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Submissions from 2023 2023.

New Visions for Religious Architecture: Religious Architecture Adaptation to Reflect Modern Spiritualism and Wellness , Gabrielle Deschenes

Reviving the Plan an Implementation of Historic Concepts , Jared McGowan

Adaptive Reuse of the Suburban Office Building , Olivia Mora

Jiquilisco Bay Mangrove Restoration Center , Julio Romero

Hawaiian Health: Community Health through Design and Nature , Michael Welch

Submissions from 2021 2021

Creating a Calm, Natural Healing Hub , Daniel Cusmano

Submissions from 2020 2020

Dissolving Boundaries: Revitalizing a forgotten neighborhood in Los Angeles , Dominic Cirillo

An Adaptive Mission: Seeking a New Life for Boston's Lost Breweries , Stephania M. Dakoyannis

Improving Learning Environments: Integration of Nature in Education, K-6 , Joseph M. Hanson

School: A Community and Environmental Resource , Samantha M. Kelley

Live, Work, Unite: Housing and Workspaces for Providence Artists , Michael J. Kelly

Sowing the seeds of Growth: a Study on Schenectady, NY’s Food Desert , Kelsey M. Ling

Filling the Gaps , Robert Monahan

A community Complex: the Role of Stadia in the Urban Fabric , Deanna Vecchio

Submissions from 2019 2019

Hope for Paws New York: Rescue, Rehabilitation and Veterinary Hospital , Jasmine Arndt

The Pursuit of the Future: an Investigation into a Sustainable Office Tower , Clayton R. Daher

Saving Face: Adaptive Reuse of a Twentieth-Century Psychiatric Center , Taylor M. Hughes

A Vernacular Haven , Karita N. Lipdo

Training for the Future: for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) , Kerri Noble

Inspiring Youth Cognitive Development , Michael Orlando

The Renaissance of Worcester’s Canal District: a Post Industrial Revitalization , Vincent Pacifico

Lost Community to Resilient District , Matthew C. Russo

Movement Transparency , Lauren Tamburrino

The Future Living Experience in Vail, Co , Maikao Vang

Linking Space: a Transit Oriented Design , Jessica Vara

Submissions from 2018 2018

Community Connections: Relief through Athletics , Joshua Arthur

Snacking in Bed: Blending Residential and Agricultural Typologies , Taylor Chin

New England Pathway to Recovery: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center around Nature in Rocky Hill, Connecticut , Michael P. Lombardi Jr.

BioHarvest: Energy Efficient Design for the Standardization of Biomimetic Technologies at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA, USA , Gabriella Santostefano

Designing Efficiently for Natural Disaster Relief: Cultural Integration and Prevention Methods , Bryan Smith

Impermanence Materialized: Exploration of Temporary Architecture at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India , Taylor Sutherland

Submissions from 2017 2017

Clean Venice: Infrastructure & Place-Making in Venice, Italy , Nicholas Musilli

Open Source Architecture: Redefining Residential Architecture in Islamabad , Mariam Yaqub

Submissions from 2016 2016

Continuation of a Life Worth Living: Empathetic Design for the Alzheimer’s Community , Leslie Hulbert

An Architecture of Movement: the New Headquarters for USA Dance , Bethany Robertson

A Floating Community: a ‘Platform’ for Future Sustainable Development , Christopher M. Rossi

Submissions from 2015 2015

Redefining Transportation Culture: a New Union Station for Los Angeles , Pawel Honc

The Motor City – Stimulating Architecture , Jacob Levine

The Modern Urban Neighborhood: the Role of Dwelling in Neighborhood Revitalization , Zachary Nelson

From the Border: Migrant Youth shelter , Alexandra Reilly

On Track: Integrated Efficiency for Equestrian Architecture , Anthony Scerbo

Submissions from 2014 2014

Reclaimed Identity/Innov - Roc: the Innovation Hub + Revitalization of High Falls, Rochester, NY , Justin M. Dufresne

Architecture for Ruins: How Building New Can Showcase the Old in Barboursville, VA , Alison B. Fredericks

Logothium: Reunification and Improvement of the Community through Logos , Karin J. Hirose

Architecture of Illusion: an Investigation into Cinematic Deception in Camden Town, London , Kathryn Klesseck

