Categories: Graduate Student Projects
Aishwarya Naidu Bobbili
A Living Architecture Master Thesis by: Aishwarya Naidu Bobbili - M.Arch / Thesis Advisor: Mark Mueckenheim This project is a healing center that incorporates earth and plants into its form and structure in order to create a completely sustainable space for wellness and healing. This is where farming and architecture meet. Plants absorb carbon dioxide and…
Kevin Brady
Outer Mission Ramp Library - a knowledge connector for rapidly changing communities Master Thesis by: Kevin Brady - M.Arch / Thesis Advisor: David Gill How can architecture enhance, improve, and support educational and public awareness of the conservation and preservation of our local natural resources? Exposure and access to the elements of nature enliven the spirit,…
Christian Fish
Outer Mix Investigating mixed-use development as a means to fostering a healthy, year-round community on the Outer Cape Master Thesis by: Christian Fish - M.Arch / Thesis Advisor: Nicole Lambrou A lack of affordable, year-round housing has become an urgent crisis on Cape Cod, afflicting low- and middle-income families who depend on a largely seasonal economy.…
Valeryia Haletskaya
Self-Generating Architecture: Pier 28 Master Thesis by: Valeryia Haletskaya - M.Arch / Thesis Advisor: Mark Mueckenheim The design for a hybrid Aquarium and Research-Development Center at Pier 28 on the San Francisco waterfront employs organic, metabolic, and self-generating materials. Artificial organisms – protocells that in time grow into artificial limestone – help to decrease levels of…
Yi Hsien Rachel Wang
Outer Mission Ramp Library - a knowledge connector for rapidly changing communities Master Thesis by: Yi Hsien Rachel Wang - M.Arch / Thesis Advisor: Mark Mueckenheim As the internet has become publicly available and entered mainstream social life, the nature and speed of learning continue to change. The typology of library buildings has evolved throughout history…
Jang Ock Kim
BAST: Bay Area Solar Transit-Hub Proposal for a New Zero Energy Ferry Transit-Hub in Redwood City Master Thesis by: Jang Ock Kim - M.Arch / Thesis Advisor: Mark Mueckenheim This thesis is a proposal for a new Bay Area Solar Transit-hub (BAST), a zero-energy ferry transit center in Redwood City. While BAST seeks to alleviate…
Nojan Adami
Political Bazaar - Dematerializing Societal Numbness Master Thesis by: Nojan Adami M.Arch / Thesis Advisor: Mark Mueckenheim In today’s frequent power exchange between historically privileged groups and marginalized ones, the question of architecture’s role in transcending its footprint is a critical one. The public life of streets, plazas and parks no longer allows for the…
Soufyane Zatla
The New Mosque Exposing a Stigmatized Edifice Master of Architecture Thesis Project Master Thesis by:Soufyane Zatla / Thesis Advisor: Mark Mueckenheim Islamic architecture, with its most sacred structure the mosque, integrates cities in a variety of ways. First, the mosque provides a sacred and peaceful space, where people can gather to worship and reflect. Second,…
Paula Nicoli
THE FUTURE OF FOOD + CITIES A model for a Vertical Urban Farm located on the non-utilized or under-utilized piers in San Francisco Master Thesis by: Paula Nicoli M.Arch / Thesis Advisor: Mark Mueckenheim This thesis proposes a number of vertical farms located in an underutilized pier in San Francisco, repurposing the city’s waterfront while…
Micah Goshi
Lokahi Malama Aina Ike Pono - Working together to care for the land in the name of integrity and balance Master Thesis by: Micah Goshi / Thesis Advisor: Mark Mueckenheim Over time, development has expanded rapidly on the island of Oahu. Land was incrementally taken away from the watershed and, as a result, development has infringed…
Then Le
Trans Connect - Reshaping the Modern Commute Master Thesis by: Then Le - M.Arch / Thesis Advisor: Mark Mueckenheim The future of mobility in San Francisco will rely on the sharing platform and novel modes of transportation. Large modes such as airplanes, trains, and buses will be replaced by autonomous, small, low-occupancy vehicles, both on…
Qing Qin
Traditional Chinese Medicine Center Master Thesis by: Qing Qin - M.Arch / Thesis Advisor: Alberto Bertoli Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has developed for more than 2,500 years into a practice that includes herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage, exercise and dietary therapy. TCM, like Modern Western Medicine, treats diseases and symptoms of those diseases. But unlike Modern…
Fan Pan
Sublimity of Horror Architecture - Revitalizing a Nuclear Power Plant Master Thesis by: Fan Pan - M.Arch / Thesis Advisor: David Gill This project explores and offers a solution for the decommissioned Rancho Seco Nuclear Power Plant so that it may serve the public. After equipment related to the production of nuclear power is removed, the shell structure, designed to adapt…
Yi Ling Liao
Cultural Exchange Chinese Cultural Center of San Francisco Master Thesis by: Yi Ling Liao - M.Arch / Thesis Advisor: Maria Paz De Moura Castro San Francisco's Chinatown is a function of its history and residents. Since the nineteen century, Chinese immigrants in the United States have made a significant contribution to the transformation and economy…
Dana Kaddouh
Aviopolis 2070 - Refining Terminal Typology Master Thesis by: Dana Kaddouh - M.Arch / Thesis Advisor: Mark Mueckenheim Since the dawn of commercial aviation in the late 1920s, the popularity of the air travel has grown at an insatiable rate. Today, more than 3.5 billion people travel by plane each year, equivalent to half of…
Ying Wang
RE-LINK Connecting [Disconnected] Neighborhoods Master Thesis by: Ying Wang - M.Arch / Thesis Advisor: Mark Mueckenheim Recognizing that elevated highway infrastructure, still an important part of an evolving city, disconnects neighboring communities and creates underutilized spaces beneath it. These “underbelly” spaces are typically surface parking lots and storage, and are increasingly occupied by a growing…
Tara Abedini
Peace Spine: Unifying Walls within Belfast Master Thesis by: Tara Abedini Tafreshi / Thesis Advisor: Mark Mueckenheim A contested boundary in Belfast, Ireland, becomes a new kind of public space in this careful and conscientious thesis project. All along the boundary spine, five programs knit communities together with overlapping and visible activities, common grounds, and a…