1. home and garden
2. home furnishings
3. lamps and lighting

Final Reviews
Spring 2015
April 24 to April 28
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Final Reviews
at the University of Miami
1223 Dickinson Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146
April 2015
24 - 25
Fri. 24
Sat. 25
9 am
ARC
101
ARC
306
12:30 pm
1:30 pm
LUNCH BREAK LUNCH BREAK
ARC
204
5:00 pm
ARC
502
SoA
Final Reviews
Hosted by Miami Design District, at the Garden Building
175 NE 40 Street, Second Floor, Miami, FL 33137
April 2015
Mon. 27
27 - 28
TUes. 28
9 am
THESIS
ARC
610
UPPER
LEVELS
12:30 pm
LUNCH BREAK LUNCH BREAK
MRED+U
RED
660
THESIS
ARC
610
MRED+U
RED
660
2 pm
UPPER
LEVELS
5:30 pm
SoA
Final Reviews
at the University of Miami
1223 Dickinson Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146
ROOMS
JMPAC
Glasgow Lecture Hall
JMPAC
Korach Gallery
B.48E
Old Gallery
B.49
Jury Room
B.49
Drawing Room
108
120
120
240
310
P
Piazzetta
B.48E
120
B.49
240
B.49
310
P
JMPAC
108
JMPAC
120
SoA
Final Reviews
Hosted by Miami Design District, at the Garden Building
175 NE 40 Street, Second Floor, Miami, FL 33137
ROOMS
G.B.
2ndF
A
A
G.B.
2ndF
B
B
G.B.
2ndF
C
C
G.B.
2ndF
D
D
Garden Building
Second Floor
G.B.
2ndF
D
G.B.
2ndF
C
G.B.
2ndF
B
D
C
B
A
G.B.
2ndF
A
ARC
101
FRIDAY
s
ver ity
Un
i
A
So
mi
9 am - 12:30 pm
ROOM
Instructors
Students
JMPAC
120
O. Machado (C)
Christopher Damico
Maxwell Erickson
Nicholas Meury
Flavia Russo
Jennifer Scott
Michaela Senior
Emily Robin Smith
Jaime Toro Irizarry
Junyong Wu
B.48E
120
J. Correa
Moustafa Abouzid
Andrew Clum
GabriellaFeito
Olivia Kramer
Jason Mahadeo
Alyssa Osborn
Bernardo Rieveling
Caitlin Smith
Robert Soldano
Liam Walsh
Ashley Zambrano
B.49
240
B.49
310
E. Cimring
Sarah Alnoman
Catalina Chaves
Qiazi Chen
Jacob Gardner
Ashley Katz
Lorena Knezevic
Iliyan Kukutsov
Juan O. Echeverry
Adrianna Rivera
Dylan Starr
Alexander Underwood
W. Bradley
Nishi Bordia
Kurt Gessler
Chesney Henry
Nicolle Janek
Ben Malka
Jose M. Vargas
Nathan M. Gallardo
Maria R. Rodriguez
Xiangyu Shao
Jorge Trelles
Matthew Walter
of Mia
April 24
ARC
204
1:30 pm - 5 pm
ROOM
Instructors
Students
JMPAC
120
S. Chao (C)
Colby Gallagher
Hitomi Maeno
Kirstin Marshall
Jessica Masangu
Catalina Ruiz-Luzio
Andrew Schneider
Samantha Schneider
Corey Shapiro
Linge Yang
Yating Yang
B.48E
120
C. Canton
Salma Alessa
Yasemin Cetinalp
Clare Cornish
Ashley Galvankar
Erin Hickey
Cynthia Pacheco
Dorianne P. Dutari
Sarah Potter
Zachary Silver
Siyu Wang
B.49
240
G. Barnes
Daniella Anastasio
Owen Berry
Renee Die-Girbau
Avleigh Du
Gabriel Fischler
Marissa Gudiel
Jessica Flores
Christel Orbe
Marcus Riley
Davin Stancil
JMPAC
108
R. John
Shaikha A Al-Duwaisan
Michael Alexander
Yeping Cao
Renata de S. M. Netto
Daniela Deu
Maria Claudia F. S. Maciel
Randa, Tariq Hadi
Sydney Matsumoto
Frank Noska
Chloe Pereira
Asrar Jasem
B.49
310
J. Perez
Autumn Burpo
Catherine Crotty
Andrew Dai
Kristine Dillon
Xinyu He
Evelyn Coraima Vega
Jules Romeir
Justin Tehrani
Yuanxun Xia
Kaidi Wei
ARC
306
saturday
April 25
9 am - 12:30 pm
JMPAC
120
Jaya
J. Trelles
Alenezi Abdulaziz
Shouq Alhamad
Catherine Anderson
Claudia Ansorena
Anthony Cataldo
Rogelio Cadena
Fadak Dashti Gerardo Delgadillo
Karim El Ibiary
Nicolas D. Alcega
Yutong Jiang
Maura Gergerich
Yang Liao Danyah Jamalalleill
Madeline Merck
Daniel Jones
Reem Najjar
Tyler Many
Haoyu Wang
Jessica Stefanick
Alexandra Tuduce
B.49
310
B.49
240
B.48E
120
D. Trautman
A. Krantz
E. Sarli
Shahad Abdullah
Alyssa Atkinson
Taylor Brophy
Ebrahim Alkhalifa
Alexandra BaboLok Chan
Basmah Al-Ohaly
wice
Joshua Durkee
Carolyn Anderson
George Coritsidis
Donnie G. Navarro
Jessica Flores
Samantha Diaz
Rhys Gilbertson
Luis Aragones
Erron Estrado
John Gonzalez
Hannah Breedlove
Alec Goldberg
Katja Kuznik
Cristina Cusco
Jonathan Russo
Ariana Melendez
Megan Pimentel Caroleena S. Vasan Maria E. P. Andrade
Lacey Stansell
Mary Wissinger Stephanie R. Villegas
Danielle Todd
Matthew Smith
Sebastian Torrente
Corey Weiss
Samuel Wyner
ROOM
Instructors
Students
ARC
502
2 pm - 5:30 pm
JMPAC
120
iversit
of Mi
i
am
y
Un
A. Montero (C)
JMPAC
120
A
So
T. Victoria
Claudia Aguado
Anthony Carden
Yi-Wei Chiou
Helen Demmie
Nora Gharib
Xiaodi Liu
Nika Mirrafie
Carlos Morales
Sheena Ramnarine
Jie Su
ROOM
Instructors
Students
ARC
610
monday
ic
str t
9 am - 5:30 pm
ROOM
Instructors
Students
9:00 am
9:35 am
10:10 am
11:00 am
11:35 am
12:10 pm
2:00 pm
2:35 pm
3:10 pm
4:00 pm
4:35 pm
G.B.
