Multidisciplinary Development
Real estate development is the process responsible for creating the buildings in which we live, work, and play (Poorvu).
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Students in the Master of Architecture program engage in a self-directed two-semester research and design process towards the completion of a Master Thesis Project/Investigation.
All Thesis Candidates produce a final comprehensive Thesis Book that captures the entire arc of the thesis development, from the introduction and grounding of the work, to the presentation of methods, findings and implications in relation to the intellectual context of the topic of investigation.
Through a clear and articulated discussion of the various phases of the thesis process, Thesis Books demonstrate the Thesis Candidate’s ability to sustain a position/central argument/design proposal through rigorous presentation of research and design work.
Architecture Thesis Collection
Recent Published Thesis:
Reviving the Past, Housing the Future
The Canadian housing market has hit unprecedented times as of late due to skyrocketing home prices, the imbalance of supply and demand, and a lack of affordable housing options for Canadians (“Canada’s Housing Affordability Decline,” Global News).
Experiential Narratives
Architecture fundamentally shapes human experience, influencing how individuals perceive and interact with the built environment.
Facades of Memory: Reading Detroit’s Identity Through Architecture
This research explores how Detroit’s evolving architectural styles and facade transformations - particularly those of landmark buildings along major urban corridors - reveal and shape the city’s cultural identity.
What if?...An Invitation to Imagine
The dominant climate narrative is one of fear, leading to climate-induced anxiety and paralysis of action.
On The Move
The rapid urbanization and development of technology in cities has highlighted the disparities in mobility within these areas.
Radical Care as a Blueprint for Agency
Architectural designers, and other industries, face burnout and disempowerment as systemic pressures value profit over well‐being, diminishing their capacity to create meaningful change.This visionary...
Hybrid Typology
While traveling, it is not uncommon to undergo a transformative experience – a sudden synthesis of conflicting ideas and emotions, a new sense of order and beauty, an epiphany – triggered by the conditions of locality.
Bike Forward
New Delhi is one of the fastest-growing cities in the world.
A Dwelling Place
The creation of sacred space allows humans to wrestle with life, death, spirituality, and existence.
