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ADVANCED SYNTHESIS OPTION STUDIOS F18-S20
INTRODUCTION
This is the catalog of Advanced Synthesis Option Studios F18-S20. We are announcing the next four
studios to give students in all of our studio programs the opportunity to plan ahead and chart your
future. In these advanced and specialized studios, there are opportunities for BArch, BA, MAAD, MUD,
MArch, and MsSD (S’20) students to work alongside each other
STUDIO SELECTION PROCESS
The faculty will determine the studio allocations before the beginning of each semester, (in August for
the Fall and in November for the Spring semesters).
Students are invited to consider the upcoming studios and express their preferences for the immediate semester
in the light of their short, medium and longterm interests and ambitions.
SUBMIT
We would like to receive a discursive response to the options available, with preferences expressed
for at least three F’18 studios with a minimum100 words for each, describing what you would
contribute to and gain from working in that studio.
In addition, we ask that you set out the longer term trajectory that could be the outcome of taking any
of these three preferred studios. Thus you will put the immediate set of objectives for F18 into a larger
context.
Please could you return your written response in an email to me by 9am on Monday 16th July 2018.
Students who are studying abroad for the F18 semester need not submit their preferences.
There will be an invitation for another submission of preferences in November’18 for the S19 studio
allocation process.
The F18 studio allocations will be announced on August 1st.
Mary-Lou Arscott AADip RIBA
Studio Professor + Associate Head
mlarscott@cmu.edu
cover images
FRONT Forensic Architecture +SITU Research, ‘Left-To-Die-Boat’ 2011, the drift model.
BACK Forensic Architecture +SITU Research, Limeburner’s drift model, 2011.
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Architecture 20th June 2018
ASO studios listed
F18
DAMIANI High_Rise: ‘Untitled 2018’ New York (+MARFA pre-semester, NY midsemester)
FICCA/KING SOLID: the rise of timber? (+Montreal )
FOLAN Deconstructing Blight: UDBS Pittsburgh
GRUBER Commoning the City: urban design thesis (+ Zurich travel mid-semester)
HAYES Density + Complexity: megastructure for Hudson River Pier76.+NY September
LUCCHINO Freespace: serving humanity (+Venice Biennale mid-semester)
QUICK Re-purposing Architecture: SUCC Pittsburgh
S19
ARSCOTT thesis/IP
BARD Low Relief: virtual+material cultures of architectural deceit (+visit London/Paris)
BIZON Identity+Making: The American Mash-up (Ann Kalla Professor ‘18-’19)
FOLAN Reconstructing Authenticity: UDBS Pittsburgh
GRUBER Acupuncture Urbanism - Collab Studio Pittsburgh
HAYES 4-D Architecture: New ExperimentalTheatre for NYC +NY site visit
KLINE Commoning the City: urban design thesis
LOFTNESS /KLEE Brain Hub: HarnessingTechnology that helps the world explore brain and behavior.
MONDOR Infrastructure Studio +potential Europe in Summer
F19 COLVARD Worksapce: industrial architecture 4.0
DAMIANI/SHAPIRO – Bouca Social Housing (+Lisbon in Summer)
FICCA Subject to Change: Timber evolving
FOLAN Home Re_Considered: UDBS Pittsburgh
GRUBER Commoning the City: urban design thesis
HAYES Terminal Systems: JFK airport T4 expansion (+NY site visit)
MONDOR Infrastructure Studio - TBD
REHMAN thesis/IP
S20
ARSCOTT Moving Image: phenomenal migration
BARD Low Relief: concrete material exploration
CUPKOVA Behavior Matters: mediated nature in material systems
FOLAN Home Re_Defined: UDBS Pittsburgh
GRUBER Acupuncture Urbanism - Collab Studio Pittsburgh
HAYES Humanizing Brutalism London’ SB Centre (+London/Paris)
KALLA visitor TBD
KLINE Commoning the City: urban design thesis
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Architecture 20th June 2018
F18 ASOS sort by year group and studio 8/2/18 revisions for discussion with Slee F18 ASOS sort by year group and studio
STUDIO lists Degree In
Alphabetical by PROGRAM
8/1/18
Degree In
First Name Last Name Andrew ID Yr F18 studio First Name Last Name Andrew ID Yr F18 studio
Progress Progress
Gunn Chaiyapatranun gchaiyap 5 BAC Damiani Mariana Alberola Rezza malberol 2 MA Ficca/King
DAMIANI Hugh Lee
Nicole Somi Lee-Park
keonhol
nleepark
4
5
BAC
BAC
Damiani
Damiani
Chaz
Nikhita
Barry
Bhagwat
chazb
nbhagwat
2
2
MA
MA
Quick
Hayes
12 4th = 4 Xin Hui Lim xlim 5 BAC Damiani Jacob Clare jclare 2 MA Folan
MArch2
Emily Melillo emelillo 5 BAC Damiani Maddi Johnson maddij 2 MA Lucchino
5th = 6 Shariwa Sharada ssharada 4 BAC Damiani Yash Khemka ykhemka 2 MA Ficca/King
MArch2 = 2 Somin
Bryan
Shim
Trew
somins
btrew
4
2
BAC
MA
Damiani
Damiani
Anthony
Bridgette
Kosec
Mekkelsen
akosec
bmekkels
2
2
MA
MA
Folan
Quick
William Ulmer wulmer 2 MA Damiani Liale Nijem lnijem 2 MA Ficca/King
Lexi Yan yany1 5 BAC Damiani Cassidy Rush cassidyr 2 MA Quick
Victoria Yong vyong 5 BAC Damiani David Suchoza dsuchoza 2 MA Quick
Selena Zhen szhen 4 BAC Damiani Gautam Thakkar gthakkar 2 MA Gruber
Bryan Trew btrew 2 MA Damiani
Mariana Alberola Rezza malberol 2 MA Ficca/King
Jay Tyan jtyan 2 MA Folan
FICCA / KING
Anirudh Anand aanand1 5 BAC Ficca/King
William Ulmer wulmer 2 MA Damiani