2ndF
ABC
Thesis
E. Plater-Zyberk
J. Park
V. Vasconez
E. Sheikholharam
Yihan Liu
“Wall-less World: The Living Space of the Future”
Emma Catherine May
“de(fence): a Deportation Base Camp Center on the Mexican Border”
Tianchi Ding
“Apartment for the Young Aged”
15 min. BREAK
Adam Jared Raiffe
“Dream Again: Redefining Suburban Community”
Ge Yang
“Landing and Launch Pad Zone”
Shushanik Ghazaryan
“Transforming Our Destination”
Lunch BREAK
Elena Roth
“Faithfully Yours: Adaptive Reuse of Post Office”
Bowen Zhang
“Thesis Title: Brick Rebirth – Building with Recycled Materials”
Ekaterina Koroleva
“In‐between Infrastructure”
15 min. BREAK
nD
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A
So
Mi
iD
am e
sig
April 27
Benjamin Davies Winship
“Reinterpreting the Empire State Plaza Albany NY”
Yeszhan Y Duisebay
“Post Exposition Use of EXPO 2017 Buildings in Kazakhstan”
ARC
610
Monday
April 27
9 am - 5:30 pm
G.B.
2ndF
ABC
E. Sheikholharam
V. Vasconez
J. Park
E. Plater-Zyberk
Hiwot Tefera
“The connection between landscape and architecture – Landform Buildings”
Brenna Kaitlin Johnson
“Deserted Death: Reintroducing Death to the Public Realm and Reclaiming Ritual in Crematoria”
Yi Jiang Johnson
“Living with the Green in the City”
15 min. BREAK
Jenerra Charday Albert
“Displacement by Deconstruction”
William Michael Babey
“Fishing Pier”
Shalinie Devi Persaud
“VIT(ALL): A Reinvention of The Gas Station”
Lunch BREAK
ROOM
Instructors
Students
9:00 am
9:35 am
10:10 am
11:00 am
11:35 am
12:10 pm
James Tauryn Harris
“Returning to Vernacular: A Critical Regionalist’s Approach to Miami’s Twenty-First Century Housing”
Xuwen Xing
“Re-Developing Chinese Traditional Housing ”
Yue Pan
“Underground City”
2:00 pm
Gu Sansheng
“A Solution for Haze”
Angelica Maria Tavarez
“The First Building Blocks”
4:00 pm
15 min. BREAK
D
iami M
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A
So
nD
sigistriic
t
D
m i De
easign
2:35 pm
3:10 pm
4:35 pm
ic
str t
M
RED
660
Monday
April 27
Afternoon
2:30 pm - 5 pm
Urban Infill, Preservation and Redevelopment
C. Bohl
G.B.
2ndF
D
S. Nostrand
ROOM
Instructors
Overtown Teams
Urban Philanthropy Site
Rebecca Borbe (MRED+U)
Lily Kasapi (MRED+U)
Onome Oladapo Uwhubetine (MBA)
Timothy R. Libertini (BBA Finance, Real Estate)
Priya Iyer (Hernandez’s ARC - UL)
Samantha Diaz (Hernandez’s ARC - UL)
NE 2nd CT Site
Dustin W Jackson (MRED+U)
J. Nicholas Dusseau (MRED+U)
Tyler Cushing Mortimer (MBA)
Victor Ricardo Kroh (B. Arch)
Tyler Nussbaum (Hernandez’s ARC - UL)
Daniel Clavijo (Hernandez’s ARC - UL)
Dorsey Library Site
Chun Wei Huang (MRED+U)
Marianne Helene Canero (MBA)
Nicole Lauren Ferrarini (B. Arch)
Matilde Beraja (BBA Real Estate, Entrepreneurship)
Elena Roth (Hernandez’s ARC - UL)
Erikka Vinci (Hernandez’s ARC - UL)
ami
Mi
si g n
SoA
Distric
De
Midtown Team
Emran Y Ally (MRED+U)
Jeffrey Michael Birenbaum (MRED+U)
Amanda M Bonvecchio (MRED+U)
Edward John Laird (B. Arch)
Giuliano D’Arrigo (Hernandez’s ARC - UL)
Carolina Downey (Hernandez’s ARC - UL)
Students
t
Tuesday
April 28
UPPER
UPPER
level
level
+
RED
660
Morning
9 am - 12:30 pm
Instructors
Students
G.B.
2ndF
A
Classical Architecture
V. Deupi
A. Duany
Katherine Knight (ARC 608)
Jaclyn Hagen (ARC 510)
Jonathan Hrasar (ARC 510)
Isabel D’angelo (ARC 510)
Xiaoxu Huang (ARC 510)
Natalie Loventhal (ARC 408)
Tyler Nussbaum (ARC 408)
Timothy Nash (ARC 408)
Nikita Chabra (ARC 408)
Xinlu Wang (ARC 609)
G.B.
2ndF
B
The Underline
J. Brillhart
Yanbin Chen (ARC 609)
Haochi Zhang (ARC 408)
Ben Xie (ARC 608)
Carlo Magno (ARC 408)
Aky Fernandez (ARC 408)
Alberto Alfaro (ARC 408)
Sofia Dos Santos Menezes (ARC 408)
Sophie Juneau (ARC 408)
Joselyn Ojeda (ARC 408)
Shentin Wang (ARC 408)
Kamilah Acebal (ARC 408)
Natalie Paulino (ARC 408)
Hongyang Wang (ARC 408)
ARC
602
Instructors
Students
Urban Design Studio II
G.B.
