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This week we share Kanika Kaushal’s ongoing thesis work entitled “Decoding Urbanity – Learning from and for Old Delhi.” Her thesis argues that the walled city of Old Delhi is a morphological output of a complex and dynamic process of urban morphogenesis that can be decoded through the lens of parametric urbanism which simulates the city’s generating principles at any given point of time.

Kurt Kraler’s thesis entitled “The Generic Spectacle” explores the phenomena of the generic spectacle in relationship to the Las Vegas Strip and the resulting architectural and social implications of an increasingly hybridized urban form founded on the basis of an exploitive service economy in order to maintain the illusion of leisure.

Stela Popovic’s thesis work “Beyond Genius Loci” unpacks the spatial and social conditions of place in order to question the agency of architecture in making meaningful places. It argues that within every act of architecture, an understanding and response to the genius loci is vital to ensure a relevant thoughtfulness is present in its design.

Nashin Mahtani’s ongoing thesis work challenges the current method of tourism development in Bali, Indonesia and proposes an alternate model that pulses rather than sprawls. Her design strategy enables the development of new frontiers, followed by periods of dormancy and finally, periods of regeneration.

Natalie Hui’s ongoing thesis work entitled Signage as Commonplace dissects urban clutter to identify specific artifacts of the city that bring a certain vibrancy and sense of place to the urban fabric. She specifically analyzes high density signage as the physical manifestation of consumerism in the everyday urban fabric.

THESIS WORK features Kate Jackson’s development of her thesis HOUSE (CRAFT) which proposes a “relocatable” housing typology for the millennial generation which appropriates underutilized parking lots to build vibrant communities.