A Commensalist Architecture: Intervening with History to Revitalize Asbury Park, NJ , Caitlin Osepchuk

Architecture of Rehabilitation: Rehabilitation and Reinsertion Center for Adolescent Offenders , Patricio Solines

Submissions from 2013 2013

Cohousing and the Greater Community: Re-establishing Identity in Taunton’s Weir Village , Andrew Kremzier

Humility and Homelessness: a Housing Continuum , Jessica MacDonald

Awareness at a Threshold: Urban Exchange through Public Space , Matthew Spears

Submissions from 2012 2012

The real, the spectacle, and the in-between: architecture as a stage for reality , Chelsea Adelson

Environmental Architecture: Environmental Discovery Center on the Woonasquatucket River , Nathan Bonaiuto

Aesthetically Pleasing: Rehabilitating a Community , Joseph D’Oria

Boston_Sound_Center , Michael Frase

Layered Transparency: the Performance of Exposure, the Exposure of Performance , Colin Gadoury

Nature and Architecture: a Holistic Response , Jarrod Martin

Community Reclamation: the Hybrid Building , Laura Maynard

New Urban Living: High-Rise Vertical Farming in a Mixed Use Building, Boston, MA , Zachary Silvia

Framing Emotive and Perspective Space : the Sundance Center for the Exhibition and Study of Film , Joshua Stiling

LAM: Laughing My Architecture Of , Elizabeth Straub

Union Wadding Artist Complex: Pawtucket, Rhode Island , Jennifer Turcotte

Submissions from 2011 2011

Invention Center: a Building of Inventions , Jonathan T. Archbald

Reusable Building Systems , Daniel Boyle

Working with Nature , Carolyn Brown

Creating Social Networks: Resettlement Center for Burmese Refugees , Kelly Lynne Clarke

An Architecture Of Connection , Jessie Renee Davey-Mallo

Graffiti Gallery , Mike Delvalle

Waterfront Revitalization: Bridgeport Aquarium and Waterfront Promenade , Ryan Devenney

Biomimicry: Architecture that Imitates Nature’s Functions, Forms and Parts , Kostika Spaho

Programmatic Overlays: A Park/Cemetery in Jersey City, NJ , Lawrence Zarpaylic

Submissions from 2010 2010

Re-active Architecture: Exploring the Japanese educational Experience , John J. Baker

Urban [BOXSCAPE] , Brad W. Bolte

Design as a Tool for Architectural + Social Development: the Kalighat Women’s Resource Center , Lindsay Brugger

F.F.A: Forensic + Funerary Architecture , Michael P. Cafro

Creating Community: Mixed Use Development in New Bedford, MA , Matthew J.B. Cate

Redefining the Rural Experience: Change for the People of the Appalachian Mountains, Magoffin County Crafts, Social, and Health Services Center Gifford, Kentucky , Katelyn Chapin

A Spiritual Journey: Redefining the 21st Century Catholic Church , Kevin R. Correia

Buffalo Outer Harbor Quays , Ryan Decker

Hatfield Community Center: Hatfield, Massachusetts , Patrick Dominov

Homeless Rehabilitation Center at LaSalette Shrine in Attleboro, MA , Reid Evan Ennis

A Catalyst for Urban Renewal: Reservoir Number Three Environmental History Museum , Brian R. Fontaine

Lost Angeles: Los Angeles, California, USA , Irena Gagulic

Blending Architecture with Nature: the Old Man in the Mountain , Rick Hamme

PMR, Psychosocial Multicultural Rehabilitation: A Place of Peace and Compassion for Child Soldiers of Post War Trauma , Alyssa Keating

The 21st Century Civic Identity: Redefining the Small Town City Hall , LeEllen M. Lewis

Accessible Architecture: Creating Possibilities for Adults with Cerebral Palsy , Caitlin M. Mayo

Adaptive Housing: Transformation and Growth in the Urban Environment , Kevin Mowatt

Architecture as an Educational Tool: University of Connecticut School of Architecture , Nicholas Mundo

125th and Amsterdam: Creating Spaces for Social Interaction , Joshua Payne

Tune in: Berklee College of Music, Center for Music Technology, Boston, Massachusetts , Nicholas Proto

