Thesis!

Final reviews of the Master of Architecture Thesis projects have come and gone, but I am still having dreams about giving my presentation. I guess when you've tackled a project for eight months - constantly wrestling with it and developing it from inception through final production, with all the various iterations, morphings, stray paths, and about-faces in between - it stays with you for a while.


The final presentation of the work by itself. It's a bit odd to think that the whole thing can be reduced to a 16' x 8' section of a wall (plus a bit of floor space), but such were the requirements of the exhibition.



The review itself was about 40 minutes long. I took about 5-10 minutes to present the work, and the remaining 30 minutes were used to open up the conversation with the reviewers: discussing the work, questioning it, questioning each other, talking about the further implications. It was an engaging and challenging conversation. I couldn't have asked for more.



It's always gratifying when reviewers become physically engaged and get up out of their chairs. It feels more like a discussion amongst peers at that point, and much less an inquisition by a panel of judges.



The critics (from left to right): Dawn Gilpin - advisor, Dora Epstein Jones, Paul Tierman, Mary Ann Ray, Milton Curry, Anya Sirota, Robert Adams - advisor.



Viewing the thesis through the thesis... sort of. This is a view from the vantage point of my main implement of exploration, the laser-drawing machine.

Architecture of Objects exhibit

Selected works from the Architecture of Objects class are on display in the Art+Architecture building this week (3rd floor, west review space). My pieces are the glass-topped coffee table (photo #3) and the angular vase (photo #8, left side). If you look real close at the first photo, you can also see one of my clocks on the shelving unit (left unit, 2nd shelf up from the floor, the clock made of aluminum with a wood base).