The mosque is the Muslim community's religious space. Why is this book interested in mosques, and specifically, why is the interest in the practices of the community? To answer these questions, we will need a little ...

Borderline analyzes the political nature of architecture as a line. Lines define space, creating boundaries. This project studies the international border separating the U.S. and Mexico and current detention practices. ...

Cultivating Synapse originates from the question of how culture affects the human brain and the neurological processes through which we have experiences which then form connections. In the central nervous system, SYNAPSE ...

Italian Philosopher Antonio Rocco once claimed that “horrors in particular—putrefaction, decay, distortion, and dissymmetry, among others—are sites of fertility, change, and innovation” (Comaroff & Ker-Shing, 2024, 1). ...

Today, our 2101 world map looks very different from that of 2020. The sea levels have risen more or less by twelve-foot across the globe. Most of the famous beaches of the world have disappeared into the oceans. The coastal ...

This project explores ideas of self-sufficiency through the design of a neighborhood-campus. This neighborhood is composed with easily accessible structures that are connected to multiple public urban mobility forms. This ...

Public libraries were first designed to provide resources and tools for the community to learn and grow. However, in recent years, fewer and fewer people have been visiting their local libraries due to the rise of technology ...

This project addresses issues of ecological trauma by focusing on the aesthetics and cultural issues associated with it. This approach was chosen in place of suggesting technical solutions following Tim Morton's argument ...

The refugee crisis is perhaps the most pressing humanitarian concern of our time. In 2016, there were over 21 million refugees worldwide ranging from Syria to Somalia to Burma to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. While ...