The School of Architecture and Planning invites you to join us for final reviews and presentations of the creative work of our students as we engage in critique and debate around their projects.
9:00a: Kaya Jost
"Future Without Snow: Rethinking the Norwegian Ski Resort as a Climate Adaptive System"
Crosby Hall (Room 330)
Committee Chair: Nick Rajkovich
Committee Member: Gregory Delaney
Internal Critic: Erkin Özay, Jason Sowell
External Critic: Sergio Lopez Pineiro (UW Milwaukee)
10:00a: Sara Abdalla
"Built to Adapt: Decoding Spatial Practices in Hāras of Alexandria"
Crosby Hall (Room 116)
Committee Chair: Kristine Stiphany
Committee Members: Mohamed Aly Etman, Korydon Smith
Internal Critics: Erkin Özay, Conrad Kickert, Daniela Sandler, Mariam Abdelazim, Randy Fernando, Seth Amman
External Critic: Sergio Lopez Pineiro (UW Milwaukee)
12:00p: Julia Wisinski
"Where She Draws the Line: Dissecting Structures of Visibility for Women in the Design Field and Creating Spaces for Archival Research and Activism"
Crosby Hall (Room 230)
Internal Critics: Despina Stratigakos, Julia Hunt, Rose Orcott, Kelly Hayes McAlonie, Gregory Serweta, Beth Tauke, Erkin Özay
External Critic: Sergio Lopez Pineiro (UW Milwaukee)
1:00p: Ethan Ikegami
"Breaking the Boundary of Lab: Re-Defining Design of R&D to Serve the Researcher"
Hayes Hall (Room 205)
Committee Chair: Erkin Özay
Committee Members: Miguel Guitart, Christopher Romano
Internal Critic: Brian Carter
External Critic: Sergio Lopez Pineiro (UW Milwaukee)
3:00p: Victoria Pierce
"Reframing Multi-Family Housing in Buffalo, NY: Adapting to the Point Access Block Typology"
Hayes Hall (Room 301)
Committee Chair: Martha Bohm
Committee Member: Brian Carter
Internal Critic: Erkin Özay
10:00a: Maddie Stafford
"The House Museum Game"
Parker Hall
Committee Chair: Despina Stratigakos
Committee Members: Gregory Delaney, Celia Chaussabel
External Critic: Sharon Haar (Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning | University of Michigan), Jessie Fisher (Martin House)
11:00a: Alli Presutti
"Between Security and Well-Being: Designing Holistic High Schools in the Age of Gun Violence"
Crosby Hall (Room 230)
Committee Chair: Erkin Özay
Committee Member: Beth Tauke
Internal Critic: Korydon Smith
External Critics: Sharon Haar (Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning | University of Michigan), Timothy Monreal (Graduate School of Education | University at Buffalo), Erika Abbondanzieri (SWBR)
1:00p: Elizabeth Geiser
"Return to the Métropole: Spatial Trauma Responses in Pied-Noir Built Environments"
Hayes Hall (Room 402)
Committee Chair: Hadas Steiner
Committee Member: Daniela Sandler
Internal Critics: Despina Stratigakos, Mariam Abdelazim
External Critics: Vanessa Grossman (Stuart Weitzman School of Design | University of Pennsylvania), Sharon Haar (Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning | University of Michigan)
2:00p: Paige Mitchell
"Spatial Microaggressions: Gender, Unintended Consequences, and Institutional Architecture"
Crosby Hall (Room 330)
Committee Chair: Julia Hunt
Committee Member: Despina Stratigakos
Internal Critics: Sharon Nolan-Weiss, Kelly Hayes McAlonie, Beth Tauke
External Critic: Sharon Haar (Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning | University of Michigan)
3:00p: Yosi Hoffman
"Photo-Interventions: Constructing Relational Views of Architectural Space"
Hayes Hall (Room 301)
Committee Chair: Miguel Guitart
Committee Member: Ken MacKay
Internal Critics: Hadas Steiner, Nicholas Bruscia, Beth Tauke
External Critics: Georg Rafailidis (Knowlton School of Architecture | The Ohio State University), Sharon Haar (Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning | University of Michigan)
9:00a: Madison Templeton
"Transformative Preservation: Design for Recovery in Post-War Contexts"
Crosby Hall (Room 230)
Committee Chair: Kristine Stiphany
Committee Member: Daniela Sandler
External Critic: Gabriella D'Angelo (Hobart + William Smith Colleges & The Dove Block Project)
10:00a: Emily Bombardier
"Power to the People: A Transformative Energy Model For Rust Belt Cities"
Crosby Hall (Room 330)
Committee Chair: Gregory Delaney
Committee Member: Laura Lubniewski
Internal Critics: Nick Rajkovich, Seth Amman, Erkin Özay
External Critic: Gabriella D'Angelo (Hobart + William Smith Colleges & The Dove Block Project)
11:00a: Berkan Sari
Hayes Hall (Room 407)
Committee Chair: Kristine Stiphany
Committee Member: Erkin Özay
External Critic: Gabriella D'Angelo (Hobart + William Smith Colleges & The Dove Block Project)
1:00p: Roya Novruzova
"Unsettling Permanence"
Parker Hall
Committee Chair: Nicholas Bruscia
Committee Member: Steph Cramer
Internal Critics: Gregory Serweta, Erkin Özay, Tim Noble, Christopher Romano
External Critic: Gabriella D'Angelo (Hobart + William Smith Colleges & The Dove Block Project)
2:00p: Danny Escandon
"Architecture for Overcrowded Latinx Immigrant Households in Queens, NY"
Hayes Hall (Room 401)
Committee Chair: Miguel Guitart
Committee Member: Jin Young Song
Internal Critics: Nicholas Bruscia, Jason Sowell, Gregory Serweta
External Critic: Gabriella D'Angelo (Hobart + William Smith Colleges & The Dove Block Project)
3:00p: Austin Ruddle
"The Communal Architecture of Degrowth"
Crosby Hall (Room 116)
Committee Chair: Joyce Hwang
Committee Members: Albert Chao, Celia Chaussabel
Internal Critics: Gregory Serweta, Erkin Özay
External Critic: Gabriella D'Angelo (Hobart + William Smith Colleges & The Dove Block Project)
4:00p: Mac Klatte-McAfee
"Camouflaged Resilience and the American Foursquare"
Crosby Hall (Room 330)
Committee Chair: Martha Bohm
Committee Members: Tim Noble, Julia Czerniak
Internal Critics: Laura Lubniewski, Gregory Delaney, Joyce Hwang
External Critic: Gabriella D'Angelo (Hobart + William Smith Colleges & The Dove Block Project)
1:30p: Anthony Carter
"Navigating Niagara: The Great Gorge Gondola"
Crosby Hall (Room 230)
Committee Chair: Bob Shibley
Committee Member: Brad Wales
Internal Critics: Conrad Kickert, Lauren Fischer
External Critics: Tom DeSantis (Citizens for Regional Transit), Carl Skompinski (Citizens for Regional Transit), James Paul Baptiste (Anowara Architecture)