2ndF
D
Unesco Hondarribia
J. Gelabert-Navia
C. Bohl
S. Nostrand
The Underline Teams
Team 7A
Jessica Aberman (MRED+U)
Adnan Tareen (MRED+U)
Bryana Cassinera (MRED+U)
Ian Martin Wach (MBA)
Team 7B
Josh Lane (MRED+U)
Gabriel Anthony Flores (MRED+U)
Daniel Manocherian (BBA Real Estate)
Team 8A
Katarina Anne Borton (MRED+U)
Jose Joaquin Franco (MRED+U)
Victoria Debenedictis (BBA Real Estate)
Low Energy Affordable &
Sustainable Subtropical Housing
J. Onyango
level
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UPPER
sig
Jeffrey Adler (ARC 408)
Thiago DeSouza Gonzaga (ARC 510)
Rossana Auad (ARC 408)
Bhavik Patel (ARC 510)
Sophie Doughty (ARC 408)
Yasmine Zeghar (ARC 608)
Priya Iyer (ARC 408)
Clarisse Lopez (ARC 408)
Jaime Segovia (ARC 408)
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am e
Krizia Dos Santos (ARC 509)
Spencer Zimmerman (ARC 509)
Kareem Bayram (ARC 510)
Roxanne Bazan (ARC 510)
Maria Carolina Fasano (ARC 510)
A
So
Irene Balza (ARC 408)
Andrea Garcia (ARC 408)
Quincy Ikler (ARC 408)
Thais Profet (ARC 408)
Zihua Chen (ARC 509)
William Bonosky (ARC 602)
Wei Lui (ARC 602)
Xinyue Zou (ARC 602)
Stephanie Tarud Esper (ARC 608)
Redevelopment
Mi
ROOM
G.B.
2ndF
C
G.B.
2ndF
B
ic
str t
ROOM
r
ive sit
of Mi
i
am
y
UPPER
UPPER
level
level
Tuesday
April 28
A
So
Afternoon
Un
1:30 pm - 5 pm
Vernacularology II
G.B.
2ndF
B
A. Cure
Bruna Bacchi (ARC 510)
Nicolle Gitlin (ARC 510)
Andrea Gonzalez-Rebull (ARC 510)
Stacy Griffith (ARC 510)
Ana Maria Guaracao (ARC 510)
Michael Heyer (ARC 510)
Victor Kroh (ARC 510)
Lauren O’halloran (ARC 510)
Biting Chen (ARC 608)
Chen Chen (ARC 609)
Ana Luisa Leite (ARC 609)
Sonia Sarmiento (ARC 609)
Jianwei Li (ARC 710)
Healthcare Studio
Healthcare Design Studio
G.B.
2ndF
A
J. Lombard
Stephanie Andres Muskus (ARC 509)
Patrick Beck (ARC 510)
Daniella Cioffi (ARC 510)
Madeline Gonzalez (ARC 510)
Taylor Lichteberger (ARC 510)
Andrea Delgado (ARC 608)
Divya Gosain (ARC 608)
Junya Huang (ARC 608)
Thomas Makowsk (ARC 608)
Camilo Tirado (ARC 608)
ROOM
Instructors
Students
UPPER
level
Historic Preservation Studio
The Architecture Campus as a
Laboratory of Stewardship
G.B.
2ndF
D
New York Soho Hostel
R. Behar
A. Cure
Alexandra Altman (ARC 408)
Daniel Clavijo (ARC 408)
Christian Lemon (ARC 408)
Adolfo Gonzalez (ARC 509)
Ashley Grimes (ARC 509)
Giuliano D’Arrigo (ARC 510)
Nicole Ferrarini (ARC 510)
Carolina Downey (ARC 510)
Edward Laird (ARC 510)
Anthony Lopez (ARC 510)
Jessica Tsiris (ARC 510)
Yuyang Chen (ARC 608)
UPPER
level
G.B.
2ndF
C
S. Fett
Gregory Lafaire (ARC 408)
John Degirolamo (ARC 510)
Andrea Gamboa (ARC 510)
Stephanie Graziano (ARC 510)
Ali Troy Gulec (ARC 510)
Norm Kennedy (ARC 510)
Zhachary Mahoney (ARC 510)
Tehilah Weiss (ARC 510)
Zhachary Anderson (ARC 608)
Yanjun Zhao (ARC 608)
Shilun Zhou (ARC 608)
Giancarlo Belledon (ARC 610)
ROOM
Instructors
Students
ARC
102
ARC
305
April 24
FRIDAY
Morning
9 am to 12:30 pm
B. Arch. - Architecture Design II
Design II’s overarching purpose was to design an academic proposal of both a public
gathering space and a building that embodies the original architectural goals and aspirations of Key West. City administrators, commissioners and citizens have voiced a
desire to develop a Public Garden having Civic Architecture to serve both the citizenry
and visitors to the city alike. The project was to design a public Garden & Loggia to
provide the inhabitants of the Solares Hill neighborhood and the City, a small place for
leisure, play, meditation and congregation in a manner appropriate with Key West and its
urban History. The location/site for this new Public Garden presents a challenging urban
setting as it is surrounded by a variety of building and programmatic conditions particular to Key West. The site presents a series of complex urban and architectural issues
ranging from the notion of the role of Public Space & Public Building, as a generator of
Urban Form, to the influence of folklore and culture in the definition of the contemporary
city. Moreover, basic principles of architecture and city building, essential for the construction of a modern city were explored.
Instructors:
O.Machado(C)
J.Correa
E.Cimring
W.Bradley
“…the city represents the progress of human reason, is a human creation
per excellence; and this statement has meaning
only when the fundamental
point is emphasized that the city and every urban
artifact are by nature collective”.
April 24
FRIDAY
Afternoon
9 am to 12:30 pm
B. Arch. - Architecture Design III
The contemporary city has largely replaced the public market with a plethora of non-descript grocery stores. This model disconnects us from local goods and vendors and limits the vital social interaction associated with the traditional market place. However, the
rise of the sustainable design movement of the 21st century has refocused efforts to create buildings that respond to the particulars of place, learn from passive and assertive
“greening” methods, which include the importance of supporting local agriculture and
industries that provide neighborhoods with fresh organic food, in support of a healthier
and more responsible way of life. To this end, the design project for ARC 204 focused
on a hypothetical “Miami Fish Market”, located alongside the Miami River, on a thin site
fronting Lummus Park, and imagined as a place that can provide a permanent market
structure for the purchase of fresh local fish and produce, as well as waterfront dining.
The building program encourages public activities associated with commerce and retail
that are meant to be accommodated through the careful design of internal and external
elements. Given the scale of the project’s building, the design process has encouraged
students to investigate the ways in which larger spanning structural systems, architectural form and meaning can be integrated, all the while considering the scale and historic
character that surrounds the site.
