UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM
@ THE COOPER UNION

FOURTH YEAR (2023-2024)

Spring Studio - Plein Air

Structures


No New Jails: Radical Futures for Chinatown

Fall Studio










THIRD YEAR (2022-2023)


Fall Studio - Housing Analysis
Working in groups of three, each student focused on two different housing precedents: one large scale project that defined a portion of the city, and a smaller scale project defined by specific typological inventions. By researching and studying these precedents and their histories, we analyzed its spatial, social, and environmental narratives. 
Assignment 1
Formal and Spatial Typology Analysis

Assignment 2
Social and  Innovative Theme Analysis

Assignment 3
Scale and Site Analysis

Assignment 4
Final Hybridization

Fall Structures

Fall Building Tech

Spring Studio - Housing Design

SECOND YEAR (2021-2022)


Spring Studio - Design



Spring Structures


By experimenting with different materials and methods in groups of four, we were able to use plaster and fabric to create catenary curves. We placed wooden columns under a sheet of fabric to make points of tension. Depending on the height of each column, vaults of different sizes are produced and create an interesting space when turned upside down. Then, we casted the fabric in plaster; after drying, the structure is strong enough to stand on itself without the columns. The final piece is placed on a mirrored base to exaggerate the vaults through its own reflection.

Spring Environments


Fall Studio - Design
Using the concept of an exquisite corpse, we designed a hostel consisting of three different typologies studied in the beginning of the semester: public hall, public void, and public bath-house.


FIRST YEAR (2020-2021)


Spring Architectonics



Fall Architectonics
Precedent and Ritual Analysis












 
Hybrid Design

Models