2024-12-21T22:26:29-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150213992/uoft-daniels-graduate-mariam-malaty-architecturalizes-grottoes Katherine Guimapang 2020-09-03T11:57:00-04:00 >2020-09-20T23:31:04-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/32/3265f26fdadabe0c0effdb826fc99d73.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>M.Arch graduate Mariam Malaty of the <a href="https://archinect.com/daniels" target="_blank">University of Toronto&nbsp;John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design</a>&nbsp;used the figurative and literal forms of grottoes to explore formal concepts in pursuit of "fantastical design" possibilities. In her thesis,&nbsp;<em>The Grotto of Illusive Forms,</em>&nbsp;Malaty explains, "these propositions are an open exploration of form found within the spectrum of the 'familiar' and the 'unfamiliar.'&rdquo; The result, Malaty tells Archinect, "is the creation of four grottoes, each the venue and the result of three acts of colonization."&nbsp;</p> <p>Archinect connected with Malaty to learn about her thesis, the process for creating the "digital artifacts" that make up her project, and how she has applied the skills she learned in architecture school to her family's residential and hotel business.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><a href="https://archinect.com/features/tag/1582910/2020-thesis" target="_blank">Archinect's Spotlight on 2020 Thesis Projects</a></strong>:&nbsp;<em>2020 has been an extraordinarily challenging year for architecture graduates. Students were displaced as schools shut down, academic ...</em></p>