Instructors:
S.Chao(C)
C.Canton
G.Barnes
R.John
J.Perez
ARC
204
ARC
306
ARC
305
April 25
SATURDAY
Morning
9 am to 12:30 pm
B. Arch. - Architecture Design IV
The second semester third year studio offers student the opportunity to apply theoretical
knowledge learned in building and environmental systems class in their design solutions in a synergistic way. A semester long project was the vehicle for exploring the
integration of tectonics and design. The first half of the semester focused on producing
a schematic design solution which was further developed during the second half of the
semester. This semester, the program, titled Embarcadero 10, was an assemblage of
uses surrounding a coffee import and roastery business called River Bend Coffee. The
project, located on the south shore of the Miami River, is to take advantage of its waterfront to accommodate coffee imports from growers throughout the Caribbean via small
freighters typical on the River, and also serve as a transportation hub for ferries and
water taxis. Students will present their final solutions for review to a board of practicing
Architects, Engineers, and other construction professionals. Unlike conventional design
reviews, each student will interview with professionals one on one. The reviewers will
orient the students and make suggestions to their design in their respective areas of
expertise and evaluate student performance in these areas.
Instructors:
A.Montero(C)
E.Sarli
A.Krantz
D.Trautman
J.Trelles
Jaya
April 25
SATURDAY
Afternoon
1:30 pm to 5 pm
M. Arch. I - Architecture Design II
The skyscraper is an inherently urban building type and in the case of the contemporary
city, the principle sponsor of urban life. It is of consequence to the architect, the extent
to which buildings contribute to the construction of the city as Civic Art. The skyscraper,
“the entity that remains aloof from the city” (Tafuri), can be viewed as virtuous and allied
in the building of the “good life” (Socrates). Two exercises will be issued. The first will
pursue the documentation of the site by means of the study and representation of architectural subjects, together with cultural elements of folklore and geography, in the form
of a map and a wood model, with the purpose of defining in detail the characteristics of
a building parcel in downtown Miami. The second part of the studio is dedicated to project employing the formal configuration of the skyscraper, arguably the most prevalent
typology of the city in the last two centuries. A skyscraper visit to New York took place
in early March.
Instructor:
T.Victoria
ARC
502
ARC
ARC
610
305
April 27
MONDAY
9 am to 6 pm
Thesis
The Architectural Thesis or Master’s Project is a design project conceived, developed,
and defended independently by the individual student, that aims at being an original
contribution to the field of architecture. The thesis is a two-semester, 9-credit process
that includes a seminar and a design studio led by one or two faculty members. The
Thesis must be approved by the ad-hoc faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements
of the Master of Architecture Degree (3-year or 2-year).
Instructors:
E.Plater-Zyberk
J.Park
V.Vasconez
E.Sheikholharam
SoA
M.
Arch
2015
April 27
MONDAY
Yihan Liu
ARC
610
Thesis
From Beijing, China
Bachelor of Architecture, Nanjing University of Technology
“Wall-less World: The Living Space of the Future”
Solid walls provide safe and private spaces for humans, but they also obstruct communications
between neighbors at the same time especially in apartment buildings. This thesis substitutes
solid wall for plenty of thin sticks to redefine the space edges controlled by a smart responding
system. What’s more, in opposite to tradition residential buildings, this wall-less apartment minimizes the most private places to guide residents going out and talking with others while maximizing the semi-private, semi-public, public spaces shared with your neighbors.
9:00am
Hiwot Tefera
From Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, University of Georgia
“The connection between landscape and architecture – Landform Buildings”
Architecture by its nature transforms the landscape geologically and biologically. There is an
ongoing exploitation of landscape in which mountains are being ruthlessly excavated to provide
materials for the building industry. With the inordinate carving of a huge section of a landscape,
we are causing disruption and discontinuity in nature, which is shaping problematic gaps in
the natural flow of an ecological system. The methodology for the thesis is to first understand
different structural systems suitable for a topographic site since the site has an elevation difference of 300 feet due to quarrying. By understanding how to create land form buildings the main
purpose of the thesis is to develop design technique to examine the ways that a torn landscape
could recuperate.
9:00am
Emma Catherine May
From Boston, Massachusetts USA
Bachelor of Multimedia Studio Arts, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles
“de(fence): a Deportation Base Camp Center on the Mexican Border”
This thesis will address illegal immigration and deportation. Through the design of an architectural intervention on the Mexican border, resources will be accessible to homeless deportees
when they are dropped off at the border.
9:35am
ARC
ARC
610
305
April 27
MONDAY
Thesis
Brenna Kaitlin Johnson
From Birmingham, AL USA
B.S. in Studio Art, Skidmore College
“Deserted Death: Reintroducing Death to the Public Realm and Reclaiming
Ritual in Crematoria”
9:35 am
Deserted Death : Reclaiming Ritual in Crematoria is a proposal for an alternative type of crematorium in response to sociological and psychological changes in Western culture, and aims
to rectify the phenomena that is the “Invisible Death:” the disconnect between the dying, the
bereaved, and society. An investigation into the historical, sociological, and psychological evolution of Western society’s culture of death seeks to inform the development of an architectural
type which will aim to amiably reacquaint society with death. Dying, death, and bereavement
take center stage in this investigation as, ultimately, it is through the ritual movement of these
three which dictates design. The conclusions from this research were assessed for their architectural implications and ultimately informed an architectural solution for a site in Portland,
Oregon that responds to the needs of the bereaved.
Tianchi Ding
From Anhui Province, China
Bachelor of Architecture from Tianjin Chengjian University
“Apartment for the Young Aged”
10:10 am
Because of the tendency of population aging in many countries, it is a duty for architects to
think what kind of apartment the aged people really want. The definition of “aged people” from
World Health Organization is over 60. What the thesis focuses on is the age range between 60
and 75 that is called “young senior citizen.” This age group people is a big base of population,
their health situation is pretty good and they could live by themselves. Most importantly, they
have a strong mental desire.
Yi Jiang Johnson
From Shanghai, China
University of Missouri, Bachelor of Science
“Living with green in the city”
10:10 am
Undoubtedly, trees and vegetation can absorb pollution and release oxygen. Existing urban
condition has tremendous capacities to accommodate a large population of trees with small interventions. There are many typical conditions which poor urban design along with malfunction
architectural solution have exploited space that could have been used for green space. The
thesis identifies moments in a typical urban setting which design could free enough spaces for
adding green spaces. My task is to provide design solutions for those typical problems, and
thus free space for the emergence of required green space and vegetation. To be systematic,
the thesis would codify the possible way that with realistic interesting great results would be
achieved.
April 27
MONDAY
Adam Jared Raiffe
Thesis
ARC
610
From Warren, New Jersey USA
Bachelor of Interior Design, New Jersey Institute of Technology
“Dream Again: Redefining Suburban Community”
Dream Again draws from an investigation of the past, present, and hypothetical future of the
suburban condition as it pertains to the American Dream and the American home. A transformation is taking place in the suburbs, urbanistically, spatially, economically, environmentally,
socially, and psychologically. What does this transformation mean for the people, the homes,
and the communities that make up the suburb? A recent survey by MetLife found that young
Americans value, and seek out, peer-to-peer living conditions and shared responsibility as elements of an ideal living situation, a condition that can currently be found in urban environments.
