Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture EX-CHANGE 2021

EX-CHANGE is an annual exhibition and publication celebrating the work of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture from first year to PhD. Inaugurated in 2017, EX-CHANGE represents an ongoing opportunity to shine new light on the SoA's programs and to position the work within larger questions of research and practice.

This year’s exhibition is a downloadable game where you’ll explore a range of work from the 2020–21 school year, find familiar faces, and discover hidden surprises along the way. Here are just a few of the things you might find: → 3-D and 2-D playable worlds and exhibition spaces with drawings, videos and text → Tokens to collect, hidden among the work → Shop Director Jon Holmes at the table saw → Some ADA compliant ramps, some not quite → An exclusive wash house to clean the body and clothes → The opportunity to chat with students and faculty about their projects.

View the exhibition online and download the game: exchange.soa.cmu.edu

On view on campus: August 30–October 7, 2021 College of Fine Arts

Abiola Morakinyo

The Garden: Circulation Diagram, Spring 2021, 48205, Elaboration II

How To Start a Revolution at Your School

Speakers:

DR. ERICA COCHRAN HAMEEN EVER CLINTON TAYLOR LATIMER ALYSSA MOYORGA

Excerpts from a presentation by the CMU NOMAS chapter at the 2020 National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) conference presenting the lessons learned and achievements of their activism over the past school year. Dr. Erica Cochran Hameen elaborates further on the process in an article for Architect magazine, “A Half Dozen Students Can Lead a Revolution,” published June 11, 2021.

"One thing that we really like to emphasize is that we are family here. Coming from Milwaukee, Wisconsin all the way to Pittsburgh, it was really important for me to find family. With our NOMAS chapter, that was something we really cultivated within each of our students.

Just organically, NOMAS likes to check in with one another to see how we are doing. We wanted to see where everyone’s mental capacity was at that moment in May 2020. It was a privilege to understand that some of our members actually went to local protests.

When we got back to campus, we asked that students communicate and document their experiences. That process is really huge because some of the injustices that we face within classes have been very informal-it may be just a slip of tongue. There are so many micro and macro aggressions that we [underrepresented minority students at the SoA] face that it is really important for us [NOMAS members] to communicate what is going on and then also document the process and the progress that we are making.

After the summer 2020, members of the faculty, staff and administration were wondering how they could get involved. The most important way is just by having a genuine interest in the school’s underrepresented minority students. When you have a genuine interest in what we’re talking about, the kinds of things that we are going through, and how we can move forward, not only do you learn how you can be involved and supportive, but you show the students that you’re advocating for them and that you really care about them. It is life-changing to speak with the faculty, staff and administration on a very personal level."

—Ever Clinton M.Arch 2021 CMU NOMAS Grad Student Liason

"When I came into my NOMAS presidency, the first thing I thought about was how I wanted to use my platform during the rest of my time as a student. I decided that my goal was to not only increase the NOMAS membership, but to actually improve the student experience for underrepresented minority students. That mission statement drives everything that we do. When the work gets really hard, I remind myself: 'This is what I am fighting for.'

We began conducting surveys, which told us that the majority of students didn’t feel the same pressure that the underrepresentedminority students felt to drop out of architecture. This is just not acceptable. But what was also interesting was that a majority of SoA students considered the SoA diverse, but the minority students didn’t, so there was a discrepancy somewhere that we had to address."

B.Arch 2021 CMU NOMAS President

—Taylor Latimer

"What students were asking for this year was a change in the school’s curriculum. A lot of times we only learn about white architects, and we only learn about them from white professors. We wanted to see a diverse set of case studies. We wanted to hear from different people. We wanted to really expand the voices that are speaking on architecture—that was one of the major changes we wanted to see in our pedagogy. And of course, one of our long term goals for the school is to have diverse full-time and tenured hires so that we’re expanding the people that we are learning from.

In terms of economic justice, how are we compensating students for the work that we are doing? This was a lot of labor that we put in over the summer of 2020, and we wanted to put a structure in place so that students are being supported financially for the work that they are doing to make the school a more inclusive place."

—Alyssa Moyorga B.Arch 2021; MSAECM 2021

"This is something that has been worked on for decades — trying to change the image [of the school’s demographics]. This endeavor is not something that we just woke up and decided to do and then-tadah!-flowers fell from the sky. It was a long and challenging path. As a result of UDream [an academic and job placement program for promising recent graduates of architecture, urban design and urban planning programs], the architecture profession in Pittsburgh saw a more than 400% increase in Black and Hispanic representation. It definitely involved a lot of struggling and a lot of really uncomfortable conversations.

One of our goals as administrators is to create programs that create opportunities. At the same time, we also have to step back so that our young people can take leadership. We see this with the Movement for Black Lives and other movements happening now — young people truly have great ideas. We should provide opportunities for the students to lead and we must provide the needed support to help them succeed. I recommend that in every school, you have to find at least one or two faculty to shout for the students and be strong advocates, because if the students are shouting by themselves, they get ignored. They have to have at least one or two faculty who will be on their side and who are going to keep shouting from the rooftops."

—Dr. Erica Cochran Hameen NOMA, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, Assistant Professor, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Co-Director of the Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics

Wash House, Spring 2021, 48410, Clothesline_Borderline: Decolonizing the Body

Little Brown Bat Habitat, Fall 2020, 48100, Foundation I: Critical Cyborg

Fall 2020, 48200, Elaboration I

Triple Bottom Line Redistribution in Mixed-Income Housing through Transition Spaces

Though the Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) promote the presence of sustainability features, they are extremely time consuming, expensive and competitive to win. Developers tend to apply for these rating systems to increase their chances of winning the tax credits, often overlooking the full potential of the LIHTC. Policy makers and local housing authorities have been looking at various models of mixed-income housing to provide more affordable houses to the poor and to reduce social inequality. This research proposes a new model that takes a soon to be developed mixedincome housing development in Pennsylvania and proposes various design interventions to be implemented in the transition spaces of the housing by equally distributing strategies for environmental, social and economic growth, thereby increasing their chances of winning the LIHTC. The new methodology will negate social and spatial disparities and create an equitable model for social and spatial justice.

Site System, Beaver Habitat, Fall 2020, 48100, Foundation I: Critical Cyborg

Designing Rehabilitating Spaces: A Toolkit for the Healthcare Environment Using the Principles of Biophilic Design, Spring 2021, 48519, Thesis II/Independent Project

PhD–AECM

Muñoz Muñoz

A Tool for Sustainable Residential Water Management

Water problems due to scarcity or climate change urge changes regarding how professionals design buildings to sustainably manage water. Soon, it is expected that water scarcity and general environmental awareness will increase the demand for sustainable water management (SWM) practices in the US residential sector. However, research on SWM design practice has been oriented to specific design professionals, problems and technologies. These approaches lack a holistic perspective on SWM, especially at the single-site, residential scale. Even though tools have been developed for SWM, there is a dearth of tools oriented to designers in the residential sector.

This dissertation's main objective was to investigate the needed components and initiate development of a tool oriented to SWM design for the residential sector. Through literature review and an ethnographic analysis of the SWM process based on a real case study in Pittsburgh, PA, this research allows the development of future tools for residential water-system design rooted in the reality of architectural and SWM design practice.

Textured Wall Diagram, Spring 2021, 48519, Thesis II/Independent

The Architectural Sequence: Architectural Ideas and Spatial Analysis: Saya Park Pavilion, Spring 2021, 48105, Studio: Foundations II

Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab, Fall 2020, 48300, Integration I: Environment, Form and Feedback

Spring 2021, 48410, Lithopic House: Ecologies of Earthen Matter

Assignment I, Spring 2021, 62123, Digital Media II

Andy Yoon

Project 2, Spring 2021, 48205, Studio: Elaboration II

Safe and Healthy Schools: Synergistic Design Actions to Improve School

Buildings for the Whole Child

School environments play a crucial role in the education, health and well-being of children, especially in their formative years. 55 million K-12 students and thousands of teachers spend their days in the classroom every year and are subject to the physical environment of the school building. Beyond the physical environment’s effects to health, such as poor indoor environmental quality (asthma, obesity, light sensitivity), students and teachers also face social detriments that range from severe and rare, such as school shootings, to common, such as bullying-all of which can be monitored and addressed by design decisions and actions. While school administrations work to find a balance between budgets, performance standards and safety, they have the responsibility to make informed decisions regarding the impact of their choices and to understand the benefits of high-quality school facilities for student health, well-being, performance and behavior. Using ethnographic methodologies including focus groups and workshops, this dissertation develops an easy-to-use synergistic design and decision support tool. The tool addresses the risks of bullying, obesity, ADHD, asthma, absenteeism and school violence side by side in the context of the built school environment through visual and physical examples. Through the understanding of relative risks and their links to the built environment, integrated design and retrofit actions can be developed to address the health and safety of every child in school buildings.

B.Arch 2024

Annie (Mira) Teng

Project 2, Spring 2021, 48205, Studio: Elaboration II

Bones Drawing, Fall 2020, 62125, Drawing I

Based on the IBC Occupancy Type Classification, this housing unit is classified as an R-2 occupancy type. The

construction type is 3A. This building is compliant with the IBC's section 504.4, which gives a limit of 4 stories. This building has 2 stories. With IBC section 506.2, there is a maximum floor area of 16,000 square feet, which the building is well under at 1,200.

A Framework for Context-aware Machine

Learning in Design, Art and Making

Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and its subbranch machine learning (ML) have led a growing number of artists, designers and architects to explore these techniques’ affordances in developing tools that support their creative practices such as designing and making. Despite a wave of exciting results, there is a significant gap in the current state of ML research when it comes to grounding ML tools in their specific contexts. While the lion’s share of efforts in the ML research community is focused on developing novel algorithms and improving their efficiency, fewer resources are dedicated to informing the design process with inputs from end-users and the context in which these models will be deployed. This research proposes a paradigm shift in ML-based creative computing toolmaking that grants expert users more engagement and control over the process to mitigate the adverse effects of the phenomena mentioned above. It proposes a simplified and accessible approach for domain experts with limited knowledge of computer programming to train and deploy ML models. The proposed approach can potentially improve expert users’ ability to build their own creative computing tools and introduce contextual data into it without engaging with the backend ML systems’ complexities.

2025

Assignment 3, Spring 2021, 62123, Digital Media II

2, Spring 2021, 48205, Elaboration II

10 August Fox

DRAWING KEY:

1. Shingle Roofing (07300)

2. Roof Sheathing (07400)

3. 2x8 Roof Framing 16” O.C. (06100)

4. Fascia & Soffit (07400)

5. 2x8 Double Top Plate (06100)

6. 2x8 Wood Joists 16” O.C (06200)

7. 6x8 Wood Beam (06200)

8. Wood Floor Decking (09600)

9. 4” Batt Foam Insulation (07200)

6 7

5

16 B.Arch 2024

15 17 Assignment 6, Fall 2020, 48215, Materials & Assembly

10. Floor Underlayment (07100)

11. Drywall Finish (9700)

12. 2x8 Wall Top plate (06100) 13. 8” Concrete Masonry Unit (04200) 14. #4 Rebar (03200)

15. 2x8 Header Joist (06100)

16. 4” Reinforced Concrete Slab (03300)

17. Cast-In-Place Concrete Spread Footing (03300)

Notes:

The Occupancy Type per IBC is Residential Group R-2 (310.5).

Construction Type IIIANoncombustible Exterior Walls, Interior Building Elements of Any Material (602.3)

Satisfies Table 504.4 limit to occupancy Type R-3 of 3 stories above grade plane without automatic sprinkler system.

Satisfies Table 506.2 limit to Allowable Area Factor of less than 24,000 Square Feet for Occupancy Type R-2 and Type A Construction without an automatic sprinkler system.

→ EPI C METALS COMPETITION

The EPIC Metals Corporation sponsors this competition for third-year B.Arch students to design an innovative object utilizing metal deck systems. The project brief for the 16th annual design competition was to design a Soft Sensory Play Pod (SSPP) for The Children’s Institute in Pittsburgh for children of different abilities. The pods, intended to be fully mobile/transportable units, encourage playfulness and togetherness and give the community the opportunity to learn about inclusive design. Jury: EPIC Metals: David Landis, Steve Potts; Advanced Construction Studio Faculty: Erica Cochran Hameen, Stefani Danes, Lori Fitzgerald, Matthew Huber, Joshua Lee; Steve Lee; Previous Winners: Paul Greenway, Ammar Hassonjee

First Place

→ FOURTH-YEAR DESIGN AWARDS

The SoA recognizes design excellence through the Fourth-Year Design Awards program. All fourth-year students pursuing a Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) degree are invited to submit a digital portfolio and a personal statement positioning their work in relation to the year’s theme. The 2021 theme is Propinquity, which emphasizes the underlying spatial concept of “nearness,” which is a relational measure and not fixed.

→ RALPH H. BURT JR. AND ALVA L. HILL SCHOLARSHIP (B.ARCH)

This award provides financial support to students whose work focuses on sustainable environments, performance-based design, and systems integration throughout the design process. Jury: Mary-Lou Arscott, Jeremy Ficca, Laura Garófalo, Joshua Bard Winner ($2,200).......... ELLEN ZHU , B.Arch ‘22

→ STEWART L. BROWN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

This scholarship recognizes professional promise in terms of attitudes and scholastic achievement. Jury: Select members of the Pittsburgh AIA Chapter Winner ($9,000).......... VERONICA HERNANDEZ GARRIDO , B.Arch ‘22

Finalists................ SHARIQ SHAH HAN MENG

→ RALPH H. BURT JR. AND ALVA L. HILL SCHOLARSHIP (M.ARCH)

This award provides financial support to an M.Arch student whose work focuses on sustainable environments, performance-based design, and systems integration throughout the design process.

Jury: Omar Khan, Kai Gutschow

Winner ($2,200).......... ELENA MARZINA , M.Arch ‘22 Propinquity: Environment,Form, Feedback (see page 176)

→ BURDETT ASSISTANTSHIP

This award supports students pursuing their first professional degree in architecture for projects and activities that will enhance their future work. The winner “shall possess love of their subject, integrity, patience, fairness and respect for others.” Jury: Omar Khan

B.Arch Winners ($4,000).. KIRMAN HANSON , B.Arch '21, MSSD ‘22 RACHEL LU , B.Arch ‘21 Perceived Places

M.Arch Winner ($4,000)... SCHUYLER MCAULIFFE , M.Arch '21, MUD ‘22

The Shape of Energy

→ DELLER PRIZE IN SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE AND REAL ESTATE

This award encourages architecture students to pursue non-traditional career paths, specifically to grow their skills in the specialty of design, construction and sustainability under the umbrella of the real estate business. Jury: Omar Khan, Valentina Vavasis

Winner ($4,500).......... YINGYING YAN , B.Arch ‘22

→ PAYETTE PRIZE IN BUILDING SCIENCE

Payette Associates established this award to recognize the accomplishments of a B.Arch student who has achieved exceptional performance by integrating the fundamentals of building science in their design work. Jury: Omar Khan

Winners ($4,500)......... EMILY EDLICH , B.Arch ‘22 SHANICE LAM , B.Arch ‘22

→ MEASURING & MONITORING SERVICES, INC. INTERNSHIP FUND

This award provides financial support to SoA undergraduate students who wish to undertake a summer internship or related program under the guidance of established professionals. Jury: Omar Khan Winner ($3,200).......... SHARIQ SHAH , B.Arch ‘22

→ ALWIN CASSENS, JR. MEMORIAL FUND IN ARCHITECTURE

This award provides financial support to SoA students to attend conferences or other events in support of their academic pursuits in the area of public interest design. Jury: Omar Khan

Winner ($2,200).......... SUZY LI , MUD ‘13, M.S. of Architecture ‘14 PhD-BPD ‘23 Rapidly Improving Urban Surfaces for a Carbon Neutral and Climate Resilient Future (see page 393)

→ GEORGE W. ANDERSON, JR. AWARD

This award recognizes SoA graduate students who demonstrate through their work an exceptional level of attention to detail or dedication to beneficially impacting the community. Jury: Daniel Cardoso Llach, Erica Cochran Hameen, Dana Cupkova, Jeremy Ficca, Stefan Gruber, Kai Gutschow, Ramesh Krishnamurti, Joshua Lee, Vivian Loftness

First Place ($2,500).....

SAMEEDHA MAHAJAN , MUD '21

The Communal Veil: Carving Spaces for Women in the Rohingya Refugee Camps (see pages 362-363)

XIAORAN ZHANG , MUD '21

Recultivation: Gaoli Village Rural Community Commons Design, Nanjing, China + Re-cultivation Thesis Research (see page 429)

Second Place ($1,500).... SHARLEEN DEVJANI , M.Arch '21 Climate Change Gentrification: Little Haiti, Miami (see page 376)

KASHMALA IMTIAZ , M.Arch '22 Sharpsburg Ecotone (see pages 254-255)

PEDRO VELOSO , PhD-CD '21 Generative Systems for Design

Shortlist................

SUREKHA TETALI , PhD-BPD '22 WEI LIANG , PhD-BPD '24

→ DAVID LEWIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DESIGN SCHOLARSHIP

This award provides financial support to SoA students who demonstrate a commitment to working within diverse communities through participatory architectural design processes and who demonstrate commitments to social justice and community service. Jury: An Lewis, Bill Bates, Stefani Danes, Stefan Gruber, Jonathan Kline, Kristen Kurland

Winner ($2,500).......... RYU KONDRUP , B.Arch ‘21

→ ALPHA RHO CHI MEDAL

This award recognizes graduating architecture students for their leadership and service and what they offer the future of the profession. One graduate from either the Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) program or the Master of Architecture (M.Arch) program is eligible to receive this award each year.

Winner................... TAYLOR LATIMER , B.Arch ‘21

Awards

→ HENRY ADAMS AIA MEDAL

The Henry Adams AIA Medal is awarded to the top-ranking graduate in each architecture program accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. Graduating students in the Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) program and the Master of Architecture (M.Arch) program are eligible for this award. The school selects the candidates based on the guidelines provided by the AIA national organization.

B.Arch Winner............ CHRISTOPH ECKRICH , B.Arch ‘21

M.Arch Winner............ SHARLEEN DEVJANI , M.Arch ‘21

→ JOHN KNOX SHEAR GRADUATION AWARD

The John Knox Shear Graduation Award is the highest honor granted by the faculty of the SoA to a graduating student in the Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) program. The award recognizes exceptional design and representation as demonstrated through studio work within the last two years of the program.

