Design 8 Thesis Schedule

Design 8 Thesis Schedule

February 2 Blog Posting
Completion of sketches and notes along with posting of ALL Design 7 research information to the blog. This MUST be done by this date.

February 9 Final Analysis Presentation
This will be the final for the site analysis and documentation of all existing conditions, climate diagrams, mapping, zoning, site areas, etc. Also, the program description must be memorialized. The presentation must explore the decision making process.

February 16 First “Building” Presentation
Develop a complete set of plans, sections elevations (including site conditions), site plan, model (physical) and images to support the concepts delivered. Have 3 images each (minimum) posted on blog as finished documents. These will be used for the Pecha Kucha event.

February 19 Blog Posting
3 additional images each (minimum) posted on blog as finished documents. These will be used for the Pecha Kucha event.

February 23/26 Architecture as Research Pecha Kucha
We were very interested in the diversity of approaches to Design 7 as a semester of research, and wanted to use this diversity as a basis for a thesis group event for the spring semester. If you are unfamiliar with the Pecha Kucha format, please see www.pecha-kucha.org/what. On Tuesday 2.23 we will have this event in OW, on Friday 2.26 in MA. The event will take place after studio (6pm) on both days. Faculty from either campus are invited to attend/take part in either or both events. After the presentations, the event will continue as a discussion/symposium format with the students. The content for this presentation is up to you – it can be your work related to the topic, your students work, or anything else. It is our intention to both start a discussion of what architecture as research can be, as well as to get the incoming thesis class thinking about the same.

February / March (TBA)
Group review with Amoia Design 6 Studio

March 2 Material research presentation
Creation of a “Material Board” for the project. It must be a comprehensive study that puts together your site analysis drawings, project program and decisions about structure into a diagram of material use. Explain your project intentions and define why the chosen structure and material “fits” the intent.

March 9 Pre-Midterm review.
All research, data, plans, sections and elevations of your project COMPLETE in schematic form! The drawings must identify ALL major program parts. Final requirements to be determined.

March 11 Richard Meier Lecture @ Manhattan Campus

March 12 Pre-Midterm review - Recording.
We will make a recorded walk-thru and post the recording to the blog. You will be required to write a narrative and record yourself talking through the presentation. More on this later.

March 16/19 Midterm
We suggest pairing with someone on your own campus. It is very important to identify students who are off-course or falling short based on this review, as we are not having a traditional walk-thru at the end of Design 8. The paired professors should review the Design 7 booklets and note progress and goals for the end of Design 7.
March 16 Jonathan Friedman Lecture @ Old Westbury Campus

March 20 (Saturday) Arcadia/Suburbia: Architecture on Long Island, 1930 - 2010
Visit to the Heckscher Museum. Time TBA. Museum Hours: Saturday 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

March 23/26 Spring Recess
No classes scheduled. Post mid-term notes to the blog. Post photos / video / recordings to the blog. Post ALL of your mid-term documents to the blog. Develop more thoughtful sketches and notes and post.

March 30 Form and Structure
Review mid-term notes. Demonstrate a complete analysis of the integration of systems into the design (site, material, structure, mechanical, etc…) Demonstrate how these systems “fit” into the design – the research – the concept!

April 6 Post Mid-Term Review
Continued analysis and applied research on materials and their application.
All research, data, plans, sections and elevations of your project COMPLETE and DEVELOPED! The drawings must identify ALL major program parts, material, structure and systems integrated. Final requirements to be determined. The project must be substantially complete by this date. We will have a review to assess with guest critics.

April 13 Modeling
Complete models both physical and digital. Complete set of developed drawings with material application rendered and described. Review on presentation only.

May 4 Project Completion
The project must be COMPLETE by this date. Review on presentation only.


May 17/18 Thesis Final OW/MA
These final dates are set by the NYIT calendar. Please plan your semester schedule accordingly

May 23 Thesis Show OW
A traditional part of the graduation ceremony at OW is an exhibition of the thesis work. Selection of work will occur