Graduate Theses: Recent submissions
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Social Sensory Somatic Scores for Species, Spaces, Soils, and Structures of Steep Slopes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-05)Modern knowledge systems have physically and conceptually “flattened” the world, erasing the ecological, political, and sensory complexities inherent to sloped terrain. By attending closely to the slope—as both a material ... -
Cooling Machines: Exploring the Heat Mitigation Effect of Urban Trees with Computer Vision
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-05)As the impacts of climate change on cities become more pronounced, urban authorities are under pressure to prepare existing streetscapes for increased levels of heat stress. While many aspects of existing urban morphology ... -
Co-Authoring Beyond the Human: Disordering Architectural Processes through Play and Multi-Agent Co-Existence
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-05)This thesis reconsiders architectural authorship and the extended processes through which the built environment is shaped, using a series of playful, participatory interventions to expose the human-centric assumptions ...
