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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 housed permanently at the WAAC, as well as hosted online at VT ETDs.
Image from Rethinking Dead Mall: Reconsidering an American Vacant Mall Site as a Seed for Re-Growth by Md Abu Baker Siddique (M.Arch, 2021).
2022
- Bhavsar, Astha // Ourhouse: Gender-Inclusive Student Housing
- Hamilton, Rachel // Bridging the Gap: Addiction Recovery
- Pollack, Shelby // Fostering Homefulness
- Sooksengdao, Brittney // Making Space: Refuge to Home
- Taylor, Kennard // Casual Death in Contemporary Cities
- Toscano Jaramillo, Erika // More Than Housing: Re-defining Affordable Housing
2021
- Ashworth, Emily // Shelter to Habitat
- Broadwell, Emily // Re-Imagining Urban Dwelling: Active Family Living in the City
- Dunlap, Margaret // One for All : A Capitol Proposal
- Nozari, Behnaz // Children’s House, Old Town North Alexandria Montessori School
- Perez, Eliezer // (Un)Making Places: Supportive Housing As Human Infrastructure
- Rahimi Bafrani, Raena // The Agency of Earth on the Site of the Design
- Siddique, Md Abu Baker // Rethinking Dead Mall: Reconsidering an American Vacant Mall Site as a Seed for Re-Growth
2020
- Alkhatib, Sara // A Deep Breath of Art
- An, Sharon // Healing and Reintegrating in the City: Urban Infill as a Sanctuary for Jane Doe
- Cline, Brett // Developer by Design
- Hedayati, Mahsa // Low Carbon Architecture: New Approach Toward Sustainability in Relation to Existing Buildings
- Samad, Sumayia Binte // Cohabiting Third Place: Integrating Natural Hydrology with Healing Architecture
- Urey Fernandez, Juan Pablo // Home is Here: Community and Health Center
2019
- Burcham, Stephanie // An Elemental Study in Conservation: A Ceramic Artists’ Retreat on Virginia’s Rappahannock River
- Carman-Goeke, Macy // Taking Root
- Jacobs, Ryan // The Troupes of Theatre
- Rodriguez Aguilar, Mario // Paz Juntos
- Schiavoni, Alexandra “Alex” // The Causeway: Bridging Disaster Relief, Recovery, and Climate Adaptation in the Anton Ruiz Watershed