Cotey Anderegg candereg 4 BAC Ficca/King
Xin Chen xinc3 4 BAC Ficca/King
Yingyang Zhou yingyanz 2 MA Ficca/King
24 4th = 12 Zhi Tao
Joonyoung
Chen
Choi
zhitaoc
joonyouc
4
1
BAC
MAAD
Ficca/King
Ficca/King
David Ge jianxiag 2 MUD Gruber
5th = 4
MAAD MUD
Chase Kea keac 2 MUD Gruber
Mounica Guturu mguturu 5 BAC Ficca/King
Rebecca Lefkowitz rlefkowi 2 MUD Gruber
MArch2 = 4 Jamie Ho jamieh 4 BAC Ficca/King
Sai Prateek Narayan saipratn 2 MUD Gruber
Min Young Jeong mjeong1 4 BAC Ficca/King
MAAD = 4 Sujan Das Shrestha sujandas 2 MUD Gruber
F18 ASOS
Lingfan Jiang lingfanj 4 BAC Ficca/King
Depanshi Sheth deepanss 2 MUD Gruber
Zhiheng Jiao zhihengj 1 MAAD Ficca/King
Chi Zhang czhang4 2 MUD Gruber
Yash Khemka ykhemka 2 MA Ficca/King
Christine Kim haewannk 4 BAC Ficca/King Joonyoung Choi joonyouc 1 MAAD Ficca/King
Sophie Lee chaeyunl 5 BAC Ficca/King Shang Liu shangliu 1 MAAD Ficca/King
Aaron Lee sangwon2 4 BAC Ficca/King Zhiheng Jiao zhihengj 1 MAAD Ficca/King
Yugyeong Lee yugyeonl 4 BAC Ficca/King Jichen Wang jichenw 1 MAAD Ficca/King
Shang Liu shangliu 1 MAAD Ficca/King
Isadora Martins imartins 5 BAC Ficca/King Anirudh Anand aanand1 5 BAC Ficca/King
Liale Nijem lnijem 2 MA Ficca/King Ryan Auld ryanauld 5 BAC Quick
Jihoon Park jihoonp 4 BAC Ficca/King Rachel Baker rabaker 5 BAC Quick
Rachel Park rsp1 4 BAC Ficca/King Zane Birenbaum zbirenba 5 BAC SAB Copenhagen
Monica Toren mtoren 4 BAC Ficca/King Gunn Chaiyapatranun gchaiyap 5 BAC Damiani
Jichen Wang jichenw 1 MAAD Ficca/King
Serra Cizmeci scizmeci 5 BAC SAB Syracuse London
Yingyang Zhou yingyanz 2 MA Ficca/King
Miranda Ford mcford 5 BAC Quick
FOLAN Jacob
Alison
Clare
Katz
jclare
aik
2
4
MA
BAC
Folan
Folan
Kerrian
Yang
France
Gao
kfrance
yangg1
5
5
BAC
BAC
SAB Syracuse London
Gruber
16 4th =3 Timothy Khalifa tkhalifa 5 BAC Folan Mounica Guturu mguturu 5 BAC Ficca/King
Anthony Kosec akosec 2 MA Folan
5th = 2
Irfan Haider ihaider 5 BAC SAB Barcelona
Gargi Lagvankar glagvank 5 BAC Folan Zain Islam-Hashmi zislamha 5 BAC r Thesis
MArch2 = 3 Alex
Jay
Lin
Tyan
alexl1
jtyan
4
2
BAC
MA
Folan
Folan
Ritchie Ju rrju 5 BAC Hayes
MArch1 = 8
BArch 5
Jai Kanodia jkanodia 5 BAC Lucchino
Christine Zhu christiz 4 BAC Folan
Timothy Khalifa tkhalifa 5 BAC Folan
Sujan Das Shrestha sujandas 2 MUD Gruber Gargi Lagvankar glagvank 5 BAC Folan
GRUBER
Yang Gao yangg1 5 BAC Gruber Sophie Lee chaeyunl 5 BAC Ficca/King
David Ge jianxiag 2 MUD Gruber Nicole Somi Lee-Park nleepark 5 BAC Damiani
12 4th = 1
Chase Kea keac 2 MUD Gruber
Elizabeth Levy elevy 5 BAC SAB ETH Zurich
Rebecca Lefkowitz rlefkowi 2 MUD Gruber
Kelly Li kellyl1 5 BAC SAB Berlin
5th = 3 Sai Prateek
Depanshi
Narayan
Sheth
saipratn
deepanss
2
2
MUD
MUD
Gruber
Gruber
Bingxuan Liang bliang 5 BAC Lucchino
MArch2 = 1 Gautam Thakkar gthakkar 2 MA Gruber Xin Hui Lim xlim 5 BAC Damiani
Samson Liu yushanl 5 BAC r Thesis
MUD = 7
Aditi Thota athota 5 BAC Gruber
Veronica Wang yiruiw 5 BAC Gruber Hannah Martinez hcmartin 5 BAC SAB UC Dublin
Alvin Wong alvinwon 4 BAC Gruber Isadora Martins imartins 5 BAC Ficca/King
Chi Zhang czhang4 2 MUD Gruber Emily Melillo emelillo 5 BAC Damiani
Matthew Radican mradican 5 BAC Quick
Nikhita Bhagwat nbhagwat 2 MA Hayes
HAYES
Nayoung Sohn nsohn 5 BAC Quick
Christina Brown cxb 4 BAC Hayes
Aditi Thota athota 5 BAC Gruber
Alessandra Fleck afleck 4 BAC Hayes
Veronica Wang yiruiw 5 BAC Gruber
12 4th = 9
Kevin Jiang kjiang1 4 BAC Hayes
Ritchie Ju rrju 5 BAC Hayes D.K. Wang dingkunw 5 BAC Hayes
5th = 2 Alina Kramkova akramkov 4 BAC Hayes Lexi Yan yany1 5 BAC Damiani
Zhuoying Lin zhuoyinl 4 BAC Hayes Victoria Yong vyong 5 BAC Damiani
MArch2 = 1 Kelly Lu yiyul 4 BAC Hayes Henry Yoon henryy 5 BAC r Thesis
Nika Postnikov npostnik 4 BAC Hayes
Ophelie Tousingnant oet 4 BAC Hayes Ghalya Alsanea galsanea 4 BAC Lucchino
D.K. Wang dingkunw 5 BAC Hayes Cotey Anderegg candereg 4 BAC Ficca/King
Kai Zhang kaiz1 4 BAC Hayes Christina Brown cxb 4 BAC Hayes
Xin Chen xinc3 4 BAC Ficca/King
Ghalya Alsanea galsanea 4 BAC Lucchino
Zhi Tao Chen zhitaoc 4 BAC Ficca/King
Jonathan Cheng jcheng2 4 BAC Lucchino
LUCCHINO
Eric Chen ec1 4 BAC Quick
Austin Garcia aegarcia 4 BAC Lucchino
Maddi Johnson maddij 2 MA Lucchino Jonathan Cheng jcheng2 4 BAC Lucchino
11 4th = 8 Jai Kanodia jkanodia 5 BAC Lucchino Fon Euchukanonchai keuchuka 4 BAC Quick
Bingxuan Liang bliang 5 BAC Lucchino Alessandra Fleck afleck 4 BAC Hayes
5th = 2 Benita Nartey bnn 4 BAC Lucchino
Austin
Jamie
Garcia
Ho
aegarcia
jamieh
4
4
BAC
BAC
Lucchino
Ficca/King
Michael Powell mspowell 4 BAC Lucchino
MArch = 1 Ryan Smith ryansmit 4 BAC Lucchino
Min Young Jeong mjeong1 4 BAC Ficca/King
BA/BArch 4
Lingfan Jiang lingfanj 4 BAC Ficca/King
Chitika Vasudeva cvasudev 4 BAC Lucchino
Kevin Jiang kjiang1 4 BAC Hayes
Shan Wang shanw1 4 BAC Lucchino Denise Jiang zhentinj 4 BAC SAB AALondon
Ryan Auld ryanauld 5 BAC Quick Alison Katz aik 4 BAC Folan
QUICK
Harshvardhan Kedia hkedia 4 BA x Golan studio
Rachel Baker rabaker 5 BAC Quick
Christine Kim haewannk 4 BAC Ficca/King
Chaz Barry chazb 2 MA Quick
Alina Kramkova akramkov 4 BAC Hayes
12 4th = 3
Eric Chen ec1 4 BAC Quick
Hugh Lee keonhol 4 BAC Damiani
Fon Euchukanonchai keuchuka 4 BAC Quick
Aaron Lee sangwon2 4 BAC Ficca/King
5th = 5 Miranda Ford mcford 5 BAC Quick Yugyeong Lee yugyeonl 4 BAC Ficca/King
