ARC Directed Research/Thesis
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.
Monday December 1, 2025
9:00a-10:00a: Nick Frantzeskos
Co-Designing with Indigeneity
Crosby Hall 116
Committee:
Joyce Hwang, Daniela Sandler, Mishuana Goeman
Reviewers:
José Ibarra (Penn State), Kelly Hayes McAlonie (UB Director of Campus Planning), Brian Carter
10:00a-11:00a: Madison Templeton
Design for Recovery: Transformative Preservation in Post-Trauma Contexts
Crosby Hall 230
Committee:
Kristine Stiphany, Daniela Sandler
Reviewers:
José Ibarra (Penn State), Albert Chao
11:00a-12:00p: Yosi Hoffman
Saccadic Images: Photographing the Space of Visual Memory
Crosby Hall 116
Committee:
Miguel Guitart, Kenneth MacKay
Reviewers:
José Ibarra (Penn State), Nicholas Bruscia, Beth Tauke
12:00p-1:00p: Danny Escandon
Architecture for Overcrowded Latinx Immigrant Households in Queens, NY
Crosby Hall 230
Committee:
Miguel Guitart, Jin Young Song
Reviewers:
José Ibarra (Penn State), Nicholas Bruscia, Kristine Stiphany, Beth Tauke
2:00p-3:00p: Roya Novruzova
Unsettling Permanence
Crosby Hall 230
Committee:
Nicholas Bruscia, Stephanie Cramer
Reviewers:
José Ibarra (Penn State), Erkin Özay, Jin Young Song
3:00p-4:00p: Alec Lewis
City of Music
Crosby Hall 116
Committee:
Brian Carter, Stephanie Cramer
Reviewers:
Jonathan Golove (UB Department of Music), Kelsey Habla (Arup), José Ibarra (Penn State), Gregory Delaney, Erkin Özay
4:00p-5:00p: Alli Presutti
Reconciling Security and Well-Being: Architectural Responses to Gun Violence in Suburban High Schools
Crosby Hall 230
Committee:
Erkin Özay, Beth Tauke
Reviewers:
José Ibarra (Penn State), Sharon Li-Bain (CannonDesign), Daniela Sandler, Jin Young Song, Kristine Stiphany
5:00p-6:00p: Berkan Sari
Story Telling As Resistance: Gecekondu
Crosby Hall 116
Committee:
Kristine Stiphany, Erkin Özay
Reviewers:
José Ibarra (Penn State), Morgan Pudim (Architectural Resources), Julia Czerniak, Christopher Romano
Tuesday December 2, 2025
10:00a-11:00a: Austin Ruddle
The Communal Architecture of Degrowth
Crosby Hall 230
Committee:
Joyce Hwang, Albert Chao, Celia Chaussabel
Reviewers:
Margot Lystra (Living Site), Tiffany Xu (Syracuse), Laura Lubniewski, Erkin Özay, Gregory Serweta
11:00a-12:00p: Maddie Stafford
False Authenticity: A Reconstructed Curation for the Edith Farnsworth House
Crosby Hall 116
Committee:
Despina Stratigakos, Gregory Delaney, Celia Chaussabel
Reviewers:
Margot Lystra (Living Site), Tiffany Xu (Syracuse), Seth Amman, Albert Chao, Miguel Guitart
12:00p-1:00p: Paige Mitchell
Measuring Misogyny
Crosby Hall 230
Committee:
Despina Stratigakos, Julia Hunt
Reviewers:
Margot Lystra (Living Site), Kelly Hayes McAlonie (UB Director of Campus Planning), Tiffany Xu (Syracuse), Jordana Maisel,
2:00p-3:00p: Mac Klatte-McAfee
Camouflaged Resilience and the American Vernacular
Crosby Hall 116
Committee:
Martha Bohm, Julia Czerniak, Hadas Steiner
Reviewers:
Margot Lystra (Living Site), Tiffany Xu (Syracuse), Gregory Delaney, Despina Stratigakos
3:00p-4:00p: Elizabeth Geiser
Contested Postcolonial Narratives: Collective Memory of the Built Environment of Métropole France
Crosby Hall 230
Committee:
Hadas Steiner, Daniela Sandler
Reviewers:
Margot Lystra (Living Site), Tiffany Xu (Syracuse), Gregory Delaney, Miguel Guitart, Despina Stratigakos
4:00p-5:00p: Emily Bombardier
Mesogrids for Buffalo
Crosby Hall 116
Committee:
Gregory Delaney, Laura Lubniewski
Reviewers:
Margot Lystra (Living Site), Tiffany Xu (Syracuse), Erkin Özay, Nicholas Rajkovich, Kristine Stiphany
5:00p-6:00p: Siavash Karimi
Places of Belonging on the University Campus
Crosby Hall 230
Committee:
Joyce Hwang, Julia Czerniak, Jason Sowell, Kelly Hayes McAlonie
Reviewers:
Margot Lystra (Living Site), Tiffany Xu (Syracuse), Erkin Özay, Kristine Stiphany
COURSE INSTRUCTOR FOR DIRECTED RESEARCH AND THESIS:
Joyce Hwang
FALL 2025 FACULTY
Mariam Ali, Mohamed Aly Etman, Seth Amman, Martha Bohm, Samendy Brice, Nicholas Bruscia, Brian Carter, Albert Chao, Celia Chaussabel (Banham Fellow), Elaine Chow, Stephanie Cramer, Haneen Dalla-Ali, Gregory Delaney, Randy Fernando, Wade Georgi, Miguel Guitart, Hiroaki Hata, Nate Heckman, Michael Hoover, Julia Hunt, Joyce Hwang, Anahita Khodadadi, Conrad Kickert, Annette Lecuyer, Steven Lee, Adam Levin, Danise Levine, Laura Lubniewski, Kenneth MacKay, Dennis Maher, Rachel Martin, Adam McCullough, Timothy Noble, Erkin Özay, Maia Peck, Nicholas Rajkovich, Christopher Romano, Daniela Sandler, Gregory Serweta, Mark Shepard, Robert Shibley, Jin Young Song, Jason Sowell, Jon Spielman, Hadas Steiner, Edward Steinfeld, Kristine Stiphany, Despina Stratigakos, Heamchand Subryan, Beth Tauke, Bradley Wales, Elisabeth Weidemann, Jonathan White, Nicole White, John Wightman, Jennifer Wisinski-Oakley, Gabriela Zappi
Published November 14, 2025