Tag: Design Leadership
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Diffusion
In the post-COVID era, cultural misunderstandings have become more common, affecting daily coexistence and urban safety. Hectic lifestyles and stress limit cultural exchanges, resulting in infrequent intercultural communication and the emergence of barriers. To address this, we need spaces where people can relax, enjoy leisurely conversations, reduce stress, and foster cultural understanding, promoting peaceful coexistence…
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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.…
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Visibility
The thesis research aims to design a cultural sustainable center for the undeserved section of the society : women and children focused primarily in India. The concept is an effort to provide them visibility by restoring an endangered site in the midst of a metropolitan city, Mumbai. It incorporates the reuse of earthly materials and…
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Witness the Journey
School of Design | Graduate Communications/Package DesignStudents: JaeHyuk LeeFaculty: David Burke Each poster represents situations delivery workers face during work. This project focuses on creating a safe space for delivery workers in NYC. Their work is both dangerous and underappreciated – this project engaged in research around the topic and proposed design tools to raise…