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Vertical School: A New Typology for the City
As Seattle continues to increase in density, so has the demand for schools. Traditionally designed in a horizontal, dispersed fashion, schools are meant to provide the space to promote learning and growth. However, as the ... -
Vessel of the Voice: A Seattle Oratory
(2013-04-17)This thesis explores the relationship of the human body to architecture, specifically the human voice to the acoustic of architectural space. It proposes that there is an affinity of the human voice to the architectural ... -
VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS, RENDERED REALISM AND THEIR EFFECTS ON SPATIAL MEMORY
This thesis study is designed to document the process and analyze the results of a study conducted to determine the relationship between realism in rendering and the user’s spatial memory of the space which was experienced ... -
Visible Atonement through transforming America's Prisons
(2014-02-24)The prison system in the United States is a disgrace, adversely affecting disadvantaged or minority populations as a continuing form of oppression. It has reached such a scale that over two million people are currently in ... -
Visualizing identity: Perspectives on the influences of digital representation in architectural practice and education
(2013-07-25)Being an architect today is not the same as it was twenty years ago. The discipline of architecture continues to be influenced by the use of technology, specifically digital representation, which in this study refers to ... -
Walkable Hydrology: Creating a New Public realm Ground-scape for New Orleans
The City of New Orleans and its response to water has been characterized by exclusion and separation. Currently climate change has made the exclusion of water from the city streetscape impossible, large rain events resulting ... -
Washington Waysides - Curating an Experience of the Given at Tipsoo Lake
A fundamental quality linked to the core of who I am is a passionate desire to explore the amazement of the world around me. Experiencing new and unfamiliar places for the first time seems always to awaken something new ... -
Waterfront Connections: A Dynamic Learning Environment for Downtown Seattle
(2012-05-31)Schools are being re-imagined as dynamic experiences where the larger built environment in which they are located are just as influential on what is learned as are the structured lessons. Students are active learners who ... -
WATERMARKS: New modes of inhabitation in the water dominated landscape of Rome
Rome is a city of WATERMARKS and has always existed on FLUID FOUNDATIONS. The volcanic pyroclastic flows and the erosion and sedimentation of the Tiber River generated the topographical conditions for Rome's foundation, ... -
Weaving Industries: Conservation of SoDo's Urban Fabric Through Creative Manufacturing
In a changing urban landscape such as SoDo, Seattle, existing built fabric representing the area’s rich industrial history is often eliminated to make room for new development. When these remnants of the past are lost, a ... -
Wetland Wasteland
(2013-04-17)The Lake Washington Shipping Canal lowered the lake by almost ten feet, exposing new wetlands on the University of Washington campus. The city of Seattle leased the soft land and turned it into a landfill. When the landfill ... -
What Is The Evidence? The Application of Evidence-Based Design in Healthcare Facilities
(2013-11-14)How do architects make decisions? What is the evidence for what they do? With the emerging practice of evidence-based design, many studies have been putting forth claims with opinions about what the "best" or "right" way ... -
When Architecture Meets Painting. A Utopian Community Inspired by Landscape Painting in Song Dynasty
Architecture and painting are fascinating arts, which are both close to our daily life. Some paintings record real life, while others depict the ideal life that people yearn for. On the other hand, architectural design ... -
WHITE-NAPED CRANE Migratory Bird
The Korean peninsula has been cut in two since 1945 by politics and war and, in July 1953, truce was made, ending the Korean War creating the division that roughly follows the 38th parallel, the 160 – mile long buffer zone ... -
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 ... -
Wildlife + Human Interaction: Creating a Mindful Link between the Visitor + Pygmy Elephant Territories
A growing number of animal species are becoming endangered due to encroachment of built environments on natural habitats. On the island of Borneo in the Indian Ocean, aggressive clearing of native tropical rainforest for ... -
[Wind]scapes : Engaging the shifting nature of the wind formed landscapes of Denmark
Unlike the other natural elements like water, wind has been little explored in architecture for its physical and sensory qualities. Design considerations have been limited to mitigating damage or harnessing an energy source, ... -
Within the Fold: A Cultural Center for Fitchburg, MA
(2014-02-24)This thesis takes a position that rather than wiping the proverbial slate clean, or waxing preservation, the role of architecture is to serve not only as a catalyst, but act as a palimpsest for re-contextualizing industrial ... -
Wood Cityscapes: Mass Timber Office Building
Most office building construction relies on steel and concrete for mid-high rise office building applications. The primary goal of this thesis is to understand the implications of CLT and mass timber construction systems ... -
Woven Networks: Reinventing Street Life in Downtown Minneapolis
(2013-04-17)<bold>Woven Networks: Reinventing Street Life in Downtown Minneapolis</bold> The most unique feature of downtown Minneapolis is the extensive Skyway system that links over sixty city blocks above the streets and sidewalks ...