2024-12-22T02:04:34-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150287678/tulane-graduate-explores-the-future-of-chicago-s-post-industrial-riverfronts-by-re-investing-in-productivity Katherine Guimapang 2021-11-10T13:45:00-05:00 >2021-11-10T13:45:59-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6c/6c58a58d99bf8024cd208acb80612961.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Thesis projects provide architecture students with a gateway into further exploring, questioning, and postulating design solutions. According to <a href="https://archinect.com/tulanearch" target="_blank">Tulane School of Architecture</a> M.Arch graduate Evan Warder, thesis not only serves as a "one-dimensional" variable within an architecture education. It also serves as a "feedback loop on its contribution to the field and the outside world."&nbsp;</p> <p>With this in mind, Warder decided to use his thesis as an avenue to explore architecture and its interplay between the disciplines of aquatic biology, landscape architecture, urban planning, and social work. In his thesis project, "The Post-Industrial Chicago River: A Social, Productive, and Ecological Urban Structure," Warder uses the Chicago River as a place to explore future infrastructures within industrial areas. He shares: "<a href="https://archinect.com/features/tag/382533/chicago" target="_blank">Chicago</a> presents the opportunity to create a comprehensive solution through reinvestment in productivity, which provides jobs and needed food through high-density vertical farmi...</p>