Bridgette Mekkelsen bmekkels 2 MA Quick
MArch2 = 4 Matthew Radican mradican 5 BAC Quick
Alex
Zhuoying
Lin
Lin
alexl1
zhuoyinl
4
4
BAC
BAC
Folan
Hayes
Cassidy Rush cassidyr 2 MA Quick Kelly Lu yiyul 4 BAC Hayes
Nayoung Sohn nsohn 5 BAC Quick Benita Nartey bnn 4 BAC Lucchino
David Suchoza dsuchoza 2 MA Quick Jihoon Park jihoonp 4 BAC Ficca/King
Scarlet Tong sntong 4 BAC Quick Rachel Park rsp1 4 BAC Ficca/King
Nika Postnikov npostnik 4 BAC Hayes
THESIS 3
Zain Islam-Hashmi zislamha 5 BAC r Thesis Michael Powell mspowell 4 BAC Lucchino
Samson Liu yushanl 5 BAC r Thesis Shariwa Sharada ssharada 4 BAC Damiani
Henry Yoon henryy 5 BAC r Thesis Somin Shim somins 4 BAC Damiani
Ryan Smith ryansmit 4 BAC Lucchino
Denise Jiang zhentinj 4 BAC SAB AALondon
STUDY
Scarlet Tong sntong 4 BAC Quick
Irfan Haider ihaider 5 BAC SAB Barcelona
Monica Toren mtoren 4 BAC Ficca/King
Kelly Li kellyl1 5 BAC SAB Berlin
Ophelie Tousingnant oet 4 BAC Hayes
ABROAD Zane
Elizabeth
Birenbaum
Levy
zbirenba
elevy
5
5
BAC
BAC
SAB Copenhagen
SAB ETH Zurich
Chitika
Shan
Vasudeva
Wang
cvasudev
shanw1
4
4
BAC
BAC
Lucchino
Lucchino
8
Serra Cizmeci scizmeci 5 BAC SAB Syracuse London Alvin Wong alvinwon 4 BAC Gruber
Kerrian France kfrance 5 BAC SAB Syracuse London Kai Zhang kaiz1 4 BAC Hayes
Hannah Martinez hcmartin 5 BAC SAB UC Dublin Selena Zhen szhen 4 BAC Damiani
BA other
Harshvardhan Kedia hkedia 4 BA x Golan studio Christine Zhu christiz 4 BAC Folan
ISSUE 8/2/18
H i g h _ R i s e
“Untitled” 2018”
This studio will look at the role of the Travel:
architectural promenade and how it As part of the studio, the studio will visit
‘I pay a lot of attention can be adapted to the typology of the two of Judd’s workspaces (one rural and
to how things are done
high-rise. The promenade architecturale one urban) to determine how these two
and the whole activity
of building something first described by Le Corbusier as a locations influenced his work and acted
is interesting.’ sequence of spaces and direction of as the context for his site specific art.
Donald Judd movement in the Acropolis in Athens is Donald Judd 1928-1994
a way of constructing views, vistas and The studio consists of two field trips.
experiences. The high-rise, an American The first to Marfa, Texas (August 21st-
typology, acknowledges maximizing 24nd) and the second to NYC 101 Spring
building area but does not address the Street (September 14th-16th). Field Trips
role of the architectural sequence. are required as part of the studio. Please
This studio will investigate the high- note that Altenhof funding for travel is
rise typology through the hybridization available for United States citizens and
of the typology with the architectural U.S. Permanent Residents with financial
promenade. need. Please inquire by contacting David
This studio will focus on a urban high- Koltas, Assistant Head, for eligibility.
rise structure located in SoHo in New - dkoltas@andrew.cmu.edu
York City directly across from the Judd
Foundation.
https://juddfoundation.org
Site Location
Mercer Street, NYC
F18
48-400/500 Studio
FALL 2018
Damiani
M,W,F 1.30-4.20
H i g h _ R i s e
This studio will focus on the writings An inspiration to architects such as
and artistic output of Donald Judd as the Steven Holl and Herzog & de Meuron,
intellectual underpinning of the studio, the works of minimalist artist Donald
which will inform the spatial and detailing Judd (1928-1994) spanned both art
agenda of the studio project. Often and architecture through a search for
considered an artist of obdurate space, autonomy and clarity for the objects and
Judd’s works are highly refined being the spaces they occupy.
conscious of their context (what he called
fundamental realities), space, material,
color and detail. Program:
The studio program will be a high-
rise construction (75 feet or higher)
consisting of vertical galleries, a
museum store (street level), studio
workspaces (mid-level) for visiting
Donald Judd
artists and apartments (upper level). untitled works
in concrete
F18
48-400/500 Studio
FALL 2018
Damiani
M,W,F 1.30-4.20
H i g h _ R i s e
Bi-Weekly Case Studies (Wednesdays):
Each of the following projects will be analyzed for how they address the promenade
architecturale.
• Schinkel: Altes Museum
• Labrouste: Bibliothèque Nationale
• Hornsbostel: New York Education Department Building
• Aalto: Säynätsalo Town Hall
• Le Corbusier: Palace of Assembly
• Sterling: Dusseldorf Museum
• OMA: Très Grande Bibliothèque
• Alvaro Siza: Ibere Camargo Foundation James Sterling
• Morphosis: Perot Museum of Nature & Science Dusseldorf
Muesum Proposal
Bi-Weekly Case studies (Wednesdays):
Each of the following projects will be studied for context, program, code and
occupancy, construction/ material, and detail:
• Ando: 152 Elizabeth
• Herzog & de Meuron: 56 Leonard Street
• Vinoly: 432 Park Avenue
• Sanaa: New Art Museum, 235 Bowery
• Diller, Scofidio + Renfro: The Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center
• SOM: Lever House, 390 Park Avenue
• SOM: The New School’s University Center
• Bernard Tschumi: Lerner Hall Student Center
Bi-Weekly Readings (Wednesdays):
The selected readings are to help position Judd’s work in the larger arts discourse.
