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The Tulane School of Architecture in New Orleans has recently produced two unique ways to view and interact with thesis work by graduate and undergraduate students: The 2020 Thesis Show and Thesis Virtual Exhibition.

Thesis Show:

This virtual event features select work from undergraduate and graduate thesis students at Tulane School of Architecture. The projects cover a wide breadth of representation techniques and research topics – design solutions to address climate change, education, urban crises and social emergencies.

Graduate Thesis Show: Tuesday, May 26, 5pm-6pm CT
The 2020 graduate theses explore the rebuilding of New Orleans as a water city, new pedagogies in design-build, radical solutions to the extreme housing crisis in Hong Kong, the construction of design narratives, and a new typology for overdose prevention sites.

• Featuring: Henry Brereton, Kalyn Faller, Mengning Lan, Casey Last, and Lucy Satzewich.
• Faculty Thesis Directors: Benjamin J. Smith, Scott Bernhard, Emilie Taylor Welty, Kentaro Tsubaki.

Undergraduate Thesis Show: Wednesday, May 27, 5pm-6pm CT
The 2020 undergraduate theses confront the need for shelters for women and children, underground strategies for Jerusalem, the adaptation of coastal cities such as San Francisco to urban floods, and the preservation of coastal redwood forests.

• Featuring: Ana Chu/Isabella Zannier, Yara Hantash, Kate Katz/Ryan Shaaban, and Jacob Smiley.
• Faculty Thesis Directors: Cordula Roser Gray and Ammar Eloueini.

To register for one or both events, click here.
Registration ends on Tuesday, May 26, at 3pm CT.
For questions, contact Kristen Jones at kjones41@tulane.edu or 504-314-2332.
Event page: architecture.tulane.edu/2020ThesisShow

Thesis Exhibition: 

Tulane School of Architecture recently completed a digital recreation of its large lecture hall in the historic Richardson Memorial Hall as a virtual exhibition experience to showcase work by the 2020 Thesis students. In this virtual exhibition, walk through the space and experience all 27 projects. Thesis booklets are also on the page to provide further information. 

Nicholas LiCausi, Digital Fabrication Manager, and Jesse Toohey, Fabrication Technician and Bachelor of Science in Architecture student, explored multiple software and service options to best adapt to the changing standards of presentation, deciding that Unity and custom programming were the most sensible and intuitive. This space is intended to be a bridge between the familiar “in-person” review structure and the new territory of online instruction. After Tulane School of Architecture went remote in the middle of March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the team used a pre-existing 3D scan of the space, via Matterport Scan by Victor Garcia, to remotely produce accurate dimensions for the digital model. Details such as HVAC and stacked chairs were added to reduce the sterile characteristics of a virtual space while reminding users of the space’s qualities.

Virtual Thesis Exhibition project page: architecture.tulane.edu/research-work/thesis.
Video walkthrough: https://youtu.be/CHhYudeniAI.