Spring 2008 Master of Architecture thesis reviews will be held at the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation on April 22-24.

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These diverse thesis projects culminate not only a year or more of research and analysis, creative thought and labor-intensive design work, but also many years of challenging academic study. The thesis is neither a final exam nor just another studio project.  Rather, it is a unique opportunity -- perhaps a once-in-a-career opportunity -- for aspiring architects to explore ideas, sites and programs of their own choosing, and to undertake that exploration substantially on their own terms.

Prospective students, current students, and alumni are encouraged to visit the School anytime to see one or more reviews.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

2:00 East Wall
Deborah Bauer A Stream Runs Through It: Reuniting Watershed and Landscape at the University of Maryland

3:00 Gallery
Adam MacDonald Explorations in Suburban High School Design: Unconventional Siting

4:00 West Wall
Jessica Green Adaptive Reuse in Post-industrial Detroit: Testing the Viability of the Engine Works

5:00 East Wall
Ian Fishman Embassy of Cuba in Washington, DC: Image, Symbol, Place and Program

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

9:30 East Wall
Cesar Ramos Sustainable Town Center for Wheaton, MD

10:30 West Wall
Kari Glasmire The Baltimore Immigration Museum and Resource Center

11:30 Gallery
Kristina McIntyre Adaptive Reuse in Martinsburg: The Interwoven School of Crafts

1:30 East Wall
Maureen Vosmek Preserving Change: A Temporal Approach to Infill Architecture in an Historic Arts District

2:30 West Wall
Florence Ho Anacostia's Nature Discovery Center on Kingman Island, Washington, DC

3:30 Gallery
Brian Essig National Park Architecture: Continuing an American Tradition

4:30 East Wall
Nandor Mitrocsak Death and the Sublime Landscape: A Cemetery on Mount Washington, Pittsburgh, PA

Thursday, April 24, 2008

9:30 East Wall
Michael Fischer Exploring Digital Design, Fabrication and Assembly: A Bicycle Station in DC

10:30 Gallery
Carl Lostritto Imaging Computerization: Scripting and Animation as Process and Product

11:30 West Wall
Jake Zager Choose Housing: An American Housing Design Experiment

1:30 East Wall
Smriti Nayak Dance and Architecture: Body, Form, Space and Transformation--Performing Arts in Orissa, India

2:30 West Wall
John Martinez Rimac Renaissance: Housing Prototypes for Rimac, Peru

3:30 Gallery
Marek Hnizda Inhabiting an Industrial Ruin in Castellammare di Stabia, Italy  

4:30 East Wall
Elizabeth Maeder The "Passage" Type as a Generator for Urban Connectivity

Guest Critics

William Bechhoefer, FAIA Kea Professor Emeritus, UMCP faculty
Robert B. Berry Jr., AIA RTKL Associates, Inc., Washington, DC
Bill Bonstra, AIA, LEED AP Bonstra / Haresign Architects, Washington, DC
Sara Caples, AIA Caples / Jefferson Architects, New York, NY
Charles A. Debelius Associate Professor, College of Architecture + Design, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Everardo Jefferson, AIA Caples / Jefferson Architects, New York, NY
Julie Ju-Youn Kim, RA Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Architecture Programs, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI
Jean-Francois Lejeune Professor, School of Architecture, University of Miami

Eric Naslund, FAIA, Principal with Studio E Architects of San Diego, California, was the School’s Kea Visiting Professor this spring. He met with each thesis student during the semester and presents a public lecture this Wednesday evening, April 23, at 6:30 p.m. in the School’s auditorium.

Other critics and consultants assisting the students during the semester included:
Zachery Kates Structural Engineer, Thorton-Tomasetti
Assistant Professor Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto Landscape Architect, UMCP faculty
Assistant Professor Deborah Oakley Structural Engineer, UMCP faculty
Associate Professor Carl Bovill Mechanical Systems Engineer, UMCP faculty 

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Examples of thesis work from previous years

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