Categories: Undergraduate Projects
ARH students featured on NBC Bay Area, “Bay Area Proud”
We're so proud of the ARH students featured on NBC bay area, showcasing their design build work with the Stay Over Program shelter in San Francisco. See the article here: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/bay-area-proud/san-francisco-college-students-design-construct-dozens-of-beds-for-homeless-students-and-their-families/3465695/
Fall 2022 Studio Awards
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Undergraduate Studio Awards: Fall 2021
Undergraduate Studio Awards for Fall 2021 At the conclusion of Fall 2021 semester, we asked studio faculty to nominate students deserving of recognition. We are delighted to announce the Fall 2021 Studio Award recipients! The pandemic continues to affect all of us in serious and less serious ways. We will continue to support…
Kenta Oye
BArch Alumnus Kenta Oye Wins 2020 Unbuilt Design Merit Award + Urban Design Commendation Jury Comments: Urban planning in San Francisco has confined ethnic neighborhoods into inhuman urban spaces. The design approach aims to nurture the uses of intimate streetscapes. The response is to pave an urban aperture bridging Market and Mission streets as a…
Zoe Qiaoyu Zheng
Urban Living Room Bachelor Thesis by: Zoe Qiaoyu Zheng - B.Arch / Thesis Advisors: Philip Ra, AIA & Mini Chu Naturally, we tend to keep a certain distance when interacting with other people, especially during the post-pandemic era. The Urban Living Room aims to bring neighborhood life into public space while creating blurred boundaries that create…
B Arch Collaborative Project
Kid of Parts for the Bayview Commons Apartments, B Arch Collaborative Project, Building Lab - b.Lab Faculty: Sameena Sitabkhan, NOMA Students: Adam Nuru, Markish Siojo, Dylan Ingle, Fabio Lemos, Xiaohuan Corona Gao This is the second project by B.Lab in partnership with the Bayview Commons Community and San Francisco Housing Development Corporation in San Francisco…
Daniel Joonhee Lee
Sign-Up Sheet Bachelor Thesis by: Daniel Joonhee Lee - B.Arch / Thesis Advisors: Philip Ra, AIA & Mini Chu The project investigates the relationship between the sacred and the political, and the role of the autonomous citizen therein. Sign-up sheets are simple yet contractual. Where public services are exchanged, they are activating devices bringing citizens…
Unity Pavilion, B.Lab Community Based Design
Unity Pavilion for Northridge Cooperative Housing B Arch Collaborative Project Naomi Rojas, B.Arch Shunyi Yang, B.Arch Dylan Ingle, B.Arch Rhonuel Domingcil, B.Arch Fabio Lemos, B.Arch Corona Xiaohuan Gao, B.Arch Malak Bellajdel, B.Arch Kenta Oye, B.Arch Jacob Delaney, B.Arch Harikrishna Patel, B.Arch Daniel Cervantes, B.Arch Faculty: Sameena Sitabkhan, AIA and Eoanna Harrison, AIA The…
Kid of Parts, B.Lab Community Based Design
Kid of Parts at the Bayview Commons Apartments B Arch Collaborative Project Corona Xiaohuan Gao, B.Arch Fabio Lemos, B.Arch Dylan Ingle, B.Arch Markish Siojo, B.Arch Adam Nuru, B.Arch Faculty: Sameena Sitabkhan, AIA Program/ Project Description: This is the third project by B.Lab in partnership with the Bayview Commons Community and San Francisco Housing Development…
Nathan Lienhop: Dam Space
Dam Space: Utilizing kinetic techniques, adaptive architecture preserves, expands and enhances public event spaces to address the problem and opportunities of the annual flooding along the Peoria riverfront Bachelor of Architecture Thesis Project Student: Nathan Lienhop Faculty: Philip Ra, AIA & Mini Chu Utilizing kinetic techniques, this project seeks to address the problem of…
Juliana Bento: Path to Water
Path to Water: Reclaiming ownership of water for self-reliance in rural Angola, Africa Bachelor of Architecture Thesis Project Student: Juliana Bento Faculty: Philip Ra, AIA & Mini Chu The lack of preparation by the Angolan authorities to supply clean water to all citizens is a problem that is used as an opportunity to design…
Kenta Oye: Infilling the Void
Infilling the Void: Blurring Defined Perceptions to Create Spaces for Undocumented Residents in Transition Bachelor of Architecture Thesis Project Student: Kenta Oye Faculty: Philip Ra, AIA & Mini Chu Urban planning in San Francisco has confined ethnic neighborhoods into inhuman urban spaces. Being fourth generation Japanese-American, my ancestors used to inhabit and thrive in…
Benjamin Schindel: Weaving the Divide
Weaving the Divide Bachelor of Architecture Thesis Project Student: Benjamin Schindel Faculty: Philip Ra, AIA & Mini Chu Bridging the dominant railway edge in the rural city of Lacombe, Canada to connect the urban spaces and blend programs that enhance the city experience and promote pedestrian movement. How can we engage urban edges and…
Sarah Berting: The New-Burbia
The New-Burbia | Reimagining the urban living condition in the Civic Center of San Francisco Bachelor of Architecture Thesis Project Student: Sarah Berting Faculty: Philip Ra, AIA & Mini Chu Gentrification has revitalized devastated neighborhoods and districts in San Francisco but in turn has also caused housing prices to rise, displacing those who are…
Ramona Gakuba
Steeped in Stigma: Reimagining healing in the Rwandan community experiencing intergenerational trauma Bachelor Thesis by: Ramona Gakuba B.Arch / Thesis Advisors: Philip Ra, AIA & Mini Chu Awards B.Arch Thesis Humanitarian Award Rwandans have suffered a loss of identity due to generations of trauma. When the Germans and Belgians colonized the country Rwandans…