• Specific Objects, 1964
• On Architecture, 1984
• Marfa_Texas, 1985
• 101 Spring Street, 1989
• It’s Hard to Find a Good Lamp,1993
Additional Reading:
• Delirious New York, Rem Koolhaas, 1978
Donald Judd
untitled (stack)
F18
48-400/500 Studio
FALL 2018
Damiani
M,W,F 1.30-4.20
COMMONING THE CITY
Urban Design Thesis
OVERVIEW
This two semester research-based-design
FALL: RESEARCH-BASED DESIGN
studio is focused on the bottom-up
The fall studio will develop the core Atlas,
transformation of cities and explores
by researching and assembling both
how designers and planners can tap into
international and Pittsburgh region cases
the self-organizaing behavior of cities.
that critically explore practices of urban
The first semester, taught by Stefan
commoning, and embed them in a broader
Gruber, will focus on collective case study
context of societal transitions. Learning
research that leads to the development
from the collective research, students
of an individual design thesis proposal.
will then develop a hypothesis and begin
The second semester, taught by Jonathan
testing the aquired know-how in an urban
Kline, will support students in developing
milieu of their choice.
their individual thesis projects culminating
in an exhibition at the Miller Gallery. This
SPRING: DESIGN-BASED RESEARCH
“In Common space, studio is required for all second year
The spring studio will focus on
in space produced Master of Urban Design students. For
developing individual thesis and design
and used as common, MArch and ASOS students the studio is
proposals exploring the theme of urban
people do not simply an opportunity to pursue a year long thesis
use an area given by
commoning. For the project students will
within a structured research environment
an authority (local be expected to take a personal position
exploring urban commoning.
state, state, public and formulate a thesis, expressed and
institution, etc.). refined through design. The site, program
The commons are emerging as a key
People actually mold and general parameters of the project
concept beyond the binaries of public and
this kind of space
private space for tackling the challenges will be determined during the fall, allowing
according to their
of the contemporary metropolis: How students to gather data and base materials Die Laube,
collective needs
to build urban resilience in the face of Prinzessinnengarten
and aspirations (…) over the winter break. The projects will
Berlin,
Whereas public space dwindelling resources? How to tackle be featured in the thesis exhibition at the 2017 studio work
necessarily has the growing inequity in the face of polarizing
Miller Gallery.
mark of an identity, politics? And how to articulate common
common space tends interests despite increasing social
to be constantly individualization? And how to find
redefined: commons agency as architects given the scope
space HAPPENS and
of these challenges? Here commons
is shaped through
are understood as a set of practices
collective action.”
dealing with the production and self-
- Stavros Stavrides management of collective resourcees
in Common and spaces beyond contemporary
Space: the City as forms of domination (such as class,
Commons, 2016 gender or race). Throughout the 2018/19
academic year the studio will continue
a collaboration with ARCH+ and ifa,
contributing to the travelling exhibition An
Atlas of Commoning. Our research will be
featured in the international premiere of
the exhibition in Pittsburgh in the S’19.
F18/S19
48-400/500 Studio
Stefan Gruber (F18) Jonathan Kline (S19)
W/F +12:30-4:20
S O L I D
The Rise of Timber?
Although the spatial, aesthetic, and
structural affordances of these materials
are universally accepted and heralded,
the ecological impact of their production
are increasingly difficult to ignore.
While it is naïve and problematic to
assume a single material will serve as
a panacea for architecture’s carbon
footprint, tree’s natural carbon capturing
abilities, relatively short replenishment
rate, and abundance within responsibly
managed forests make a compelling
case for building with timber. A growing
collection of large-scale timber buildings
is upending misconceptions of building
Man standing in with wood, while demonstrating the
the lumberyard of efficacy of timber in the city. If the 17th
Seattle Cedar Lumber
– 20th centuries of western architecture
Manufacturing. 1939
-Alfred Eisenstaedt embodied transitions from stone, brick,
iron and concrete, might the 21st century “Wood is the mother
INTRODUCTION of matter ... she
be the time for timber?
Wood is arguably architecture’s original renews herself by
giving, gives herself
additive material. Epitomized through
by renewing. Wood
Laugier’s myth of the primitive hut in is the bride of life in
which trunk became column and branch death, of death in life.
In putting forth a material centric She is the cool and
became beam, the birth of architecture
agenda, this studio seeks to explore shade and peace of
beyond the cave is inextricably tied
what it might mean to build with the forest. She is the
to the tree. Despite the virtues of this spark and ear, ember
wood at larger scale in the city and
abundant and replenishable material, and dream of hearth.
how this method of construction In death her ahses
modernism largely passed by wood
might establish novel architectural sweeten our bodies
in pursuit of the promise of steel and and purify our earth.”
scenarios. This studio aims to
concrete to usher in a radical new global
challenge notions of permanence
style of architecture. While the stylistic - Carl Andre
to consider architecture’s presence
ambitions of modernism were undercut
through time.
by an era of iconic building, modernism’s
primary materials of concrete and steel
continue to serve as the basis for large-
scale construction across the globe.
F18
48-400/500 Studio
Ficca/King
MF 12:30-4:20PM
S O L I D
The studio is interested in not only the The second and culminating project will
“The hotel industry is spatial-structural affordances of timber focus on the design of a food market hall
in denial about Airbnb,
but also the psychological potential and mid-rise hotel tower that utilizes
the same way they
were about the online of wood environments and perceived timber material systems to consider the
travel agencies. But notions of “natural” materials. In internalized social spaces of the city. (10
you can’t compete by
foregrounding structural-material week duration)
playing politics. You
can’t stall progress. conditions, the studio aims to extend
The only way to contemporary material discourse from The studio will make extensive use
compete with a strong architecture’s skin to its bones. of wood analog models to shape
idea like Airbnb is
our understanding of basic material
with another strong
idea. You provide a ORGANIZATION AND properties while testing spatial
social community PROJECTS conditions and structural configurations.
space, because The semester will begin by researching These models, in the first project, will
Airbnb can’t do that.
and classifying a range of tectonic serve as proto-architectures to establish
A hotel traditionally approaches for building with timber to a collective body of knowledge for the
provided a create a shared studio reference that entire studio. The second project will
manifestation of the
outlines the current state of practice continue an emphasis of analog model
social fabric of that
city. It’s when the and research (2 week duration). This will production, while utilizing methods
real estate guys got be followed by the first design project in of digital fabrication to consider the
ahold of it that they which individual students will develop a affordances of computational material
stopped doing it.”
design for a small pavilion that explores formation.
- Ian Schrager in 2017 the hybridization of two timber systems
NYTimes Interview to achieve a horizontal span and vertical
stack (3 week duration).
Market Hall in Ghent
Marie-José Van Hee +
Robbrecht & Daem
F18
48-400/500 Studio
Ficca/King
MF 12:30-4:20PMS O L I D
FIELD TRIP Design, Master of Architecture, and
The studio will travel to Montreal Bachelor of Architecture Programs
Canada over Fall Break (Oct. 18-21) to with an anticipated size of 22-24
visit recently completed noteworthy students. Commencing with the
timber projects by Canadian firms second project, students will work in
Saucier Perrotte, Atelier TAG, and teams of two for the duration of the
Coarchitecture . While in Montreal, semester.
the studio will visit Nordic Structures,
a leading timber engineer and WORKSHOP
fabricator. Teaching Assistants will offer weekly
digital fabrication and computational
Students should anticipate combined design workshops on Wednesdays.
airfare and accomodation costs
timber detail of the
of $500-$650. Travel details will be Monte Rosa Hut by
outlined once the studio roster has Gramazio Kohler
been established.
Please note that Altenhof funding
for travel is available for United
States citizens and U.S. Permanent
Residents with financial need. Please
inquire by contacting David Koltas,
Assistant Head, for eligibility.
STUDIO CONSULTANTS
Engineers from Arup with an Stade de Soccer de
expertise of Timber structures will Montreal, Saucier +
offer unique perspective on the Perrotte Architects
+ Hughes, Condon,
emerging state of mass timber
Marler Architects
construction.
