Final Review Week

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.

Tuesday April 28, 2026

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
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, Albert Chao
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)

Thursday April 30, 2026

11:00a: Victoria Pierce
"Reframing Multi-Family Housing in Buffalo, NY: Adapting to the Point Access Block Typology"
Committee Chair: Martha Bohm
Committee Member: Brian Carter
Internal Critic: Erkin Özay

Monday May 4, 2026

10:00a: Maddie Stafford
Hayes Hall (Room 304)
Committee Chair: Despina Stratigakos
Committee Members: Gregory Delaney, Celia Chaussabel
External Critics: Sharon Haar (Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning  |  University of Michigan), Jessie Fisher (Martin House) 

11:00a: Alli Presutti
Crosby Hall (Room 230)
Committee Chair: Erkin Özay
Committee Member: Beth Tauke
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
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
Crosby Hall (Room 330)
Committee Chair: Julia Hunt
Committee Member: Despina Stratigakos
External Critics: Sharon Haar (Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning | University of Michigan)

3:00p: Yosi Hoffman
Crosby Hall
Committee Chair: Miguel Guitart
Committee Member: Ken MacKay
External Critics: Sharon Haar (Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning | University of Michigan)

Tuesday May 5, 2026

9:00a: Madison Templeton
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
Committee Chair: Gregory Delaney
Committee Member: Laura Lubniewski
External Critic: Gabriella D'Angelo (Hobart + William Smith Colleges & The Dove Block Project)

11:00a: Berkan Sari
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"
Crosby Hall (Room 116)
Committee Chair: Nicholas Bruscia
Committee Member: Steph Cramer
External Critic: Gabriella D'Angelo (Hobart + William Smith Colleges & The Dove Block Project)

2:00p: Danny Escandon
Hayes Hall (Room 401)
Committee Chair: Miguel Guitart
Committee Member: Jin Young Song 
External Critic: Gabriella D'Angelo (Hobart + William Smith Colleges & The Dove Block Project)

3:00p: Austin Ruddle
Crosby Hall (Room 116)
Committee Chair: Joyce Hwang
Committee Members: Albert Chao, Celia Chaussabel
External Critic: Gabriella D'Angelo (Hobart + William Smith Colleges & The Dove Block Project)

4:00p: Mac Klatte-McAfee
"Camouflaged Resilience and the American Foursquare"
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)