M.Arch. Masters Project Gallery 4

Alastair Thornton, "Digital Urban Park." Urban parks are analog social condensers that have existed since the late 1800s. These parks can be receptacles for new digital social interactions. The site is Pritzker Park, a small urban park on the southern edge of the Loop. 1 of 2.

Alastair Thornton, "Digital Urban Park." Urban parks are analog social condensers that have existed since the late 1800s. These parks can be receptacles for new digital social interactions. The site is Pritzker Park, a small urban park on the southern edge of the Loop. 2 of 2.

Maria Fernanda Lussich Garese, "FoodLab: A Revitalization Strategy for the Pari Yard, Sao Paulo, Brazil." The project aims to revitalize a former railway parking infrastructure located in downtown Sao Paulo called Patio do Pari (Pari Yard) by introducing a new alternative for social inclusion through the development of a program that would GROW FOOD, by activating the landscape; GROW MIND, by providing education through the implementation of a community center devoted to nutrition education and culinary arts; and GROW COMMUNITY, by revitalizing the area and bringing it back to the community as an example of recreational space. 1 of 2.

Maria Fernanda Lussich Garese, "FoodLab: A Revitalization Strategy for the Pari Yard, Sao Paulo, Brazil." The project aims to revitalize a former railway parking infrastructure located in downtown Sao Paulo called Patio do Pari (Pari Yard) by introducing a new alternative for social inclusion through the development of a program that would GROW FOOD, by activating the landscape; GROW MIND, by providing education through the implementation of a community center devoted to nutrition education and culinary arts; and GROW COMMUNITY, by revitalizing the area and bringing it back to the community as an example of recreational space. 2 of 2.

Erick Kristanto, "Chicago Urban Art Center." Transforming the vacant lots of Chicago's Washington Park neighborhood through the incorporation of new programs. 1 of 2.

Erick Kristanto. Final model and series of study models were used to explore relationships between indoor and outdoor space, structure, skin, and landscape. 2 of 2.

Hanifah S. Nakalembe, "Transitional Refugee Housing." 1 of 4.

Hanifah S. Nakalembe. The goal was to develop a transitional housing prototype for dry/arid regions with studies of refugee camps in North Darfur, Sudan used as the selected site. 2 of 4.

Hanifah S. Nakalembe. Project involved theoretical and architectural design investigation of ways to increase efficiency and improve living conditions within areas of emergency, disaster relief and conflict. 3 of 4 .

Hanifah S. Nakalembe. The design challenge was to create dwellings that would not only be minimal and efficient but would also be culturally and climatically adaptive by use of local materials and construction methods depending on the location of need. 4 of 4.