Winner................... EMMANUEL NWANDU , B.Arch ‘21

→ FACULTY AWARD: ISABEL SOPHIA LICEAGA DISCRETIONARY FUND

This award supports faculty-led projects that critically engage students and advance the mission and reputation of the SoA. Jury: Omar Khan

Winner ($2,000).......... NIDA REHMAN Disrupting Toxic Systems

Living Together: Urban Regeneration in Tianlin No. 2 Village, Spring 2021, 48410, Commoning the City

Re-HOUSED Decision Support Toolkit: Promoting Flood and Heat Stress Resilience in Self-built Housing—

A Coastal Nigeria Case Study

Every year flooding and heat stress cause the deaths and displacements of thousands of households, negatively affect occupants' health and thermal comfort, and worsen socioeconomic burdens of households in the tropical global south, especially for vulnerable populations including the elderly, children and people with disabilities. Adapting to flooding and heat stress is paramount in reducing significant redevelopment costs and improving health, well-being and safety of households. This is especially important because a large part of the populace design and build their own housing in a widely practiced process called self-building.

Using coastal Nigeria as a case study, this dissertation fills these gaps and promotes resilience by developing a decision support toolkit which includes: 1) a consolidated resource of design solutions, 2) an algorithm to diagnose vulnerabilities and contexts of decision makers and predict viable design solutions amongst available options, and 3) a guidebook to inform non-expert and low-technical self-build decision makers on how to design-build or make improvements to their housing to increase resilience against floods and heat stress. This three-part decision support toolkit will help improve the adaptive capacity of people in some of the most vulnerable dwellings in the world.

Brenna Robinson

Project 2, Spring 2021, 48205, Studio: Elaboration II

Project 2, Spring 2021, 48205, Studio: Elaboration II

Brian Hartman

Little Brown Bat Habitat, Fall 2020, 48100, Foundation I: Critical Cyborg

Spring 2021, 48410, Clothesline_Borderline, Decolonizing the Body

Carson Michaelis

The Division of Care, Spring 2021, 48410, Commoning the City

THE CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE EXPLORATIONS

(CAE) supports architecture education for all ages. Building on the CMU SoA’s experience with youth education, university service learning projects, engagement with architectural practice and academic research, we create dynamic architectural education pedagogy with an emphasis on building equity and diversity

The mission of the CAE is:

1) to facilitate links between architecture organizations, K–12 educators and K–12 students, particularly in underserved neighborhoods;

2) to provide scalable training courses, workshops, and mentorship opportunities for professionals and undergraduate/ graduate students to better prepare them to teach in K–12 and higher education contexts as well as better communicate with the communities they serve as designers; and

3) to conduct research into STEAM and design pedagogy to develop innovative educational materials and curricula.

The CAE oversees PITTSBURGH'S ARCHITECTURE LEARNING NETWORK (ALN), a collaboration among more than 15 non profits in the region, and is instrumental in regional initiatives towards equity in architecture and related professions.

Food Producing Facades Key to

a Sustainable Future

The built environment uses significant and increasing amounts of energy contributing to urban heat island effect. Simultaneously, population growth has outpaced food production globally. In response, there has been a growing trend to incorporate plants into the built environment via green roofs, green facades, urban agriculture and other green infrastructure. Research is limited, however, into the application of growing food-producing plants on a living façade to improve total building performance. This dissertation investigates integrating plants into a living facade to positively impact four outcomes: food production, thermal performance, air quality and rainwater management in a temperate climate. A maximum average production of 2.64 kilograms of produce per square meter of façade panel can be generated annually (0.54 lbs./ft2). Facade temperatures can be reduced between 5.56oC-20.53oC (10oF-36.95oF), an approximately 20% reduction in cooling energy. A maximum 5.6% reduction in PM2.5 can be achieved by the living facade compared to the control. An average of 14.26 liters of rainwater per square meter of facade per day (0.35 gal/ft2/day) can effectively redirect all the rainfall on the roof from storm drains into primary irrigation. In addition, observational studies revealed enhanced access to nature for building occupants, wildlife habitats and biodiversity.

Through the Singularity: Narrative Conjectures Beyond the Zero Hour, Act 1: Final Drawing, Spring 2021, 48519, Thesis II/ Independent Project

Christoph Eckrich

Detail,

Through the Singularity: Narrative Congectures Beyond the Zero Hour, Act 1: Final Drawing, Spring 2021, 48519, Thesis II/Independent Project

Children’s Atelier Pittsburgh, Spring 2021, 48305, Studio: Integration II

48100, Foundation I: Critical Cyborg, 10th Street Bridge, Collaborative Collage, Jinmo Rhee Studio (Aditya Shinn, Aidan Smith, Anqi Chen, Andy Seo, Gloria Lee, Jaden Luscher, Jason Shao, Srishty Bhavsar, Stephanie Choi, Yoon Kee Lee), Fall 2020

Detail, 48100, Foundation I: Critical Cyborg, 10th Street Bridge, Collaborative Collage, Jinmo Rhee Studio (Aditya Shinn, Aidan Smith, Anqi Chen, Andy Seo, Gloria Lee, Jaden Luscher, Jason Shao, Srishty Bhavsar, Stephanie Choi, Yoon Kee Lee), Fall 2020

48100, Foundation I: Critical Cyborg, Smithfield Street Bridge, Shroom & Co. (Kaitlyn Hom, Tianshu Huang, Grace Kolosek, Suzie Liu, Oscar Monarrez, Deepa (Sonia) Prashant, Ashley Su, I Lok U, David Warfel, Andrew Yoon, Jackie Yu), Fall 2020

48100, Foundation I: Critical Cyborg, Westinghouse Bridge: Before and After Collapse, Manuel Rodriguez Studio (Olive Bouseman, Jamie Espinosa, Annika Lee, Jeffrey Li, Nakshatra Menon, Rujul Pandya, Brody Ploeger, Rima Sachdeva, Norman Situ, Samuel Tan, Rea Wan, Zihan Dong), Fall 2020

48100, Foundation I: Critical Cyborg, Westinghouse Bridge: Before and After Collapse, Manuel Rodriguez Studio (Olive Bouseman, Jamie Espinosa, Annika Lee, Jeffrey Li, Nakshatra Menon, Rujul Pandya, Brody Ploeger, Rima Sachdeva, Norman Situ, Samuel Tan, Rea Wan, Zihan Dong), Fall 2020

48100, Foundation I: Critical Cyborg, Fort Wayne Bridge: Re-Truss, Rafson & Co. (Rex Choi, Neha Chopra, Carleigh Cusick, Emily Franco, Jacky Jia, Nicholas Jun, Eesha Nagpal, William Song, Alexia Tan, Akanksha Tayal, Henry von Rintelen), Fall 2020

48100, Foundation I: Critical Cyborg, Panther Hollow Bridge, Annie Ranttila Studio (Vanshika Bhaiya, Michael Bi, Sherry Chen, Violet Chu, Melissa Cruz Rondon, Stella Davis, Eric “Z” Feng, Erin Gorman-Stack, Zhuyun Jin, Graham Murtha, Karina Shethia, Alexandra Wang), Fall 2020

48205, Elaboration II, Project 1: Collage, Sarah Kwok & Graana Khan, Spring 2021

48367, Material Histories, Timeline: Clay + Terracotta, Xiaoyu Kang, Yi Yang & Shariq Shah, Spring 2021

48400+, Design for Social Justice, Alyssa Mayorga & Taylor Latimer, Fall 2020

48400+, Landscapes of Disease and Health, East Baltimore Care Access Initiative, Ryu Kondrup, Kirman Hanson & Louis Zehui Li, Fall 2020

48400+, Landscapes of Disease and Health, The Landscape of Health in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, Swetha Tulluri, Carmen Yu, Alejandra Meza & Cheng Zhou, Fall 2020

48400+, Landscapes of Disease and Health, Connecting Communities of Care in the Tenderloin, San Francisco, Vincent DeRienzo, Colleen Duong, Emmanuel Nwandu & Zhecui Zhang, Fall 2020

48400+, Transformation of Waste, Fallon Creech, Kimberlyn Cho & Jonathan Liang, Macro Concept, Fall 2020

48400+, Transformation of Waste, Fallon Creech, Kimberlyn Cho & Jonathan Liang, Jacket Rendering, Fall 2020

48410+, Cooperative Housing: Neighborhood as Commons, Perspective, Carmen Yu, Sean O'Connor & Shanice Lam, Spring 2021

48410+, Cooperative Housing: Neighborhoods as Commons, Perspective, Cheng Zhou, Isabella Giammateo & Rin Namkoong, Spring 2021

48410+, Cooperative Housing: Neighborhoods as Commons, Perspective, Taylor Latimer, Varun Shah & Veronica Hernandez Garrido, Spring 2021

Drawing: The Food and Community center (phase two of the scenario) will provide new jobs for managers and servers to prepare food for the Pittsburgh restaurants. Culinary demonstrations and cooking classes

48410+, Radical Food: From the Global to the Gut, Growing Braddock: Braddock Farms, Axonometric, Leah Kendrick, Hsiao Tyng Peck & Zehui Li, Spring 2021

scenario) consists of a community kitchen with restaurant residencies the community in addition to an ongoing collaborative effort with can also enable skills sharing within the community. The Kitchen

48410+, Radical Food: From the Global to the Gut, Care, Cooking, Ecology (General Sisters), Kirman Hanson, Ryu Kondrup & Emily Edlich, Spring 2021

48410+, Radical Food: From the Global to the Gut, Urban Reset, Colleen Duong, Fallon Creech & Qijia Li, Section, Spring 2021

48519, Thesis II/Independent Project, Tea House in the City, Gil Jang & Brandon Smith, Tectonic Topographies, Spring 2021

48675, Designing for the Internet of Things, Sneeze Love, Malika Khurana, Zhenfang Chen & Yang Bai, Fall 2020

48770, Learning Matters, Exploring AI in Arch and Design, Bubble2Floor, Amal Jafrani & Stefania La Vattiata, Spring 2021

62122, Digital Media 1, Final Project (Group), Andrea Wan, Zihan Dong, Akshatra Menon, Arujul Pandya, Jamie Espinosa, Norman Situ, Brody Ploeger, Sach Devarima, Jeffery Li & Annika Lee, Fall 2020

62275, Fundamentals of Computational Design, Assignment 5 Model Photo, Sydney Sun & Ann Mulgrew, Spring 2021

48372, Technopop Architecture — Systems of Technological Inclusion, Partica, Elijah King, Jason Garwood & Julita Przybylska, Spring 2021

62275, Fundamentals of Computational Design, Assignment 2 Poster, Xander Fann & Christopher Oh, Spring 2021

Epic Metals Competition, Release: Soft Sensory Play Pod, Brendan Bogolin & Nicolas Coppula

48100:

FALL 2020

1ST YEAR

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO

FOUNDATION I — CRITICAL CYBORG

Instructors: Mary-Lou Arscott, Annie Ranttila, Sarah Rafson, Jinmo Rhee, Manuel Rodríguez Ladrón de Guevara, Sinan Goral

This course is an introduction to a variety of modes of thinking, methods of work and scales of operation. The purpose is to begin to develop a critical practice that considers materiality, virtuality, time and space.

(Pages 17, 20, 74, 90-91, 92-93, 94, 95, 96-97, 98-99, 100, 185, 224-225, 296-297, 300-301, 384, 396-397, 424-425)

62106:

ARCHITECTURE & THE ARTS

Instructor: Kai Gutschow

This course investigates the relationship between architecture and the arts in both historical and contemporary global contexts. A theme throughout the course will be the impact that art and architecture can have on life, politics and the world around us when it becomes part of social activism.

62122:

DIGITAL MEDIA I

Instructor: Eddy Man Kim

This course will engage in an

overview of foundational workflows in digital media regarding two-dimensional representation techniques for spatial design processes. The course will cover Technical Drawing and 2D Graphics through the use of Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign programs. (Pages 21, 70-71, 134-135, 170-171, 180, 204, 240, 250, 251, 291, 324-325, 352-353, 359, 453, 455)

62125: DRAWING I

Instructor: Douglas Cooper 62-125 is an introductory course in freehand architectural drawing. Its central learning objective is building capacity for visualizing three-dimensional space through freehand drawing. A parallel objective is fostering visual literacy: the ability to use line and tonal values to represent architectural space. (Pages 46, 232, 314-315, 386, 432-433)

48025:

FIRST YEAR SEMINAR — ARCHITECTURE EDITION

Instructor: Heather Workinger Midgley

The main objective of this first-year seminar course focuses on how students learn, develop and make decisions as they transition into architecture education. The goal of this course is to promote academic success and encourage connections within the SoA and the university at large.

48116:

2ND YEAR

BUILDING PHYSICS

Instructor: Ömer T. Karagüzel

The Building Physics course is conceptually located at the nexus of sustainability, design and computation, with the goal of introducing fundamental theories of building physics and simulationaided design development skill sets in the fields of building lighting, thermal performance and room acoustics.

48200:

ARCHITECTURE

DESIGN STUDIO ELABORATION I — URBAN DWELLINGS

Instructors: Jonathan Kline, Trevor Ryan Patt, Andrew Moss, Jennifer Lucchino, Jeff King, Lori Fitzgerald

The urban dwellings studio is an immersion in foundational issues that asks students to iteratively model, draw, pull apart and put back together architectural propositions for living together in the city that challenge housing as a commodity.(Pages 18, 88-89, 101, 261, 270, 345, 350, 456)

between design intent and construction materials, the science of materials (performance) and their assemblies. (Pages 47, 54, 405, 428)

3RD,

4TH & 5TH YEARS

CASE STUDIES IN ARCHITECTURE AND CITIES

48250:

Instructor: Stefan Gruber This course introduces students to urbanism and explores architecture as a situated and relational practice subject to broader social, political, economic, ecological and cultural forces. Investigating cities as sites of the encounter of differences and competing interests, the course sheds light onto the production and social reproduction of space — or how we shape the built environment and, in turn, it shapes us.

48300/48630: ARCHITECTURE

DESIGN STUDIO INTEGRATION I — ENVIRONMENT, FORM & FEEDBACK

48215/48647:

MATERIALS & ASSEMBLY

Instructor: Gerard Damiani Materials & Assembly introduces and examines the fundamentals

Instructors: Dana Cupkova, Sarosh Anklesaria, Heather Bizon, Matthew Huber, Pedro Veloso, Laura Garófalo, Emek Erdolu Environment, Form & Feedback (EFF) is founded on the premise that architecture is part of a larger planetary ecology. EFF is a core design studio

focused on architecture’s response to climate change within urban environments.

(Pages 6-7, 34-35, 76-77, 176, 238-239, 254-255, 289)

48315/48635: ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS — CLIMATE & ENERGY

IN BUILDINGS

Instructor: Vivian Loftness

This course introduces architectural design responses for energy conservation and natural conditioning, human comfort and the site-specific dynamics of climate. Students are expected to combine an understanding of the basic laws of comfort and heat flow with the variables of local climate to create energy design guidelines for their own work.

48525:

THESIS SEMINAR

Instructor: Joshua Bard

This seminar is designed for students conducting a thesis project in the B.Arch and M.Arch programs. The seminar hinges around the transition from analytical to projective modes of thinking, with a focus on refining the scope of the thesis argument and making the topic(s) of inquiry actionable through design-based, primarily visual methods.

ADVANCED SYNTHESIS OPTION STUDIOS (ASOS)

The Advanced Synthesis Option Studios (ASOS) are vertically-integrated advanced studios that encourage interdisciplinary collaboration from the arts and technology, research and design, from large scale urban and ecological thinking, to detailed investigations of materials, fabrication strategies and form strategies — the heart of the CMU and SoA experience.

48400/48500: ADVANCED SYNTHESIS OPTION STUDIO I — THE ART OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL: A HOME IS NOT A HOUSE

Instructor: Gerard Damiani

In 1969, Reyner Banham wrote "The Architecture of the WellTempered Environment," which constructed a history of the advancements of mechanical devices and systems for modern buildings with an understanding that they were an integral part of a building’s critical formation. However, he also found these technological themes were absent from many of the intellectual, cultural and societal discourses of the time. This studio starts where this book ends, utilizing research to continue the history of the technological environment

to the present day. (Pages 177, 216, 220-221, 354-355, 413-414, 430-431)

48400/48500: ADVANCED SYNTHESIS OPTION STUDIO I — COMMONING THE CITY

Instructors: Stefan Gruber (Fall)/ Jonathan Kline (Spring)

This year-long research-based design studio is focused on bottom-up transformation of cities and explores how designers and planners can tap into the selforganizing behavior of cities in order to empower citizens to claim their right to the city.

48400/48500: ADVANCED SYNTHESIS

OPTION STUDIO I — DWELL: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS

Instructor: Christine Mondor

This studio, The Other Side of the Tracks, will define and challenge the condition of otherness that is inherent in or created by urban environments. Students look through the lens of housing design and policy, extract the positions afforded by capital and explore the relationships that arise through the design, creation, stewardship and control of dwelling units and settlements. (Pages 450-451)

48400/48500: ADVANCED SYNTHESIS

OPTION STUDIO I — UNEARTHED

Instructor: Liza Cruze

This course joins architecture and

engineering students to develop, test and, with HATponic’s guidance, build full-scale components of the group-selected design for Center Of Life’s mobile aquaponics unit.

48400/48500: ADVANCED SYNTHESIS OPTION STUDIO I — THE TRANSFORMATION OF WASTE

Instructor: Hal Hayes

Students are challenged in this studio to explore, understand, embrace and incorporate essential urban infrastructure services and uses through architectural design theses that range from utopian dreams, through practical/ feasible solutions, to dystopian nightmares of what future realities may be. (Pages 114-115, 116-117)

48400/48500: ADVANCED SYNTHESIS

OPTION STUDIO I — BOREAL LAMINATION

Instructor: Jeremy Ficca

This studio explores the cultural and technological branches of architecture materiality in a moment of environmental and societal crisis. It focuses on architectures of wood to explore the affordances of urban mass timber situated in a nordic culture with deep connections to the boreal forest. It expands mass timber's predominately technical discourse to consider its psychological, aesthetic and cultural domains. (Pages 196-197, 212, 292-293, 365)

48400/48500:

ADVANCED SYNTHESIS OPTION STUDIO III — DESIGNING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

Instructor: Bill Bates

The focus of this course is on the importance of listening to diverse stakeholders and understanding the implications of systemic discrimination before attempting to address community problem solving. The subject matter will force students to research, examine and question commonly held assumptions about disenfranchised built environments. (Pages 106-107, 169, 174, 364, 369)

introduction to the spatial concepts of architecture for students from other disciplines. A hands-on immersion, this course is focused entirely on the creative process and communication through making.

