SCI-Arc is proud to present the 2024 UG Thesis Reviews.
Amidst SCI-Arc’s ongoing journey, the school remains dynamic, celebrating its origins while embracing the future. Transformative times demand visionary thinking, and the Undergraduate Thesis Class of 2024 embodies the skills and leadership emblematic of SCI-Arc’s rich legacy, shaping the next era of design excellence.
As we reflect on the culmination of this year’s Undergraduate Thesis, we’re reminded of the profound impact our students and their work have on shaping new possibilities. As global citizens, SCI-Arc’s thesis students aspire to redefine the discipline and culture itself in innovative ways.
The SCI-Arc experience has imbued this exceptional thesis class with determination and ambition to contribute to a better world. As they transition from their Undergraduate Thesis to the professional realm, we take pride in having nurtured their perspectives and capabilities along the way.
Congratulations to the Undergraduate Thesis Class of 2024: your unwavering dedication and progress motivate us to uphold SCI-Arc’s revolutionary mission. We eagerly anticipate witnessing your influential contributions to architecture and beyond.
Hernán Díaz Alonso
DIRECTOR/CEO
Undergraduate Thesis is the culmination of the five-year B.Arch curriculum at SCI-Arc. Etymologically the word thesis is connected to the placing of an idea. Undergraduate Thesis at SCI-Arc leverages this act of placing knowledge through the design of highly resolved works of architecture, both technically and conceptually. The thesis manifests the cumulative knowledge students have acquired throughout their education and acts as a point of trajectory into their professional careers.
Undergraduate Thesis is a collective conversation, formed by multiple voices and a plurality of thoughts about what architecture can do in the world. It is characterized by architectural acts of creativity, empowering students to imagine the spaces and environments of tomorrow.
We would like to thank the thesis students; Thesis Coordinator Maxi Spina; Design Advisors Karel Klein, Peter Testa, and Russell Thomsen; and History + Theory advisor Erik Ghenoiu for contributing to the collective intelligence that is thesis. We would also like to thank Assistant Teacher Orin Torati, and Teaching Assistants Nehal Patel and Caroline Hayes for their generosity and continuous support for this year’s thesis class.
Returning to the idea of placing and the placing of ideas, each thesis project takes its place in the architectural conversation the moment it is shared with a community, so the presentation of the thesis is not a conclusion but rather a beginning toward designing our collective futures.