Category: Student Work
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The Nature’s Touch
The Nature’s Touch is a set of bathroom product. Inspired by nature, it is made of cork and utilizes various properties of this eco-friendly material, such as water resistance, friction, and flexibility. The Nature’s Touch includes an organizer, a bath mat, soap boxes, and a towel rack. While embracing the natural characteristics of cork, this…
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Designing for Twilight Years: Sustainable Senior Living
My design proposal seeks to create harmonious, integrated spaces for elderly communities that promote intergenerational interaction through elements of social sustainability and material sustainability. School of Architecture | Sustainable Environmental Systems, SES Student: Nia Starr Faculty: Tetsu Ohara This image features a design proposal for senior living with a public campus, renewable energy resources, and…
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Shift Train
Rail transport is the most environment-friendly way to travel. Allowing for multiple configurations and options for both solo and group travelers, the design of Shift Train maximizes the train’s capacity and prevents underutilization of space. With thoughtful material selection and pre-fabrication the train becomes more sustainable with durable and easily replaceable components. Throughout Shift Train,…
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License to Kill
The Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) is native to China but was found in Pennsylvania, USA in 2014. Since then, the population of Lanternflies has grown and spread across the American east coast. US residents are encouraged to kill the insect on sight in order to slow its spread. Without claiming a side, the piece interrogates…
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Artistomo
Aristomo combines the English word “artisan,” meaning traditional, skilled workers or products, with the Japanese word “tomo,” meaning together. Joining traditional arts and modern lifestyles. For those looking to live more sustainably and connect with their roots while taking advantage of government incentives to revitalize rural areas, Artistomo provides a harmonious community initiative to protect…
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CMate
CMate (Climate Mate) is a weather app that helps individuals prepare for their day based on their health concerns. CMate applies the health concerns of its users to their current location and climate, to create personalized weather reminders and forecasts so that users can adapt to the rapidly changing climate, individually. Designed to be friendly…
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Motta Booth: Extending Convenience and Limiting Food Waste
Inspired by an immersive three-week course in Japan, motta is a design for a publicly accessible booth that houses surplus, unsold food from grocery and convenience stores, as well as composting organic matter, all to limit food waste. This project falls under UN SDG goal number 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, specifically under target 12.3,…
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Mobile Homes
This project reveals the intertwined lives of humans and hermit crabs, prompting reflection on our impact: What happens to hermit crabs’ homes and nature as we construct our dream houses? The smaller square book showcases 70+ hermit crab houses. The larger book is a comprehensive guide, delving into hermit crab research, nomadic lifestyles, and sustainable…
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Mapping Myself
For this project we were tasked with identifying and evaluating the various systems on a map of our daily lives. This portion looks at the Pratt campus and my life in the surrounding neighborhood. School of Architecture | Undergraduate Architecture Student: Vaughn Corson Faculty: Rafael De Balanzo Joue Systematic ThinkingSystems within the confines of the…
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Bringing New Life To An Old House
Existing buildings are given new life through adaptive reuse interventions that are transformative. The greenest building is the one that already exists, and adaptive reuse provides opportunities for design leadership: being able to make imaginative proposals in existing structures means fewer buildings on greenfields. A rain pit pools water away from trees to ameliorate flooding.…