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.
Friday April 25, 2025
9:30a - 1:30p: ARC 102
Location: Crosby: Basement, 230, Third Floor Hallway, 330
Faculty: Stephanie Cramer*, Albert Chao, Adam McCullough, Timothy Noble, Jon Spielman, Jennifer Wisinski-Oakley
Critics: Michael Anderson (Abstract Architecture), Brad Everdyke (Carmina Wood Design), Aubrey Fan (Flynn Battaglia Architects), Elizabeth Glieser (25-26 Brunkow Fellow), Rachael Goff (Young + Wright Architectural), Gregory Hyatt (Hyatts All Things Creative), Sara Hyatt (Hyatts All Things Creative), Serena Minix (Azar Design Co.), Sriya Radhadkrishnam (24-25 Brunkow Fellow), Michael Tunkey (Cannon Design), Seth Amman, Elaine Chow, Haneen Dalla-Ali, Matthew Graham, Michael Hoover, Julia Hunt, Anahita Khodadadi, Annette LeCuyer, Laura Lubniewski, Kenneth MacKay, Rachel Martin, Erkin Özay, Maia Peck, Christopher Romano, Hali Sherriff, Jin Young Song, Jason Sowell, Tiffany Xu, Gabriella Zappi
Monday April 28, 2025
12p - 5p : ARC 605: INCLUSIVE DESIGN GRG
Location: Hayes: 205, Third Floor Hallway, Fourth Floor Hallway
Faculty: Korydon Smith
Critics: Andrew Cardinale (Perkins Eastman), Laura Constantin (CannonDesign), Karin Crumb Kosmala (UB Campus Planning), Heather Cruz (UB School of Social Work), Julie Haase-Smith (LCSW-R), Kelly Hayes McAlonie (UB Campus Planning), Carisima Koenig (Perkins Eastman), Megan Koury (Institute for Trauma and Trauma-informed Care), Melissa Lavigne (LCSW, RPT, RYT-200), Krista Macy (UB Campus Planning), Jordana Maisel (IDEA Center), Jonathan White (IDEA Center), Nicole White (IDEA Center), Elaine Chow, Stacey Komendat, Sidney Landis, Laura Lubniewski, Kenneth MacKay, Bruce Majkowski, Nicholas Rajkovich, Beth Tauke, Jennifer Wisinski-Oakley
1p - 5p : ARC 502: Buffalo Food Hub
Location: Crosby 230
Faculty: Maia Peck
Critics: Douglass Alligood (Barke Ingels Group), Kevin Connors (eco_logic STUDIO), David Salomon (Ithaca College), Christopher Romano, Jason Sowell
1p - 5p : ARC 504 / ARC 604: City Arts
Location: Crosby: Second Floor Hallway, 201
Faculty: Annette LeCuyer*, Miguel Guitart
Critics: Douglass Alligood (Barke Ingels Group), Gabriella D'Angelo (Hobart and William Smith Colleges), Alec Harrigan (Architectural Resources), Julia Jamrozik (Toronto Metropolitan University), Coryn Kempster (Kempster Jamrozik), Michael Hoover, Christopher Romano, Gregory Serweta, Jason Sowell
Tuesday April 29, 2025 | 11a - 4p : THESIS & DIRECTED RESEARCH
11:00a : THESIS: YASH DILIPKUMAR DAVE | ADAPTING THE BUILT TO THE BURIED:
BIOMIMICRY FOR GROUNDWATER RECHARGE IN URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
Location: Hayes 401
Committee: Jason Sowell**, Christopher Romano
Reviewers: Douglass Alligood (Bjarke Ingels Group),Mohamed Aly Etman, Mark Shepard
12:00p : THESIS: NICK JANZEN | HUNTING AS SPATIAL PRACTICE
Location: Hayes Third Floor Hallway
Committee: Erkin Özay**, Christopher Romano, Julia Czerniak
Reviewers: Kearon Roy Taylor (University of Toronto), Hadas Steiner
12:00p : THESIS: JOEY AMIRATO | ADAPTING THE OCULUS: FOSTERING MEDITATIVE NOTHINGNESS THROUGH THE ORCHESTRATION OF NATURAL LIGHT
Location: Hayes Second Floor Hallway
Committee: Beth Tauke**, Julia Hunt, Jin Young Song
Reviewers: Douglass Alligood (Bjarke Ingels Group), Nick Bruscia, Adam Levin, Rachel Martin, Daniela Sandler, Jennifer Wisinski-Oakley
1:00p : THESIS: POUYA PAKKHESAL | THE UNFINISHED TRIBUTE: A MEMORIAL TO THE IRANIAN PROTESTS
Location: Crosby 116
Committee: Jin Young Song**, Gregory Delaney
Reviewers: Douglass Alligood (Barke Ingels Group), Joyce Hwang, Anahita Khodadadi, Cameron Sinclair, Jason Sowell
2:00p : THESIS: KATARINA VOSS | REAL FAKE ARCHITECTURE: BUILDING A LIVABLE FANTASY
Location: Hayes Second Floor Hallway
Committee: Conrad Kickert**, Shawn Chiki, Daniela Sandler
Reviewers: Ryan Scavnicky (Marywood University), Gregory Delaney, Kelly Gregg
2:00p : THESIS: KIMIA GHADERIAN | DESIGN FOR OVERCAST SKIES: A NEW TYPOLOGY OF SIDELIGHTING
Location: Hayes 328
Committee: Anahita Khodadadi**, Kenneth MacKay
Reviewers: Douglass Alligood (Bjarke Ingels Group), Timothy Ung (Architectural Resources), Jason Sowell, Beth Tauke