STUDIO STRUCTURE AND
SCHEDULE
This studio will be co-led by
Professors Ficca and King, Monday
and Friday of each week. Teaching
Assistants will offer weekly digital
fabrication and computational
design workshops on Wednesdays.
The studio will operate as a ‘super-
studio’ comprised of students from
the Master of Advanced Architectural
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Ficca/King
MF 12:30-4:20PMDECONSTRUCTING BLIGHT
Demolished and
Removed, Gordon
Matta-Clark, 1974
STUDIO DESCRIPTION dynamics. The central aspirations
The 2018/2019 Urban Design Build Studio of DECONSTRUCTING BLIGHT are
(UDBS) will explore the relationship multi-dimensional; with the concept
between building disassembly, of deconstruction being probed both
material harvesting, and new housing literally and figuratively. Literally,
construction oriented toward the the studio will engage in building
elimination of concentrated poverty. deconstruction as a physical operation to
Addressing dramatic shifts in regional harvest construction material consistent
housing needs that have precipitated with National Building Material Reuse
over the past 70 years, this Public Association (NBMRA) standards.
Interest Design (PID) studio will utilize Figuratively, the studio will operate
participatory processes to collaborate as design activists to deconstruct
with residents, neighborhood partners, pre-existing notions of blight and
and NGO’s on developing viable urban concentrated disinvestment. Closely
housing strategies that can continue associated with urban environments,
to evolve with regional population the word blight and associated concepts
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48-400/500 Studio
John Folan
day + time TBDDECONSTRUCTING BLIGHT
East Liberty
residents protest the
demolition of the
Penn Plaza apartment
complex. Photo: HUD deconstruction
Pam Panchak, 2016 project, Detroit, MI
have historically been pretext for drastic gained through the deconstruction
forms of construction that result in of buildings will establish tangible
massive displacement of populations. abilities in assessing broad tactical
This studio will seek to change thinking deconstruction strategies, material
and policy related to disinvestment harvesting opportunities, and upcycled
through demonstrable action that focuses material processes that can sustain
on inclusion, population retention, the creation of authentic, place based
and sets the table for the construction architecture.
of housing as part of the Spring 2019
CONSTRUCTING AUTHENTICITY studio. The remainder of the semester will be
utilized to advance the RE_CON 01
SCHEDULE OBJECTIVES/ Housing Prototypes with East Liberty
ACTIONS/PARTNERS Development Incorporated (ELDI),
Utilizing multiple adjacent structures UDBS/PROJECT RE_’s partner in
included on the city of Pittsburgh’s the development of the project site at
register of condemned buildings, the 318 N. St. Clair Street. The studio will
studio will collaborate with PROJECT collaboratively develop the conceptual
RE_’s building deconstruction crew design proposal for 318 N. St. Clair
and a labor force in training on the presented to, and approved by, ELDI’s
complete disassembly of three blighted Community Planning Committee in
houses. Materials harvested from the May of 2018. Students will advance the
deconstruction work will be utilized project through Schematic Design (SD),
as a platform for the development of Design Development (DD), and initiate
replicable design strategies that will
be implemented through the RE_CON
01 Housing Prototypes projected to
begin construction in the spring of
2019. Students enrolled in the studio
will become certified in building
deconstruction by the NBMRA by
extension of work executed on site
during the first four weeks of the
semester. Hands on/physical experience Bingo, Gorbon
Matta-Clark, 1974
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48-400/500 Studio
John Folan
day + time TBDDECONSTRUCTING BLIGHT
Rendered view of the
proposed RE_CON
01 housing prototype
and aggregated
development
approved by East
Liberty Development,
Inc. (ELDI).
Construction Documents (CD) during collaborate with industry partners/
the fall of 2018. As a component of the stakeholders on the development of
work, students will work closely with potential project strategies. To achieve
ELDI, its planning committee, board, and these objectives, the studio will 1)
community residents in advancing the work closely with the PROJECT RE_
housing proposal through Real Estate Deconstruction crew on the dissection/
Committee Approval, Finance Committee dismantling of a condemned structure
Approval, and Executive Committee to gain nuanced understanding of
Approval. processes through experience; 2)
extend a research partnership with
The studio will expand use of REALITY IDeATe utilizing Reality Computing
COMPUTING (capture, compute, create) applications to catalogue existing vacant
technologies explored in collaboration
with the IDeATe program. The studio
will utilize capture, augmented reality,
and virtual reality technologies to
advance design work, enhance efficacy
of communication with residents and
stakeholders, and increase transparency
of process. The studio will collaborate
with IDeATe students on a regular basis
throughout the semester, with specific,
self-identified liaisons bridging disparate Conceptual rendering
fields of interrelated inquiry. of the virtually reality
Over the course of the semester, the and community
engagement tool
UDBS will gain intimate knowledge
developed by the
of deconstruction processes, identify UDBS for RE_
material inventories/supply chains, and CYCLE PARK.
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48-400/500 Studio
John Folan
day + time TBDDECONSTRUCTING BLIGHT
structures, identify viable material for who have completed a sequence of
deconstructive harvesting, inventory two (fall and spring) Urban Design
potential of material for up-cycle Build Studios, and are offered based
construction at mass scale, visualize on demonstrated ability to accept
transformed landscapes, and 3) design, responsibility. The internships are
develop, and prototype full-scale also subject to availability of external
material assemblies for the integration funding The structure of the UDBS
into RE_CON 01 housing prototypes. sequence is designed to afford students
The DECONSTRUCTING BLIGHT an opportunity to participate in a one
studio is a component of a broader year long sequence in the fulfillment of
Public Interest Design continuum a Public Interest Design agenda. The
established by the UDBS and PROJECT focus of each UDBS sequence evolves
RE_. This studio provides a pre-text for with issues of regional and global
work in the Spring 2019 UDBS ASOS, significance. The studio is open to 4th
RECONSTRUCTING AUTHENTICITY, and 5th year undergraduate students in
and anticipated opportunity for the BArch program as well as all Masters
subsequent Summer 2019 UDBS Paid of Architecture (MArch) students.
Internship. Skill sets and sensibilities Undergraduate 4th year BArch students
developed in each UDBS ASOS and enrolling in the UDBS, and interested in
Co-requisite courses are intended developing an expertise/focus in Public
to inform subsequent studios and Interest Design may elect to continue to
the implementation of work through work with the UDBS in the 5th year of
jurisdictional review processes. Taking the program. MArch students enrolling
a project from initial concept through during the first year of the program may
Rendered perspective the completion of construction requires enroll for two years as well.
view generated by the commitment over the entire one year
UDBS as part of graphic
projected timeline. UDBS summer The UDBS is a vertically integrated,
series llustrating the
internships are reserved for students interdisciplinary studio. The studio
assembly sequence and
construction strategies will be composed of students from
for the proposed RE_CON the Masters of Architecture (MArch),
01 housing prototype. Masters of Architecture Engineering
and Construction Management (AECM),
Bachelor of Architecture (BArch),
Masters of Urban Design (MUD), and
IDeATe Reality Computing Programs.