Is this the new American Dream, and if so, how can these ideals be applied to the suburban fabric? One solution is the addition of something urbansits identify as the “third place,” where home
is first, work is second, and third, is the other place where life also happens. This investigation
confirms the scarcity, and requirement by young Americans, of the third place in the suburbs.
The paradigm that this project offers provides the third place while simultaneously integrates
the restructuring of the individual home, in terms of community, to better accomodate the reorganization of social patterns in and outside of the home. One potential architectural solution is to
restructure the suburban home and connect it to an added Third Place, thereby transform what
is now an individual cell, into a vehicle for a more shared, public way of living in the suburbs.
11:00 am
Jenerra C. Albert
From Tucson, Arizona
Bachelor of Business Administration - Howard University
“Displacement by Deconstruction”
The built environment is capable of contributing to and destroying the lives of a group of people.
Often the infrastructural system of the highway can completely determine the fate of a neighborhood, its legacy, its memory, its culture and where the people within it live. Displacement of
families and/or gentrification of neighborhoods has become the result of New Urbanist efforts of
highway conversion. Due to this conundrum of highway conversion, an investigation into “symbiotic architecture” will examine the program of single family housing and its relationship to the
urban context and new residential housing development of Overtown, Miami to find a suitable
answer to the question: How does architecture and the built environment engender displacement of people and culture, and what role might architecture play in mitigating this condition?
11:00 am
Ge Yang
From Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
Bachelor of Architecture, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China.
“Landing and Launch Pad Zone”
The thesis is focused on the housing crisis for new graduates in metropolitan areas. Those
college graduates are just starting or preparing for work. Almost all renting are “rent-burdened.”
The thesis investigates this problem and uses shipping container units as modular building
which could provide an affordable and more creative way of living. It offers a new type of CONTAINER APARTMENT, which has lowest construction fees and lower monthly rent for short term
stay, where college graduates can choose between level of affordability, area of units, while still
be appealing, having a variety of services. It can be defined as a “Landing & Launch Pad Zone”
for new graduates living in metropolitan areas.
11:35 am
ARC
ARC
610
305
April 27
MONDAY
Thesis
William Michael Babey
From Miami, FL, USA
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Hartford
“Fishing Pier”
11:35 am
Overfishing is a critical issue which has greatly impacted South Florida’s coastlines. Using the
example of nearby reefs in the Caribbean, overfishing and stock depletion has killed off much
of the living coral in these waters. Overfishing of the Parrot Fish specifically, which is a delicacy
in Jamaica and other nearby islands, has had a major contribution to local reef destruction. The
Parrot Fish feeds by eating algae which releases a toxin that is detrimental to reef health. Less
parrot fish leads to more algae, which is a major contributor to Caribbean reef death. It is at the
point where Jamaica would have to close down its fisheries for DECADES to allow its marine
ecosystem to return to good health. Demise of the reefs off the coastline of South Florida is
still preventable, but inevitable if patterns of overfishing in the area do not change. The fishing
pier is a unique typology seldom explored by architects. The shape of the pier is consistent
throughout South Florida as well as the rest of the world. The idea of a long, linear, static fishing
platform is known and accepted. The fishing piers of South Florida are not the main cause of
overfishing, although they are a local example. This thesis will use the fishing pier to create a
progressive museum designed to address overfishing at its source.
Shushanik Ghazaryan
From Yerevan, Armenia
Bachelor of Architectural Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
“Transforming our Destination”
12:10 pm
There are a series of predicaments associated with suburbia, namely their fundamental dependence on the automobile. The only way to effectively solve these deficiencies is to operate at
an urban scale. Among an ocean of discontinuity, there are moments within the suburban fabric
where undiscovered potential exists. These moments are currently comprised of surface parking, decaying strip malls, transmission lines, big box stores, railroad lines, etc. all of which play
a role in dividing the suburban fabric into disassociated fragments that could otherwise exist as
part of a coherent whole. This thesis aims to promote public space, effectively encouraging and
stimulating the advancement of public transit. The opportune unification of public space with
public transportation paves the way to a vivid and active public life as well as a strong sense
of place. The combination of movement, interactions, encounters are collectively conducive to
the creation of a healthy urban environment.
April 27
MONDAY
Shalinie Devi Persaud
Thesis
ARC
610
From Toronto, Ontario Canada
Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies, University of Toronto
“VIT(ALL): A Reinvention of The Gas Station”
The United States has 253.6 million registered vehicles serviced by 121,466 gas stations. There
is a paradox: Each year, as the demand of cars ostensibly increases, the number of gas stations
in the United States dramatically decreases. Why are there over 200,000 abandoned gas stations in the United States? What can become of an obsolete infrastructure when the oil industry
disappears? Can architecture transform such an infrastructure to something that makes sense
environmentally, urbanistically, socially and economically? There are better methods; however,
the gas station of yesterday and today is not one of them. What becomes of an already established system between humans, daily needs, and prominent locations of mobility? How can
the pre-established system of important locations be reused? What happens to the roadside
architecture when fuelling is no longer a primary industry or the gas runs out? Perhaps, there is
only one significant question: what is the new fuel? Downtown Miami, Florida, is being stripped
of its surviving gas stations due to high land value and population growth. To avoid the station’s
previous fate as a stagnant piece of urban fabric waiting to be replaced by a developer, the thesis intervenes into a common typology of the current Downtown Miami landscape: the podium
of the residential tower. The design will live in a controversial situation where economic powers,
social strata, and urban and architectural tensions converge. The station aims to be prototypical
as it can be deployed anywhere, but when placed or coupled with existing or future architecture
it must have the potential to act as a catalyst. The station as a catalyst allows for community
building and the sustenance of a typology that will disappear from the American landscape.