48356:

COLOR DRAWING

Instructor: Douglas Cooper Color Drawing builds knowledge and provides practice in the use of color, principally with watercolor, to depict architectural surroundings. (Pages 42-43, 412)

48371: AMERICAN HOUSE & HOUSING SINCE 1850

48400/48500:

LANDSCAPES OF DISEASE AND HEALTH

Instructor: Nida Rehman

This advanced studio critically interrogates the role of architecture as an actor in the histories and geographies of disease. Architecture and planning have long been imagined and deployed in efforts to control and contain the transmission of pathogenic agents (and the human and nonhuman bodies that might carry them). (Pages 108-114)

SOA ELECTIVES

48095: SPATIAL CONCEPTS FOR NON-ARCHITECTS

Instructor: Nina Barbuto This course serves as an

Instructor: Diane Shaw

This architectural history course examines the development of the American house and housing choices between circa 1850–2000. Students look at urban and suburban housing types ranging from single-family detached dwellings to multi-unit housing.

48374:

HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD

Instructor: Francesca Torello

This elective offers a first orientation in the complex history of architecture in the lands where Islam spread over the centuries. It provides a basic understanding of major epochs and regional variations and examines the social and historical context within which

art and architecture developed. The aim is to foster the students' curiosity and their desire to later continue this exploration.

48455:

ADVANCED STRUCTURES

Instructor: Irving Oppenheim

This course examines the following topics: structural behavior and member design in reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete; construction estimation and task planning; structural system design for buildings constructed with precast concrete, panelized systems, cast-in-place two-way systems, dia-grid exterior frames, tube-type and space frame structures; geometric structures; and the influence of earthquake effects and wind loads as enforced through building code requirements. (Page 241)

testbed and instrument of design projection. (Page 288)

48568: ADVANCED CAD/BIM/3-D VISUALIZATION

Instructor: Kristen Kurland

This course introduces students to 3-D software tools, including AutoCAD 3-D, Revit Architecture and 3-D Studio MAX. Building information and parametric modeling, materials, lighting, rendering and animation concepts allow students to create integrated CAD/BIM projects, 3-D video animations and realistic renderings. (Pages 400-401)

48591:

DIGITAL TOOLS

Instructor: José Pertierra-Arrojo

48531/48771:

FABRICATING CUSTOMIZATION — PROTOTYPE

Instructor: Jeremy Ficca

This course emphasizes the reciprocity of design and prototyping, challenging students to leverage physical artifacts as tools for thinking. In this way, prototyping is a means of exploration, not merely a method of production or fabrication. More than a large model or mere three-dimensional rendering of form, the prototype is a

This course introduces students to the SoA’s Design Fabrication Lab and provides functional knowledge of laser cutting, 3-D printing and CNC routing across six sessions.

48339:

MAKING THINGS

INTERACTIVE

Instructor: Jet Townsend

Making Things Interactive (MTI) is a project-based course where physical computing and interaction design are used to create new forms of technology-mediated interaction. This course covers aspects of conceiving, designing,

developing and improving software and hardware interactions.

48545/48745:

DESIGN FABRICATION

Instructor: José Pertierra-Arrojo

This course serves as an introduction to digital fabrication methods through an applied overview of the resources available in the SoA’s Design Fabrication Lab. (Pages 187, 219, 233)

that address outside air requirements for ventilation and energy and water efficiency, and discuss where U.S. codes lead or lag in promoting exceptional building performance.

CFA ELECTIVES

62225/48783:

GENERATIVE MODELING

Instructor: Joshua Bard

48555/48755:

INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL ROBOTICS

Instructor: Ardavan Bidgoli

This course provides an introduction to industrial robotics and automated fabrication within the field of architecture. A series of lectures covers the basic components as well as the workflows needed to design flexible automation, while work sessions develop skills in hands-on online programming, simulation, visual programming and interfacing sensors.

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of generative modeling using computer-aided design as practiced in the field of architecture. Core competencies are developed through modeling projects and software-intensive labs, while a broader critical framework for conceiving of contemporary and historical parametric practices is encouraged.

GRADUATE

48634:

ARCHITECTURAL THEORY

48432/48655:

DESIGN INTEGRATION OF ACTIVE BUILDING SYSTEMS

Instructor: Nina Baird

This course focuses on the active systems typically included in commercial buildings and strategies for their successful integration with passive components. Students also consider building codes

Instructor: Kai Gutschow

This graduate history and theory seminar starts with the conviction that Architecture is not only space, materials, technology, structure, form, program andsite, but also culturally constructed discourse, meaning, communication, concept and debate — in other words, theory.

48676

A: CONNECTED COMMUNITIES

Instructor: Daragh Byrne

This seminar examines the space between the smart city and smart home. We explore topics across research and practice in urban informatics, ubiquitous computing and smart and connected infrastructure applied to understanding and networking communities.

introduce students to urban design and inform their understandings of the public realm, including the built form, the natural environment and processes that define it, all in relation to existing contexts. In particular, we address the nature of urban communities and their relationship to the shape and function of the city.

48697:

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS & ARCHITECTURE WITH CASE STUDIES

Instructor: Kai Gutschow

This is a makeup course for M.Arch students that builds on students’ past experiences. The course and syllabi are modeled closely on the same course taught by the late Professor Ömer Akin in the spring 2020 semester, which was in turn based on his many years of teaching Ethics in various contexts in the SoA.

48700: PRACTICUM

Instructor: Kai Gutschow

This course investigates the educational impact of an internship in professional architecturerelated work and supports the formation of critical perspectives on the methods of current practice and the profession.

48705:

MUD URBAN PLACES STUDIO

Instructor: Stefani Danes

This studio is intended to

48718/48650: ADVANCED SYNTHESIS OPTION STUDIO I — COMMONING THE CITY

Instructors: Stefan Gruber (Fall)/ Jonathan Kline (Spring)

This year-long research-baseddesign studio is focused on bottom-up transformation of cities and explores how designers and planners can tap into the self-organizing behavior of cities in order to empower citizens to claim their right to the city.

48707:

THE PRACTICE OF URBAN DESIGN

Instructor: Paul Ostergaard

This seminar is focused on the practice of urban design and examines six elements of urban design practice: public participation, engagement of major stakeholders, context and heritage, multidisciplinary teams, sustainable design and implementation.

48716:

MSCD PRE-THESIS II

Instructor: Daniel Cardoso Llach

This seminar considers different approaches to methods and ends with a thesis proposal presentation open to all computational design faculty and students, including students’ advisory committees.

48724:

SCRIPTING AND PARAMETRIC DESIGN

Instructors: Ramesh Krishnamurti, Jinmo Rhee

This course prepares students to model geometry through scripted development of parametric schemes for architecture applications — that is, it introduces students to basic scripting with a focus on algorithms relating to formmaking and reinforces and extends basic concepts of parametric modeling.(Pages 260, 419)

48725:

REAL ESTATE DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT

Instructor: Valentina Vavasis

This course provides an overview of the real estate development process and explores the interdependence of real estate development and design. The primary objective of this course is to allow students to understand how real estate development, public policy and finance will affect their professional lives.

48727:

INQUIRY INTO COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN

Instructor: Daniel Cardoso Llach

The subject of this course is the emergence of computation as a pivotal concept in contemporary architecture and other design fields. It explores design theories and practices responding to the so-called “computer revolution,” cybernetics, artificial intelligence and the linked transformations on our conceptions of design, creativity, nature, body and place.

48729: ENERGY, HEALTH, PRODUCTIVITY

Instructor: Vivian Loftness

This course explores the relationship of quality buildings, building systems, infrastructures and land-use to productivity, health, well-being and a sustainable environment. The course begins with a series of lectures on high performance enclosure, mechanical, lighting, interior and networked building design decisions.

48731:

SYNTHESIS PREP

Instructors: Azadeh Sawyer, Dana Cupkova

This course ensures a delineated, focused scope with a refined timeline and deliverables for the summer synthesis effort. Students are expected to establish all precedent work in their area of study, with critical excerpts organized and professionally cited. (Pages 48-49)

48733: ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE SIMULATIONS (EPS)

IN PARAMETRIC MODELING & DESIGN

Instructor: Ömer T. Karagüzel

This course introduces fundamental knowledge in building physics in relation to a range of environmentally responsive building design principles and computational approaches for increased resiliency for human habitability with minimal reliance on mechanical systems.

critiques of urbanization, theoretically situate commoning and explore urban design’s agency and its limits.

48742: PLANNING AND PUBLIC POLICY FOR THE FUTURE OF URBANISM

Instructor: Ray Gastil

48734:

REACTIVE SPACE AND MEDIA ARCHITECTURE (RSMA)

Instructor: Sinan Goral

This course relies on multimedia sensing to observe, measure and quantify the spaces around us. We question why certain spaces make us feel certain ways, what role our senses play in perceiving physical environments and how we can implement physical installations, computationally driven design technology and virtual media to powerfully activate a space.

The focus of this seminar is the connection between policy, planning and the design of regions, cities and neighborhoods, including to the scale of the individual project or building. We examine how international, federal, state and local policy and planning all impact urban design and communities.

48750: HISTORIES OF URBAN DESIGN

Instructor: Diane Shaw

48740:

URBAN DESIGN METHODS & THEORY

Instructor: Jonathan Kline

This course explores core urban design methods and theories organized into four themes intended to give students a foundational understanding of urban design, examine key

This course examines various histories of the design and redesign of cities and the reasons for those interventions. It explores the relationship between form and culture by considering the theoretical, social, political, economic and aesthetic forces that have shaped urban spaces (streets, squares, public realm and housing).

48763: PROTEAN SYSTEMS: SUSTAINABLE DESIGN FOR UNCERTAIN FUTURES

Instructor: Joshua D. Lee

This course explores the various types and scales of change and

reviews various concepts through a wide array of built precedents and products that have attempted (with varying degrees of success) to respond to these forces over time.(Pages 179, 252-253)

metrics utilized to define Indoor Environmental Quality and methods to identify their correlations to energy consumption, health, productivity and equitable design.

48774:

MAAD PRO-SEMINAR I

48765:

AECM SYNTHESIS PROJECT — USING AECM TECHNOLOGIES FOR PUBLIC INTERESTS

Instructor: Joshua D. Lee

This course applies the diverse knowledge and skills AECM students have mastered during the program to a critical public interest issue. Topics vary by year.

Instructor: Jeremy Ficca

This course explores architecture's digital culture to introduce contemporary topics of architectural research, design, practice and construction. It outlines an evolving landscape of contemporary practice and research and the changing nature of the discipline.

48767

A: TRANSDISCIPLINARY THINKING

Instructor: Stephen Quick

This course is a compendium of architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) practice, methods and theories with an emphasis on how the AEC professions can more effectively work together by understanding each other’s roles, responsibilities and professional perspectives.

48775:

ARCHITECTURAL INTERFACES

Instructor: Kyriaki Goti

This course focuses on architectural strategies to explore technology's potential to democratize aspects of design and fabrication, encourage user engagement and stimulate human creativity and personal expression. (Page 133)

48798:

HVAC AND POWER SUPPLY FOR LOW-CARBON BUILDINGS

Instructor: Nina Baird

INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (IEQ) — ENERGY, HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVITY

48768:

Instructor: Nathan Sawyer

This course is an introduction to the importance of the indoor environment on human health and productivity. The course provides an overview of the

This course is designed for architecture and engineering students. It provides an introduction to HVAC and power supply needs and to system choices likely to produce comfortable and healthful buildings that help us move toward a zero-carbon future.

SPRING 2021

1ST YEAR

48105: ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO — FOUNDATION II

Instructors: Gerard Damiani,Jenna Kappelt, Andrew Moss, José PertierraArrojo, Stephen Quick, Annie Ranttila This studio focuses on how to evaluate an architectural idea through analysis and representation. The semester starts with a series of projects that introduce the timeless compositional methods that architects consider when designing a memorable piece of architecture. (Pages 26-27, 175, 218, 234-235, 322)

62123: DIGITAL MEDIA II

Instructor: Eddy Man Kim

The previous course, Digital Media I, covers fundamental concepts and techniques of 2D digital media as applied in architectural design. Digital Media II builds on these concepts and focuses on 3D modeling and visualization. (Pages 28-29, 40, 51, 290, 351, 417)

a capacity for visualizing threedimensional space through the making of handmade drawings. (Pages 209, 237, 382, 404, 454)

48240 HISTORICAL SURVEY OF WORLD ARCHITECTURE I

Instructor: Diane Shaw

Reflecting the inseparable relation between building and human needs, this course is not only a history of architecture, but also a history through architecture. Over the semester, it examines the history of architectural and urban design as a form of cultural expression unique to its time and place.

48026: FIRST YEAR SEMINAR — ARCHITECTURE EDITION II

Instructor: Heather Workinger Midgley

The first-year seminar (part 2) introduces students to opportunities at CMU and beyond. The goal of this course is to encourage students to pursue their interests inside and outside of the SoA by introducing a range of opportunities, including study abroad experiences, internships, academic minors/additional majors and research opportunities.

62126:

DRAWING II — DRAWING AND APPEARANCE

Instructor: Douglas Cooper

Drawing and Appearance is a traditional course in free-hand architectural drawing. Its central learning objective is building

2ND YEAR

48205: ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO — ELABORATION II

Instructors: Jeremy Ficca, Laura Garófalo, Kyriaki Goti, Eddy Man

Kim, Jeff King, Manuel Rodríguez Ladrón de Guevara

This studio explores connections between architecture and materiality. It positions architecture as an applied material and spatial practice and asserts the centrality of materiality in the conceptualization, design and experience of the constructed environment. Materials are situated within systems of construction to foreground connections between materials and methods of construction. (Pages 8, 32-33, 41, 45, 52-53, 69, 70, 102103, 181, 202, 205, 208, 214, 236, 242, 264-265, 357, 378-379, 380-381)

48241:

MODERN ARCHITECTURE

Instructor: Kai Gutschow

This historical survey of modern architecture picks up where the Survey I (48-240) leaves off, with the “crisis of modernity” in late 19th-century Europe. It surveys developments globally from pre-WWI through Postmodernism and into the 21st century. (Pages 258-259)

62275:

FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN

Instructor: Daniel Cardoso Llach

This course takes computers outside the box and outlines a journey of discovery, revealing computation as the connective tissue encompassing multiple facets of architectural practice and experience. (Pages 136, 137, 138, 377)

48324:

UNDERGRADUATE STRUCTURES/ STATICS

Instructor: Irving Oppenheim

In this course we examine structural types, structural behavior, material behavior and construction constraints that underlie our design of buildings, emphasizing the need for a designer to envision a complete 3-D structure.

3RD, 4TH & 5TH YEARS

48305: ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO — INTEGRATION II

Instructors: Azadeh Sawyer, Erica Cochran Hameen, Stefani Danes, Lori Fitzgerald, Joshua D. Lee

The Advanced Construction Studio focuses on the detailed development and refinement of architectural design as informed by the integration of structural, enclosure, environmental and material systems and the process of construction. (Pages 86-87, 199, 203, 256-257, 279, 282-283, 285, 287, 298-299, 312-313, 344, 368, 370, 392, 402-403, 415, 436, 457)

48380/48658

A3: REAL ESTATE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

Instructor: Valentina Vavasis

This course investigates the real estate development process, both from the point of view of the architect and the point of view of the developer. It helps students to understand how financial, economic

and political issues may affect their design practices.

48383/48648:

ETHICS AND DECISION MAKING IN ARCHITECTURE

Instructor: Valentina Vavasis

This course investigates ethics for architecture and the built environment. The course covers ethics as a discipline and how to identify an ethical issue and work through an ethical problem. On a global scale, it addresses the historic intertwining of architecture and capital.

48381/48649:

ISSUES OF PRACTICE

Instructor: William Bates

This course introduces students to the realm of architectural professional practice, focusing on the overlay of design within the context of the client’s role and the architect’s responsibilities in competent architectural project and practice management. The course introduces students to fundamental principles of business planning, risk management and regulatory constraints and legal responsibilities.

48497: PRE-THESIS

Instructor: Kai Gutschow

The primary aim of this course is to hatch and develop a beginning proposal for a professional architectural design thesis or independent project.

48692:

SHAPING LIGHT THROUGH SIMULATION AND VIRTUAL REALITY

Instructor: Azadeh Sawyer

The intent of this course is to provide the tools necessary for an effective integration of light in the design process of buildings. The course introduces the fundamentals of lighting design and emphasizes their relevance in effective design. It provides an in-depth view of how simulation and VR technology can support the design of comfortable and high-performance buildings. (Pages 318-319)

ADVANCED SYNTHESIS OPTION STUDIOS (ASOS)

The Advanced Synthesis Option Studios (ASOS) are verticallyintegrated advanced studios that encourage interdisciplinary collaboration from the arts and technology, research and design, and large scale urban and ecological thinking, to detailed investigations of materials, fabrication strategies and form strategies — the heart of the CMU and SoA experience.

48410/48510: ADVANCED SYNTHESIS

OPTION STUDIO II — RADICAL FOOD: FROM THE GLOBAL TO THE GUT

Instructor: Sarosh Anklesaria

The goal of the studio is to unpack the analogous relationships

between the futures of food systems and architecture, to situate these as counter arguments to the industrial-agricultural complex and use the context of Pittsburgh as a laboratory for these experiments.(Pages 122-123, 124-125, 126-127, 194-195, 358, 399)

48410/48510: ADVANCED SYNTHESIS

OPTION STUDIO II — CLOTHESLINE_ BORDERLINE, DE-COLONIZING THE BODY.

