Browse projects and highlights from our Fall 2021 Thesis Review. The day represented the school’s flagship conclusion of the fall semester and the professional cohort’s degree. Many thanks and congratulations to all participating students, faculty, staff, and guests.
The Fall 2021 Thesis class was coordinated by Deborah Garcia (Marion Mahoney Fellow), with Teaching Assistant James Heard (SMArchS History, Theory, and Criticism 2022).
To learn more, please visit the MIT M.Arch Thesis Website.
Fall 2021 Thesis Projects
a taste of home
Ana Arenas + Carol-Anne Rodrigues
Advisor: Ana Miljački
The Incomplete Domestic Landscape
Taylor Boes + Florence M
Advisor: Ana Miljački + Deborah Garcia
Rebuilding the Edge
Ginevra D’Agostino
Advisor: Miho Mazereeuw
Fourth Dimension
Angie Door
Advisor: Timothy Hyde
(Re)Turn to Stone
Nare Filiposyan
Advisor: Timothy Hyde
Seeing Labor
Danny Griffin + Inez Ow
Advisor: J Jih
Who Cares?
Emma Jurczynski
Advisor: Sheila Kennedy
Bernini Started It
Charlotte Matthai + Ryan Clement
Advisor: Mark Jarzombek
Inhabiting Wetness
Ana McIntosh
Advisor: Cristina Parreño Alonso
ACCURATE-ISH
Ruth Blair Moyers
Advisor: Deborah Garcia
Speculative Friction
Alice Jia Li Song + Yaara Yacoby
Advisor: Nicholas de Monchaux
Pronounced Absurdity
Yutan Sun
Advisor: J Jih
Medium Resolution
Gil Sunshine
Advisor: Axel Kilian
Forest Framing
Jitske Swagemakers
Advisor: Sheila Kennedy
The Third Teacher
Carolyn Tam
Advisor: Brandon Clifford
Tsunami Bōsai
Evellyn TanAdvisor: Miho Mazereeuw
Under (De)Construction
Ellen Wood
Advisor: Rania Ghosn
Coping with Neighbors & Other Entanglements
Zhicheng Xu
Advisor: Sheila Kennedy
SPECIOUS MATERIALS
Zhifei Xu + Ryan Wu
Advisor: Brandon Clifford
Fukushima Exclusion Zone Survival Handbook
Mengqiao Zhao
Advisor: Ana Miljački
A thank you to our visiting critics -- Anna Neimark, Germane Barnes, Cristina Goberna, Ann Lui, Eva Franch i Gilabert, Andrew Holder, Martina Tanga, Iman Fayyad, Ang Li, Michael Young, Arindam Dutta, Makeda Best, Ekene Ijeoma, Marina Correia, Eric Höweler, and Emmanuel Olunkwa!