12:10 pm
Elena Roth
From Bethesda, MD, USA
Bachelor of Arts in Art History, Trinity College
“Faithfully Yours: Adaptive Reuse of Post Office”
After hundreds of years of serving as the epicenter of local life, commerce, and social interests,
thousands of post offices that have shaped the American landscape are closing their doors for
good. With digital correspondence becoming our primary means of communication, the United
States Postal Service can no longer support the buildings that are synonymous with the service
they provide. In 2012, the National Trust for Historic Preservation placed post offices on the list
of America’s 11 most Endangered Historic Places. So what does it mean for the town, when the
building type that was once the center of daily life begins to disappear? Will it inevitably follow
suit? Today, the masses are gravitating towards urban metropolises in order to succeed in a
globalized world. As a result, smaller towns are losing young talent to places that can provide
a wider variety of jobs and resources. Therefore, finding a way to appropriately adapt the use
of these historic post offices, so that they remain relevant in modern society, is crucial in saving these buildings and the towns they serve. Though post office buildings can no longer be
supported by their mother organization, they must be maintained as an important part of our
country’s historical fabric, as a symbol of prosperity and identity. By transforming the historic
post office into a youth hostel and canoe work shop, the post office can once again become an
epicenter of commerce and community activity in the American town.
2:00 pm
ARC
ARC
610
305
April 27
MONDAY
Thesis
James Tauryn Harris
From Wethersfield, CT USA
B.A. Studio Arts, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
“Returning to Vernacular: A Critical Regionalist’s Approach to Miami’s
Twenty-First Century Housing”
2:00 pm
The embrace of South Florida’s tropical environment has declined in favor of the sealed box.
Miami has developed a contemporary vernacular of condominiums that include brise-soleilstyle balconies with floor to ceiling windows. This late twentieth century “new vernacular” style
is culturally inappropriate and disregards environmental concerns. It is time to consider a new
approach for South Florida’s rapid growth in high-rise housing developments. By observing
and understanding vernacular ideologies and how these traditions can be integrated in modern
architectural projects, it will be possible to successfully develop and upgrade South Florida’s
contemporary built environments.
Bowen Zhang
From Yantai, China
Bachelor of Architecture, Tianjin University
“Thesis Title: Brick Rebirth – Building with Recycled Materials”
2:35 pm
There is a perpetual cycle of creation and demolition to any materials in our lives. There is a birth and
there is a demise, same thing happened with the buildings. We collect materials and we build an object
of our desire. How the left over debris of a demolished building could be reused to give birth to another
building? With all the ecological and environmental issues of this wasted material, this is the design’s aim
to take advantage of techniques that can enable the sustainable reuse of those debris. To test it, I choose
to reuse bricks and give them a new life. Reusing old bricks is a feasible, sustainable, and fashionable
way for building new or destroying existing buildings. The design project is a small scale student center,
recycled bricks are used as the primary material for the new building in many ways, such as structural
walls, partition walls, surfaces, and landscapes.
Xuwen Xing
From Dalian, Liaoning, China
Bachelor of Civil Engineer, Dalian Jiaotong University
“Re-Developing Chinese Traditional Housing”
2:35 pm
Beijing is home to China’s greatest historical treasures, and while those aren’t going anywhere,
its historic housing stock might in danger. The 600-year-old Hutongs are narrow alleyways lined
by stone courtyard houses. At their peak, there were thousands upon thousands in Beijing but
today, estimates put the number at just 600 remaining. Traditional Chinese housing is based
heavily on the element of the wall. The wall plays a fundamental role not only in the formation
of buildings, but also in the way people enter a structure. In the past, the Chinese view the
wall as a means of security as it keeps out unwanted intruders. The wall was the boundary of
housing. Today, the function of the wall has changed due to the peaceful nature of modern
day China. So in this thesis, a new concept is given to the wall. The wall of Chinese traditional
housing found in the remaining hutong are no longer need to be a separator, but could instead
function as connectors to each other and to the outside word.
April 27
MONDAY
Thesis
ARC
610
Ekaterina Koroleva
From Moscow, Russia
Specialist degree in Architecture from State University of Land Use Planning
Moscow, Russia
“In–between Infrastructure”
There exist certain spaces in a city which are not accessible or usable. One type of these
spaces are the leftover spaces under, between, and above the elevated highways. The idea of
my thesis is to rethink these spaces by adding a new program to them, instead of having just
one function of transportation. These spaces usually become very pedestrian-unfriendly due to
accumulation of homeless people. Disruption of the city grid, loss of historical connection and
loss of the economic value from the unused space are the reasons why it is important to rethink
these spaces. This problem becomes more dramatic when it is gets to the urban core where the
real state value of unused spaces becomes very high. These arguments make the downtown
Miami a good choice for my site. The project will focus on the existing cluster of highways that
requires efficient organization of space, and I will come up with an economically sustainable
design that would reinforce the existing structure to allow for addition of commercial spaces
under the highway and offices above the highway.
3:10 pm
Yue Pan
From Beijing, China
Bachelor of Architecture, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
“Underground City”
Underground space has already been explored since the Primitive Ages, and these few decades the uses of under surface space develop rapidly, but subsurface space is still considered as an unpleasant environment and related to series image of darkness, danger, dampness, and disease by people. Therefore, my thesis is about how to create livable underground
space for peoples. Although people can improve the underground lighting condition and ventilation condition by new technology, the most challenge of design is to eliminate the negative
psychological feeling of subsurface, so my thesis will focus on providing natural light, ground
view, and pleasing color for subsurface space.
3:10 pm
ARC
ARC
610
305
April 27
MONDAY
Thesis
Benjamin Davies Winship
Winnetka, IL, USA
BA History, University of Miami
“Reinterpreting the Empire State Plaza Albany NY”
4:00 pm
The large scale urban development of the Empire State Plaza is a self-contained entity that
includes all of the required functions and space that its performance demanded. However,
its sheer perfectness is its inherent problem. The pre-staged performance entailed an internal focus and isolation from uncertainties of its immediate context, which proved to become
a modern urban fragment within the historic city of Albany, New York. This proposal would
simplify the existing structure of the plan and transform complex internal patterns to a more
lucid flexible system of uses and activities. On the urban level, the thesis first identifies the
moments in which pedestrian flows and traffic connection can penetrate the project with its
multiple stories, and the podium has tremendous capacities to articulate these connecting
fenestrations. If successful, the project would create a new perception of the downtown area.
Through introduced axes, the formerly detached urban fragment would unite back with the city
and this center piece would become an urban excitement and its impact would exceed the
physical boundaries of the project.
Gu Sansheng
From Nantong, China
Bachelor of Engineering, Nanjing University
“A Solution for Haze”
4:00 pm
Faced with poor air conditions in China, architecture can do offer a pollution delaminated
space for people. Considering people’s need for exterior public space and the necessity of
nature ventilation, the protective surface should adopt an ecological strategy offering, not only
detox façade but also a natural ventilation system. Furthermore, it is clear that a transformed
version of the same system could portablely protect the building façade as well.