Instructor: Mary-Lou Arscott

This studio examines the politics, economics and sustainability of the protective layer of textiles that we place on our human bodies. The studio looks at the history of fabric manufacturing in relation to colonial power and establishes principles to shape attitudes towards our bodies and to the cleaning and repair of its coverings. The studio takes on a radical analysis of attitudes to domestic life, to gender and to capitalism. (Pages 16, 75, 207, 244-245, 278, 323, 398, 416, 418, 444)

48410/48510: ADVANCED SYNTHESIS

OPTION STUDIO II — DESIGN/BUILD THOREAU CABIN

Instructor: Liza Cruze

This studio considers Thoreau’s essay—so much of it about his own design/build experience—in today’s context. Collectively, the studio

designs a cabin to meet the high standards of sustainability set by Eden Hall. After a round of prototyping, testing and design development, the studio creates a set of construction documents and shop drawings. (Pages 36-37, 164-165, 356)

48410: ADVANCED SYNTHESIS

OPTION STUDIO II — LITHOPIC HOUSE: ECOLOGIES OF EARTHEN MATTER

Instructor: Dana Cupkova

Building upon concepts of material and urban ecologies, circular waste streams and synthetic natures, this studio is loosely based on the competition framework announced by The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) knowledge community: HERE+NOW: A House for the 21st Century International Student Design Competition. (Pages 38-39, 246, 446-447)

48410/48510/48660/48776: ADVANCED SYNTHESIS OPTION STUDIO II — COOPERATIVE HOUSING FOR THE 2000-WATT SOCIETY

Instructor: Stefan Gruber

The studio explores cooperative ownership and the 2000-Watt Society model as a way to house the future world population of 10 billion and designing more equitable, inclusive, self-determined and resilient

communities. It envisions new typologies of collective living and working in Pittsburgh’s Polish Hill. (Pages 118-119, 120-121)

48410/48510: ADVANCED SYNTHESIS

OPTION STUDIO II — SMOKETOWN: THE OTHER GREAT BLACK RENAISSANCE, AN ALTERNATE-REALITY AUGUST WILSON CENTER

Instructor: Hal Hayes

This studio is based in an alternative history where Pittsburgh’s Lower Hill District was not bulldozed, the heart of its black community was not eviscerated and the collapse of its industrial economy did not drive a large segment of that population away. Instead, the physical, social and cultural fabric of the Hill District is intact and continues to thrive, partaking fully in the Pittsburgh Renaissance. (Pages 328-329, 374-375)

48410/48510: ADVANCED SYNTHESIS

OPTION STUDIO II — INTENSIVITY

Instructor: Trevor Ryan Patt

This studio argues that urban properties are intensive and can be identified at all scales, even those smaller than a building. In particular, it works on thickening the moment of interface between architecture and urbanism by identifying and analyzing urban forces and focusing them in concentrated moments

on the threshold between interior and exterior. (Pages 30-31, 168, 348-349)

48410/48510:

ADVANCED SYNTHESIS OPTIONS STUDIO I — COMMONING THE CITY

Instructors: Stefan Gruber (Fall)/ Jonathan Kline (Spring)

This year-long research-based design studio is focused on bottom-up transformation of cities and explores how designers and planners can tap into the selforganizing behavior of cities in order to empower citizens to claim their right to the city. (Pages 66-67, 78-79, 217, 272-273, 362-363, 376, 406, 429, 438-439, 442-443)

48419/519:

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO — THESIS II

Instructors: Heather Bizon, Sarah Rafson

An architectural thesis is a proposition. A proposition that results from a critique and reexamination of the role of architecture as a critical participant in the conditioning of (public) space. A thesis demands that the student take a position and have something to say, something to contribute to the ongoing discourse in the widening sphere of architecture. (Pages 22, 24-25, 83, 84-85, 128-129, 182-183, 184, 274-275, 276-277, 407, 452)

48359:

SOA ELECTIVES

DESIGN BUILD/BUILDING SYSTEMS

Instructor: Liza Cruze

Students in this seminar collectively assemble a catalog that inventories options for the building systems for cabins on Chatham University’s Eden Hall Campus. With the help of outside guests and lab-oriented exercises, students design the structure and building systems for cabins, diagram their assembly process and put together a detailed cost estimate for construction.

48367:

MATERIAL HISTORIES

Instructor: Francesca Torello

This seminar looks at the history of the architecture of the last two centuries by following the thread of the history of materials. We discuss the ways in which buildings of the past and the practice of architecture were affected by the materials available, how they were produced the craft required to work them, and how architects have interpreted, manipulated or added to the meaning of materials through their own work. We critically assess the consequences of the choices we make as designers and engage with the presence of history as a layer of complexity embedded in the material itself.

(Pages 104-105)

48440:

AMERICAN REGIONS & REGIONALISM — AN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF PEOPLE, PLACE, AND PERIOD

Instructor: Diane Shaw

This course examines the ways in which the interactions of people, place and period have created distinctive regional patterns. It focuses on the periods before the 20th century, when the forces of vernacular traditions were strongest, but also makes forays into more recent trends of regionalism as an aesthetic choice, a theoretical stance and an intentional placemaking device.

48442: HISTORY OF ASIAN ARCHITECTURE

Instructor: Katheryn Linduff

The development of Indian, Chinese, Korean and Japanese architecture was guided by both originality and assimilation. This course introduces the evolution of urban spaces and the function of the architecture within them. It examines the impact of indigenous philosophical principles on the organization of villages, capital cities and religious centers.

48328/48737: DETAILING ARCHITECTURE(S)

Instructor: Gerard Damiani

This course examines the role of the architectural detail

in the formation/thematic development of a work of architecture and how the detail reinforces the theoretical position of the architect. (Pages 316-317)

48355:

PERSPECTIVE

Instructor: Douglas Cooper

This course emphasizes freehand drawing in general and freehand perspective technique in particular. It develops understandings of perspective first in figurative drawing exercises and then transfers them to drawings of buildings and other architectonic objects.

48470:

DEPTH OF SURFACE

Instructor: Scott Smith

This course consists of a series of exercises (projects) based on the ideas of surface, sandwiching, layering, exterior and interior, concealment and reveal-ment, and strength gathered from sandwiching. (Page 247)

adapts in real time to activities within it. In these teams, students work across disciplines to integrate technical and aesthetic frameworks for sensing, analysis and feedback of human activity in intelligent and augmented spaces. (Page 437)

48545/48745:

DESIGN FABRICATION

Instructor: José Pertierra-Arrojo

This course serves as an introduction to digital fabrication methods through an applied overview of the resources available in the SoA’s Design Fabrication Lab. (Page 187)

48770:

LEARNING MATTERS — EXPLORING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

Instructor: Ardavan Bidgoli

48548/48758:

RESPONSIVE MOBILE ENVIRONMENTS

Instructor: Daragh Byrne

This course introduces foundational theories, methods and techniques that range across the aesthetic, the human-centered and the technical. Students apply this knowledge by working in teams to collaboratively prototype a responsive environment that

With the recent blooming of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) came a renewed interest in how these technologies may impact architecture and other creative practices. This course introduces students to this emerging field, giving them the tools to make their own ML-based design tools by adapting state-of-the-art models, developing new models and understanding how data shapes machine learning processes. (Page 132)

48773:

EMERGING MEDIA — URBAN DESIGN COMPUTATION

Instructor: Nicolas Azel

This course introduces computation for urban design through the use of geospatial data, design scripting and neighborhood-scale scenario planning.

48363:

URBAN DESIGN MEDIA

Instructor: Trevor Ryan Patt

This design seminar expands on the notions of data and analysis that have come to occupy a fundamental entry point of contemporary understandings of urbanism and urban design. It discusses the ways in which cities are organized and communicated as information through quantitative data, graphic maps and spatial models.

48-569: GIS/CAFM

Instructor: Kristen Kurland

This course includes lectures, computer labs and a project using the leading desktop GIS software ArcGIS Pro from Esri, Inc. (Page 423)

be instrumental in returning cultural expression to the building skin. With a focus on the topics that define the ecological turn and how to manifest them through form, technique, and material, the seminar culminates in a collective project.

48372:

TECHNOPOP ARCHITECTURE — SYSTEMS OF TECHNOLOGICAL INCLUSION

Instructor: Kyriaki Goti

This course explores architectural strategies that enable intuitive making in virtual environments. Students develop speculative architectural scenarios that make advanced fabrication methods accessible, affordable and inclusive. (Page 137)

48336: ARCHITECTURE AND RESISTANCE — OF EMPOWERMENT AND ECOLOGICAL THINKING

Instructor: Sarosh Anklesaria

In this course, students develop a foundational understanding of key concepts of contemporary relevance that frame the relationships between architecture, society and ecology.

48369:

TERRA-COTTA ASSEMBLIES — CULTURAL EXPRESSION AND CLIMATE

CHANGE

Instructor: Laura Garófalo

This seminar speculates that by merging communication with environmental performance, a material like terra-cotta can

48175/62175:

DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY

Instructor: Ramesh Krishnamurti

Descriptive geometry deals with manually solving problems in threedimensional geometry through working with two-dimensional planes using these basic mechanical tools.

CFA ELECTIVES

62408/62708 & 62418/62718: THEATER ARCHITECTURE I & II

Instructors: Hal Hayes, Dick Block

This seminar explores architectural design process, design specialization and project development through the typology of theaters. Students study pre-design methodology, professional team structure, expert consultants’ roles and design coordination. We also study theater specific systems, occupancy and structural issues.

62528/62728: OF QUARANTINES AND SANITARY ENCLAVES — THE SPATIAL POLITICS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE

Instructor: Nida Rehman

Architectural spaces, infrastructures, landscapes, urban environments nd national territories are deeply intertwined with experiences and understandings of epidemic disease. This advanced seminar offers critical perspectives on the spatial politics and built environments of infectious disease and public health.

phenomena and derived from computational design and artificial intelligence can lead to novel design solutions. The course fosters students’ capacity to computationally formulate design problems with an emphasis on the synthesis of design alternatives.

GRADUATE

48637: GRADUATE STRUCTURES/STATICS

Instructor: Irving Oppenheim

This course examines structural types, structural behavior, material behavior and construction constraints that underlie our design of buildings, emphasizing the need for a designer to envision a complete 3-D structure.

48640: M.ARCH STUDIO — INTEGRATION II

Instructor: Matthew Huber

The Advanced Construction Studio focuses on the detailed development and refinement of architectural design as informed by the integration of structural, enclosure, environmental and material systems and the process of construction. (Pages 215, 340)

62706:

GENERATIVE SYSTEMS FOR DESIGN

Instructors: Ramesh Krishnamurti, Pedro Veloso

This course shows how techniques inspired by natural and urban

48677: URBAN LAND INSTITUTE (ULI) HINES COMPETITION

Instructor: Valentina Vavasis

This competition and course allows cross-disciplinary teams of graduate students to work

Courses

collaboratively to create a complex urban design and real estate proposal that addresses a real site in North America as part of the prestigious Urban Land Institute (ULI) Hines competition held January 11-25, 2021.

48706: URBAN DESIGN STUDIO II — URBAN SYSTEMS

Instructor: Nida Rehman

This studio considers the built environment and environmental justice through the lens of Pittsburgh’s air. Specifically, it asks how urban design (and architecture and planning) might engage with and help mitigate the causes and effects of contaminated air, with attention to how the effects of toxic atmospheres on frontline communities have been shaped by uneven development and systemic racism. (Pages 366-367)

48718/48650: ADVANCED SYNTHESIS OPTION STUDIO I —

COMMONING THE CITY

Instructors: Stefan Gruber (Fall)/ Jonathan Kline (Spring)

This year-long research-baseddesign studio is focused on bottom-up transformation of cities and explores how designers and planners can tap into the selforganizing behavior of cities in order to empower citizens to claim their right to the city.

48711:

PARADIGMS OF RESEARCH IN ARCHITECTURE

Instructor: Joshua D. Lee

This course provides an introduction to a wide range of research strategies—including experimental, simulation, qualitative, correlational, interpretivehistorical, logical argumentation, case study and mixed methods— which can be used across a wide spectrum of knowledge production.

48712: ISSUES OF GLOBAL URBANIZATION

Instructor: Stefan Gruber

This seminar investigates the future of cities focusing on three existential challenges of our urban age: the escalating environmental crisis, growing social inequity and technological dislocation.

48713: MUD URBAN ECOLOGY

Instructor: Christine Mondor

This course examines the shifting regimes of urban ecology and equips students with skills and core concepts that enable them to lead or contribute to transition through design.

48715: MSCD PRE-THESIS I

Instructor: Daragh Byrne

This seminar introduces graduate students in Computational Design to the rudiments of graduatelevel academic research and offers a space to discuss inchoate

research methods, questions and projects in the field. It emphasizes the materialities and socio-technical infrastructures of computing. (Page 385)

48720:

PLANNING BY DESIGN — CAMPUSES, WATERFRONTS, DISTRICTS, AND CITIES

Instructor: Ray Gastil

This course focuses on the connection between urban design decisions and the challenges of urban planning and development, based on the premise that a better understanding of this relationship will contribute to critical knowledge, policy and practice for a robust, equitable and forwardlooking urbanism responsive to the unprecedented density of urbanization, interaction and information in the 21st century.

48721:

BUILDING CONTROLS AND DIAGNOSTICS

Instructor: Ömer T. Karagüzel

This course leverages students’ theoretical knowledge of energy and environmental performance assessment methods with a hands-on approach, which addresses research-grade concepts of building controls and diagnostics through actual building case studies and the application of field measurement techniques.

48722:

BUILDING PERFORMANCE MODELING

Instructor: Ömer T. Karagüzel

This course focuses on conceptual foundations and practical applications of advanced and integrated whole-building energy simulation programs with an emphasis on architectural building envelope systems, mechanical electrical building systems and their controls, and building integrated solar photovoltaic power systems.

48723: ADVANCED BUILDING SYSTEMS INTEGRATION FOR PERFORMANCE

Instructor: Azizan Abdul-Aziz

This course introduces methods and approaches that provide fundamental scientific, technological and ecological opportunities in building design for a more sustainable future. Students learn about innovative building systems in working towards an integrated and multidisciplinary design practice.

48752:

ZERO-ENERGY HOUSING

Instructor: Nina Baird

This graduate-level course explores the requirements and strategies for achieving successful net-zero multifamily housing. It considers the design approaches, codes, policy, technology and energy

infrastructure that support net-zero or carbon-neutral performance.

48756: PROJECT PLANNING AND REPORTING

Instructors: Gerrod Winston, Najeeb Hameen

This course exposes students to advanced project scheduling methods and familiarizes them with the primary reporting practices as performed in the construction industry, such as change management, resource charts and project status reports.

48759: VALUE-BASED DESIGN

Instructor: William Bates

This course begins with an in-depth exploration of the fundamentals of project values, incentives, motivations and the diverse (and sometimes conflicting) perspectives of a project’s stakeholders. It is built around the evaluation of Value-Based Design (VBD) in three case-study projects from the Pittsburgh area. The projects offer examples of the influential power of a project’s design and construction team to address the needs of both public and private stakeholders.

48795 A3/48795 A4: LEED, GREEN DESIGN, AND BUILDING RATING IN GLOBAL CONTEXT

Instructor: Nina Baird

This graduate-level mini-course uses the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system and other global rating systems for communities, infrastructure and buildings as vehicles to gain perspective about the interpretation of sustainable design around the world.

48781: SPATIAL ANALYSIS IN INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING

Instructor: Kristen Kurland This course includes lectures, computer labs and a project using the leading desktop GIS software ArcGIS Pro from Esri, Inc.

48700: PRACTICUM

Instructor(s): Various The MSAECM program requires an internship, so CPT will enable an F1 student to complete the required internship.

48703: MASTER’S PROJECT

Instructor(s): Various Master’s Project allows opportunities for M.A. students to pursue a project related to their academic interests.

48736: MASTER’S INDEPENDENT STUDY

Instructor(s): Various Independent Study allows Master’s students to pursue self-directed study with a

faculty advisor pending written approval of the faculty member and the track chair.

48769: THESIS/PROJECT

Instructor(s): Various Classes provide both depth and breadth, while the culminating thesis project allows students the opportunity to narrow their research focus to a topic of personal and professional interest. (Page 341)

48791: M.S.

PROJECT

Instructor(s): Various M.S. Project allows opportunities for M.S. students to pursue a project related to their academic interests.

48792:

PHD INDEPENDENT STUDY

Instructor(s): Various Independent Study allows opportunities for PhD students to pursue self-directed study with a faculty advisor pending written approval of the faculty member and the committee chair.

48-793:

PHD THESIS

Instructor(s): Various In the thesis proposal phase, the PhD student completes the preliminary research needed to plan a course of action leading to a successful dissertation on a selected topic. The thesis proposal must be publicly

defended. This phase ends when the thesis proposal is accepted, whereupon the doctoral candidate is deemed to be in all but dissertation (ABD) status. (Pages 19, 23, 44, 50, 68, 82, 178, 186, 198, 243, 271, 284, 371, 393, 422, 445)

Double Cabin, Spring 2021, 48410, Design/Build Thoreau Cabin

Daniel Noh

Assembly, Spring 2021, 48410, Intensivities

Render, Fall 2020, 48500, Design for Social Justice

Edward Fischer

Infographic, Fall 2020, 48500, Design for Social Justice

Eesha Nagpal

A House as a Small City, Spring 2021, 48105, Studio: Foundations

Elena Marzina

Fall 2020, 48500, The Art of Environmental Control

Robotic Technologies and Reconfiguration of Work in Building Design and Construction

This dissertation investigates the ways robotic technologies reconfigure work in building design and construction. Through archival research, oral history interviews and ethnography, the research engages with historical and contemporary sites of robotics research, design and making to examine how robotic systems inscribe aspirations to reconfigure work. By examining the social and technical side of robotics together, I aim to produce a historical and an ethnographic account on robotics design, automation and work related to building design and construction. Through ethnography, the research also engages with sites of deployment to trace work interactions among disciplines, actors and robotic systems as well as distinct work configurations shaped by these systems. With that, I hope to redirect our attention from speculating future scenarios of building with robotic technologies to understanding everyday work via and around them. To reveal work interactions, the research uses computational techniques, such as data science, physical computing and software interventions to produce sociotechnical research methods and tools. With this methodological approach, I depart from a particular focus in computational design research on expanding the building design professionals’ skillset, and I intend to use computation as a vehicle to understand these professionals’ everyday work.

Emily Franco

Spring 2021, 48205, Elaboration I

Manifesting Identities: Memory, Myth and Legacy in African America: Breathe, Spring 2021, 48519, Thesis II/Independent Project

The Dilemma of Future Architecture in Rwanda, Spring 2021, 48519, Thesis II/Independent Project

Northern Flying Squirrel Habitat, Fall 2020, 48100, Foundation I: Critical Cyborg

Development of a Global Data Center Infrastructure Systems Model Bound by the

System’s End-to-End Life Cycle

Data centers (DCs) are critical for modern society. They house information technology (IT) hardware and store data for financial institutions, social media accounts, entertainment portals and virtual meeting forums amongst many other things. DCs are global-scale systems. Within these systems, each DC’s size can be as large as a college campus and consume 100 times the amount of electrical energy every hour as residential facilities do in a day. Given their growing demand, it is extremely important to develop a global level modeling framework to help make DC design decisions that comprehensively account for the total costs of ownership (TCO) of DCs inclusive of capital and operational costs.

As a framework for comprehensive TCOs, this dissertation provides two contributions to DC designers. The first is the affirmation that characterizing DC costs requires a modular approach. The second contribution is shown through the coupling of the network-driven workloads and the building energy simulations. The research proves the feasibility of inverse cooling plant controls; where the chiller operational point can be kept at a constant load by varying the IT power loads for batch tasks. Opportunistic varying of batch tasks allows over-subscription of workloads when the cooling plant is at conventional part loads.

