All students in the MArch and MS programs are invited to submit proposals for the use of these funds. Grants are awarded based on the quality, rigor, and feasibility of the proposals.
Projects can be either extracurricular (e.g., independent) or an extension of coursework (e.g., thesis/directed research or work pursued in studio or other courses). Funds may be used for travel, books, supplies, or other expenses directly related to the project. Successful applicants will be required to present the results of their research at a symposium that will be held each Fall.
2021/2022 Winners
Onkar Joshi
Analyzing Cognitive Load: Spatial Design for Product Communication in a Virtual Space
Faculty mentor: Amber Bartosh
Morgan Noone
Ground-Up Built Ecologies: Investigating Living Material
Faculty mentors: Nina Sharifi and Yukata Sho
Jake Paige
An Architectural Instrument – Hospice
Faculty mentor: Kathleen Brandt
2020/2021 Winner
Zainab Safri
Down-streaming Dying Delta
Faculty mentor: Nina Sharifi
2019/2020 program cancelled due to covid-19 pandemic
2018/2019 Winners
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Ashley Nowicki
Ecological Design in Europe -
Philip Claghorn
Vendor Virus: Place, Perception & Entrepreneurship in Public Space
2017/2018 Winners
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Ji Yoon Bae
Weeping Brick: Evaporative Cooling Brick Digitally Fabricated Using Porous Material -
Nusrat Mim
Subaltern Virtuality: Digital Social Media and Speculative Design in Postcolonial Housing Context -
Sophie Fraser-Hafter
Housing of the Netherlands: A model for the redevelopment of housing estates in London? -
Akhil Arun, Bharat Krishnan, Erick Sanchez
Never Built New York: The City That Could Have Been
2016/2017 Winners
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Yu-Chi Kuo, Sebastien Simonnet
How to Act Around your Crush: Icons -
Nusrat Mim
Extremely Low-Cost, Adaptable, Modular Housing Unit for Coastal Poor in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh -
Yang Song
From Mortise and Tenon to Joinery Driven Design