April 27
MONDAY
Yeszhan Y Duisebay
Thesis
ARC
610
From Kazakhstan, Astana
Bachelor of Architecture, Eurasian National University
“Post Exposition Use of EXPO 2017 Buildings in Kazakhstan”
Because of the importance of the EXPO 2017 structures and a possibility that they will fall
into disuse, I propose that the main national pavilion be retrofitted into Student Activity Center
for Nazarbayev University (NU).
4:35 pm
Angelica Tavarez
From Hewlett Neck, New York, USA
B.F.A Interior Design, Minor: Architecture, Syracuse University
“The First Building Blocks”
Educational facilities create physical barriers between learning environments and the communities they are serving. There are certain considerations and realities that suggest that schools
have controlled boundaries. Schools draw a definite line between interior and exterior. The fundamental reason is physical security and protection; however, schools prefer to have students
in psychological isolation from all the external stimuli, that is to say, constant or momentary
distractions. Many studies demonstrate that this very premise is erroneous. Studies regarding
learning suggest that those so-called distractions are indeed modes of interaction, which are
essentially aiding the development of a more creative psyche. This thesis will explore the repercussions of this claim in the design of a specific school. Is it possible to design a focused
educational system with an anticipated or promised outcome all while providing students with
multiple modes of interactions and unprecedented experiences? The thesis doesn’t defy the
exigency of the moments of internal focus and serene concentrations; it rather offers other possibilities that flourish creative thinking through multiple modes of engaging activities. The thesis
design strives to explore two radically difference sides of the spectrum. However hypothetical
or heroic, my project will push the boundaries of this argument to its extreme.
4:35 pm
UPPER
level
ARC
305
April 28
TUESDAY
Morning
9 am to 12:30 pm
Architecture Design - Classical Studio
Classical Architecture
The studio was conceived to explore an architectural design responsive to the exigencies of the 21st Century. The coming practice has at least two unprecedented
requirements. The first is that of efficiency; what Sigfried Gideon called “the problem
of large numbers” or as Rem Koolhaas brutally put it: “The typical Chinese architect
is 200 times as efficient as the typical American architect.” The limits that are upon
us--economic and environmental--require of the future architect a design process
that is very, very quick and that dependably results in buildings that succeed in their
construction and their use. To this end, the classical language is, indeed the only
available open-shelf prefabrication system in the United States. It is the default setting of the building material depots and catalogs. There is an emerging movement
which is conscious of the need to respond to this challenge of efficiency. It is called
Lean Urbanism.
Instructors: V. Deupi A. Duany
April 28
TUESDAY
Morning
9 am to 12:30 pm
The Underline
As traffic grows and the need for public transit is ever more necessary in Miami, the
10-mile Underline, which runs parallel to US1, offers a green belt of relief. Originally
a 100’ wide service road located underneath the Metrorail, the Underline is now
conceived as linear park and mobility corridor that integrates transit, connects communities, improves pedestrian and bicyclist safety, restores natural habitats, and
encourages a healthy lifestyle. This adaptive re-use project was conceived by local
visionary Meg Daly. A master plan for the Underline, which connects eight Metrorail
stations from Brickell to Dadeland South, was developed with the assistance of the
University of Miami School of Architecture in 2013. The project is now among Miami
Dade County’s top initiatives. Our assignment is to build upon what has already
been started. However, rather than focusing on the overall plan, we focused on developing an architectural proposal for a single point along the Underline. Zooming in
on the University Metrorail Station, students will be asked to design a new front door
to our campus that will be a connective link – a nexus along a line - that functions
both a destination and a point of transition. (Students will learn from the Masterplan
created in Professor Ceo and Fort’s studio last semester.) What is the University of
Miami Metrorail station’s identity? What should this entrance to campus look like?
How does one seamlessly integrate the Underline, the elevated train and the U??!
We framed the project through perspective drawings and architectural models that
will explore the experience and spatial qualities of light, air and structure.
Instructor:
J. Brillhart
UPPER
level
ARC
602
ARC
305
April 28
TUESDAY
Morning
9 am to 12:30 pm
Unesco Hondarribia
Urban Design Studio II
The City of Hondarribia in Spain and Cartagena de Indias in Colombia, beyond the
geographic and urban parallels, also have similar issues in regard to walled cities
and complex geographic centers and history. Many of the military engineers who
designed the system of fortifications for both Hondarribia and the City of Cartagena
de Indias learned from Admiral Blas de Lezo, who was born in the Basque Region
in Hondarribia. The Graduate Design Studio used its focus on housing to develop
a new community adjacent and complementary to the existing landmark fort of St.
Guadalupe. Using GSIS techniques, as well as historical analysis, the studio developed strategies which will be prototypical for developing projects within the boundaries of historical centers, using the walled city of Hondarribia as a case study.
Instructor: J. Gelabert-Navia
April 28
TUESDAY
Morning
9 am to 12:30 pm
Low Energy Affordable & Sustainable Subtropical Housing
This intensive 14-week design project is aimed at guiding students’ thorough understanding of practical passive and active low energy and environmental design
techniques in line with affordable housing strategies. In the project, the students
are trained to obtain some hands-on design and research skills for the delivery of
affordable and sustainable housing and given an opportunity to demonstrate their
knowledge on a site proposed in Rhode Island. The project was tailored to lead the
students to the design proposal of a low-energy sustainable and affordable housing
prototype that aims to accommodate the wants and needs of individuals, as well as
society. The project team meetings were held twice weekly, accompanied by site
visits, discussion and learning activities of design and analysis techniques.
Instructor:
J. Onyango
UPPER
level
UPPER
level
ARC
305
April 28
TUESDAY
Afternoon
1:30 pm to 5 pm
Healthcare Design Studio
Healthcare
A dynamic field at the threshold of significant change, healthcare is redefining its
role in relation to community. From medical kiosks to urban health districts, the design of healthcare environments is responding to policy, science, technology and
care-delivery innovations. At the same time, chronic diseases are among the leading
causes of death in the U.S., and an abundance of research has shown relationships
between chronic diseases and the built environment. Poised at this intersection of
healthcare and its relationship to community, Healthcare Studio 2015 (HCS 2015)
brings together, and works with, professionals in the fields of healthcare architecture, urbanism, health care delivery, public health and county government, including
its health and public realm agencies and elected officials, to develop master plans
and facility designs which explore the potential for healthcare in the context of community health and sustainable planning principles.