ARDAVAN BIDGOLI

AZADEH SAWYER

AZIZAN ABDUL-AZIZ CHRISTINE MONDOR

DICK BLOCK DOUG COOPER EDDY MAN KIM EMEK ERDOLU

DANA CUPKOVA

DANIEL CARDOSO LLACH DARAGH BYRNE DIANE SHAW

ERICA

COCHRAN HAMEEN

FRANCESCA

TORELL0

GERARD DAMIANI

GERROD WINSTON

PAUL OSTERGAARD PEDRO VELOSO

KYRIAKI

MARY-LOU ARSCOTT

OMAR KHAN

RAMESH KRISHNAMURTI

Render, Fall 2020, 48400, Boreal Lamination

Impact of Benchmarking and Transparency Ordinances on Stakeholder Interactions and Building Energy Efficiency

A growing number of cities in the United States have been developing climate action plans to mitigate climate change contributors from the built environment, including transportation, buildings and manufacturing. With buildings consuming 40% of the U.S. total energy, ordinances and policies specifically catering to energy efficiency of buildings is becoming increasingly important. This dissertation first highlights the intricacies of the implementations of benchmarking ordinances and how they created a high volume of new interactions among stakeholders at different scales. This was achieved through interviews with over 60 stakeholder groups, including federal agencies, local governments, non profits organizations and utility companies. Using the holistic data from the stakeholder interviews, correlational statistics was performed to determine the relationship between this increased knowledge transfer and the momentum toward sustainability and local energy efficiency efforts. Lastly, the benefits of benchmarking ordinances regarding energy efficiency improvements were evaluated by comparing for the first time the change in ENERGYSTAR score in cities with benchmarking ordinances before and after the first deadline of the ordinances. The findings of this dissertation will establish quantified benefits that cities with existing benchmarking and transparency ordinances can utilize to justify their climate action plan. Additionally, it creates a roadmap for meeting climate action and energy efficiency goals for cities considering benchmarking and transparency ordinances.

Project 2, Spring 2021, 48205, Studio: Elaboration II

B.Arch 2023

Giulia Giampapa

Sketch, Spring 2021, 48305, Integration II

B.Arch 2024

Graana Khan

Project 2, Spring 2021, 48205, Elaboration II

Grace Kolosek

Wanying Hou

B.Arch 2021

Spring 2021, 48410, Clothesline_Borderline, Decolonizing the Body

Grace

Grace Zhong

Spring Garden Hostel, Spring 2021, 48205, Elaboration II

Charcoal Drawing, Spring 2021, 62126, Drawing II

Graham Murtha

Hannah Haytko-Desalvo

Axonometric, Spring 2021, 48205, Elaboration II

2022

Spring 2021, 48640, M.Arch Studio: Integration II

MUD 2021

Sanhe Reimagination, Spring 2021, 48410, Commoning the City

Henry von Rintelen

Art/Process/Speculation, Spring 2021, 48105, Studio: Foundations II

Project 3, Fall 2020, 48545, Design Fabrication

Fall 2020, 48500, The Art of Environmental Control

Barn Swallow Habitat, Fall 2020, 48100, Foundation I: Critical Cyborg

I began my headship of the School of Architecture (SoA) last summer at the height of two contrasting social phenomena: a once-in-a-century pandemic (or so we hope) and a mobilizing social justice movement. One forced us to stay home and physically isolate ourselves from one another, and the other invited us to take to the streets in solidarity with Black Lives Matter.

As an architect and educator interested in the construction of public space, it was clear that a transformation of the public sphere was afoot, and many of our assumptions and predictions about social life in the future were radically changing. As the new head of the school, it became clear that any plan or mission that I may have wanted to inaugurate

at the beginning of my tenure was premature. Instead, we needed to take stock of our current moment and open a more fundamental conversation about what architectural education at CMU should be in the 21st century. What were our school’s strengths? Where could we make a real impact? What were we deficient in and required new capacity? And how were we to develop a plan for the future in a time of rapid change?

Addressing questions like these requires taking stock of our strengths. Part of my excitement in joining the SoA stemmed from the amazing diversity of undergraduate and graduate programs we offer. We cover a large territory for a single school; everything from bachelors to PhD degrees under one roof. We are established leaders in computation and building science — consequential areas that allow us to critically address the immediate challenges facing architecture from artificial intelligence and climate change. Likewise, we have a wonderful history of community-engaged design that provides us a base to address the problems of social justice in the built environment. We must follow this last year's global outcry against racial and economic inequities in society by developing a more ethical focus in architectural education.

To build on these strengths, we spent the past year discussing our pedagogy — what we teach, how we teach, where we teach and how we are creating an inclusive environment of learning. The result was Pedagogies 2020 (see p.330), a year-long strategic planning process to review our mission, values and programs. Through conversations with faculty, staff and students, we identified ways to better organize the school’s governance that would allow for greater faculty and student participation, and also to align our pedagogy to meet the challenges students will be facing in the profession.

Pedagogies 2020 rests on three pillars: Fundamentals, Design Research and Race & Inclusion. Its approach is an effort to begin conversation across the silos that emerge in a school as diverse as ours. It is an effort to see overlaps and to problematize the relationships between disparate parts of our discipline. What are the design fundamentals that students should know to perform as architects in this diverse and rapidly changing world? How should we be teaching these fundamentals? The complexity of making architecture is not just about form-giving, but involves negotiating and organizing different parameters, many of which are outside our control. Research provides us insight into these areas and ways to incorporate new knowledge into design practice. Being at one of the foremost technological research universities, and having robust research programs ourselves, we have the opportunity to develop a unique take on design research. Could we not imagine a formative dialogue between design and research developed across our programs? Could it help us define a more synthetic way to practice in the future?

Finally, as we look to the future with confidence, we need to reflect on our past shortcomings. As a discipline, architecture’s responsibility to humanity and to the cause of social equity has been woefully inadequate. How do we deal with the legacy of post colonialism and the injustices faced by our own Black and Brown communities? How do we formulate an ethical position

in architecture that serves the majority of humanity? How do we make the cause of social justice more part of fundamental design teaching?

Formulating pedagogical positions in response to these questions has been the impetus of this year. The process we went through as a school was intense, involving many meetings and focused discussions. Curricularly, few changes have been made, but a new governance structure has been inaugurated that will help us collectively work on needed reforms. I’m now assisted by four amazing faculty who will support our undergraduate and graduate programs and guide the school’s research, community engagement and facilities improvements with the aim of making our students’ learning experience more fulfilling and consequential. They are Professor Mary-Lou Arscott, Associate Head for Design Fundamentals; Professor Joshua Bard, Associate Head for Design Research; Professor Kai Gutschow, Associate Head for Design Ethics; and Professor Erica Cochran Hameen, Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. With these new positions we are aiming to make what we have work better, create the capacity to enact changes and, most importantly, give more agency to our students in their education. There is much excitement internally at the SoA; we just have to create a framework that allows us to rethink what this amazing school is and can do — and also to give others access to the great work that is going on here.

Omar Khan

Fall 2020, 62125, Drawing 1

Final, Fall 2020, 48545, Design Fabrication

Critical Composition and Formal Analysis of a Work of Art: Chen Wen Hsi, Spring 2021, 48105, Studio: Foundations II

2025

A House as a Small City, Spring 2021, 48105, Studio: Foundations II

Spring 2021, Project 1 Plan, 48205, Elaboration II

Chiaroscuro, Spring 2021, 62126, Drawing II — Drawing and Appearance

Jamie Espinosa

Project 1, Spring 2021, Ecology Collage, 48205, Elaboration II

Data-driven Morphological Analysis on Architectural and Urban Form

Using statistical and computational methods can allow us to discover complex features of architectural and urban form and its interaction with social, economic, political, cultural and historical contexts. It is assumed that form is another representation of space and an entity that mutually influences its context. Within this assumption, differently considered, handled and translated urban contexts in architectural and urban form analysis can provoke the emergence of new understandings of city space.

Developing new data formats for encoding urban and architectural information, this dissertation investigates the potential of the data formats to enable new kinds of analysis that put in conversation the urban and the architectural scale. They include urban and architectural form information with both formal and social contexts that enhance the representation of features of space. Artificial neural networks will be employed to capture patterns of the data. Statistically and visually examining the patterns will contribute to uncovering new knowledge of urban space. This analytical method can be applied to investigate spatial characteristics of different cities by executing comparative analysis on the data from different cities. By this, I demonstrate, re-discover and re-view the potential of architectural and urban form as a medium expanding the toolkit of urban architecture studies.

Reclaiming Body, Spring 2021, 48410, Clothesline_Borderline: Decolonizing the Body

Juhi Dhanesha

Plywood Topography, Angled Laminations, Vac-Veneered Vessel, Spring 2021, 48470, The Depth of Surface

Fall 2020, 48763, Protean Systems: Sustainable Solutions for Uncertain Futures

M.Arch 2022

Kashmala Imtiaz

Beijing

CMU 48241 “Modern Arch” S’21, Prof. Kai Gutschow

Other Name(s): China Museum of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities

Location: Tiananmen Square, Beijing Date(s): Designed in 1957; finished construction in 1959 Architect(s): Zhang Bo

Description / Important Facts

The Cultural Palace of Nationalities is a museum built by the government in 1956 to showcase the central government’s harmonious relationship with the various ethnic minorities in China. The building was constructed in the most central district of Beijing with the Forbidden City and other important government facilities nearby. Built as part of a capital-wide building project called the Ten Great Buildings, this building’s original purpose was to provide an exhibition and museum space displaying the diversity of the 56 different ethnicities of China. In the present day, besides the museum spaces, it also contains an art institute, a library, a theatre , an office for the Society of Annals of Nationalities Issues and a gift shop that sells products made by China’s minority groups. The theatre is the most prominent part of the building, which is located on the side of the right wing of the building. It was commissioned by the Chinese Communist Party to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The entire structure was built in under a year to demonstrate China’s industrial and economic progress corresponding with Mao’s policy of the Great Leap Forward. Thus, the building was constructed from more modern materials such as reinforced concrete and ceramic tiles.These Ten Great buildings, including the Cultural Palace of Nationalities were an attempt by Chinese architects to create an architectural style that combined modernist architecture with Chinese characteristics for Mao’s “New China”. In terms of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities, the building used many traditional elements of Chinese architecture. The most endearing example of this would be the porcelain blue gabled roof that was placed atop the main tower that dominates the centre of the building. The gabled roof on top is also partially supported by an ancient Chinese architectural system called Dougong, which involves interlacing wooden beams together. The main tower also evokes the form of a pagoda, with its form being stacked vertically upwards. Besides the traditional architectural elements used, this massive structure was also built to make a political statement. The main tower is flanked on equally proportioned wings, which evokes a sense of stability and balance. The entire building almost acts as a progression from a lower, wider base that slowly builds up towards the gabled roof of the building, giving an impression that the tower is thrusting upwards into the sky. This upwards movement gives the building an epic scale, a feeling of superiority.

(by Kevin Yao, May.10, 2021)

Recursive Mesh Subdivision, Fall 2020, 48724, Scripting and Parametric Design

Project 2, Spring 2021, 48205, Elaboration II, Library Collage

Lecture Series

Poster design: Kyle Wing, B.Arch 2018

SPIKE WOLFF Curator and Administrative Director, SoA Lecture Series

MARIA LISOGORSKAYA Assemble Collaborations

09 November 2020, Alan H Rider Distinguished Lecture, presented in conjunction with “The Fabricated Landscape” on view 19 June 2021–17 Jan 2022 at the Heinz Architectural Center at Carnegie Museum of Art

REFRAMING UTOPIAS: ARCHITECTURE AND POWER, EQUITY AND JUSTICE

Toni Griffin & Shawn Rickenbacker 11 November 2020

16 November 2020 Spring 2021

PASCALE

SABLAN

Beyond the Built Environment I Was Asked to Stand 15 February 2021, Alan H Rider Distinguished Lecture

MICHAEL STONE-RICHARDS Critical Practice Ôand Visual Studies, College for Creative Studies

Negation, Disavowal, and the Ethics of Attention: Between Solange Faladé and Stanley Cavell 22 February 2021, Alan H Rider Distinguished Lecture

SAROSH ANKLESARIA T. David Fitz-Gibbon Professor Of Architecture / Carnegie Mellon University Agency and Its Affects

REFRAMING UTOPIAS: RADICAL ANXIETY / RADICAL FUTURES

PASCALE SABLAN & MICHAEL STONE-RICHARDS

01 March 2021

PAUL LEWIS

LTL Architects

LTL Through Section

08 March 2021, Alan H Rider Distinguished Lecture, cosponsored by Campus Design and Facility Development

STEVE KIERAN

Kieran Timberlake

FULLNESS: The Art of the Whole

22 March 2021, Alan H Rider Distinguished Lecture, cosponsored by Campus Design and Facility Development

SARAH LEWIS

History of Art and Architecture, African American Studies, Harvard

Groundwork: Race and Aesthetics in the Era of Stand Your Ground Law

29 March 2021, Hans Vetter Memorial Lecture

REFRAMING UTOPIAS: INQUIRY, EVOLUTION, AND THE ETHICS OF PRACTICE

PAUL LEWIS & STEVE KIERAN

12 April 2021

Fall 2020, 48200, Elaboration I

Exploring the Role of Project Priority on the Application of Project Delivery Practices in a Group of Multiple Projects

The aim of this dissertation is to explore the influence of project priority on the application of project delivery practices and further the effects of those adopted practices on project performance and overall GrMP. Project management literature is primarily divided into two major sections, i.e., single project management/ delivery and portfolio management. Single project management investigations view and analyze projects as stand-alone. In comparison, portfolio management literature analyzes the projects within the overall organizational structure. It was at the cusp of these two domains that a significant gap in the literature was identified. A detailed review of the literature revealed that both the domains overlooked the effects of contextual projects on project delivery. The research utilizes a qualitative research methodology and will provide the following contributions to the AEC industry: 1) standardization of nomenclature within project portfolio management; 2) a framework to identify the effects of project level changes on the overall GrMP; and 3) a list of critical project delivery characteristics at the GrMP level.

The Anti-Loneliness Machine, Spring 2021, 48410, Commoning the City

A Healthy Environment for Aging: Housing Renovation for Improved Health, Spring 2021, 48519, Thesis II/Independent

Spring 2021, 48410, Clothesline_Borderline, De-Colonizing the Body

Early Childhood Learning Center, Wilkinsburg, Penn., Spring 2021, 48305, Integration II

Design Intents Disentanglement with Multimodal Machine Learning

Language is ambiguous; many terms and expressions convey the same idea. This is especially true in creative practice, where design intents — high-level descriptions — correspond to conceptual ideas in the process of design. These are highly entangled within objects in images and are more complex to detect than objects and stylistic attributes. Furthermore, we work with unstructured natural conversations about design objects, which normally include rejections, negations and contextual information about the designer’s philosophy that can be vaguely applied to the objects we see in images. Current machine learning models are unable to disentangle such complex relationships. In an attempt to break this ground, we explore this problem working on the ADARI — Ambiguous Design and Artistic Images — dataset. Building off of the FashionBERT architecture (Gao et al., 2020), we propose ADARIBERT, a framework for disentangling design intents. We examine a number of directions in an effort to ground design descriptions in design images. We formulate this grounding in several tasks including image-description alignment and cross-modal retrieval. Our findings underperform in cross-modal retrieval, achieve an acceptable performance in alignment tasks and show promising results in grounding design intents.

Visual: Synesthesia Watch, Fall 2020, 48739, Making Things Interactive

Melinda Looney

Melissa Cruz Rondon

Assignment 3, Spring 2021, 62123, Digital Media II

Mohammed Rahman

Section, Fall 2020, 48400, Boreal Lamination

B.Arch 2025

Nakshatra Menon

Velcro Plant, Fall 2020, 48100, Foundation I: Critical Cyborg

AUGUST 2020

21 Tustin Street adaptive reuse project published on ArchDaily. Designed and constructed by professors GERARD DAMIANI and JOSÉ PERTIERRA-ARROJO JOSÉ PERTIERRA-ARROJO with drawings by ELLEN ZHU ELLEN ZHU (B.Arch '22), ANGELA CASTELLANO (B.Arch '23) and MEGHAN PISARCIK (B.Arch '23).

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SEPTEMBER

17 TAKUMI JORDAN DAVIS (B.Arch '21, MUD '22) named to the NOMA first class of Foundation Fellows. Davis is "motivated to become a practicing architect to bring to light issues faced by underrepresented peoples."

17 SoA professors WILLIAM BATES and DR. ERICA COCHRAN HAMEEN helped write many of the initiatives in the AIAPA 2020-25 Strategic Plan, which presents new ideas to push diversity, health, equity, energy efficiency and sustainability in the profession.

27 ALUMNA MARGERY AL-CHALABI (B.A. '61) presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who.

OCTOBER

CMU senior David Perry's research explores form and motion possible in robotized garments. LEA ALBAUGH LEA ALBAUGH, a doctoral student in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute and SoA alum, oversaw Perry's work for a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF).

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1 SoA alumna LOLA BEN-ALON (PhDAECM '20) named assistant professor at Columbia University GSAPP.

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SoA faculty and alumni presented carbon management expertise at 2020 AIA/ACSA Intersections Research Conference. Professor DR. ERICA COCHRAN HAMEEN DR. ERICA COCHRAN HAMEEN was co-chair,

Top: Tustin Street adaptive reuse project. Photo by Alexander Denmarsh. Left: THE CLOUD+ LABS by Leah Wulfman.

LAURA GARÓFALO LAURA GARÓFALO appointed associate professor in the CMU SoA.

and professors BILL BATES, VIVIAN LOFTNESS VIVIAN LOFTNESS, and JOSHUA LEE, with alumni LEILA SRINIVASAN and ZOE KAUFMAN ZOE KAUFMAN, presented.

5 SoA alum AMELIA (“AMY”) ROSEN ROSEN (B.Arch '17, MSSD '17) shared their story and participated in a group discussion on architecture and the LGBTQIA+ community on a recent episode of Practice Disrupted.

12 The SoA presented a remembrance of DAVID LEWIS DAVID LEWIS, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Urban Studies at Carnegie Mellon.

16 CHRISTINE MONDOR and NICO AZEL NICO AZEL published “Acting on the Invisible: Computational Tools and Community Action in the Landscapes

16 The CMU NOMAS CMU NOMAS Chapter presented “How to Start a Revolution in Your Architecture School” at the National Organization of Minority Architects Conference. The SoA was a Gold Sponsor of the conference. (See page 009)

20 Professor BILL BATES featured in Pittsburgh Magazine for his efforts working to preserve historic buildings in Pittsburgh.

