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Author:

Cheng, Ju-chun

Title:

Finding The Museum: The Spatial Discontinuities of The Mattress Factory Art Museum

Graduate Program:

Art Education

Keywords:

Space
Spatial Practices
Installation Art
Heterotopias
Archi-Textures
Museum Education

File:

Download JCC_Final_Diss_final_ed_3-26-2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles Richard Garoian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Ann Stankiewicz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine M Thompson, Committee Member
Marcus Steven Shaffer, Special Member

Author:

Wertman, Aaron Charles

Title:

Apparatus X: Activating the Architectural Activist

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

Activist Architect
Architectural Activism
Social Capital
participatory design
itinerant architect
embodied knowledge

File:

Download THE_FINAL_THESIS_version_7.pdf

Committee Members:

Marcus Steven Shaffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Theodore Kalsbeek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darla V Lindberg, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Duriez, Chauntel Lillian

Title:

Heartwood: Pre-design towards the conscientious preservation, renovation, or re-use of the Hall log house.

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

log construction
material investigation
logs
log house

File:

Download Duriez_Thesis_Apr_2.pdf

Committee Members:

James Theodore Kalsbeek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Marcus Steven Shaffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Woodrow Pencek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bick, Zoe Ruth

Title:

Mechanizing Rammed Earth: making New Earth Construction Viable in the Us

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

rammed earth
mechanization

File:

Download Zoe_Ruth_Bick_Mechanizing_Rammed_Earth.pdf

Committee Members:

Marcus Steven Shaffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel E Willis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mehrdad Hadighi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ute Poerschke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Andrzejewski, Elizabeth Mae

Title:

FAST, LOW-SKILLED, AND FLEXIBLE BUILDING ASSEMBLY (NOW!): Revisiting the Joint-Based Universal Building System

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

Universal Joint
Konrad Wachsmann
Prefabricated Building
Open Building System
General Panel Corporation
Wedge Connector
Prefabrication
Architecture
Disaster Relief
Packaged House System
Walter Gropius

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Marcus Steven Shaffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Theodore Kalsbeek, Committee Member
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member
Steven Richard White Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Chesakis, Andrew Lewis

Title:

FROM WASTE PAPER AND DISCARDED TEXTILES TO BOARD STOCK AN EXPLORATION OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE AS A MATERIAL RESOURCE FOR MAKING

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

Upcycle
Household Waste
Composite
Board Stock
Sheet Stock
Making

File:

Download Chesakis_MS_Thesis_FINAL_SUBMIT.pdf

Committee Members:

Marcus Steven Shaffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dk Osseo-Asare, Committee Member
Esther Adhiambo Obonyo, Committee Member

Author:

Anis, Manal

Title:

RESPONSIVE SKIN: DESIGNING AN ADAPTIVE BUILDING ENVELOPE FOR WARM-HUMID CLIMATE USING BAMBOO VENEER AS A HYGROSCOPICALLY ACTIVE MATERIAL

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

Adaptive facade
Bamboo
Hygroscopy
Responsive architecture

File:

Download Anis_Manal_Final_Thesis_Video3.mp4Download Anis_Manal_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Marcus Steven Shaffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ute Poerschke, Committee Member
Benay Gursoy Toykoc, Committee Member

Author:

Rothrock, Elizabeth

Title:

A Documentation, Analysis, and Optimization of the Woodworking Workbench as Tool, Appendage, and Work Plane for an Architectural Craftswoman

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

Woodworking
architecture
human scale
ergonomics
workbench
woodworking bench
human form
design for the body
industrial design
furniture design
craft
craftswoman
making
fabrication
making and design

File:

Download MS_Operations_Movie.mp4Download New_Workbench_Tables.pdfDownload Drawing_Keys.pdfDownload MS_THESIS_ROTHROCK.pdf

Committee Members:

Marcus Steven Shaffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yasmine Abbas, Committee Member
Mehrdad Hadighi, Program Head/Chair
Benay Gursoy Toykoc, Committee Member

Author:

Diarte, Julio Cesar

Title:

Tapping into Urban Recycling for Low-Cost Building Materials: Exploring a Craft/Digital-based Workflow for a Building System with Waste Cardboard and Wood

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

cardboard
recycling
housing
sustainable architecture
urban waste
building materials

File:

Download Dissertation_20210309.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose M Pinto Duarte, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose M Pinto Duarte, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benay Gursoy Toykoc, Committee Member
Loukas N Kalisperis, Committee Member
Esther Adhiambo Obonyo, Outside Member
Marcus Steven Shaffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rebecca Lynn Henn, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Paddison, Rose Bailey

Title:

Interstitial Architecture; Building Within the Frame of Orb Weaving Spiders and Fabric Construction

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

Architecture
Spider Webs
Fabric Construction

File:

Download RosePaddisonMastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Felecia Ann Davis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Marcus Steven Shaffer, Committee Member
Daniel E Willis, Committee Member
Mehrdad Hadighi, Program Head/Chair