HCS 2015 projects include an initial mobile infectious disease unit concept, developed in consultation with Mobile
Unit Directors from Bon Secours Virginia Health System; expansion of the Frederica Wilson Liberty City Health Clinic
and the new Liberty City Health District plan developed in consultation with Samir Elmir, Roland Pierre, Karen Weller,
Florida Department of Health/ Miami Dade, Jack Kardys and Maria Nardi, Parks Recreation and Open Spaces; Jose
Rodriguez, Public Housing & Community Development, Miami Dade; Alex Zizold, Urban Design Center, Regulatory
&Economic Resources, Miami Dade, Alex Silva, Silva Architects; Judith Bell and Xavier Iglesias, DPZ, Miami; and Danay Morales, UMSA; and a re-conceptualization and masterplan for Presence Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago
developed in consultation with Presence Resurrection Medical Center Administrative Team, Fernando Rodriguez,
Gensler, Houston; Jason Harper, Perkins+Will, NYC; Michael Swartz, David M. Schwarz, Architects, Washington,
D.C.; and Ed Hengtgen, Facilities Design & Construction, University of Miami. HCS 2015 is led by Joanna Lombard
and conducted with faculty partners Andrew Cogar, David VanGroningen, and Ryan Yurcaba, Historical Concepts,
Atlanta; Parry LaGro, Kathy Helm Associates, Miami, and Xavier Iglesias, DPZ, Miami.
Instructor: J. Lombard
April 28
TUESDAY
Afternoon
1:30 pm to 5 pm
Vernacularology II
This studio traveled to Barranquilla, Colombia, to study the “Las Flores” informal city
to learn from its existing landscape and see firsthand how it works. Our starting point
was an uncompromising acceptance of the reality and logic of this autonomous urban
settlement. We behaved as urban detectives and ‘looked nonjudgmentally at this environment’ by analyzing, mapping and documenting its existing conditions. Working in
collaboration with the UM Center for Computational Science, students documented the
site using drone mapping tools. However, the primary objective of the semester was the
design of sustainable urban and architectural proposals for this neighborhood, based on
the lessons learned from the initial research. Specifically, we worked on design proposals ranging from small-scale architectural projects to larger urban design and landscape
schemes. These proposals constituted an opportunity to investigate building types that
foster a sense of community ownership, and provide a variety of public and private
spaces that will improve the quality of urban life. At the same time, we also positioned our
research within the framework of local cultural history, aesthetic tradition, and popular
culture, arriving at suggested solutions that derive organically, in a sustainable fashion,
from the immediate social, topographic and cultural environment.
Instructor:
A. Cure
UPPER
level
UPPER
level
ARC
305
April 28
TUESDAY
Afternoon
1:30 pm to 5 pm
New York Soho Hostel
The studio undertook the invention of a new mid-rise Youth Hostel in Soho, New York
City. This extraordinary site, with a prominent location on Canal Street, is immersed
in a vibrant urban neighborhood and affords unique views of Manhattan’s skyline.
The class investigated vertical buildings and the hostel typology in New York City
and worldwide. The design project was developed in teams of two students. The
studio traveled to New York City to visit the site and learn from the architecture
of the city. The class visited classics such as the Empire State Building, Chrysler
Building, Rockefeller Center, The Waldorf Astoria and Seagram Building, as well as
contemporary interpretations of NYC by Aldo Rossi, Frank Gehry, Herzogde Meuron
and Sanaa.
Instructors: R. Behar S.Fett
April 28
TUESDAY
Afternoon
1:30 pm to 5 pm
Historical Preservation
The Architecture Campus as a Laboratory of Stewardship
The studio focused on the School of Architecture campus as a laboratory of stewardship. Historic preservation principals provided the tools to interpret this culturally
important resource and promote change and adaptations over time while advancing
the meaning and significance of this place. Students documented, researched and
analyzed the history of the campus. The class engaged in a programming exercise
that envisioned the spaces needed for the instructional and communal growth of the
school. This exercise then guided the design of additions and adaptations to the
historic Manley buildings. The campus was reconsidered as an open and changing
ensemble of buildings and public spaces, representing the school’s pedagogy, and
composed in conjunction with the fabric of the historic buildings.
Instructor:
J. Hernandez
UPPER
level
RED
660
April 27
MONDAY
Afternoon
+
2:30 pm to 5 pm
April 28
TUESDAY
Morning
9 am to 5:30 pm
MRED+U - Urban Infill, Preservation and Redevelopment
Urban infill and redevelopment practice introduces complexities and opportunities
that differ significantly from edge city and greenfield development practice. This
course built students’ competencies for infill and redevelopment practice, focusing
on barriers and solutions for urban infill development; urban site analysis; mixeduse development; repositioning of urban land, vacant and underutilized properties
(including greyfield and brownfield opportunities); long-term land leases; tax incentives; historic preservation; public-private partnerships; business improvement districts; tax increment financing; community (re)development districts; urban parking
strategies urban housing types and mixed-use infill strategies. The team projects
engaged RED660 students with students in architecture studios in collaborative
team projects.
Instructors: C. Bohl
S. Nostrand
April 28
TUESDAY
Afternoon
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Reception & Awards Ceremony
Hosted by Miami Design District
Sky Terrace at the Garden Building
175 NE 40 Street, Second Floor, Miami, FL 33137
Core:
Design Awards
Each critic will select the best project in his or her studio for consideration.
Projects should display design excellence and exemplify the goals and objectives
of the semester. The selected projects will then be reviewed by the overall design
team and invited critics to determine the best project for that year.
Upper Level:
Each critic will select the best project in his or her studio for consideration. Projects should display design excellence and exemplify the goals and
objectives of the semester. The selected projects will be reviewed by all upper level
design faculty and invited critics to determine the best project for the upper level.
Selection will take place immediately following upper level design reviews.
Thesis Prize: Studio critics and invited guests will select the best thesis of the
semester. Awards will be presented at the reception in the Design District on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. All students, faculty, staff and guests are invited
to attend.
Ferguson Shamamian Design Award: All graduating student projects
produced during their final year at UMSOA are eligible. Projects should exemplify
design excellence in Traditional and/or Classical design. Work produced during
the Fall 2014 semester must be submitted to the Office of Academic Services by
Friday, April 24, 2015.
Locations
SoA
Final Reviews
at the University of Miami
1223 Dickinson Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146
hosted by Miami Design District, at the Garden Building
175 NE 40 Street, Second Floor, Miami, FL 33137
Transportation
from UMSoA to the Design District will be provided.
Buses will leave UMSoA at 8:00 am and depart the
Design District at 6:00 pm on Monday, April 27
and 8:30 pm on Tuesday, April 28.
Contact
University of Miami
School of Architecture
1223 Dickinson Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33146
Tel: +1 (305) 284-3731
www.arc.miami.edu