chair UOI, Greece), Nicholas Bruscia, Erkin Özay, Kearon Roy Taylor (Banham Fellow)

ARC 504/604 GRAD 2/3.5 YR: Integrated Design: City Arts
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. | 301 Crosby

Faculty: Annette LeCuyer, Gregory Serweta
Critics: Karilyn Johanesen (SO-IL), Coryn Kempster (Coryn Kempster Julia Jamrozik), Abigail Peters (Architectural Resources), Gregory Delaney, Erkin Özay, Jason Sowell

Tuesday, April 30

Thesis and Directed Research

DIRECTED RESEARCH: Sara Koushan | Study of Double-Skin Façade in Buffalo
9 a.m.. | IDEA Center/Hayes 309
Committee: Nicholas Rajkovich (Chair), Anahita Khodadadi
Reviewers: Seth Holmes (RIT), Nate Heckman, Laura Lubniewski

THESIS: Petreen Thomas | Challenging Racial Capitalism: Preserving and Protecting Black Neighborhoods on the East Side of Buffalo Through Collective Ownership
9 a.m. | Hayes 404/407
Committee: Erkin Özay (Chair), Daniela Sandler, Henry Louis Taylor, Jr.
Reviewers: David Salomon (Ithaca College), Samendy Brice, Kate Nelischer

THESIS: Briana Egan | Passive Aggressive: Increasing Resilience in Buffalo Doubles
10:15 a.m. | IDEA Center/Hayes 309
Committee: Nicholas Rajkovich (Chair), Laura Lubniewski, Jordana Maisel
Reviewers: Seth Holmes (RIT), Nate Heckman

DIRECTED RESEARCH: Peter Fillion | Acoustical Analysis for Electroacoustic Installation and Acoustic Remediation
10:15 a.m. | Hayes 327
Committee: Mark Shepard (Chair), Nicholas Bruscia
Reviewers: David Salomon (Ithaca College), Paul Battaglia, Randy Fernando, Beth Tauke

DIRECTED RESEARCH: Daphne Pugliese | A Sustainable Working- Class Framework For Ecologically Conscious Northeast American Architecture
12:30 a.m. | SMART Gallery
Committee: Mark Shepard (Chair), Laura Lubniewski
Reviewers: David Salomon (Ithaca College), Steph Cramer, Randy Fernando, Julia Hunt

THESIS: Charles Stevens | Comparing Design Studios: Analyzing Relationships Between Institutional Ambitions and Building Design
1: 45 p.m. |  Crosby 120
Committee: Anne Dafchik (Town of Amherst), Kelly Hayes McAlonie (Director UB Campus Planning), Serena Minix (Foit-Albert), Michael Napier (Crafted Concepts), David Salomon (Ithaca College), Brian Carter, Gregory Delaney, Miguel Guitart, Michael Hoover, Annette LeCuyer, Beth Tauke

THESIS: Kaety Ashkar | Where are the Maps? Guerrilla Mapping Demolitions in the Occupied West Bank, Palestine
1:45 ap.m. | Hayes 3rd Floor
Committee: Kristine Stiphany (Chair), Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah
Reviewers: Erkin Özay, Hadas Steiner, Kearon Roy Taylor (Banham Fellow)

Wednesday, May 1

SOPHOMORE STUDIO: Community Center for All
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Crosby 201, Crosby 230, Crosby 301, Crosby 330