The studio will meet Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays from 1:30PM
to 4:20PM. Students enrolled in the
Urban Design Build Studio (UDBS)
DECONSTRUCTING BLIGHT Studio
are required to enroll in 48_493,
REPRESENTING ACTIVISM (9CU).
REPRESENTING ACTIVISM will meet
on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
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John Folan
day + time TBDDECONSTRUCTING BLIGHT
from 12:30PM to 1:20PM. Portions of are risks in travelling to and from work
each Monday and Wednesday studio sites, meeting locations, and other
session will be utilized for collaboration studio related destinations visited
on Reality Computing strategies related regularly throughout the course of the
to augmented and adaptive technologies semester. PROJECT RE_ is the primary
with IDeATe in the Collaborative Making construction/fabrication space utilized
Center, Hunt Library. by the UDBS. Students acknowledge
understanding that PROJECT RE_
This studio is generously funded by is an off-campus facility and that
Allegheny Foundation, Autodesk, the students are responsible for their own
Heinz Endowments, and the Urban transportation to and from the facility.
Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh UDBS work includes physical labor and
(URA). All construction work will be requires the utilization of construction
done in collaboration with PROJECT RE_ tools/equipment that may cause bodily
partners. Students will work shoulder to injury. Students acknowledge that
shoulder with populations representing they understand the risks associated
the communities where the UDBS with using the tools and do so of their
practices. own volition. The UDBS collaborates
with organizations include individuals
CONTEXT STATEMENT with previous legal violations and/or
The UDBS is a Public Interest Design incarceration. The Trade Institute of
(PID) entity. Each individual enrolling Pittsburgh (TIP), a partner in PROJECT
in this studio recognizes that work RE_, focuses its apprentice training
is executed in communities, with on individuals re-entering society post
residents served by the Urban Design incarceration. Students enrolling in
Build Studio (UDBS). The UDBS works this studio acknowledge that they
across the spectrum of scales from understand the working conditions and
urban to ergonomic. With the enormous have elected to participate in the studio
privilege that this opportunity provides of individual volition.
comes responsibility. Work is done for
clients with unmet needs, working to
budget and schedule demands required
to meet their needs. Students are
expected to be present for all client
meetings and participatory design
sessions. The ability to realize a project
through construction/implementation
is earned, and not an entitlement. While
every effort will be made to schedule
community/client meetings during
class time, client need/schedules will
determine times outside of scheduled
class. By enrolling in the UDBS, students
understand and acknowledge that there
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48-400/500 Studio
John Folan
day + time TBDDENSITY+COMPLEXITY
Sustainable Megastructure: Hudson River Pier 76 Redevelopment
METHODOLOGY
This studio will emphasize the use
of hand sketching, physical models
and iteration of design, research and
analysis at varying scales and degrees of
resolution.
Students must also expand their mastery
of digital and parametric tools for both
analysis and conceptual/ morphological
design development.
CHALLENGE
This studio will challenge the student
to address the full range of complex,
interrelated design issues of a new major
intermodal transportation terminal
combined with large, dense mixed-
use program. Students will explore
Google Earth view of INTRODUCTION structure, infrastructure systems and
site area from above building morphology on a grand scale,
This studio is about architecture concept
the Hudson River with major new program integrating
with Pier 76 (front and design methodology.
Paul Rudolph, Lower
with already vast existing buildings and
center), Waterway A semester-long theoretical project for Manhattan Expressway
Ferry Terminal and systems.
an extremely high density development Concept Design (1971)
Lincoln Tunnel vent
on the Hudson River in Midtown
shaft (front left ),
Midtown Heliport Manhattan will be the vehicle for our
(front right), Jacob study.
Javits Convention Growing populations and economies
Center (middle
increasingly stress natural resources
center), The High
Line (middle right), and ecosystems. Architects and
Times Square area developers can help to minimize and
(rear right), Penn
reverse this stress by making this
Station/Empire State
Building area (rear growth sustainable by understanding
center) Hudson and deploying smart growth strategies
Yards (rear right). that increase development density within
established urban environments. Sites
formerly considered too burdensome,
such as railyards and brownfields, have
now become among the most desirable
development sites in the planet’s most
vibrant megacities.
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48-400/500 Studio
Hal Hayes
MWF 1.30-4.20DENSITY+COMPLEXITY
DISCUSSION will confirm the base program for the
Studio discussion and design will studio, establish two to more common
primarily address conceptual frameworks, and identify
massive density & complexity; design optional program expansions.
and context of megastructures, Students will then as individuals or in
supertalls, groundscrapers, symbiotes
ad hoc teams propose individual project
and parasites etc., and
definition statements for concept
sustainable systems integration;
development for the remainder of the
transportation, water conservation/
semester.
recycling, power generation, district
thermal and other systems.
Students will test and expand their FOUNDATION
conceptual and technical design Students will explore concept & design
skills in all key areas, with particular methodology through a lens of 20th
focus on exploring issues arising from century & contemporary conceptual
architectural, structural, infrastructural theory and development strategies.
and mechanical systems at very large Student teams will build a foundation
scale and extreme complexity. of research into design speculations.
Research will analyse successful and
STRUCTURE unsuccessful historic precedents from
The first three weeks will be devoted the futuristic visions of Antonio Sant’Elia
to pre-design, site and market/program through the unbuilt megastructures of
Lebbeus Woods,
research in teams, from which students Paul Rudolph and the contemporary
The Proto-Urban
Campus 2008 theories of Lebbeus Woods. and Rem
Koolhaus.
PROGRAM
The base program will be 500ksf of
recreation, cultural, intermodal transit,
and convention, with an equal amount
of open space. Additional program is
to be determined by the students in
groups during the first three weeks of the
semester.
These program frameworks will be the
basis of individual semester projects.
Each student will expand and develop
the program to create a unique individual
project which may, or may not, be related
to other student projects.
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48-400/500 Studio
Hal Hayes
MWF 1.30-4.20DENSITY+COMPLEXITY
SITE
The site is centered on Hudson River
Pier 76, a NYC Marine & Aviation
Department facility that is currently
used as the city’s tow pound. It is
currently planned to become 50% park
as part of the Hudson River Park corridor
and 50% mixed use development.
Students will expand the site as needed
for their individual project definitions,
possibly including the Javits Center,
Waterway Ferry Terminal, Midtown
Heliport, the northern terminus of the
High Line, several blocks of the Hudson
River Park, and connection to the
Hudson Yards subway station.
LECTURES
Studio lectures will address relevant
architecture and urbanism theory from
1920s Futurism and Post-War Modernist
Urban Design to Rebuild By Design and
current planning & development trends,
as well as iconic designs of New York
and local precedents including the Time
Warner Center, Riverside South Master
Plan, the seminal 1969 Plan for New York
City, Central Park, and the Gridiron Plan
NYC FIELD TRIP
New York Harbor, the Economic Engine of
Top; Rem Koolhaas, a Continent. The studio will make a two-
Delirious New York, day site visit and field trip on Sunday
Cover Image of European
and Monday, September 16th-17th or
Editions (1978)
22nd-23rd. We will study and tour the
Middle; Rem Koolhaas, Hudson Yards, World Trade Center, Time
Delirious New York, Warner Center, Grand Central, Midtown
“The City of the
Manhattan, Hudson and East River Piers,
Captive Globe” (1978)
Central Park, an SOM office visit, and go
Bottom; BIG, Rebuild to a Broadway show.