22 B.Arch alum LEAH WULFMAN (B.Arch '16) featured in Metropolis magazine article "Designers Are Exploring Ways to Introduce Users to a 'Mixed' Reality" describing a wave of artists, designers and academics who are blurring boundaries between virtual, augmented

22 DR. FRANCESCA TORELLO spoke at the symposium “ARCH/ TECTURES ARCH/VES” about how shifts in digital interfaces can change our approach to archival material and bring new and more diverse narratives to light.

29 The CMU FREEDOM BY DESIGN DESIGN chapter presented their Weatherization Kit Project at the NOMA Conference. The project received a 2020 NOMA-NAACP-SEED Award for Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Design. Check out the video now on our YouTube channel. (See page 388)

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delivered a keynote at the Tbilisi Architecture Biennial, where he discussed his research and curatorial practice on spaces of commoning with TAB founder Tinatin Gurgenidze. NOVEMBER 6

CHRISTINA

"Get Out of Your Comfort Zone: Externalization Taxonomy as an Implementation Tool for Future Designers"

GRUBER

BROWN CHRISTINA BROWN presented

at the Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment (ASCEE 2020).

Happy Stripe by SomePeople studio, led by Kyriaki Goti. Photo by Graham Cullen. Courtesy Frederick News Post.

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JOSHUA BARD has been promoted to Associate Professor and awarded indefinite tenure with the school, effective July 1, 2020. Bard is an architectural educator conducting applied research at the intersection of construction culture and robotic technology.

23 KYRIAKI GOTI KYRIAKI GOTI, visiting professor, installed a public art piece in Frederick, MD.

23 Alumna MADELINE GANNON (PhD–CD '17) featured in the 2020 CMU College of Fine Arts Magazine. Gannon is the founder of ATONATON, a Pittsburgh-based, independent research studio inventing new ways for humans to communicate with machines.

JANUARY 2021

DECEMBER

14 After more than 30 years of service as architecture librarian and archivist for CMU, the SoA bid a fond farewell to MARTIN AURAND upon his retirement. Thank you for everything, Martin!

8 Professor DR. ERICA COCHRAN HAMEEN COCHRAN HAMEEN spoke about social justice, architectural education and anti-racism with Dr. Kewesi Daniels of Tuskegee University at the inaugural Anti-Racist School of Architecture Symposium 2021.

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Congrats to the SoA winners in the 2020 AIAPA Architectural Excellence Awards: Professor CHRISTINE MONDOR CHRISTINE MONDOR's practice evolveEA, alum NICKIE CHEUNG (B.Arch '18), Professor WILLIAM BATES and CHRISTOPH ECKRICH (B.Arch '21).

23 Alumna ANDREA LOVE (B.Arch '02), principal and director of building science at Payette, featured in CMU's 2020 CFA Magazine. She works on the firm's cutting-edge sustainability work that earned the 2019 AIA National Architecture Firm Award.

10 Students at CMU’s Entertainment Technology Center developed an immersive new game honoring playwright August Wilson's legacy. The August Wilson House previously collaborated with the SoA's Urban Design Build Studio on the renovation of Wilson's childhood home into an arts center.

28 The SoA launched a CMU Crowdfunding campaign to help fund the David Lewis Community Engagement Design Scholarship, which supports SoA students working with diverse communities who are committed to social justice and community service.

28 Congrats to Professor KRISTEN KURLAND KRISTEN KURLAND, selected to serve a three-year term on the Mapping Science Committee of NASEM, which promotes the informed and responsible development and use of spatial data for the benefit of society.

FEBRUARY

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PROFESSOR VIVIAN LOFTNESS awarded 2021 ARCC James Haecker Award for Distinguished Leadership in Architectural Research by Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC), recognizing outstanding contributions to growth of research in architecture.

19 Professor NIDA REHMAN published “Primary Materials: Reading Lahore's Disobedient Landscape” in Duke Press’ Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East issue, “Architecture as a Form of Knowledge,” guest edited by Anooradha Siddiqi. She also co-edited the new book, "Crowdsourcing, Constructing and Collaborating: Methods and Social Impacts of Mapping the World Today," a collection of essays on crowdsourcing and mapping as tools for social, environmental and political change.

of Social Architecture” in DeArq on the coupling of architectural and nation-building projects

22 Professor STEFANI DANES has been elevated to The College of Fellows of AIA for her notable contributions to the advancement of the profession of architecture.

26 Professors DANIEL CARDOSO LLACH and NIDA REHMAN co-authored “Magical Modernism: Latin American Urbanisms and the Imaginary

amid the political and spatial landscapes of Colombia.

26 Congratulations to VICTORIA ACEVEDO (UDREAM 2014), Assoc. AIA, on becoming the President of NOMA Pgh for 2021–2022.

26 Alumnus MARK CHAMBERS (B.Arch '01) has been appointed Senior Director for Building Emissions for the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Chambers led the charge to make NYC the world’s greenest and most equitable big city. "Fighting climate change and systemic inequality isn't about preserving our way of life. It's about changing the way we live," he says.

26 A team from CMU SoA, Tepper School of Business and Heinz College won honorable mention at ULI Hines Competition. Their project, “The KC Knot,” offer a vision of socioeconomic and racial diversity, sustainable transportation and equitable job growth for Kansas City’s East Village.

and sustainable urbanism global thought leader, on the podcast Last Meter Talks episode “Cities, Planning and the New Service Economy."

12 Congrats to alumna PATRICIA CULLEY PATRICIA CULLEY, AIA (B.Arch '03) on receiving a 2021 AIA Young Architects Award recognizing exceptional leadership and significant contributions to the architecture profession early in her career.

MARCH

Remaking Cities Institute director RAY GASTIL RAY GASTIL spoke with Christer Larsson, former city planning director of Malmo, Sweden

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13 The SoA held a remembrance in memory of ÖMER AKIN ÖMER AKIN, SoA Professor Emeritus, joined by members of his family, faculty, friends, students and colleagues to share memories of him and reflect on his legacy to the school and the profession.

13 Group exhibition "Human Scale Remeasured" at the Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin featured work of Professor STEFAN GRUBER’s Spring 2020 Cooperative Housing Studio.

12 The Artpark Idea series opened with two leading minds and practitioners in architecture and design—Florian Idenburg and OMAR KHAN.

15 Will workers return to reimagined offices post-pandemic?

Professors VIVIAN LOFTNESS and DR. ERICA COCHRAN HAMEEN featured in PBS Newshour Weekend's look at what we can expect of the buildings and workspaces that workers will inhabit after the pandemic.

19 UDream hosted the first of a series of events to provide a foundation for establishing UDream in the broader context of DEI priorities, identifying blind spots and outlining solutions.

25 VIVIAN LOFTNESS and CHRIS HENDRICKSON (CEE) were central in the development of the National Academy of Sciences report that was released to the Biden Administration and leadership across the federal and state governments.

APRIL

SoA-affiliated faculty from the CMU School of Engineering, BURCU AKINCI and PINGBO TANG PINGBO TANG, were part of a team designing the future National Institute for AI in Construction, which will develop ways to integrate machine learning and AI into modern construction work.

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3 In celebration of their 10th birthday, inter·punct released ten interviews in a special series.

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Professor STEFAN GRUBER won two 2021 ACSA Awards in the Collaborative Practice category for his studio "An Atlas of Commoning" and an AIA / ACSA Housing Design Education award for the studio "Cooperative Housing for the 2000Watt Society.”

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Professor DANIEL CARDOSO LLACH CARDOSO LLACH joined a panel of architectural scholars for the global Digital.Futures virtual conference, where he discussed recent Code Lab efforts to rethink architectural approaches to AI in design and creative practice.

14 The SoA announces four new Associate Heads, Professor MARY-LOU ARSCOTT MARY-LOU ARSCOTT, Design Fundamentals; Professor JOSHUA BARD, Design Research; Professor

14 The Remaking Cities Institute (RCI) and Traffic21 faculty worked with communities in Allegheny County to address first mile/last mile and micromobility

challenges that exist outside of the urban core.

16 Professor SAROSH ANKLESARIA co-authored an essay on the campaign to stop the demolition of dormitory buildings at IIMA designed by Louis Kahn, calling for an ethic of empathy, care and maintenance in the context of aging modernisms.

Above: IIMA-Ahmedabad dormitory under construction. Undated. Courtesy IMA Archives. Previous spread, top: A view of the Parque Biblioteca España, a public library in a comuna in Medellín, Colombia. From "Magical Modernism: Latin American Urbanisms and the Imaginary of Social Architecture" in DeArq. Left: SoA Professor Emeritus Ömer Akin.

KAI GUTSCHOW KAI GUTSCHOW, Design Ethics; and Professor DR. ERICA COCHRAN HAMEEN, Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI).

17 STEPHEN QUICK STEPHEN QUICK, FAIA has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the International DarkSky Association. Steve has been researching light pollution’s health, environmental and equity issues with Diane Turnshek, CMU Physics and Astronomy, since 2018.

19 Congrats to NICKIE CHEUNG NICKIE CHEUNG, Associate AIA (B.Arch '18) of Rothschild Doyno Collaborative on being named to the Pittsburgh Business Times' 2021 Class of 30 Under 30 honorees for demonstrating outstanding professional successes and contributing to the Pittsburgh community.

22 Professor VIVIAN LOFTNESS was featured in the Earth Day edition of Metropolis magazine's DesignTV. Architects have a role to play not just in reducing carbon emissions, but also addressing equity, health and resilience.

MAY

and design justice. Erica was recently named the SoA's Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI).

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Professor DR. ERICA COCHRAN HAMEEN featured in the April issue cover story of Private University magazine for her dedication to student mentorship

The 2021 ASOS Thesis Show BOTH / AND embraced dizzying multiplicities, divergent interests and engaging ambiguity. This digital exhibition presents the work of B.Arch, M.Arch, MUD and MAAD students. Visit the exhibition at: https://thesis.soa.cmu.edu

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Ahead of Pittsburgh’s mayoral primary race on May 18,

BOTH / AND, The 2021 ASOS Thesis Show, designed and facilitated by thesis students.

alumnus BRUCE CHAN (MUD 2015) and adjunct SARAH RAFSON led the Mayoral Design Forum with Design for Pittsburgh and Point Line Projects to assess candidates’ approaches to creating a more equitable, well-designed city.

12 The Plaza at Hazelwood Green opened, featuring a set of swings on the eastern end of the plaza that were designed and built using a robotically steam-bent wood form by SoA faculty and students with the Manufacturing Futures Initiative.

12 RCI Director RAY GASTIL presented "Opening Up: Beyond the Porch," which argued that as we reopen and design for a new normal, places where the private realm opens up to the public are more important than ever.

13 The SoA is pleased to announce the 2021 Joseph F. Thomas Visiting Professor, JACKIE JOSEPH PAUL MCFARLAND and the 2021 Ann Kalla Visiting Professor, TOMMY CHEEMOU YANG YANG.

27 Professor SAROSH ANKLESARIA ANKLESARIA's work on the architectural manifestations of new food movements combining decolonization and ecological remediation to advocate for cosmopolitan localism was featured in Venice Architecture Biennale's publication, Expansions.

JUNE 7 Fourteen of this year's graduating students have been awarded Carnegie Mellon Senior Leadership Recognition, which recognizes students who have made an unparalleled impact on the university community through their leadership, vision and initiative.

Bee Utopia, Fall 2020, 48100, Foundation I: Critical Cyborg

Daylight Optimization of Interior Origami-Inspired Shading Screens, Spring 2021, 48692, Shaping Daylight Through Simulation and Virtual Reality

B.Arch 2025

Critical Composition and Formal Analysis of a Work of Art: Mavis Pusey, Spring 2021, 48105, Studio: Foundations II

Olive Bouseman

Spring 2021, 48410, Clothesline_Borderline: Decolonizing the Body

Food Hall, Lobby, Spring 2021, 48410, Smoketown: The Other Great Black Renaissance, an Alternate-Reality August Wilson Center

The School of Architecture has embarked on a strategic planning process, titled Pedagogies 2020, to review its mission, values and programs and to develop an actionable vision that can address some of the significant challenges facing architecture and the built environment in the 21st century.

The school has an established reputation in the productive role that technology plays in the art and design of architecture. Our pioneering work in sustainability, building science and computation has distinguished our school from our peers. Likewise, our seminal work in participatory and communityengaged design has laid the foundations for the values we ascribe to architecture; that above all it must be in the public interest and accessible to all. These legacies put the school in a unique position to address some of the daunting challenges we face as a society that require imagination, innovation and empathy. Pedagogy is reductively understood as the methods of teaching; the techniques employed in lectures, seminars and studios to impart knowledge and skills to a student. In our formulation we take the term to mean the broader context within which learning takes place. This includes not only the methods of teaching, but also the physical, political, social and cultural context within which it occurs. Pedagogies 2020 takes direction from J. Dewey’s understanding of pedagogy as a vehicle for self-realization, and also the work of critical pedagogy (P. Freire, E. Said, b. hooks), which states that education, research and creative practice is always in direct dialogue with society’s evolving concerns and must critically examine its prevailing paradigms.

Pedagogies 2020 aims to be critical, speculative and provocative; grounded in science and evidence but also the projective capacity of the architectural imaginary. Our faculty, students and staff must represent the global society we aim to design for, and our educational and research facilities must be able to support the innovative design and research we plan to do.

Most significantly, our pedagogy must address the imminent challenges facing society:

→ Climate change and its impending environmental and social problems and how architecture can support living in the Anthropocene.

→ Artificial intelligence and its challenge to human agency and what it means to live in a posthuman society.

→ Social justice and the need for greater equity and inclusion of race, gender and intersectionality in our politics and communities.

To address these challenges, Pedagogies 2020 is divided into three unique but interrelated pedagogies: Fundamentals, Design Research and Race & Inclusion. Each has been tasked with using the Fall 2020 semester for “stocktaking”; to engage faculty, staff and students in conversations and information gathering. We will translate these efforts into actionable items that will better align our mission, programs, personnel, facilities and resources to address the challenges we have laid out for ourselves.

FUNDAMENTALS

The Fundamentals pedagogy seeks to articulate an expansive model of core architectural education that is responsive to societal concerns and the challenges and opportunities currently confronting the discipline. Fundamentals addresses the following questions:

→ What is the argument for architecture in the 21st century?

→ How does the school position and address the great challenges of our time?

→ What are the fundamental competencies that an architect must have to design in this context?

→ What tools, skills and intellectual traditions are vital for the architect?

→ What are the ethical challenges facing architecture?

DESIGN RESEARCH

Given the mission-defining societal challenges of climate change, artificial intelligence, and social justice outlined in Pedagogies 2020, the question of the Design Research pedagogy is an operative one — how do we work on these topics in the SoA? Design Research addresses the following questions:

→ What is the future of architectural practice?

→ How can research support innovation in architecture?

→ What is the role of design in contributing to interdisciplinary research at CMU?

→ What is the role of interdisciplinary research within architectural design?

→ How can community partnerships and industry engagement open opportunities for collaborative research?

RACE & INCLUSION

The Race & Inclusion pedagogy seeks to address the role architecture can play in creating more equitable, inclusive and just communities at every scale; in our school, at CMU, in Pittsburgh neighborhoods, in the region and in the world. Race & Inclusion addresses the following questions:

→ How are matters of race and inclusion woven into the world’s great challenges, and how can we best respond to them?

→ What is the argument for diversity, collective action, radical inclusiveness and communitybuilding in today’s increasingly fragmented world?

→ What is the agency of the architect in shaping the built environment to serve everyone, including those without a voice?

→ How can ethics, justice, equity and values play a more dominant role in shaping architectural education in order to better prepare our students for the increasingly agonistic future?

→ What are unique strengths and challenges that are specific to CMU SoA with regard to race and inclusion?

→ How can we increase the representation and support of BIPOC and underrepresented minorities in our school and in the profession?

Spring 2021, 48640, M.Arch Studio: Integration II

Policarpo Del Canto Baquera

Interfacing the Multiplexer Room, Spring 2021, 48769, MSCD Thesis

Undergraduate Degree Programs

The SoA offers two baccalaureate degree programs: the Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) and the Bachelor of Arts in Architecture (B.A.). Both programs begin with the same studio-based curriculum in the first year, but then begin to diverge in terms of opportunities and outcomes. The B.Arch requires 10 studios, while the B.A. only requires a minimum of 4 studios, which can be spread out over the four years of the program.

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE (B.ARCH)

The B.Arch is a 5-year, first professional degree program accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) with a precisely defined set of Student Performance Criteria (SPC). This program is for students that are set upon pursuing a career as a licensed architect and centers around a carefully structured set of professional and technical courses about building design and construction. Our students graduate with a professional degree that prepares them to excel in practice — but that also launches them into key specialties within the profession. Due to the technical nature of the B.Arch program, it is STEM-eligible, meaning that in addition to one year of Optional Practical Training (OPT), a student on an F1 visa may apply for a 24-month STEM OPT extension following graduation.

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ARCHITECTURE (B.A.)

The B.A. is a 4-year liberal studies degree program that allows and encourages interdisciplinary exploration. B.A. students have the opportunity to double major, test the boundaries of the discipline and explore a variety of interests. If you are a student that embraces creativity, is curious about the world around you and enjoys engaging both the left and right sides of your brain, the B.A. program could be a perfect fit for you. As a 4-year degree program, the B.A. allows those who are interested to go on to specialize in other fields in graduate school, including the 2-year professional M.Arch degree program (often called a 4+2 degree).

Studio-Based Graduate Programs

MASTER OF ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

(Jeremy Ficca, Track Chair)

The Master of Advanced Architectural Design (MAAD) is a four-semester, post-professional design research graduate program that leverages design synthesis to forge connections across knowledge domains. It offers students the flexibility to tailor a unique path of study that builds upon core strengths within the SoA in materiality & construction, architectural robotics, computational design and ecological thinking as vehicles for knowledge acquisition and speculation.

MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE

(Kai Gutschow, Track Chair; Sarosh Anklesaria, Incoming Track Chair, Fall 2021)

CMU's Master of Architecture (M.Arch) is a NAAB-accredited, studio-based, first professional degree program to educate tomorrow's leaders in architecture-related careers. Students and faculty from around the world engage both the core of the discipline and tackle the great challenges of our built environment in focus areas of sustainable design, computational design, urban design and construction management. Our M.Arch program’s strategically small size allows our self-motivated students to shape their individual educational agendas and career paths as they interact directly with a broad array of vertically integrated studios and advanced research projects in the school, the university, the local community and around the world.

