Theses from 2023
Music As a Tool For Ecstatic Space Design, Pranav Amin, Architecture
Creating Dormitories with a Sense of Home, Johnathon A. Brousseau, Architecture
The Tectonic Evaluation And Design Implementation of 3D Printing Technology in Architecture, Robert Buttrick, Architecture
Designing for the Unhoused: Finding Innovative and Transformative Solutions to Housing, Hannah C. Campbell, Architecture
Investigating Design-Functional Dimension Of Affordable Housing With Prefabrication On Dense Suburbs Of Chelsea, MA, Siddharth Jagadishbhai Dabhia, Architecture
Architecture of Extraction: Imagining New Modes of Inhabitation and Reclamation in the Mining Lifecyle, Erica DeWitt, Architecture
Utopian Thought and Architectural Design, Anthony L. Faith, Architecture
Building Hygge In-Roads into Incremental Living, Tanisha Kalra, Architecture
NATURE INSPIRED ARCHITECTURE, Salabat Khan, Architecture
Sustainable Architecture in Athletics: Using Mass Timber in an Old-Fashioned Field, Zach C. Lefever, Architecture
Off-grid Living for the Normative Society: Shifting Perception and Perspectives by Design, Patsun Lillie, Architecture
The Evolution of Chinese Supermarkets in North America: An Alternative Approach to Chinese Supermarket Design, Ruoxin Lin, Architecture
Refreshing Refinery: An Analysis of Victorian Architecture and How to Translate its Elements for Contemporary Architecture, Richard J. Marcil, Architecture
After Iconoclasm: Reassessing Monumental Practices and Redesigning Public Memorials in Twenty-First-Century Massachusetts, Lincoln T. Nemetz-Carlson, Architecture
Earthen Materials In Organic Forms: An Ecological Solution to the Urban Biosphere?, Rutuja Patil, Architecture
Adaptive (Re)purpose of Industrial Heritage Buildings in Massachusetts A Modular Strategy for Building a Community, Riya D. Premani, Architecture
Community Design: A Health Center Serving the Greater Boston Population, Brandon E. Rosario, Architecture
The Food Hub as a Social Infrastructure Framework: Restitching Communities in Boston After the Pandemic, Connor J. Tiches, Architecture
Theses from 2022
Equitable Housing Generation Through Cellular Automata, Molly R. Clark, Architecture
Beneficial Invasive: A Rhizomatic Approach to Utilizing Local Bamboo for COVID Responsive Educational Spaces, Megan Futscher, Architecture
Architectural Activism Through Hip-Hop, Micaela Goodrich, Architecture
Addressing Trauma Through Architecture: Cultivating Well-being For Youth Who Have Experienced Trauma, Megan Itzkowitz, Architecture
Buildings Integrated into Landscape & Making People Care for Them: Exploring Integrated Land-Building Ecosystems and the Lifestyles Needed to Support It, Sara Mallio, Architecture
Reimagining Black Architecture, Esosa Osayamen, Architecture
Prefabricated Homes: Delivery At Your Doorsteps, Obed K. Otabil, Architecture
Memory and Resistance, Cami Quinteros, Architecture
Mycelium: The Building Blocks of Nature and the Nature of Architecture, Carly Regalado, Architecture
IN-BETWEEN SPACES: ATMOSPHERES, MOVEMENT AND NEW NARRATIVES FOR THE CITY, Paul Alexander Stoicheff, Architecture
Theses from 2021
Creating New Cultural Hubs in American Cities: The Syrian Diaspora of Worcester, Massachusetts, Aleesa Asfoura, Architecture
Firesafe: Designing for Fire-Resilient Communities in the American West, Brenden Baitch, Architecture
The Beige Conundrum, Alma Crawford-Mendoza, Architecture
Cultivating Food Justice: Exploring Public Interest Design Process through a Food Security & Sustainability Hub, Madison J. DeHaven, Architecture
Physical to Virtual: A Model for Future Virtual Classroom Environments, Stephen J. Fink, Architecture
Detroit: Revitalizing Urban Communities, David N. Fite, Architecture
The Homestead Helper Handbook, Courtney A. Jurzynski, Architecture
An Architecture of a New Story, Nathan Y. Lumen, Architecture
Border Town: Preserving a 'Living' Cultural Landscape in Harlingen, Texas, Shelby Parrish, Architecture
Housing for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Creating an Integrated Living Community in Salem, MA, Tara Pearce, Architecture
From Sanctuary to Home in the Post-Interstate City, Morgan B. Sawyer, Architecture
Exploring the Use of Grid-Scale Compressed Air Energy Storage in the Urban Landscape, Connor S. Slover, Architecture
Bridging the Gaps in Public Conversation by Fostering Spaces of Activism, Karitikeya Sonker, Architecture
Re-envisioning the American Dream, Elain Tang, Architecture
Tall Timber in Denver: An Exploration of New Forms in Large Scale Timber Architecture, Andrew P. Weuling, Architecture
Theses from 2020
Urban Inter-Space: Convergence of Human Interaction and Form, Clayton Beaudoin, Architecture
The Hues of Hadley Massachusetts: Pioneering Places for Preservation and Growth, Elisha M. Bettencourt, Architecture
Reinvigorating Englewood, Chicago Through New Public Spaces and Mixed-Income Housing, Givan Carrero, Architecture
Architectural Agency Through Real Estate Development, Hitali Gondaliya, Architecture
Multimodal Transit and a New Civic Architecture, Samuel Bruce Hill, Architecture
Rethinking The Suburban Center, Andrew Jones, Architecture
Resilient Urbanism: Bridging Natural Elements & Sustainable Structures in a Post-Industrial Urban Environment, Nicholas McGee, Architecture
Adaptive Airport Architecture, Yash Mehta, Architecture
