los angeles CALIFORNIA
UCLA
critic: Neil DENARI.
suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.
Amanda SHIN: Staycation is an all inclusive micro-unit housing tower that makes coming home feel like a vacation. Complete with bars, shopping, water parks, and sun-drenched outdoor lounges, it is a vertical complex that encourages recreation and relaxation.
Amanda SHIN, housing, neil DENARI, UCLA, University of California Los Angeles
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los angeles CALIFORNIA
SCI-Arc
critic: Andrew ZAGO.
suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.
Smita LUKOSE: Set in Rome, the context for this project looms larger over architecture and urbanism than any other city.
andrew ZAGO, architecture, housing, museum, rome, Smita LUKOSE
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ann arbor MICHIGAN
University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
critic: Matias del CAMPO.
suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.
Sydney BROWN, Ava FARAB, & Steven SCHARRER: Antumbra is a concept for a housing, divorced from the context of place. It is a moody object—a beast in a field we imagine coming to life through a combination of novel construction techniques, future materials, and nuance.
architecture, Ava FARAB, housing, matias del CAMPO, Steven SCHARRER, Sydney BROWN, taubman college of architecture and urban planning, University of Michigan
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brooklyn NEW YORK
Pratt Institute
critic: David RUY.
suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.
Matt BOKER: The Recombinant SOHO housing project is the future of China’s urban context, as mass urbanization and population growth continue to densify its cities and urban housing projects.
architecture, david RUY, high-density housing, housing, Matt BOKER, Pratt, pratt institute
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philadelphia PENNSYLVANIA
University of Pennsylvania, PennDesign
critic: Jonas COERSMEIER.
suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.
Andrea YOAS: This project began with a spatial unit that was designed to aggregate in a completely space-filling manner. . . .
philadelphia PENNSYLVANIA
University of Pennsylvania, PennDesign
critic: Hina JAMELLE.
suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.
Caleb WHITE: Between two materials there is a line, the line bifurcates and becomes surface, the surface separates and becomes volume. . . .
architecture, Hina JAMELLE, housing, mixed-use, PennDesign, shifting hybrids, university of pennsylvania
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chicago ILLINOIS
University of Illinois at Chicago
critic: Paul ANDERSEN.
suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.
Shifa VIRANI: This project tests an alternative version to variation and repetition in suburbia. . . .
architecture, house, housing, Paul ANDERSEN, Shifa VIRANI, UIC, uic school of architecture, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois Chicago
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chicago ILLINOIS
University of Illinois at Chicago
critic: Judith DeJONG.
suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.
Jacob COMERCI: Tyson’s Corner, Virginia is a unique urban condition in that it straddles the line between city and suburb. . . .
housing, Jacob COMERCI, Judith DeJONG, UIC, uic school of architecture
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london UNITED KINGDOM
Architectural Association
suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.
Tianyi CHEN, Vineeth Thappalli KANNOTH, Haocheng YANG, & Lei YANG: This thesis rethinks high-density urban housing typology through the removal of lifts, cores, and corridor circulation and by the employment of an exterior, decentralized lift system.
AA, architectural association, Haocheng YANG, high-density housing, housing, Lei YANG, Tianyi CHEN, urban design, Vineeth Thappalli KANNOTH
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philadelphia PENNSYLVANIA
University of Pennsylvania, PennDesign
critic: Matias del CAMPO.
suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.
Kayleen KULESZA: The project asked the student to design an apartment building in combination with a Kaffeehaus and nightclub. . . .