Brett Greene
Love Your Neighbor: Rebuilding a dignified sanctuary for the homeless community in post-pandemic Nashville Bachelor Thesis by: Brett Greene – B.Arch / Thesis Advisors: Philip Ra, AIA & Mini Chu Awards AIA Henry Adams Medal for General Excellence in Architecture The current pandemic has devastated the homeless community and completely changed the way…
Ryan Shuangrong Zhong
Heterotopias: Transforming obsolete spaces into heterogenous environments for the displaced Bachelor Thesis by: Ryan Shuangrong Zhong– B.Arch / Thesis Advisors: Philip Ra, AIA & Mini Chu If dwelling in the city today means to live, experience, and learn, then how is that achieved for displaced people in high-density areas without creating urban slums…
ARH 150 STUDIO 2 SPATIAL ORDERING & FORM
ARH 150 STUDIO 2 SPATIAL ORDERING & FORM Develop your critical design decision-making abilities through experimentation. You will research and analyze a case study project, identify key spatial ideas and incorporate these ideas through an iterative process of model-making, diagramming, and drawing for small scale projects. This course is a second-semester undergraduate design studio…
ARH 210 STUDIO 3 SITE OPERATIONS & TECTONIC SYSTEMS
ARH 210 STUDIO 3 SITE OPERATIONS & TECTONIC SYSTEMS Expand your design process. The catalysts for the examination of your design will come from beyond the architectural norms. You will develop two- and three-dimensional drawings and models based on specific methods of rule-driven design, and learn the behavioral aspects of space and structure. This…
Saleh Alajmi: Urban Table
Urban Table Bachelor of Architecture Thesis Project Student: Saleh Alajmi Faculty: Philip Ra, AIA & Mini Chu Problem: Architecture can have an impact on peoples’ relationship with food. The industrialization of American society over the past two centuries has distanced people from the source of their food this distance has significantly contributed to an…
ARH 255 STUDIO 4 ASSEMBLY BUILDING & CONTEXT
ARH 255 STUDIO 4 ASSEMBLY BUILDING & CONTEXT Theaters are cultural institutions for collective story-telling. Design a theater by developing a critical viewpoint on the role of society, community, and culture. You will develop a design methodology through the analyses of the site as well as a cultural artifact. Iterative use of hand drawing,…
ARH 315 Studio 5 Advocacy in Design
ARH 315 STUDIO 5 ADVOCACY IN DESIGN Take a stance on the role of architecture in our urban environments. Through the design of a public building, you’ll advocate for and engage with under-served communities. Your honest inquiry of the urban fabric and the diversity of its inhabitants will create a responsive, empathetic program and…
ARH 350 Studio 6 Site Conditions and Building Performance
ARH 350 STUDIO 6 SITE CONDITIONS AND BUILDING PERFORMANCE Design a visitor’s center attuned to its natural habitat and historical context. Physical site environments provide opportunities for design synthesis and responsible energy use. You will incorporate passive design principles in response to climate, orientation, topography, vegetation, views, building materiality, and constructability. Prerequisites: ARH 399…
ARH 410 STUDIO 7 TECTONICS AND STRUCTURE
ARH 410 Studio 7 Tectonics and Structure Architecture is a reflection of contemporary culture. You will question preconceptions to find outdated modes of inhabiting space and discover new program relationships, spatial conditions, and rich tectonic expressions. You must take this course concurrently with ARH 420. This course posits new ways to inhabit large urban…
ARH 420 Structures: Systems Investigation
ARH 420 Structures: Systems Investigation Develop your structural intuition by breaking physical models. Working with a structural engineer and an architect, you will invent a structural system for your studio project that is integral to the architectural design identity, and compare structural behaviors of different building geometries using load path diagrams. You must take…
ARH 450 Studio 8 Housing and Integrated Design
ARH 450 STUDIO 8 HOUSING AND INTEGRATED DESIGN Housing is an essential function that architects provide. Collaborating as a team, you will design a multi-family housing complex for an urban site including an architectural proposal that integrates building systems and sustainable strategies. Plus, you’ll incorporate input from expert architects, engineers, and consultants. Take this…
ARH 498 Collaborative Project / ARH 512 Participatory Design
ARH 498 Collaborative Project & ARH 512 Participatory Design ARH 512 & 498 comprise the Community-Based Design program at the School of Architecture. You will design and build a real project for actual occupants that you will have met through the community outreach process. By the end of the sequence, you will have taken…
ARH 510 Studio 9 Mixed Use Urbanism & Research
ARH 510 STUDIO 9 MIXED USE URBANISM & RESEARCH Cultivate your point of view using architecture as a lens. You’ll conduct research-driven architectural investigations to identify your thesis topic, develop your architectural language, and use site and demographic analysis as design criteria for the final thesis project in the subsequent semester. Prerequisites: ARH 450, LA…