MASTER OF URBAN DESIGN

(Stefan Gruber, Track Chair)

The Master of Urban Design (MUD) is a post-professional, two-year, studio-based program distinguished by its emphasis on integrating socially engaged practice with new tools and techniques for representing, understanding and designing cities; by the opportunity to work in trans-disciplinary teams at the intersection of the arts, humanities and technology across CMU's departments and colleges; and by

its location in Pittsburgh — a thriving post-industrial laboratory. The program prepares graduates for careers using urban design to critically address environmental, economic, social, political and cultural issues affecting contemporary urbanization. The studio-based curriculum allows students to explore design strategies in a variety of scales and settings, from the post-industrial city to the dense metropolis, from sprawling suburbia to informal settlements.

M.S. & PhD Programs

ARCHITECTURE–ENGINEERING–CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

(Dr.

Erica Cochran Hameen and Joshua D. Lee, Track Co-Chairs)

The Master of Science and PhD of Architecture Engineering and Construction Management (AECM) programs are jointly offered by the School of Architecture and the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.

The AECM programs prepare building-delivery professionals for careers in capital project delivery dealing with the entire life cycle of capital projects, from pre-design to design, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance stages. It focuses on the integration of design and technology, particularly advanced information systems, as a means of both improving building performance and enhancing environmental sustainability.

BUILDING PERFORMANCE & DIAGNOSTICS

(Vivian Loftness, Track Chair)

Our graduate programs in Building Performance & Diagnostics (BPD) have long led the world in advanced building technologies that sustainably reshape the built environment. "Sustainability" was our passion and expertise long before it became a buzzword. Carnegie Mellon’s Masters and PhD in Building Performance & Diagnostics (BPD) is a top-ranked building science degree dedicated to high-performance buildings for a more resilient and sustainable future.

COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN

(Daniel Cardoso Llach MSCD Track Chair; Ramesh Krishnamurti PhD-CD Track Chair)

The Computational Design program takes a computer science view of design, applying both the science and art of computing to design problems in relation to creation, presentation, analysis, evaluation, interaction or aesthetic expression, and in real and imagined applications, both perceived and conceived. Our CD graduate program started in the late 1960s — among the first and best known in the country. From the beginning, the program has benefitted from close cooperation with other units of the university, particularly the School of Computer Science and the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. Computing has become increasingly important in nearly all areas of design: simulation, analysis, synthesis, tangible interaction and people-centered, as well as building-centered design algorithms. Students, then, are urged to utilize the wide-ranging expertise, facilities and personnel available throughout the SoA and the university.

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN (Dana

Cupkova, Track Chair)

The Master of Science in Sustainable Design (MSSD) is a post-professional research-based graduate program focused on enabling deep expertise, critical thinking and investigation of innovative sustainable strategies for the design of the built environment. The MSSD program has long led the world in advanced building technologies that sustainably reshape the built environment. It critically engages and investigates environmental issues related to architecture and urban systems at the intersection of building science, design and technology. The MSSD program explores technical and multicultural aspects of ecological thinking while enabling actionable expertise in sustainable design methodologies. Based in the legacy of sustainability teaching at Carnegie Mellon University, the MSSD program investigates research-based design innovation strategies and prepares students to excel in research methods and become experts in integrative design thinking for the future of the built environment.

DOCTOR OF DESIGN (Erica

Cochran Hameen, Track Chair)

The Doctor of Design (DDes) (formerly Doctor of Professional Practice) is a three-year program for mid-career professionals aspiring to solve advanced problems in the fields of architecture, engineering or construction. Modes of study include conference and video calls, web-based learning, field work, professional practice work, international exchange and institutional meetings and conferences.

Unlike academically founded graduate programs, the DDes is based on the assumption that mid-career professionals can develop doctorallevel research, building on their tacit knowledge acquired through years of professional practice. The cohorts in this program come from various AEC (Architecture–Engineering–Construction) fields, as well as from various states in the US and nations of the world. The program is a collaborative effort with Université Paul Sabatier in Toulouse.

Dual Degree Programs

ACCELERATED MASTER'S PROGRAM

The SoA's Accelerated Master's Program offers baccalaureate students the opportunity to expedite their completion of a Master’s degree, saving both time and money — and allowing them to hit the job market with specialized knowledge and two Carnegie Mellon degrees.

DUAL-DEGREE OPTIONS

The SoA's Dual-Degree Options offer current Master’s students the opportunity to expedite their completion of a second Carnegie Mellon Master’s degree, saving both time and money — and allowing them to hit the job market with specialized knowledge and two CMU Master’s degrees.

Spring 2021, 48305, Integration

Section, Fall 2020, 48200, Elaboration I

Spring 2021, 62123, Digital Media II, Final Project

Fall 2020, 62122, Digital Media I, Group Exquisite Corpse Individual Portion

Fall 2020, 48500, The Art of Environmental Control

Robert Rice

Sketch, Spring 2021, 48410, Design/Build Thoreau Cabin

Spring 2020, 48205, Elaboration II

Mycelium Wall, The Free Store Co-op & Braddock Community Center, Spring 2021, 48410, Radical Food: From the Global to the Gut

push behind to create interior nesting sites push behind to create interior nesting sites

The Communal Veil: Carving Spaces for Women in the Rohingya Refugee Camps, Spring 2021, 48410, Commoning the City

Samuel Losi

Axonometric, Fall 2020, 48500, Design for Social Justice

Axonometric, Fall 2020, 48400+, Boreal Lamination

Drilling Map of Braddock, Spring 2021, 48706, Urban Systems

Sean Chen

Spring 2021, 48305, Studio: Integration II

O'Connor

Axonometric, Fall 2020, 48500, Design for Social Justice

Concept &

Training for Worker Safety in Excavation and Trenching Operations in Construction

In the construction sector, safety and health hazards are frequently part of the work environment itself. Construction activities subject workers to a high level of risks. This is clearly revealed by the annual data on workrelated injuries and deaths reported by national statistical agencies. According to a Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) news release, in 2018 more than 20% of total work-related deaths (n = 1,008) in the private sector were in construction. This dissertation hypothesizes that there is a positive association between knowledge and training and use of worker protection systems. The goal of this research is to design, build, test and disseminate a worker safety training tool (SETU) that provides knowledge for protection from hazards associated with construction activities in and around excavation and trenches. It will assist in the decision-making process for choosing the most feasible protection system and strategies. It is anticipated that SETU will encourage both employers and employees to make informed, and consequently better decisions to ensure safety on worksites.

Shanice Lam

Pittsburgh Covid Publics, Fall 2020, 48753, Intro to Urban Design Media

Section Perspective, Spring 2021, 48410, Smoketown: The Other Great Black Renaissance, an Alternate-Reality August Wilson Center

Djanm: Mitigating Climate Change Gentrification in Little Haiti, Miami, FL, Spring 2021, 48410, Commoning the City

Spring 2021, 62275, Fundamentals of Computational Design

Hostel in Spring Garden, Spring 2021, 48205, Elaboration II

Spring 2021, 62126, Drawing II

MEREDITH

Stella Davis

Charcoal Drawing, Fall 2020, 48100, Foundation I: Critical Cyborg

Spring 2021, 48715, MSCD Pre-Thesis 1

Fall 2020, 62125, Drawing 1

THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS (AIAS)

The CMU chapter of the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) creates a connection between students and the professional and academic world of architecture by offering members a diverse set of events and experiences including firm visits, local and national networking opportunities, community service build initiatives and exposure to cutting edge developments within the field of architecture.

AIAS CMU President....... CARLY SACCO AIAS CMU Advisor......... ALEXIS MCCUNE SECOSKY

FREEDOM BY DESIGN™ (FBD)

Freedom by Design™ (FBD) is a community service program of AIAS that uses the talents of architecture students to radically impact the lives of people in their community through modest design and construction solutions. The CMU chapter of AIAS has an FBD program that provides real-world experience through working with clients, learning from local licensed architects and contractors and experiencing the practical impacts of architecture and design.

FISCHER

FBD

MCCUNE SECOSKY

Assembling Weatherization Kits. This year FBD distributed more kits to families in need than in any previous year.

FBD Director.............EDDIE

Advisor..............ALEXIS

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF MINORITY ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS (NOMAS)

The CMU chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architecture Students (NOMAS) provides a community of purpose for students by championing diversity, advocating for an education that considers the socioeconomic consequences of design and connecting students to minority professionals in the field. Through the endeavors of NOMAS, communication, cooperation, solidarity and fellowship are established among minority students in architecture.

CMU NOMAS President...... TAYLOR LATIMER CMU NOMAS Advisor........ ERICA COCHRAN HAMEEN

SOA PEER MENTORS

SoA Peer Mentors, provided by CMU NOMAS, offer a wide range of support through personalized, one-on-one communication. Mentors give guidance related to any issues that may arise during a student’s time at CMU. They can assist to whatever degree a student is comfortable with and connect the student with other external resources that provide help. Students in search of emotional*, academic or professional help can contact the peer mentors directly. *If you are experiencing an immediate mental health emergency, contact CMU CAPS at: 412-268-2922

TAKUMI DAVIS LYDIA RANDALL

Peer Mentor..............

INTER·PUNCT

inter·punct is a platform for ideas, theory and discourse — sometimes about architecture and sometimes at its periphery. The group was founded by students at Carnegie Mellon University in 2011 and has released two full-length issues – para·meter (2013) and inter·view (2016) – among a myriad of other editorials, activities and provocations. View their work online at interpunct.pub.

Co-Editors...............CHRISTOPH

ECKRICH GIL JANG

Advisors.................MARY-LOU

ARSCOTT SPIKE WOLFF

Inclusive Learning Center, Wilkinsburg, Penn., Spring 2021, 48305, Studio: Integration II

Adopting Smart Neighborhood Surfaces

is Critical to Climate Change, Human Health, and Social Equity

As a consequence of rapid urban development, natural surfaces on the earth have been increasingly sealed with pavement. On average, 66% of US cities’ land cover is now impervious, with some cities as high as 85%. The ongoing paving leads to significantly higher carbon generation, energy costs, stormwater damage and significant concern for human and species survival and health. These issues are closely related to the types of built-up surfaces and their reflectivity and porosity. Current data on city surface performance is not easily accessible and comparable. Most research is scattered, either on one type of city surface or one outcome variable. Yet, city decision makers must synthetically consider all outcome variables for city surface investments and make smart decisions. To remove this decision-making barrier, a smart surface taxonomy has been developed, with 50 types of neighborhood surfaces related to roofs, streets and sidewalks, and parking lots.

Using ESRI ArcGIS Pro, both raster imagery processing and spatial statistical analysis will be performed to identify correlations and generate a smart surface index for three case study cities, Pittsburgh, Miami, and Phoenix. Informative StoryMaps and Dashboards indicating city smart surfaces performance and benefits will be created and iteratively tested with city decision makers to accelerate the adoption rate of smart surfaces.

Spring 2021, 48410, Clothesline_Borderline, De-Colonizing the Body

Taisei Manheim

Circularity Diagram: For each proposed and existing program, we ensured that inputs and outputs would coexist in order to create a closed-loop system.

Circularity Diagram: For each proposed and existing program, we ensured that inputs and outputs would coexist in order to create a closed-loop system.

Mycelium Circularity Diagram, Spring 2021, 48410, Radical Food: From the Global to the Gut

Radical Food: A Food District For Braddock Mycotecture in Braddock

Radical Food: A Food District For Braddock

Mycotecture in Braddock

Cube House, Fall 2020, 48568, Advanced CAD, BIM, and 3-D Visualization

II

The Children's Institute, Wilkinsburg, Penn., Spring 2021, 48305, Studio: Integration

Tianshu Huang

Spring 2021, 62126, Drawing II

EAT, SLEEP, PLAY: An Architecture for a "Cuma di sin" Culture, Spring 2021, 48410, Commoning the City

Aggregated Assemblies, Spring 2021, 48519, Thesis II/Independent

4: A House as a Small City, Fall 2020, 48105, Foundation

Vanshika Gandotra

VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV Spring 2021, 48305, Studio: Integration II

Vincent DeRienzo

Spring 2021, 48410, Clothesline_Borderline: Decolonizing the Body

VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV

Spring 2021, 62123, Digital Media II

Spring 2021, 48410, Clothesline_Borderline: Decolonizing the Body

VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV

Synthetic Data Machine, Fall 2020, 48724, Scripting and Parametric Design

MSSD 2021

Vishal Vaidhyanathan

An Automatic Mobile Sensing Platform for Indoor Environmental Quality

Americans spend 90% of their life indoors, therefore providing interior environments that support human health and productivity are absolutely essential. Individual state and federal EPA mandates have significantly improved our outdoor environment, but few communities are aware of the critical importance of Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) to the health, productivity, and comfort of the occupants, as well as the collective performance of an organization. As a result, many public buildings, especially school buildings, fail to meet minimum IEQ standards required by law in building codes, which are generally far below the recommended levels by many health agencies.

To address these problems, this dissertation proposes a low-cost and human-autonomous mobile platform that will help provide building envelope and IEQ assessments simultaneously, continuously, and remotely. The platform will include thermal infrared cameras, RGB-D cameras, temperature, and relative humidity sensors, acoustic sensors, particulate matter sensors, CO2 sensors, and an interactive dashboard for occupants to observe the data via child-friendly graphics aiming at elevating the current IEQ condition to improve occupancy comfort, health, and performance, help stakeholders reduce their energy costs, and provide a safer environment.

Sea Level Rise and Flooding in Galveston, Texas: Identifying Susceptibility of Vulnerable Demographic Groups, Spring 2021, 48569, GIS/CAFM

Artist's Book, Fall 2020, 48100, Foundation I: Critical Cyborg

SCALE: 1/32” = 1’ 0”

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DRAWING KEY:

DRAWING KEY:

A FLASHING + WARM ROOF DETAILS (SEE PAGE 2 FOR DETAILS)

A FLASHING + WARM ROOF DETAILS (SEE PAGE 2 FOR DETAILS)

B WALL + FLOOR ASSEMBLY (SEE PAGE 2 FOR DETAILS)

B WALL + FLOOR ASSEMBLY (SEE PAGE 2 FOR DETAILS)

C MASONRY WALL ASSEMBLY (SEE PAGE 2 FOR DETAILS)

C MASONRY WALL ASSEMBLY (SEE PAGE 2 FOR DETAILS)

1 REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB

1 REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB

2 GRAVEL BACKFILL

2 GRAVEL BACKFILL

3 DRAINAGE PIPE

3 DRAINAGE PIPE

4 REINFORCED CONCRETE FOOTING

4 REINFORCED CONCRETE FOOTING

The occupancy type per the IBC of my dwelling is Residential Group R-3, namely the lodging house with five or fewer guest rooms. The construction type of my design is Type III, which specifies that the exterior walls are of non-combustible materials and the interior elements are of any permitted materials. Since my building is composed of masonry loadbearing walls and fire-retardent-treated wood frames, it satisfies the requirements. According to sections 504.4 & 506.2, my building satisfies both type A and B construction because my design is under 4 stories and has a limited area.

The occupancy type per the IBC of my dwelling is Residential Group R-3, namely the lodging house with five or fewer guest rooms. The construction type of my design is Type III, which specifies that the exterior walls are of non-combustible materials and the interior elements are of any permitted materials. Since my building is composed of masonry loadbearing walls and fire-retardent-treated wood frames, it satisfies the requirements. According to sections 504.4 & 506.2, my building satisfies both type A and B construction because my design is under 4 stories and has a limited area.

ASSIGNMENT 5

MATERIALS

ASSIGNMENT 5

MATERIALS & ASSEMBLY

FALL 2020

GLORIA HUANG

XIAOFEIH@ANDREW.CMU.EDU

MUD 2021

Chongming Recultivation, Spring 2021, 48410, Commoning the City

Fall 2020, 48500, The Art of Environmental Control

Inclusive Learning Center, Wilkinsburg, Penn., Spring 2021, 48305, Studio: Integration II

The New Way of Eating, Spring 2021, 48548/48758, Responsive Mobile Environments

Cultural Landscape: Everyday Lives for Water, Spring 2021, 48410, Commoning the City

Environmental Learning Center, Student Awards, Deller Prize

Unfolding Dimensions, Spring 2021, 48410, Commoning the City

Yonglin Huang

Spring 2021, 48410, Clothesline_Borderline, De-Colonizing the Body

PhD–CD

Using Reinforcement Learning to Support Scalable Multi-Drone Construction in Dynamic Environments

Recent research in the field of architectural and construction robotics has explored robots’ potential to support construction tasks including, bricklaying, frame structure assembly, 3-D printing, tensile structure weaving, nailing, spraying, and site data collection. However, a common limitation of these approaches is their lack of generalizability and scalability, as well as the assumption that drones work under highly controlled environments in isolation from human builders and environmental changes. In this paper we document progress towards an architectural framework for distributed robotically-assisted construction that takes into account the environmental and social dynamism of construction sites. We draw from state-ofthe-art reinforcement learning techniques to propose a software framework allowing for a variable number of drones to dynamically execute pick and place and spray-coating tasks. Documenting the framework for robotically-assisted construction through simulations and a proof-of-concept outline, this paper contributes to current research in architectural and construction robotics, and advances a vision for semi-autonomous construction ecosystems interfacing humans and computational systems.