By Design, “The
Big U” (2014)
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48-400/500 Studio
Hal Hayes
MWF 1.30-4.20RE-PURPOSING ARCHITCECTURE
Standard Underground Cable Co.
INTRODUCTION
Creating new architecture on greenfield The studio will visit repurposed and
sites is relatively easy compared to the adapted buildings throughout the
challenges facing the architect who city, talk with architects who practice
brings new life to aging buildings that adaptive reuse on a daily basis, meet
have lost their original purpose. If you with city officials who are responsible for
like puzzles and appreciate the mysteries the zoning and building codes that affect
of forensics, are curious about context design, and meet with real estate people
and wonder about how to design “within who market architecture.
the box,” all while practicing sustainable
and regenerative architecture … this will
be a studio experience that will change
the way you think.
Something old, Re-Purposing Architecture will explore
something new, how the adaptive and creative reuse
something borrowed,
of buildings can become community
something blue, …
these are the things … resources, community assets, and
that create healthy, agents of market change. We will learn
engaged, and forward- how context contributes to a sense
looking architecture.
of place and influences program,
the difference between historical
preservation and adaptive reuse, and
how to alter an existing structural
system to achieve a new architectural
expression. We will explore how
architects have achieved technological
breakthroughs within a confined
framework and how building systems SUCC’s Hamilton
site (1911) architects
can lead to high-performance results
Prack and Perrine.
without having to tear down and start
over. source; Workers Arts
and Heritage Centre
(WAHC) in Hamilton, ON
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Stephen Quick
day + time TBDRE-PURPOSING ARCHITCECTURE
In the studio and as the architect, you Above: 1889 Hopkins
Maps Vol sheet 15.
will simultaneously assume the roles of
source; Historic
building developer and long-term owner Pittsburgh Maps
of The Standard Underground Cable Below: Incline on 17th St
Company building in the center of the Photograph source
Heinz History Center
Strip District’s revitalization. As the
developer, you will be responsible for
determining the building’s market and
program, and as the building’s long-
term owner, you will be responsible for
achieving and maintaining tenant and
market flexibility while operating the
building as a profit-making investment.
As the architect, you will be responsible
for achieving your clients’ objectives and
meeting your professional responsibility
for environmentally sound architecture
while creating a noteworthy example
of regenerative and best-practices
architecture. At the end of the semester,
you will have a well-documented case
study of your design and representational
capabilities.
F18 48-400/500 Studio
Stephen Quick
day + time TBDF R E E S PAC E
S e r v i ng H u m a n i t y
INTRODUCTION
MANIFESTO BY The process of building has a signifi- What is the “embodied power” of
YVONNE FARRELL
cant impact that encompasses much architecture? What responsibility do
AND
SHELLEY MCNAMARA more than the immediate needs of we as architects have as stewards of
FREESPACE the client and extends well beyond the built environment and towards
the timeline of its completion. This our fellow humans? How does the
FREESPACE describes
process consumes extraordinary architects’ skill in the making of space
a generosity of spir-
it and a sense of hu- amounts of time, money, resources, create the conditions for an enduring
manity at the core of materials, effort and energy. Serving exchange between user and building?
architecture’s agenda, humanity, approaching architecture How can we add value to projects in
focusing on the qual-
ity of space itself.
with a generosity of spirit and ulti- ways that allow them to exceed expec-
mately adding value to this process is tations? Is it enough to satisfy the
FREESPACE focus- one quality that distinguishes archi- needs of the client?
es on architecture’s
tecture from building.
ability to provide free
and additional spatial We will bring these questions to bear
gifts to those who use The studio will investigate a few on our local context of Pittsburgh
it and on its ability to of the critical issues raised by the while also exploring through readings
address the unspoken
Venice Biennale 16th International and discussion the role of the Bien-
wishes of strangers.
Architecture Exhibition, FREESPACE. nale as an institution, an exhibition
FREESPACE celebrates This year’s curators, Yvonne Farrell and a provocation in the making of
architecture’s capacity and Shelley McNamara, conceived an contemporary architecture culture.
to find additional and
unexpected generosity
exhibition that presents “examples, Readings and discussion will be
in each project - even proposals, elements - built or unbuilt organized in collaboration with Dr.
within the most pri- - of work that exemplifies essential Francesca Torello, Architectural His-
vate, defensive, exclu-
qualities of architecture … revealing torian. The course will include a trip
sive or commercially
restricted conditions. [its] embodied power and beauty”. to Venice to visit the Biennale Archi-
Together, we will consider the follow- tecture Exhibition over mid-semester
FREESPACE pro- ing questions raised by this edition: break.
vides the
opportunity to empha- Svizzera 240 - House
sise nature’s free gifts Tour, The Swiss Pavilion,
of light - sunlight and Giardini,
moonlight, air, gravity, Golden Lion Best Na-
materials - natural and tional Pavilion
man-made resources.
FREESPACE encour-
ages reviewing ways
of thinking, new ways
of seeing the world,
of inventing solu-
tions where architec-
ture provides for the
well being and digni-
ty of each citizen of
this fragile planet. F18 48-400/500 Studio
Jennifer Lucchino
M/F 12:30 - 4:20F R E E S PAC E
contexts and scales. We will explore
FREESPACE can be a
STUDIO THEMES the potential to enhance the essential
space for opportunity,
a democratic space, We will consider the following qualities and experience of architec-
un-programmed and themes inspired by the Manifesto ture in our own local setting, treat-
free for uses not yet FREESPACE by Yvonne Farrell and ing Pittsburgh as a lab in which to
conceived. There is an
Shelley McNamara: explore and apply the ideas debated
exchange between peo-
ple and buildings that at the Biennale.
happens, even if not in- Sense of Humanity
tended or designed, so Providing for the well being and STUDIO ASSIGNMENTS
buildings themselves
find ways of sharing
dignity of all citizens of the planet by Research / Analysis
and engaging with peo- finding additional gifts and unex- Research of the FREESPACE exhi-
ple over time, long after pected generosity in each project bition will familiarize students with
the architect has left
while promoting an exchange be- the content of the exhibition and help
the scene. Architec-
ture has an active as tween people and building; students to identify specific areas of
well as a passive life. interest and investigation.
Spatial Gifts (Weeks 1 & 2; 9 & 10)
FREESPACE encom-
Celebrating space for opportunity,
passes freedom to
imagine, the free space unprogrammed space and social Project 1 Interior Condition “The desire to create
of time and memory, space by providing quality space for Investigations will identify and focus FREESPACE can be-
binding past, present users and strangers alike; on an active, collective space, of gen- come the specific in-
and future together, dividual characteris-
building on inherited
erous spatial volume. Students will tic of each project. But
cultural layers, weav- Nature’s Free Gifts propose a design intervention that space, free space, public
ing the archaic with Emphasizing sunlight, moonlight, contributes to the quality and experi- space can also reveal
the contemporary. the presence or absence
air, gravity, natural and man-made ence of the space.
of architecture, if we
resources, materials and orientation; (Weeks 2 to 5) understand architectre
to be ; thinking applied
Ways of Thinking to the space where we
live, that we in habit.’”