Faculty: Joyce Hwang, Seth Amman, Brian Carter, Shawn Chiki Lewis, Maia Peck, Nicole Sarmiento, Adam Thibodeaux
Critics: Sapphira Charles (Sapphira Inc.), Zuzanna Drozdz (WRT), Richard Fadok (Univ. Rochester), Nerea Feliz (Univ. Texas at Austin), Matthew Graham (CannonDesign), Harsh Vardhan Jain (Studio Juggernaut), Elsa Lam (Canadian Architect Magazine), Min Lee (Pei Cobb Freed & Partners), Cristina Parreño Alonso (MIT), Diana Laura Rivera Villarreal (TEC Monterrey), Tya Winn (Community Design Collaborative), Samendy Brice, Nicholas Bruscia, Elaine Chow, Steph Cramer, Gregory Delaney, Lukas Fetzko, Miguel Guitart, Michael Hoover, Julia Hunt, Annette LeCuyer, Laura Lubniewski, Kenneth MacKay, Dennis Maher, Adam McCullough, Erkin Özay, Georgios Rafailidis, Christopher Romano, Gregory Serweta, Mark Shepard, Jin Young Song, Jason Sowell, Jon Spielman, Hadas Steiner, Kristine Stiphany, Kearon Roy Taylor (Banham Fellow)

Thursday, May 2

GRADUATE RESEARCH GROUPS

INCLUSIVE DESIGN: Post-Gay: On Containers and Contents
12 - 5 p.m. | Hayes 404/407

Faculty: Adam Thibodeaux
Critics: Anne Dafchik (Town of Amherst), Gregory Rubin (Poesis Architecture), Gregory Delaney, Shawn Chiki Lewis

MATERIAL CULTURE: Memory, Build!
1 - 4 p.m. | Parker 24
Faculty: Miguel Guitart
Critics: Cristina Parreño Alonso (MIT), Douglas Perrelli (UB Dept. Anthropology), Abigail Peters (Architectural Resources), Michael Hoover, Maia Peck, Christopher Romano, Beth Tauke

SITUATED TECHNOLOGIES: Archives and Narratives
1. - 5 p.m. | 321 Humboldt Pkwy

Faculty: Albert Chao
Critics: William Bates (Carnegie Mellon University), Samendy Brice (City Hall Buffalo), Sapphira Charles (Sapphira Inc.), Charles L. Davis II (UT Austin), Andrew Hart (Thomas Jefferson University), Kisha Patterson (CPL), ryan phillips (Assembly House 150), Scott Ruff (Pratt), Sandy White (Mustard Seed World Group), Tya Winn (Community Design Collaborative), Randy Fernando, Mark Shepard

ECOLOGICAL PRACTICES: Design for Disassembly
1 - 5 p.m. | Parker 18

Faculty: Anahita Khodadadi
Critics: John Atkinson (UB School of Engineering and Applied Science), Niloufar Emami (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign), Michael Shelly (RENEW), Steph Cramer, Michael Hoover, Annette LeCuyer

URBAN DESIGN: Housing Hybrids: Scenarios for Extreme Urbanization in São Paulo, Brazil
1 - 5 p.m. | Crosby 201

Faculty: Kristine Stiphany
Critics: Eliene Coelho (Municipality of Suzano), Clarissa Freitas (Federal University of Ceará), Diana Laura Rivera Villarreal (TEC Monterrey), Maria Teresa Diniz (Urbitandem), Elvis Viera (Municipality of Suzano), Brian Carter, Julia Czerniak, Jason Sowell

OPTION STUDIO: The Bureau of Counter-Futures
1 - 5 p.m. | Crosby 301

Faculty: Kearon Roy Taylor (Banham Fellow)
Critics: Monica Hutton (MIT / Parkdale Community Land Trust), Matthew Soules (UBC SALA), Hadas Steiner

OPTION STUDIO: Vertical Paradox
1 - 5 p.m. | Hayes 3rd Floor

Faculty: Jin Young Song
Critics: Min Lee (Pei Cobb Freed & Partners), Daekwon Park (Syracuse), Elaine Chow, Erkin Özay, Korydon Smith

Friday, May 3

FRESHMEN EXHIBITION
12 p.m. - 3 p.m. | Crosby Lawn

JUNIOR STUDIO: Building Social Infrastructure
1 p.m. - 5 p.m. | Crosby 201, Crosby 301, Crosby 330

