Final Reviews

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Monday, November 25

ARC 101: ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO 1
9 a.m. - 5 p.m. | Crosby Basement, Crosby 116, Crosby 230, Crosby 330
Faculty: Jin Young Song*, Hali Sheriff, Jennifer Wisinski-Oakley, Jon Spielman, Seth Amman, Shawn Lewis
Critics: Samendy Brice, Brian Carter, Albert Chao, Elaine Chow, Stephanie Cramer, Julia Czerniak, Haneen Dalla-Ali, Gregory Delaney, Randy Fernando, Michael Hoover, Julia Hunt, Joyce Hwang, Laura Lubniewski, Adam Levin, Annette Lecuyer, Kenneth MacKay, Dennis Maher, Adam McCullough, Erkin Özay, Nicholas Rajkovich, Christopher Romano, Daniela Sandler, Korydon Smith, Hadas Steiner, Edward Steinfeld, Jason Sowell, Beth Tauke, Tiffany Xu, Zuzanna Drozdz (WRT Design), Matthew Graham (CannonDesign), Hanga Gyorgyi (CannonDesign). Mark Linder (Syracuse Univ.), Joan Linder (UB Dept. of Art), Morgan Mansfield (Architectural Resources), Tony Santangelo (Kideney Architects), Michael Tunkey (CannonDesign), Kisha Patterson (CPL), Sze Wan Li-Bain (CannonDesign)

Monday, December 2

ARC 503/ARC 603: ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO 3
12 p.m. - 5 p.m. | Crosby 230, Crosby 330
Faculty: Gregory Serweta*, Albert Chao
Critics: Miguel Guitart, Erkin Özay, Hadas Steiner, Tiffany Xu (Banham Fellow), Clara Solà-Morales (Clara Solà-Morales Studio), Stephanie Vito (CannonDesign)

Tuesday, December 3

Thesis and Directed Research

DIRECTED RESEARCH: KATARINA ISABELLA VOSS | ARCHITECTURE OF FANTASY: AN EXPERIENCE OF PUBLIC SPACE
9 a.m. | Hayes 4th Floor
Committee: Conrad Kickert, Daniela Sandler, Shawn Chiki
Reviewers: Gregory Delaney, Hadas Steiner, Clara Solà-Morales (Clara Solà-Morales Studio) 

DIRECTED RESEARCH: JOSEPH V. AMIRATO | SENSORIAL ARCHITECTURE:REALIGNING THE BODY AND MIND TO CONFRONT ANXIETY 10:15 a.m. | Hayes 3rd Floor
Committee: Miguel Guitart, Julia Hunt, Beth Tauke
Reviewers: Christopher Romano, Hadas Steiner, Nicholas Bruscia, Clara Solà-Morales (Clara Solà-Morales Studio)

DIRECTED RESEARCH: EHLER HTOO | ENVISIONING A YOUTH SPACE WITH KAREN YOUTH IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK
10:30 a.m. | Hayes 327
Committee: Korydon Smith, Erkin Özay, Alexandra Judelsohn
Reviewers: Alissa Diamond, Tha Aung

DIRECTED RESEARCH: YASH DILIPKUMAR DAVE|ECOSYSTEM HEALING THROUGH ARCHITECTURE: BIOMIMICRY AND GROUNDWATER RECHARGE
11:30 a.m. | Hayes 4th Floor
Committee: Jason Sowell, Christopher Romano
Reviewers: Julia Czerniak, Jin Young Song, Clara Solà-Morales (Clara Solà-Morales Studio), Gabrielle Printz (Yale, f-architecture)

DIRECTED RESEARCH: KIMIA GHADERIAN | DESIGN FOR OVERCAST: A NEW TYPOLOGY FOR SIDELIGHTING
1:45 p.m. | 3rd Floor
Committee: Anahita Khodadadi, Kenneth MacKay
Reviewers: Jin Young Song, Stephanie Cramer, Tiffany Xu (Banham Fellow), Sharon LiBain (CannonDesign)

DIRECTED RESEARCH: MELIH GÜRCAN KUTSAL | LUDIC RHYTHMS OF MONSTROSITY: A PSYCHO-SOCIAL APPROACH TO SPACE AND ARCHITECTURE
1: 45 p.m. |  Hayes 327
Committee: Mark Shepard, Hadas Steiner
Reviewers: Nicholas Bruscia, Kristine Stiphany, Gabrielle Printz (Yale, f-architecture)

DIRECTED RESEARCH: CASSIDY LYN FRISCH | BUILDING TITLE IX
3:00 p.m. |  Hayes 4th Floor
Committee: Nicholas Rajkovich, Laura Lubniewski
Reviewers: Annette Lecuyer, Korydon Smith, Kimberly Sass (Legends Project Development | SASS STUDIO) 

THESIS: PETER FILLION | EUPHORIC EDEN
3:00 p.m. | Parker 148
Committee: Mark Shepard, Nicholas Bruscia
Reviewers: Paul Battaglia, Randy Fernando, Beth Tauke, Gabrielle Printz (Yale, f-architecture)