3:00p : DIRECTED RESEARCH: NATHAN RUFFALO | EXPLORING 3D PRINTED CERAMICS FOR ARCHITECTURAL TERRACOTTA PRESERVATION
Location: SMART Lab
Committee: Nick Bruscia**, Julia Hunt
Reviewers: Christopher Romano
3:00p : THESIS: CASSIDY FRISCH | BUILDING TITLE IX
Location: Hayes Third Floor Hallway
Committee: Nicholas Rajkovich**, Laura Lubniewski
Reviewers: Douglass Alligood (Barke Ingels Group), Gregory Delaney
4:00p : THESIS: EHLER HTOO | ENVISIONING A YOUTH CENTER FOR KAREN YOUTH IN BUFFALO, NY
Location: Hayes 402
Committee: Korydon Smith**, Alexandra Judelsohn, Erkin Özay
Reviewers: Douglass Alligood (Bjarke Ingels Group), Karen Community, Alissa Diamond, Daniela Sandler, Beth Tauke
1p - 5p : ARC 605: SITUATED TECHNOLOGIES GRG: RESILIENT GROUNDS: ADAPTIVE TERRAIN FOR A MULTISPECIES FUTURE
Location: Hayes Fourth Floor Hallway
Faculty: Mark Shepard
Critics: Hunter Armstrong (Brooklyn Greenway Initiative), Matt Kenyon (UB Art), Timothy Noble (Burchfield Penney Art Center), Nick Bruscia, Julia Czerniak, Jason Sowell, Hadas Steiner
Wednesday April 30, 2025
9a - 4p : ARC 202
Location: Crosby: 120, Second Floor Hallway, 230, Third Floor Hallway, 330
Faculty: Jason Sowell*, Seth Amman, Nick Bruscia, Brian Carter, Haneen Dalla-Ali, Hali Sheriff, Gabriela Zappi
Critics: Michael Conroe (Elev8), Peter Murad (Architectural Resources), Christian Ruschel (Campus Planning), Michael Tunkey (Cannon Design), Mariam Abdelazem, Mohamed Aly Etman, Emily Badawy, Samendy Brice, Albert Chao, Shawn Chikli, Elaine Chow, Stephanie Cramer, Lukas Fetzko, Matthew Graham, Michael Hoover, Laura Lubniewski, Rachel Martin, Kenneth MacKay, Jennifer Wisinski-Oakley, Maia Peck, Nicholas Rajkovich, Christopher Romano, Gregory Serweta, Tiffany Xu
Thursday May 1, 2025
1p - 5p : ARC 606: MATERIAL CULTURE GRG: FIRING
Location: Parker 24
Faculty: Christopher Romano
Critics: Caterina Mantegazza (Andrew Berman Architect), Dillon Pranger (Illinois Institute of Technology), Stephanie Cramer, Miguel Guitart, Michael Hoover, Annette Lecuyer, Jon Spielman
1p - 5p : ARC 605: ECOLOGICAL PRACTICES GRG
Location: Labyrith (15 Allen St)
Faculty: Cameron Sinclair
1p - 5p : ARC 606: OPTION STUDIO
Location: Hayes Atrium
Faculty: Tiffany Xu
Critics: Celia Chaussabel (MIT), Seth Amman, Randy Fernando, Mike Hoover, Annette LeCuyer, Maia Peck, Jin Young Song
1p - 5p : ARC 608: OPTION STUDIO (DESIMONE)
Location: Hayes 420B
Faculty: Gregory Serweta
Critics: Caterina Mantegazza (Andrew Berman Architects), DeSimone Team, Michael Tunkey (CannonDesign), Elaine Chow Jin Young Song
Friday May 2, 2025
1p - 5p : ARC 302: THEATERS/AUDITORIUMS AS SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Location: Crosby: Second Floor Hallway, 230, Third Floor Hallway, 330
Faculty: Kenneth S. MacKay, AIA*, Elaine Chow, Matthew Graham, Mike Hoover, Rachel Martin, Brad Wales
Critics: Michael Anderson (Abstract Architecture), Scott J. Archambault (Architectural Resources), Jeffrey Bailey (Jeffrey Bailey, AIA), Celia Chaussabel (MIT), Anne Dafchik (Town of Amherst), Justina Dziama (Architectural Resources), Josh Erni (CPL Architecture), Kelsey Habla (Arup), Dave Marcoux (Azar Design Co.), Caterina Mantegazza (Andrew Berman Architect),Steve Shchurowsky (Young & Wright Architects), Michael Tunkey (Cannon Design), Michael Tuzzo (Architectural Resources), Stephanie Vito (Cannon Design), Justina Zifchok (Watts Architecture), Seth Amman, Stephanie Cramer, Miguel Guitart, Anahita Khodadadi, Adam McCullough, Maia Peck, Nicholas Rajkovich, Christopher Romano, Gregory Serweta, Jin Young Song, Jon Spielman, Jennifer Wisinski-Oakley, Tiffany Xu, Gabriela Zappi
5p - 6p : ARC 512: ARCHI-TEXTURE FASHION SHOW
Location: Crosby Back Plaza (Rain Location: Crosby 116)
Faculty: Maia Peck, Gregory Serweta
Monday May 5, 2025
9a - 1p : ARC 404: DOUBLE TAKE: ADAPTABLE HOUSING THROUGH ADAPTIVE REUSE IN BUFFALO’S BLACK ROCK NEIGHBORHOOD
Location: Crosby 340
Faculty: Kristine Stiphany
Critics: Vincent Snyder (The University of Texas at Austin), Jason Sowell
1p - 5p : ARC 606: URBAN DESIGN GRG: BIG PROJECTS STUDIO
Location: New York City
Faculty: Gregory Delaney
Critics: Eric Brill (Gensler), Ryan Hao (New York State Office of General Services), Cory Kessler (Gensler), Oliver Schaper (Gensler)