Faculty: Kenneth MacKay, Elaine Chow, Jason Sowell, Jon Spielman, Bradley Wales
Critics: Mike Anderson (Abstract Architecture), Jeffrey Bailey (JB Architecture), Mauro Cringoli (Fortified), Josh Erni (CPL), Gwen Howard (Foit-Albert), Michael Tunkey (CannonDesign), Diana Laura Rivera Villarreal (TEC Monterrey), Brian Carter, Miguel Guitart, Joyce Hwang, Annette LeCuyer, Laura Lubniewski, Erkin Özay, Maia Peck, Nicholas Rajkovich, Christopher Romano, Gregory Serweta, Jin Young Song

Monday, May 6

OPTION STUDIO: Big Projects
1 - 5 p.m. | CannonDesign, 50 Fountain Plaza Suite 200

Faculty: Gregory Delaney
Critics: Justin Booth (GObike Buffalo, Scajaquada Corridor Coalition), Eric Brill (Gensler), Hanga Gyorgyi (CannonDesign), Hal Morse (Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transportation Council), Mark Nowaczyk (CannonDesign), Alan Oberst (Scajaquada Corridor Coalition, Restore Our Community Coalition), Zhi Ting Phua (Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy, Scajaquada Corridor Coalition), Terrence Robinson (East Side Parkways Coalition), Ashley Smith (Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority), Michael Tunkey (CannonDesign), Julia Czerniak, Hiroaki Hata

Friday, May 10

THESIS: Brian Kwong | Beyond Easter: Past, Present, and Future Visions for the Broadway Market, Buffalo, NY
12 p.m. | Broadway Market #21, 999 Broadway, Buffalo, NY

Faculty: Erkin Özay (Chair), Jordana Maisel
Committee: Erkin Özay (Chair), Jordana Maisel
Reviewers: Peter Cammarata (Broadway Market Management Inc.), Aubrey Fan (Flynn Battaglia Architects), Christopher Less (Flynn Battaglia Architects), Rose Orcutt (UB Library), Kathleen Peterson (Broadway Market Manager)

Tuesday, May 14

ARC404: Re-Assembling the City: Vestibule
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Assembly House, 150 Edward Street, Buffalo, NY

Faculty: Dennis Maher
Reviewers: Lukas Fetzko (Studio NORTH), Akenzua Giwaosagie, Frances Parson, ryan phillips, and Steven Salinas (Assembly House 150)

Wednesday, May 15

ARC404: New LRRT Lines in Buffalo
6 - 8 p.m. | Saint Philips Episcopal Church, 15 Fernhill Ave. Buffalo, NY

Faculty: Brad Wales, Small Built Works Program
Reviewers: Jeff Amplement (NFTA), Doug Funke, Jim Gordon, and Carl Skompinski (Citizens for Regional Transit), Richard Coburn, and Dan Young (Town of Cheektowaga), Stephanie Lee (Northland Belt Line Taxpayers Association), Pastor Steve Lane, Annette LeCuyer

Spring 2024 Faculty

Seth Amman, Olivia Arcara, Paul Battaglia, Nicholas Bruscia, Brian Carter, Albert Chao, Elaine Chow, Steph Cramer, Julia Czerniak, Gregory Delaney, Nicholas Eichelberger, Randy Fernando, 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, Rachel Martin, Adam McCullough, Erkin Özay, Maia Peck, Gabrielle Printz, Georgios Rafailidis, Nicholas Rajkovich, Christopher Romano, Daniela Sandler, Nicole Sarmiento, Gregory Serweta, Mark Shepard, Hali Sheriff, Robert Shibley, Korydon Smith, Jin Young Song, Jason Sowell, Jon Spielman, Hadas Steiner, Edward Steinfeld, Kristine Stiphany, Despina Stratigakos, Beth Tauke, Kearon Roy Taylor (Banham Fellow), Adam Thibodeaux, Michael Tunkey, Brad Wales, Sue Weidemann, John Wightman, Jennifer Wisinski-Oakley, Justina Zifchock