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Thesis Crisis!

A last desperate stab at an alternate thesis: I believe that the act of eating lies at the center of our identity. When we eat is a factor of our biology and response to our bodies. How we eat is an expression of our values and our relationships with each other. What we eat defines the very nature of our relationship to the planet we live on. So what if the food system was at the center of our communities? [Read on…] […]

Thesis Statement Take 1

Since the industrial revolution mankind has developed the capacity to shape the world around us. This has become ever more evident with the age of globalization. We are able to achieve levels of comfort never before imagined. However with this new found ability we have also gained the ability to cause insurmountable damage to the […] […]

thesis draft

The problems I have been seen during Chinese urbanization in large cities is very obvious like unorganized planning and reconstruction. The questions I have been asking my self for long time is as following, how contexts have became fragmentary, what means modernization in Chinese point of view, what is the value of disappearing historical urban […] […]

Thesis: Draft

With the green movement gaining more popularity with each day, it seems that the concept has started to whither. While the intentions are nothing short of noble, the words “sustainability” and “green” are now being thrown around with little or no meaning , and due to the lack of education about the actual meaning of […] […]

Thesis: Rough Draft

Time.. changes everything. Before I came up with anything else for my thesis, I wanted to explore the effect of time on architecture and how I could adapt that knowledge into building something completely new. The finishing process of a … Continue reading […]

Assignment 2: Brainstorm

Assignment 2: Brainstorm Concepts: In attempting to pull a program from the many ideas floating in my head, I decided to first look at the important concepts that I would like my design and program to accomplish. 1.Nourish- In the current environmental climate it is necessary to be aware of the negative implications of […] […]

Drafting a Thesis

The Willamette River is central to Portland’s landscape, economy, culture, and history, and is an invaluable source of vitality for the city. It provides recreational opportunities in and around its waters, connects the city to global commerce, provi… […]

Preliminary Thesis Statement

Green architecture has increasingly gained momentum over the last decade. Many sustainable strategies have emerged to improve living condition and to reduce energy emission. Unfortunately, these strategies are only widely utilized in European and western cultures. In poor and … Continue reading […]

Draft Thesis

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Thesis Proposal Rough Draft

IntroductionThe typical late nineteenth-century family moving into the suburbs sought space, sanitation, and security.  With the rise of automobile sales in the 1950’s, the car justified and made living outside of the city almost effortless.&n… […]