In the School of Architecture, students pursuing the Master of Architecture degree engage in a yearlong investigation in which they select a topical issue, develop a body of research both within and outside the discipline of architecture, and create a complete and detailed architectural design response to the topic. Master of Architecture thesis projects at Portland State range from community-focused public interest design concepts to explorations of architectural materiality and sustainability, from the poetic to the concrete and everything in between. The thesis program culminates in oral presentations to a panel of invited jurors, followed by the production of a commemorative book detailing the students' research, design process, and inspiring results.
SCHEDULE OF REVIEWS FOR FRIDAY, MAY 9th
09:00 - 10:00 am | Shattuck Hall Basement South Hallway
Jake Muldoon: A Land Ethic for the City: Creating Generational Sustainability on Portland’s Inter-City Archipelago. Land conservation is the reaction against urban growth, but understanding how to ethically utilize a piece of land suitable for human/nature cohabitation, as is the case of Ross Island, is the goal of this thesis exploration into the delicate relationship between civilization and wilderness.
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10:00 - 11:00 am | Shattuck Hall Basement Shop
Curtis Trueblood: PortlandPunk: Community, Housing, and Ownership in Portland. A vision of an equitable and communal future that confronts Portland's entrenched character of single-family homes, and the capitalist system of American life.
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11:30 - 12:30 pm | Shattuck Hall Roof Terrace
Camilla Palmer: Screaming Temple: A landscape of contemplation and expression. Through ritualistic screaming, journaling, walking, earth care, and communal living, this is a vision where our social conditioning can be thrown off for a time in the service of true acceptance of ourselves and each other; accomplished through a temple that amplifies and resonates with collective expression as part of a community complex and a wetland.
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01:00 - 02:00 pm | Shattuck Hall Annex
Fridays@1 | Conceptual Architectural Thinking: Office of (Un)certainty Research
GUEST REVIEWER PANEL:
Vikramāditya Prakāsh
Professor of Architecture at the University of Washington
William Smith
Co-Founder / Principal DRAWINGS
Visiting Professor, University of Oregon
Elisandra Garcia
Director of Positive Impact at El Dorado Architects
Pro Tem Instructor, University of Oregon
Ursula Hartig
Co-Founder, CoCoon contextual construction, Munich/Berlin