Spring 2021, 48410, Lithopic House: Ecologies of Earthen Matter

Render, Fall 2020, 48400, Other Side of the Tracks

Zhecui Zhang

Reimagining the Future of Quarantine, Spring 2021, 48519, Thesis II/ Independent Project

Zihan Dong

Chiaroscuro, Spring 2021, 62126, Drawing II

Ziyi (Harley) Guo

Fall 2020, 48200, Studio: Elaboration I

Spring 2021, 48305, Studio: Integration II

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Aadya Bhartia, B.Arch 2023 006-007

Abiola Morakinyo, B.Arch 2024 008

Aditya Shinn, B.Arch 2025 017, 090-091, 092-093

Adrienne Hin To Luk, B.Arch 2024 018

Afshan Rehman, MSSD 2021 019

Aidan Smith, B.Arch 2025 020, 090-091, 092-093

Akanksha Tayal, B.Arch 2025 021, 098-099

Alejandra Meza, B.Arch 2021 022, 110-111

Alejandra Muñoz Muñoz, PhD-AECM 2021 023

Alexander Wang, B.Arch 2021 024-025

Alexandra Wang, B.Arch 2025 026-027, 100

Alexia Tan, B.Arch 2025 028-029, 098-099

Allison Rojas, B.Arch 2023

Alyssa Mayorga, B.Arch 2021, MSAECM 2021 009, 013, 106-107

Amal Jafrani, B.Arch 2023 132

Ammar Hassonjee, B.Arch 2022 030-031, 055

Amulya Surapaneni, MSSD 2021

Amy Hu, B.Arch 2024 032-033

Amyas Ryan, B.Arch 2023 034-035, 055

Andrea Wan, B.Arch 2025 134-135

Andrew Chong, B.Arch 2021 036-037

Andy Qiu, BA 2022 038-039

Andy Seo, B.Arch 2025 090-091, 092-093

Andy Yoon, B.Arch 2025 040, 094

Angela Castellano, B.Arch 2023 302

Angela Huang, B.Arch 2024

Anishwar Tirupathur, B.Arch 2023 041

Anjali Kanodia, B.Arch 2023 042-043

Ankitha Vasudev, B.Arch 2023

Ann Mulgrew, B.Arch 2024 136

Annie Ranttila, PhD–BPD 044, 100, 140, 150

Annie (Mira) Teng, B.Arch 2024 045

Anqi Chen, B.Arch 2025 046, 090, 093

Anthony Wu, B.Arch 2024 047

Aprameya Pandit, MSSD 2021 048

Ardavan Bidgoli, PhD–CD 050, 145, 157, 190

Arula Ratnakar, B.Arch 2021

Ashley Su, B.Arch 2025 051, 094

Athan Chang, B.Arch 2024 052-053

August Fox, B.Arch 2024 054

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Bennett Goeke, B.Arch 2024 —

Beyazit Eraslan, B.Arch 2023

Bingjie Sheng, M.Arch 2021 066-067

Bobuchi Ken-Opurum, PhD–AECM 068

Brandon Smith, B.Arch 2021 128-129

Brendan Bogolin, M.Arch 2022 055, 139

Brenna Robinson, B.Arch 2024 069

Brian Hartman, B.Arch 2024 070

Brody Ploeger, B.Arch 2025 071, 095, 096-097, 135

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Cameron Drayton, B.Arch 2021

Carleigh Cusick, B.Arch 2025 074, 098-099

Carly Sacco, B.Arch 2022 075, 387

Carmen Yu, B.Arch 2021 110-111, 118-119

Carson Michaelis, B.Arch 2023 055, 076-077

Cassandra Howard, B.Arch 2021 078-079

Cheng Zhou, M.Arch 2021 110-111, 120

Chengyu Chen, MSCD 2022

Chris Leininger, PhD–BPD 2021 082

Christina Brown, B.Arch 2020, MSSD 2021 304

Christoph Eckrich, B.Arch 2021 062, 083, 084-085, 305, 391

Christopher Oh, B.Arch 2024 138

Claire Xu, B.Arch 2023 055, 086-087

Colin Walters, B.Arch 2024 088-089

Colleen Duong, B.Arch 2021, MSSD 2022 112-113, 126-127

Curran Zhang, B.Arch 2021 164-165

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Daniel Noh, B.Arch 2021 168

Darin Kim, B.Arch 2024

David Suchoza III, M.Arch 2021 169

David Warfel, B.Arch 2025 094, 170-171

Deepa (Sonia) Prashant, B.Arch 2025 094

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Edward Fischer, B.Arch 2021 174

Eesha Nagpal, B.Arch 2025 098-099, 175

Elena Marzina, M.Arch 2022 057, 176

Elijah King, BA 2021 137

Ellen Zhu, B.Arch 2022 056, 177, 302

Emek Erdolu, PhD–CD 141, 178, 190

Emilio Bustamante, M.Arch 2022

Emily Chan, B.Arch 2023 —

Emily Edlich, B.Arch 2022 058, 124-125, 179

Emily Franco, B.Arch 2025 098-099, 180

Emma Nilson, B.Arch 2024 181

Emmanuel Nwandu, B.Arch 2021 062, 112-113, 182

Emmanuelle Father, B.Arch 2022

Eric Chen, B.Arch 2021 184

Erin Gorman-Stack, B.Arch 2025 100, 185

Esme Williams, B.Arch 2024 101, 187

Ever Clinton, M.Arch 2021 009, 011

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Fallon Creech, B.Arch 2021 114-115, 116-117, 126-127, 194-195

Fanjie Jin, B.Arch 2022 196-197

Flore Marion, PhD–BPD 198

Franklin Zhu, B.Arch 2023 002, 199

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Gabrielle Benson, B.Arch 2024 202

Gavin Burke, B.Arch 2023

Gil Jang, B.Arch 2021 128-129, 391, 470

Giulia Giampapa, B.Arch 2023 203

Gloria Lee, B.Arch 2025 090-091, 092-093, 204

Graana Khan, B.Arch 2024 102-103, 205, 472

Grace Kolosek, B.Arch 2025 094, 206

Grace Wanying Hou, B.Arch 2021 207

Grace Zhong, B.Arch 2022 208

Graham Murtha, B.Arch 2025 100, 209

Grant Johnson, BA 2021, MSAECM 2021

Guanzhou Ji, PhD–BPD

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Hagan Miller, BA 2021

Haipei Bie, MSBPD 2022 —

Han Meng, B.Arch 2022 056, 212-213

Hannah Haytko-Desalvo, B.Arch 2024 214

Haoyu Liu, MSCD 2022

Hardik Vinodbhai Makrubiya, M.Arch 2022 215

Harley Guo, B.Arch 2024 456

Harrison Branch-Shaw, B.Arch 2021 216

Harvest Su, MUD 2021 217

Henry von Rintelen, B.Arch 2025 098-099, 218

Howie Li, B.Arch 2024 219

Hsiao Tyng Peck, B.Arch 2021 122-123, 220

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I Lok U, B.Arch 2025 094, 224-225

Isabella Giammatteo, B.Arch 2022

Isaiah Rodgers, B.Arch 2024

J

Jackie Yu, B.Arch 2025 094, 232

Jackson Lacey, B.Arch 2023 233

Jacky Jia, B.Arch 2025 098-099, 234

Jacob Moskowitz, B.Arch 2021

Jaden Luscher, B.Arch 2025 090-091, 092-093, 235

Jai Bhatnagar, B.Arch 2024 236

Jai Sawkar, BA 2021

Jamaal Tribune, MSCD 2022

James Choi, B.Arch 2023

James Katungyi, PhD–BPD

Jamie Espinosa, B.Arch 2025 095, 097, 135, 225

Jamie Ho, MSBPD 2022

Jasmine Lee, B.Arch 2022

Jason Garwood, B.Arch 2023 137, 226

Jeffrey Li, B.Arch 2025 095, 096-097, 134-135, 237

Jenna Guo, B.Arch 2022

Jessica Kusten, B.Arch 2021 241

Jianwei Cheng, B.Arch 2023

Jiarong Xie, PhD–BPD

Jiayi Wang, B.Arch 2023

Jiayi Zhang, MUD 2022

Jieli Zhao, B.Arch 2022

Jihee Kim, B.Arch 2022

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Jing Jing Wu, B.Arch 2024 242

Jingyang Liu, PhD–CD

Jinmo Rhee, PhD–CD 090-091, 092-093, 140, 147, 191, 243

Jinzhao Tian, MSBPD 2022

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Joanne Chui, B.Arch 2022 244-245, 472

Jonathan Liang, B.Arch 2021 114-115, 116-117

Jordan "Takumi" Davis, B.Arch 2021, MUD 2022 302, 390

Joshua Lin, B.Arch 2024 —

Ju Yeon Koh, B.Arch 2021

Juhi Dhanesha, B.Arch 2022 246

Julita Przybylska, BA 2022 137

June Lee, B.Arch 2023 247

Junfan Chen, B.Arch 2021

K

Kaitlyn Hom, B.Arch 2025 094, 250-251

Kari Leif, MSBPD 2022 252-253

Kashmala Imtiaz, M.Arch 2022 060, 254

Katherine Giesa, MSCD 2021

Katherine Peppas, B.Arch 2023 256-257

Kevin Yao, B.Arch 2024 258-259

Kexin Lu, MSCD 2021 260

Kimberlyn Cho, B.Arch 2022 114-115, 116-117

Kirman Hanson, B.Arch 2021, MSSD 2022 057, 108-109, 124-125

Kit Tang, B.Arch 2024 261

Kunze He, B.Arch 2021

Kushagra Varma, PhD–AECM

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Lake Lewis, B.Arch 2023 264

Lan Qin, MUD 2022

Le Fa (Richard) Zhou, B.Arch 2024 265

Leah Kendrick, B.Arch 2021 122-123

Lee Chu, BA 2021

Lily Hummel, B.Arch 2024 270

Lingheng Tao, BA 2022

Lipika Swarup, PhD–AECM 271

Longney Luk, B.Arch 2021, MSSD 2022 272-273

Louis Suarez, B.Arch 2021, MSSD 2022 274-275

Lu Liu, M.Arch 2021 276-277

Luciana Ma, M.Arch 2022 —

Lukas Hermann, B.Arch 2022

Luyao Xue, B.Arch 2021 278

Lydia Randall, B.Arch 2023 279, 390, 471

Lydia Schweitzer, MSCD 2021

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Madeline Cotton, B.Arch 2023 282

Mahmoud Zalloum, DDes

Mai Tian, B.Arch 2024 101

Maia Kamenova, BA 2021

Malika Khurana, MSCD 2022 130-131

Malini Srivastava, DDes 2021

Manuel Rodriguez Ladron De Guevara, PhD–CD 095, 096-097, 140, 151, 192, 284

Margeaux Gould, BA 2023

Mari Kubota, B.Arch 2023 285

Maria Vlachostergiou, MSCD 2021 286

Max Chen, B.Arch 2023 287

Maxwell Forsyth, BA 2021

Maya Greenholt, BA 2022

Meghan Pisarcik, B.Arch 2023 055, 288, 302

Melinda Looney, B.Arch 2023 289

Melissa Cruz Rondon, B.Arch 2025 100, 290

Melissa Thomas, BA 2021

Michael Bi, B.Arch 2025 100, 291

Michael Hasey, MSCD 2022

Michael Longo, B.Arch 2021

Michael Stesney, MSCD 2021

Min Liu, MAAD 2022

Minghao Yang, B.Arch 2021

Mohammed Rahman, B.Arch 2022 292-293

Mounica Guturu, MSAECM 2021

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Nakshatra Menon, B.Arch 2025

095, 096-097, 296

Natalie Waldram, B.Arch 2023 297, 298-299

Nathan Sawyer, MSAECM 2021 150, 192

Neha Chopra, B.Arch 2025 098-099, 300-301

Nicholas Coppula, B.Arch 2023 055, 312-313

Nicholas Jun, B.Arch 2025 098-099, 314-315

Nicholas Wong, BA 2021 316-317

Nicole Sylvester, PhD–CD —

Niloofar Nikookar, PhD–BPD 318-319

Norman Situ, B.Arch 2025 095, 096-097, 134-135

O

Olive Bouseman, B.Arch 2025 095, 096-097, 322

Olivia Werner, B.Arch 2022 323

Oscar Monarrez, B.Arch 2025 094, 324-325

Owen Haft, B.Arch 2021

P

Paul Greenway, B.Arch 2022 055, 328-329

Pedro Veloso, PhD–CD 060, 141, 159, 192

Peihao Zhang, M.Arch 2022 340

Policarpo Del Canto Baquera, MSCD 2021 341

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Qiao Zhang, MSCD 2021

Qijia Li, M.Arch 2021 126-127

Qiqin Le, MSCD 2021

Qiushi Chen, BA 2023 344

Qiyuan (Dunn) Zhang, B.Arch 2024 345

R

Rachel Kim, B.Arch 2023

Rachel Lu, B.Arch 2021 057, 348-349

Rebecca Cunningham, B.Arch 2024 350

Rex Choi, B.Arch 2025 098-099, 351

Rima Sachdeva, B.Arch 2025 095, 096-097, 352-353

Rin Namkoong, M.Arch 2021 120, 354-355

Robert Rice, B.Arch 2022 356

Robert Yang, B.Arch 2023 357

Rohan Zeng, B.Arch 2022

Romi Jin, B.Arch 2021 358

Rujul Pandya, B.Arch 2025 095, 096-097, 134-135, 359

Ruoqi Bai, MSCD 2021

Ryu Kondrup, B.Arch 2021, MSSD 2022 061, 108-109, 124-125

S

Sameedha Mahajan, MUD 2021 060, 362-363

Samuel Losi, B.Arch 2022 364

Samuel Tan, B.Arch 2025 095, 096-097

Sanaz Saadatifar, PhD–AECM —

Sarah Kang, B.Arch 2022 365

Sarah Kwok, B.Arch 2024 102-103

Schuyler McAuliffe, M.Arch 2022, MUD 2022 057, 366-367

Sean Chen, B.Arch 2023 368

Sean O'Connor, M.Arch 2021 118-119, 369

Seyoung Choo, B.Arch 2023 055, 370

Shalini Priyadarshini, PhD–AECM 371

Shanice Lam, B.Arch 2022 058, 118-119, 372-373

Shaokai Lin, B.Arch 2024

Shariq Shah, B.Arch 2022 056, 059, 104-105, 374-375

Sharleen Devjani, M.Arch 2021 060, 062, 376

Sharon Fung, B.Arch 2024 377

Shenyuan Li, B.Arch 2024 378-379

Sherry Chen, B.Arch 2025 100

Shray Tripathi, B.Arch 2024 380-381

Shuyi Shao, MSCD 2021

Sihan Wu, B.Arch 2023

Siqing Ge, MSSD 2022, MUD 2022

Sophie Chao, B.Arch 2024

Sreya Tolety, MSSD 2021

Srishty Bhavsar, B.Arch 2025 090-091, 092-093

Siyi Liu, B.Arch 2025 382

Stella Davis, B.Arch 2025 100, 384

Stella Shen, MSCD 2022 385

Stephanie Choi, B.Arch 2025 090, 093, 386

Steven Sontag, BA 2021

Sungmin Jung, BA 2021

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Surekha Tetali, PhD–BPD 060

Susie Kim, B.Arch 2023 055, 392

Suzie Liu, B.Arch 2025 094

Suzy Li, PhD–BPD 059, 393

Swetha Tulluri, B.Arch 2021 110-111

Sydney Sun, B.Arch 2024 136

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Taehyun Lim, B.Arch 2023

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Taisei Manheim, B.Arch 2022 398

Tak Shing (Dickson) Yau, B.Arch 2024 —

Tanvi Harkare, B.Arch 2021, MSSD 2022 399

Taylor Latimer, B.Arch 2021 009, 012, 061, 106-107, 121, 389, 400-401

Thomas Chen, B.Arch 2023 055, 402-403

Tiancheng Zhao, PhD-BPD

Tianshu Huang, B.Arch 2025 094, 404

Tiantian Guo, B.Arch 2024

Timothy Nelson-Pyne, B.Arch 2022

Tory Tan, B.Arch 2024 405

Tsz Wing Clover Chau, B.Arch 2022 406

Twisha Raja, M.Arch 2021

Twisha Raja, MAAD 2021 407

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Vanshika Bhaiya, B.Arch 2025 100, 410-411

Vanshika Gandotra, B.Arch 2021 412

Varun Shah, M.Arch 2021 121, 413, 414

Veronica Hernandez Garrido, B.Arch 2022 056, 121

Vincent Derienzo, B.Arch 2021 112-113, 416

Violet Chu, B.Arch 2025 100, 417

Vishaka Nayak, B.Arch 2022 418

Vishal Vaidhyanathan, MSSD 2021 419

Vivian Teng, BA 2021, MSAECM 2021

W

Wei Liang, PhD–BPD 060, 422

Wei-Ni Ting, MSAECM 2021

Weiran Jia, B.Arch 2023

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Weston Fortna, MSAECM 2021 423

William Song, B.Arch 2025 098-099, 424-423

William Zeng, B.Arch 2023 —

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Xander Fann, B.Arch 2024 138

Xianlong Xia, MSBPD 2021 —

Xiaofei (Gloria) Huang, B.Arch 2024 428

Xiaoran Zhang, MUD 2021 060, 429

Xiaotian He, B.Arch 2022

Xiaoying Meng, BA 2021 —

Xiaoyu Kang, B.Arch 2023 055, 104-105

Xindi Lyu, B.Arch 2022 430-431

Xinye Wang, MUD 2022

Xinyu (Chloe) Wang, B.Arch 2024

Xinyue Ji, B.Arch 2021

Xuyang Jin, MSBPD 2021

Xuyang Wu, BA 2023

Xuze Shao, B.Arch 2025 432-433

Y

Yael Canaan, B.Arch 2023 436

Yang Bai, MSCD 2022 130-131, 133

Yangjian Wang, B.Arch 2022

Yanwen Dong, MSCD 2022 437

Yashasvi Tulchiya, MUD 2021 438-439

Yeong Il Jo, B.Arch 2022

Yi Yang, B.Arch 2023 104-105

Yi Zhou, MUD 2022

Yichen Xu, B.Arch 2022

Yiming Zhao, B.Arch 2024

Yin Jie Tian, B.Arch 2021

Yinan Wu, MSBPD 2022

Yingying Yan, B.Arch 2022 058, 440-441

Yinhui Dong, B.Arch 2021

Yiting Zhang, M.Arch 2022

Yiya Wang, MUD 2021 442

Yizhu Yang, B.Arch 2023

Yong Hao Zhang, B.Arch 2024

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Yonglin Huang, B.Arch 2021 444

Yoo Jin Kim, B.Arch 2021

Youngjoo Son, PhD–BPD

Yue (Isabella) Xu, B.Arch 2024

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Yuning Wu, PhD–CD 445

Yunpeng Xu, B.Arch 2024

Yunqi Yang, MSCD 2022 —

Yunseok Kang, PhD–CD

Yunzhou Song, B.Arch 2021 —

Yushan Ouyang, B.Arch 2021

Yuxin Huang, B.Arch 2022 446-447

Yuxuan Zhang, B.Arch 2024 003

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Zehan Zhang, MSAECM 2021

Zehui Li, M.Arch 2021 108-109, 122-123

Zeyin Fei, B.Arch 2022 450-451

Zhecui Zhang, M.Arch 2021 112-113, 452

Zhenfang Chen, MSCD 2022 130-131

Zhengyi Li, B.Arch 2022

Zhuyun Jin, B.Arch 2025 100, 453

Zihan Dong, B.Arch 2025 095, 096-097, 134-135, 454

Zixiong (Jason) Wei, B.Arch 2024

Ziyi Feng, B.Arch 2025 455

Ziyi (Harley) Guo 456

Zoe Yee Teoh, B.Arch 2021

Zongtian Yang, B.Arch 2023 457

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Carly Sacco, AIAS

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Gil Jang, inter·punct

Joshua D. Lee

Lydia Randall, NOMAS

Mary-Lou Arscott

Meredith Marsh Nida Rehman

Omar Khan

Stefan Gruber

Taylor Latimer, NOMAS

Twisha Raja, GSAC

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