Animals are invading the city. Coyotes are sighted on downtown streets, raccoons notoriously forage through greenbins, and bears are trapped in suburban backyards. Sarah Gunawan’s thesis entitled “Synanthropic Suburbia” explores these conditions and re-imagines human animal interactions in the domestic realm. A series of telescoping design experiments use architecture to structure hybrid relationships that positively contribute to the suburban ecosystem. Her thesis defence will take place on Thursday September 10th at 2PM in the Loft.
Amr El-Bahrawy will defend his thesis, “A House of No Importance: The rise and fall of Nasr City’s middle class extended family houses” on Thursday, January 15, 2015, at 11:00 am in ARC 2026. The thesis critically explores the relocation of middle-class, intergenerational households in urban apartment building typologies in the Cairene residential district of Nasr City to emerging suburban developments on Cairo’s periphery.
ABSTRACT by Susan Varickanickal I grew up in the suburbs, and perhaps I am embarrassed to admit it. But there is no use denying it. It’s written all over my face. Even though I have been away for nearly a decade, the residue of that past life still lingers. I am civilized, programmed to perform in a manner that best suits society at this present time. I move in unison with the other bodies around me, abiding...