Rethinking School Design to Promote Safety and Positivity, Emily Moreau, Architecture
The Built Environment and Well-Being: Designing for Well-Being in Post-Industrial Communities During the Age of Urbanization, Tyler O'Neil, Architecture
Brutalism and the Public University: Integrating Conservation into Comprehensive Campus Planning, Shelby Schrank, Architecture
Spatial Design for Behavioral Education, Madeline Szczypinski, Architecture
Theses from 2019
THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY: FOR REFUGEES, Raghad Alrashidi, Architecture
From Archaic To contemporary : Energy Efficient Adaptive Reuse of Historic Building, Nisha Borgohain, Architecture
(RE)Developing Place: The Power of Narrative, Kinsey Diomedi, Architecture
Rethinking Ambulatory Care Delivery, Senada Dushaj, Architecture
Photosynthesizing the Workplace: A Study in Healthy and Holistic Production Spaces, Kaeli Howard, Architecture
Museum Design As A Tool For A City, Cunbei Jiang, Architecture
Architecture and Wilderness: An Exchange of Order, Ashley Lepre, Architecture
Cross-Species Architecture: Developing an Architecture for Rehabilitative Learning Through the Human-Canine Relationship, Jake Porter, Architecture
Intermodal Transit Terminal: Integrating the Future of Transit into the Urban Fabric, Guy Vigneau, Architecture
Theses from 2018
Bangladeshi Cultural Center: for the Bangladeshi Population Living in New York City, Sabrina Afrin, Architecture
THE ENHANCEMENT OF LEARNING THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCCESS: RENOVATING THE FORT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN AMHERST, MA, Reyhaneh Bassamtabar, Architecture
LEARNING SPACES: DISCOVERING THE SPACES FOR THE FUTURE OF LEARNING, Michael Choudhary, Architecture
ARCHITECTURAL SYNERGY: A FACILITY FOR LIFELONG LEARNING IN ACADEMIA AND PRACTICE, Ryan Rendano, Architecture
Resilient Architecture: Adaptive Community Living in Coastal Locations, Erica Shannon, Architecture
Theses from 2017
New York City 2050: Climate Change and Future of New York | Design for Resilience, Abhinav Bhargava, Architecture
The Performance of Light: Exploring the Impact of Natural Lighting in the New UMass School of Performance, Dylan Brown, Architecture
Regional Expression In The Renovation Of Remote Historic Villages, Jie chen, Architecture
An Incremental Intervention In Jakarta: An Empowering Infrastructural Approach For Upgrading Informal Settlements, Christopher H. Counihan, Architecture
UMASS Dining Hall. A Path to Resiliency, Lukasz Czarniecki, Architecture
LIVING CORE OF THE FUTURE: PROPOSING NEW APPROACH FOR THE FUTURE OF RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX IN METROPOLITAN AREAS, Mahsa G. Zadeh, Architecture
HUMANITY IN A CHILDREN’S CANCER HOSPITAL, Sara Jandaghi Jafari, Architecture
Designing Symbiosis for the New Church Community, Evan Janes, Architecture
A Visible History: A Synthesis of Past, Present and Future Through the Evocation of Memory Within Historic Contexts, Nicholas Jeffway, Architecture
Creating A Community A New Ecological, Economical, and Social Path to Uniting a Community, Andrew Stadnicki, Architecture
Z-Cube: Mobile Living for Feminist Nomads, Zi Ye, Architecture
Theses from 2016
Music and Architecture: An Interpresence, Rachel J. Beesen, Architecture
Intervening in the Lives of Internally Displaced People in Colombia, Amy L. Carbone, Architecture
Designing Waste Creating Space: A Critical Examination Into Waste Reduction Through Building Techniques, Architectural Design, and Systems, Courtney M. Carrier, Architecture
Umass September 11 Intervention, Mohamad Farzinmoghadam, Architecture
Merging Social Science and Neuroscience in Architecture: Creating a Framework to Functionally Re-integrate Ex-Convicts, Kylie A. Landrey, Architecture
From Shelters to Long Living Communities, Yakun Liang, Architecture
Building Hope: A Community + Water Initiative, La Villa de San Francisco, Honduras, Christopher D. Mansfield, Architecture
THE SPATIALITY IN STORYTELLING, Xiang Yu, Architecture
Innovation of the Residential Buildings and Community in the Emerging City Rongcheng, Xing Yu, Architecture
Art and Life - Make invisible visible in Cao changdi village, Beijing, China, peng zhang, Architecture
Theses from 2015
The Dialogue of Craft and Architecture, Thomas J. Forker, Architecture
MOSQUE IN THE VALLEY: A SPACE FOR SPIRITUAL GATHERING & CULTURAL LEARNING, Nabila Iqbal, Architecture
EXPLORATION OF CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN URBAN PLAZA AND MIXED USE BUILDINGS, Youngduk Kim, Architecture
Design Of A Housing For Urban Artisan-Living Work, Fahim Mahmud, Architecture
Membranes and Matrices: Architecture as an Interface, Nayef Mudawar, Architecture
Building for the Future: Revitalization through Architecture, Rebecca N. Perry, Architecture
Developing Maker Economies in Post-Industrial Cities: Applying Commons Based Peer Production to Mycelium Biomaterials, Grant R. Rocco, Architecture
Design of Children's Event and Cutural Center in Osu, Accra, Ghana, Rudi Somuah, Architecture
Sustainable Design of Student Centers Retrofitting and Adaptive Reuse of UMass Student Union, Tianye Song, Architecture
Design/Build in Architectural Education: studying community-focused curriculum, Matthew K. Sutter, Architecture