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Georgetown STREAM Plant: STEAM Education in Context
The Georgetown Steam Plant, a 1906 Seattle City Light plant located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle, is undergoing a transformation. This design thesis proposes a reprogramming of the now-defunct plant as a ... -
Mary Lund Davis: A portrait in Three Histories
Pioneering architect, Mary Lund Davis, is renown for her contributions to Pacific Northwest modernism. She was the first licensed female architect after World War II in Washington State. She founded a successful cabinetry ... -
AI-driven design exploration: use of Reinforcement learning-based recommender system for parametric design space exploration
In the current practice of architectural design, performance analysis is an essential step that involves simulating various design options to identify the most optimal solution. However, the process can be time-consuming, ... -
Designing with Patterns and Objects: A Methodology for Elevating Client Collaboration in the Design Process for Small and Medium Sized Projects
Architectural practice emerges through complex interactions among interested parties that can last the course of months or even years. These interactions can sometimes be overwhelming for clients of small & medium sized ... -
Who Cares? Community Value in the Preservation of Seattle's Historic Public Schools
Who cares about historic public school buildings? Seattle Public Schools, preservationists, and local communities, all have a stake in the future of Seattle’s historic school buildings. But they can’t seem to agree on what ... -
User-Driven Occupant Satisfaction and Space Utilization Tool for the New Hybrid Office Work Paradigm
Hybrid-style work has become the default model of office operation in many industries. Estimates of up to 74% of US companies are switching to or practicing an at-home and in-person hybrid work style (Kugler et.al., 2022). ... -
The Forest Classroom: An Integrated Re-Imagining of Restorative Elementary School Environments in the Pacific Northwest.
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the unpreparedness of most elementary schools in the United States to cope with major climate, health, and wellness crises. The pandemic has heightened stress levels among educators and ... -
MicroArcologies: A Design Framework for Building-Integrated Greenhouses
Building-integrated greenhouses are an emergent form of urban agriculture offeringfurther decarbonization within the built environment via the creation of synergistic resource loops between controlled environment agriculture ... -
ARCHITECT-ING AS WORLD BUILDING: Knowing the world through Kaḷiyāṭṭaṁ of Malabar coast, India
Kaḷiyāṭṭaṁ is a natureculture expression and feeling of the Malabar coast, India. A human-turned-deity, the Teyyaṃ in Kaḷiyāṭṭaṁ critiques the subject-centric and eye-centric worlds. This thesis attempts to illustrate this ... -
Understanding the effect of daylight on circadian rhythms through High Dynamic Range (HDR) measurements and simulations
A growing body of research suggests that the built environment affects the circadian rhythms of building occupants inhabiting indoor spaces. This stems from the fact that the average modern human being spends about 90% of ... -
Mass Timber Joinery Design for Digital Fabrication and De-constructability
Interest in sustainable architecture is pushing mass timber to the forefrontof the industry, but with it there are still difficulties in addressing topics such as the connections between elements. Traditional timber ... -
A Rhino Grasshopper Plugin for Spectral Daylight Simulation & Analysis in Controlled Environment Agriculture
Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) requires stable and accurate light for consistent photosyntheticplant production, with consideration given to both duration and quality. In agricultural lighting, light quantity is ... -
Adapting the Ki'tla Center: Safeguarding Intangible Heritage through the Adaptive Reuse of a Former Lumber Mill
At the intersection of the Olympic Loop Highway, also known as Highway 101, and La Push Road, the main vehicular route to the Quileute ancestral village of La Push, sits a sprinkling of buildings amidst nine-acres of flat, ... -
Planning for Upland Expansion: Developing a Framework for Community-Informed Housing Design to Support Indigenous Resilience in the Context of Dynamic Coastal Landscapes
The Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe on the Pacific Coast faces many challenges,including the increasing impacts of climate change and the risks of a dynamic coastal landscape. For those reasons, they are planning for upland ... -
A City for Everyone Promoting Housing Equity and Diversity Through Seattle’s 2024 Comprehensive Plan Major Update
Like many U.S. cities, Seattle’s built environment has been shaped by both public policy and market forces which have created a racially and economically segregated city. Up to 70 percent of land zoned for residential use ... -
Surviving the Coldest Capital: Integrated Housing Approach in the Ger District of Ulaanbaatar
This thesis will explore the existing socio-economical and environmental condition of Ger District of Ulaanbaatar and well understand the key needs of the people, and suggest an architectural solution to solve the ongoing ... -
Textiles and Architecture | Woven into Dimensions of Temporality, Craft, Drapery, and Technology
Textiles play an important, but often unacknowledged role in architecture. They have been closely associated with flexibility, texture, weaving, impermanence, moldability, mobility, lightness, and wrapping. However, textiles ... -
The Impact of Biophilia in Elementary Schools: A Study of Student Health and Well-being
This design research thesis explores questions in design methodology, provides insights on how to conduct design research, and ultimately serves to ignite a productive conversation between designers, teachers, administrators, ... -
Manifesting Density
The following thesis is considered an urban design gesture with architectural elements thatredefines a city in need of revitalization. Tacoma’s history is one often showcased by the defiant work of the people who may have ... -
Meydan as Sahne Productions of Space and Expressions of Turkish Politics at Taksim Square (1950-1980)
This thesis analyses the spatial history of Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, focusing primarily on the years 1950 to 1980. As Taksim Square is a politically active urban space, the central argument of the thesis concerns ...