Challenging existing ways of seeing
- Paolo Baratta, Chair,
the world and encouraging or invent- La Biennale di Venezia
ing new ones, including the freedom
to imagine and the weaving of time,
memory and culture.
COURSE STRUCTURE
The studio will promote critical
design inquiry through three main
projects supported by research,
lectures and readings throughout the
semester. The projects are intended
to reinforce each other by investi-
gating the studio themes in various
Recasting
Alison Brooks, Arsenale
F18 48-400/500 Studio
Jennifer Lucchino
M/F 12:30 - 4:20F R E E S PAC E
Scheduled Programming Project 2 Building Condition Readings
at the Biennale
Investigations will identify and focus Students are required to prepare
Saturday, October
on an existing building located in a readings and actively participate in
20th at 2:30 pm high traffic area with a rich historical discussions. Topics to be addressed
context. Students will develop design will include the lead up and after-
Meetings on Architecture
proposals that reimagine the use and math to the first Architecture Bien-
THE PRACTICE OF
TEACHING, Te- role of the building. nale in 1980, its influence on the way
atro alle Tese (Weeks 5 to 10) we understand architecture today, the
The panel will discuss
commonalities between the current
the mutually beneficial
and reciprocal relation-
Project 3 Urban Condition exhibition and the 1980 exhibition and
ship between teach- Investigations will identify and focus the postmodern relationship between
ing and practice and on a gap space, barrier or border architecture and urbanism.
include architects who
within the city. Students will spec-
teach in schools of ar-
ulate in ways that re-conceptualize Local Sightsee-
chitecture as part of FIELD TRIP*
ing may include:
their creative process. these conditions. Visit to the 16th International Archi- Punta della Dogana
(Weeks 10 to 12) tecture Exhibition, Venice, Italy Museum (Tadao Ando),
Special feature-length
* Participation preferred but not required Il Fondaco dei
film screening
Tedeschi (OMA),
Unfinished Spac- Deliverables will include drawings
Foundation Querini
es: Cuba’s Architec- and models that explore a range of Tentative Dates Stampalia (Carlo Scarpa),
ture of Revolution formats, techniques and scales in an Thurs., Oct. 18 to Tues., Oct. 23, 2018 Palazzo Grassi,
A documentary about
Las Escuelas Naciona-
effort to capture the vitality of the The Peggy Guggen-
heim Collection.
les de Arte in Cuba. The design proposals. Tentative Itinerary
film tells the incredi- Day 1 Arrive Venice / Sightseeing Requirements:
ble story of the cycle of
life of the buildings from
Day 2 Visit Architecture Exhibition/ Up to date passport
Visas (for international
their founding by Fidel Arsenale
students)
Castro and Che Guevara Day 3 Visit Architecture Exhibition/ Health Insurance
to their eventual aban-
Giardini Mandatory CMU Study
donment and recent ef-
Day 4 Visit Architecture Exhibition/ Abroad Information
forts to restore them.
Session
Collateral Events in City
Day 5 Depart Venice Funding Sources:
Altenhoff Scholarship for
student travel (for eligible
Tentative Budget (per person)
SoA students).
Flight $1250
Hostel $ 250
Subtotal $1500 *
The Japan Pavilion, Fees & Local Transport $ 75
Architectural Meals & Incidentals $ 250 - 350
Ethnography,
Giardini
Total $1825 - 1925
* RT airfare from PIT to VCE and lodging for students
will purchased through the SoA. Deposit for airfare
and hostel due August 15th
F18 48-400/500 Studio
Jennifer Lucchino
M/F 12:30 - 4:20T H E S I S
and independent projects
All Thesis/IP Students The definition of ‘thesis’ within the While a project is not expected to be a
will be required to context of a professional program in ‘building,’ it should rigorously address
take Thesis Prep
architecture depends a lot on who you spatial concerns including how space
in the preceding
Spring Semester talk to in a diverse and often-contentious informs and intersects with other
field of views that spans institutions, processes (social, ecological, historic,
individuals, generations, and schools of etc.). The scale of consideration can
thought and practice. Tied to the question range from bodies to territories.
of ‘what is a thesis’ are of course varying
The studio comprises opinions on what constitutes research In this studio students are expected
a number of disparate in architecture —and whether we do to engage and develop a wide range of
and demanding projects research to frame a project, its argument, interrelated capacities, including critical
that have all required Mona Hatoum
and methods, or if in conducting a thinking, analytical writing and reflective Hot Spot III 2009
sustained independent
work in preparation and design investigation we are in fact doing design production. Photo: Agostino Osio
will continue through research.
the Fall and Spring
In either case, if we agree that research
semesters . There will be
an exhibition of the work
is being done, then we can also say
in the Miller Gallery in that in crafting a thesis project, you
April 2019 are entering a wider conversation and
exploring problems that have puzzled and
inspired others. By proposing your own
set of critical questions and methods of
inquiry, you recognize your responsibility
to engage seriously and rigorously with
prior work, and to extend its intellectual
scope through your own contribution. This
studio adopts this view.
The aim of this studio is to guide you to
through the process of clearly defining
and structuring a thesis project. The
Spring semester will follow the succesful
completion of the thesis development in
the Fall semester. The studio is a venue
for constructive discussion and mutual
critique. In addition to the core thesis
students a limited number of independent
project proposals for a semester long
studio project can be considered.
S19/F19 48-519 Thesis/IP
Mary-Lou Arscott/Nida Rehman
MWF 1.30-4.20pmL o w - R e l i e f
The Virtual and Material Cultures of
Architectural Deceit
INTRODUCTION to position the built environment as a
Modern Architecture championed proto-virtual-interface.
1474: Oculus at
‘Truthfulness’ as a laudable virtue in If a latent virtuality exists in
the Ducal Palace,
the built environment. Many iconic architecture’s past can historical Mantua, Andrea
modern architects preached and precedent frame the use of emerging Mantegna
(mostly) practiced legibility of material, digital technologies – like robotics,
structure, and intent in building design. projection mapping, and reality
The repetition, flatness, anonymity of capture –to explore new expressions
many contemporary cities represents the of architectural duplicity? In order to
physical inheritance of this sensibility. address this question, Low Relief will use
Despite Modern Architecture’s historical research, hands-on material
insistence on truthfulness of material, play, and full-scale prototyping of
architects before and since have architectural elements.
deployed an array of techniques to
trick the senses, including the use of COURSE STRUCTURE
faux materials, forced perspective, and Low Relief will promote critical design
applied media to walls and ceilings (e.g. inquiry through three main projects
fresco). supported by workshops throughout
Low Relief will study the material the semester. The projects are intended
cultures of deceit in architectural design to reinforce each other with a deep
and construction. The studio will explore dive into robotic fabrication of soft
architectural illusion not just as a visual materials like plaster and a broad survey
technique, but as a precise shaping of of historical construction techniques
physical material and the blending of used to produce architectural illusions.
hybrid media forms in three dimensions. The studio will split time and resources
The motivating frame of Low Relief between the SoA robotics lab and MMH
coincides with a proliferation of virtual Studios, blending the cultures of lab
reality in contemporary media, and seeks based research and studio based inquiry.
S19
48-400/500 Studio
Bard + Torello
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