THESIS: DAPHNE V PUGLIESE | A WORKING-CLASS FRAMEWORK FOR ECOLOGICALLY CONSCIOUS NORTHEAST AMERICAN ARCHITECTURAL COMMUNITY PRACTICE
4:15 p.m. | Parker SMART Lab
Committee: Mark Shepard, Laura Lubniewski
Reviewers: Randy Fernando, Stephanie Cramer, Matthew Kenyon (UB Art), Gabrielle Printz (Yale, f-architecture)

Wednesday, December 4

ARC 201: ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO 3
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Crosby 109, Crosby 201, Crosby 220, Crosby 230, Crosby 240, Crosby 330
Faculty: Maia Peck*, Gabriela Zappi, Haneen Dalla-Ali, Emily Badawy, Justina Zifchock, Adam McCullough, Tiffany Xu (Banham Fellow)
Critics: Seth Amman, Samendy Brice, Brian Carter, Albert Chao, Shawn Chiki, Elaine Chow, Julia Czerniak, Gregory Delaney, Randy Fernando, Joyce Hwang, Michael Hoover, Julia Hunt, Laura Lubniewski, Kenneth MacKay, Dennis Maher, Erkin Özay, Christopher Romano, Daniela Sandler, Hali Sheriff, Jin Young Song, Jon Spielman, Hadas Steiner, Bradley Wales, Erika Abbondanzieri (Watts Architecture + Engineering), Kevin Connors (eco_logic STUDIO), Zuzanna Drozdz (WRT), Lukas Fetzko, Franziska Macur (Artpark & Company), Peter Murad (Architectural Resources), Abigail Peters (Architectural Resources), Gabrielle Printz (Yale University, f-architecture), David Salomon (Ithaca College), Robert Scalise (UB Art Galleries), Daniel Seiders (UB Campus Planning), Michael Tunkey (CannonDesign), Anna Wager (UB Art Galleries), Victor Zagabe (Syracuse University)

ARC 403: ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO 7
1 p.m. - 5 p.m. | Crosby 116
Faculty: Miguel Guitart*, Annette LeCuyer, Jason Sowell, Gregory Serweta
Critics: Andrew Berman (Andrew Berman Architect), Gabriella D'Angelo (Hobart and William Smith Colleges), Robert Levit (University of Toronto), Clara SolàMorales (Clara Solà-Morales Studio)

ARC 501: ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO 1
1 p.m. - 6 p.m. | Hayes 401, Hayes 402, Hayes 4th Floor Hallway
Faculty: Stephanie Cramer
Critics: Michael Hoover, Jennifer Wisinski-Oakley, Erkin Özay, Beth Tauke, Michael Anderson (Abstract Architecture), Serena Minix (Azar Design Co)

Thursday, December 5

GRADUATE RESEARCH GROUPS

ARC 605: SITUATED TECHNOLOGIES
1 - 6 p.m. | Parker 18, Hayes Hall Lobby
Faculty: Nicholas Bruscia
Critics: Randy Fernando, Julia Hunt, Mark Shepard, Emily Vollo, John Archilla (Schlaich Bergermann Partner), Daniel Vrana (EWI)

ARC 605: MATERIAL CULTURE
1 - 6 p.m. | Parker 24
Faculty: Dennis Maher

ARC 605: INCLUSIVE DESIGN
1. - 6 p.m. | Hayes 3rd Floor LLL3
Faculty: Jennifer Wisinski-Oakley
Critics: Stephanie Cramer, Annette Lecuyer, Laura Lubniewski, Kenneth MacKay, Nicholas Rajkovich, Greg Serweta, Korydon Smith, Yadira DeSantis (Kideney), Sze Wan Li-Bain (CannonDesign)

ARC 607: OPTION STUDIO
1 - 6 p.m. | Hayes 401, Hayes 402, Hayes 403, Hayes 4th Floor Hallway
Faculty: Brian Carter
Critics: Andrew Berman, Andrew Koudlai, Caterina Mantegazza, Rose Orcutt

ARC 607/END 593: BUILDING BRIDGES: COBBLESTONE DISTRICT
4 - 7 p.m. | Crosby 116
Faculty: Conrad Kickert, Matthew Roland
Critics: Dan Leonard (Wendel), Brandye Merriweather (Buffalo Urban Development Corporation), Sam Savarino (Savarino Companies), Robert Shibley (Rudy Bruner Center for Urban Excellence), Ashley Smith (NFTA)

