Category Archives: Green Week

School of Design, Graduate Interior Design Student: Kaelee HelmsFaculty: Sheryl Kasak Unusual translucent and amorphous forms curate curiosity and distraction. These shapes illuminate light and juxtapose minimal concrete planes. Moments of bizarre shapes are paired with non-conventional and sustainable materials, which help distract the mind of someone who is trying to escape a drug. Constriction […]

School of Architecture, Graduate Architecture and Urban Design Student: Luz Wallace We rethink many elements in architecture, the facade, the living program but we have yet to consider organic life as a building material. We fail to see how organisms on earth can help us live and thrive in space. This proposal aims to reimagine the […]

School of Architecture, Undergraduate Architecture Students: Ziyu Chen, Owen Spangler Faculty: Reese Campbell This project is oriented within the larger theory surrounding the ideal communal space, namely the “third place.” The third place describes a setting that is neither the “first” (private dwelling) or “second” (workplace) situation, instead of creating a more neutral environment that […]

School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Sustainable Design Certificate Program Student: Elizabeth Lee Faculty: Danielle Trofe Dairy is one of the most frequently wasted food items, and food waste contributes to significant greenhouse gas emissions. This project identified several intervention points and mechanisms to reduce milk waste throughout the system, including reducing pre and post-consumer […]

School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Sustainable Design Certificate Program Student: Elizabeth Lee Faculty: Tetsu Ohara Increasingly frequent heatwaves put many at risk of heat-related illness. In this project, I used the principles of biomimicry to design a low-cost, low-energy intervention to aid with personal cooling. I applied thermoregulation techniques used by animals in the […]

School of Art, Design Management Students: Irma Barrera, Gibum You, Saul Marquez – Vitela, Tenzing Chonzom Faculty: Rachel Starobinsky, Yutaka Takiura There is an abundance of research and statistics that remind us of the issues with recycling, however, there is a lack of knowledge regarding programs or resources that allow consumers to actually do something […]

School of Art, Design Management Students: Jackie Scarangella, Tad Barker, Jimin Hwang, Napasamon Jeeramaneemai Faculty: Rachel Starobinsky, Yutaka Takiura The Phoenix is a toolkit and a platform that provides its users with the means to prepare themselves in the event of a fire. We will provide a toolkit that features a tailored education and awareness […]

School of Design, Graduate Industrial Design Students: Yuxi Luo Faculty: Swati Piparsania It is an empty seat with a small ball inside, which is ideally made with bamboo. The keywords of this design are flexibility, affordable, easily-made and acceptable. The seat has double layers to make it stronger, last longer and to achieve the ergonomic […]