M. Arch. I Thesis Site: Detroit, United States Advisors: Andrea Simitch, Aleksandr Mergold Semester: Spring 2011 Museum of Ruins. Return to Nature. Landscape Urbanism. Urban Agriculture. Riverfront Development. Creek Daylighting. New Suburbia. Mass Transit. No single master plan is capable of revitalizing Detroit due to the immense scale […]

Site: New Songdo City, South Korea Professors: David Mah, Leyre Asensio-Villoria, Gijs Libourel Semester: Spring 2010 The trend of designing cities from zero fosters visionary conceptions of the urban environment. An absence of contextual cues enables the re-imagination of urban development and lifestyle. KPF’s New Songdo City master plan […]

Site: Philadelphia, United States Professors: Val Warke, Claudia Clemente, Francesco Isidori Semester: Fall 2010 Infrastructure has the potential to function socially, aesthetically, and ecologically. New collaborative typologies of infrastructure and landscape should address the urban conditions of public transit, pedestrian movement, water management, economic development, and recreation.Taking cues from the successful Schuylkill […]