Contradiction and Duality within the City: the House of Arts and Culture , Andrei Sdrula

The Ocular orientation Center: Using the Built Environment as a Means of Wayfinding , Kara Lane Smolca

Community Infrastructure: a transformation of the New Orleans industrial canal , Nicholas Thornton

Sky-field: a Vertical Farming Solution for Urban New York , Justin White

Rising Architecture , Erica M. Wiggin

Submissions from 2009 2009

Integrating Infrastructures: Redefining Ecological + Man-made Systems, Bio-remediation Facility, Woonsocket, Rhode Island , Nicole C. Arvanites

Identity Factory: the Mass Production of the Masses, Greenpoint, Brooklyn , Peter W. Bartash

Density: an Additive Process , Oscar Sam Boyko

Architecture Raising Awareness of the Wider World: A Centre for Haiti in Boston , Thomas Burns

Soundview Center for Acceptance: Youths Learning From Each Other , Amanda Cerqueira

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Selected WAAC Master's Thesis Projects

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See the list below for links to selected WAAC thesis projects from the past five years. All thesis books are hosted online at VT ETDs .

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  • Convertible Parks: New Architectural Strategies for Public Parks in a Changing Climate // Jake Easton [M.Arch]
  • Amending the Capitol  // Garrett Krueger [M.Arch]
  • Architecture Through the Senses: Navigating a World Without Noise  // Kim Le [M.Arch]
  • Holding Court in Old Town: A New Courthouse for Alexandria // Talia Moore [M.Arch]
  • Revitalizing Post-Industrial Cities: A Sustainable Approach through Eco-Cultural Tourism in West Virginia // Twishi Shah [Urban Design]
  • Dancing About Architecture: Choreographing the Anacostia Waterfront // Christine Wyss [M.Arch]
  • Concrete and Comfort, Urban Firehouse // James Cooke [M.Arch]
  • Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: The Rio Grande Arrival/Departure Shelter // Angelica Gaite [M.Arch]
  • Between the Lines: A Farm to Table Community // Imani Hart [M.Arch]
  • Living the Downtown: The Era of New Neighborhood Cities // Prathamesh Rewandkar [Urban Design]
  • Shipyard to Stoneyard: The Capitol Stones at the Intersection of Material and Memory // Andrew Ashcraft [M.Arch]
  • Ourhouse: Gender-Inclusive Student Housing // Astha Bhavsar [M.Arch]
  • Bridging the Gap: Addiction Recovery // Rachel Hamilton [M.Arch]
  • Fostering Homefulness // Shelby Pollack [M.Arch]
  • Making Space: Refuge to Home // Brittney Sooksengdao [M.Arch]
  • Casual Death in Contemporary Cities // Kennard Taylor [M.Arch]
  • More Than Housing: Re-defining Affordable Housing // Erika Toscano Jaramillo [M.Arch]
  • Shelter to Habitat // Emily Ashworth [M.Arch]
  • Re-Imagining Urban Dwelling: Active Family Living in the City // Emily Broadwell [M.Arch]
  • One for All : A Capitol Proposal // Margaret "Maggie" Dunlap [M.Arch]
  • Children's House, Old Town North Alexandria Montessori School // Behnaz Nozari [M.Arch]
  • (Un)Making Places: Supportive Housing As Human Infrastructure // Eliezer "Eli" Perez [M.Arch]
  • Rethinking Dead Mall: Reconsidering an American Vacant Mall Site as a Seed for Re-Growth // Md Abu Baker Siddique [M.Arch]
  • A Deep Breath of Art // Sara Alkhatib [M.Arch]
  • Healing and Reintegrating in the City: Urban Infill as a Sanctuary for Jane Doe // Sharon An [M.Arch]
  • Developer by Design // Brett Cline [M.Arch]
  • Low Carbon Architecture: New Approach Toward Sustainability in Relation to Existing Buildings // Mahsa Hedayati [M.Arch]
  • Cohabiting Third Place: Integrating Natural Hydrology with Healing Architecture // Sumayia Binte Samad [M.Arch]
  • Home is Here: Community and Health Center // Juan Pablo Urey Fernandez [M.Arch]