Friday, December 6

ARC 301: ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO 5
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Crosby 201, Crosby 230, Crosby 301, Crosby 330
Faculty: Kenneth MacKay*, Elaine Chow, Bradley Wales, Laura Lubniewski, Rachel Martin, Anne Dafchik
Critics: Seth Amman, Nicholas Bruscia, Brian Carter, Stephanie Cramer, Gregory Delaney, Miguel Guitart, Mike Hoover, Julia Hunt, Joyce Hwang, Anahita Khodadadi, Shawn Lewis, Adam McCullough, Jennifer Wisinski-Oakley, Erkin Özay, Maia Peck, Nicholas Rajkovich, Gregory Serweta, Jin Young Song, Jason Sowell, Jon Spielman, Tiffany Xu, Justina Zifchock, Mike Anderson (Abstract Architecture), Jeffrey Bailey (Jeffrey Bailey Architect), Ray Bednarski (Kideney Architects), Polina Broitman (Polina Broitman Architect), Justina Dziama (Architectural Resources), Josh Erni (CPL Architecture), Matthew Graham (CannonDesign), Hanga Gyorgi (CannonDesign), Dave Marcoux (Azar Design), Steve Shchurowsky (Young and Wright Architectural), Robert Stark (CJS Architects), Michael Tunkey (CannonDesign), Timothy Ung (Architectural Resources)


ARC 605: REIMAGINING CASCO BAY: DESIGNING FOR EXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS IN COASTAL CITIES
1 - 6 p.m. | Hayes 401, Hayes 402, Hayes 403, Hayes 4th Floor Hallway
Faculty: Kristine Stiphany, Jason Sowell
Critics: Julia Czerniak, Joyce Hwang, Nicholas Rajkovich, Felipe Correa (Somatic Collective)

Monday, December 9

THESIS AND DIRECTED RESEARCH

DIRECTED RESEARCH: ALEC LEWIS | THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CITY
9 a.m. | Hayes 4th Floor
Committee: Brian Carter, Stephanie Cramer
Reviewers: Gregory Delaney, Korydon Smith, Eric Huebner (UB Music), Sungmin Shin (UB Music), Kearon Roy Taylor (Northeastern U)

DIRECTED RESEARCH: MASON MURTHA | BRIDGING THE GAP - A PARTICIPATORY FRAMEWORK
10:15 a.m. | Hayes 3rd Floor
Committee: Kristine Stiphany, Gregory Delaney
Reviewers: Erkin Özay, Jason Sowell, Cameron Sinclair, Robert Silverman (UB Planning), Kearon Roy Taylor (Northeastern U)

DIRECTED RESEARCH: DIRECTED RESEARCH: NICHOLAS FRANTZESKOS II | THE EDGE OF THE WOOD
11:30 a.m. | Hayes 4th Floor
Committee: Christopher Romano, Randy Fernando, Mishuana Goeman (Indigenous Studies)
Reviewers: Stephanie Cramer, Daniela Sandler, Korydon Smith, Kearon Roy Taylor (Northeastern U), Jason Corwin (UB IDS), Amanda Casali (UB IDS)

DIRECTED RESEARCH: NICK JAY JANZEN | CONSIDERING PREY
1:45 p.m. | Hayes 4th Floor
Committee: Joyce Hwang, Julia Czerniak, Erkin Özay
Reviewers: Christopher Romano, Albert Chao, Tiffany Xu (Banham Fellow), Kearon Roy Taylor (Northeastern U)

DIRECTED RESEARCH: ANTHONY MICHAEL JOVAN CARTER | TRAVERSING NIAGARA
3:00 p.m. | Hayes 3rd Floor
Committee: Robert Shibley, Bradley Wales
Reviewers: Gregory Delaney, Korydon Smith, Lauren Fischer (UB SAP Bruner Center), Kearon Roy Taylor (Northeastern U)

DIRECTED RESEARCH: POUYA PAKKHESAL | AN UNFINISHED TRIBUTE 
4:15 p.m. | Hayes 4th Floor
Committee: Jin Young Song, Gregory Delaney
Reviewers: Erkin Özay, Julia Czerniak, Tiffany Xu (Banham Fellow), Kearon Roy Taylor (Northeastern U) 

Fall 2024 Faculty

Kanwal Aftab, Seth Amman, Emily Badawy, Paul Battaglia, Martha Bohm, Samendy Brice, Nicholas Bruscia, Brian Carter, Albert Chao, Elaine Chow, Shawn Chiki, Stephanie Cramer, Julia Czerniak, Anne Dafchik, Haneen Dalla-Ali, Gregory Delaney, Randy Fernando, Lukas Fetzko, Miguel Guitart, Nathaniel Heckman, Michael Hoover, Julia Hunt, Joyce Hwang, Adam Levin, Anahita Khodadadi, Conrad Kickert, Annette LeCuyer, Laura Lubniewski, Kenneth MacKay, Dennis Maher, Jordana Maisel, Rachel Martin, Adam McCullough, Christopher Osterhaudt, Erkin Özay, Maia Peck, Nicholas Rajkovich, Christopher Romano, Nicole Sarmiento, Gregory Serweta, Mark Shepard, Robert Shibley, Hali Sheriff, Cameron Sinclair, Korydon Smith, Jin Young Song, Jason Sowell, Jon Spielman, Hadas Steiner, Edward Steinfeld, Kristine Stiphany, Despina Stratigakos, Joey Swerdlin, Beth Tauke, Bradley Wales, John Wightman, Jennifer Wisinski-Oakley, Tiffany Xu (Banham Fellow), Gabriela Zappi, Justina Zifchock
*Course Coordinator **Directed Reasearch Coordinator, Joyce Hwang

Published November 25, 2024