Ken Oshima, Spring 2020
Course Description
This vertical graduate/undergraduate architecture studio investigates “metabolic urbanism” through the reimaging and continued design of Gould Hall (1969-72i). Built during the era of Metabolism in the 1960s and 70s in which buildings were conceived …
Jim Nicholls Spring 2020
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There is history of rafts, and a typology of rafts. Each raft has a story. Each is spatial. Each is material. Each stands for resilience in the face of adversity. Rafts are often lifeboats. …
Tyler Sprague/Mitsuhiro Kanada
Course Description
This is the 2020 offering of the Barry Onouye Endowed Studio, highlighting the intersection of architecture and structures. With the visiting endowed Chair, Mitsuhiro Kanada, this studio will explore the culture and use of a …
Nicole Huber Spring 2020
Course Description
The Comprehensive Plan SEATTLE 2035 is: “A 20-year vision and roadmap for Seattle’s future. Our plan guides City decisions on where to build new jobs and houses, how to improve the transportation system, and …
Elizabeth Golden/ Rick Mohler Spring 2020
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The Othello Community Hub is an unprecedented collaboration between the City of Seattle, the University of Washington, the Low Income Housing Institute and the Boys and Girls Club of Seattle. Just as …
Vikram Prakash Autumn 2019
Course Description
Does form really follow function? Is abstraction the path to ‘truth’? Chthonic vs the tectonic. This experimental studio seeks to tap deep creativity to deconstruct architectural design thinking by intersecting with one of the …
Elizabeth Golden Autumn 2019
Course Description
Architecture and the built environment are manifestations of societal values; these structures also play a significant role in shaping social interactions within the city. In the words of writer/philosopher George Bataille, architecture “is the …
Mary Johnston Autumn 2019
Seattle Center for Urban Waters
A consortium of public agencies and private organizations are collaborating to develop a site along Western Avenue as a Center for Urban Waters. The site will contribute to advocacy for responsible …
Rick Mohler, David Blum Autumn 2019
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The studio focused on alternative futures for Seattle’s industrial lands using the Armory Site in Interbay as a case study example. Industrial lands are an …
Ken Oshima Galen Minah Autumn 2019
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As a studio of 26 designers from around the world, students will be collectively designing the Global Food Expo 2020 to take place at the former Mattotoio …
Sinus Lynge and Tue Foged – EFFEKT Architects
Peter Cohan – UW Architecture
Autumn 2019
Course Description
A Folkehøjskole for the Green Transition
The primary objective for this studio is to develop design proposals for a real project that is …
Jennifer Dee, Kim Pham Autumn 2019
Course Description
A photographer has purchased a 25′ X 100′ lot at 5223 Ballard Avenue NW, thus realizing a lifelong dream of constructing a place to make and exhibit photographic work on one site. …
A Studio in NW Indigenous Architecture and Culture
Nicholls/Glenn Arch 506 Autumn 2019
Daniel Glenn – Seven Directions Architecture and Planning
Jim Nicholls – UW Architecture Department
For generations, the UW campus area was …
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David Strauss Autumn 2019
Seattle Center for Urban Waters
A consortium of public agencies and private organizations are collaborating to develop a site along Western Avenue as a Center for Urban Waters. The site will contribute to advocacy for …
The spring quarter has brought the unprecedented challenge of teaching studio completely online. The Barry Onouye Endowed Studio annually highlights the intersection of architecture and structural engineering by constructing a pavilion-scale structure. This year, visiting chair Mitsuhiro Kanada and …
Studio Description:
The built environment influences our lives and interactions, but whose values are actually reflected in the spaces and places we move through and inhabit each day? Who has been included or excluded from the development of neighborhoods, public …
During the Autumn 2019 quarter, an interdisciplinary group of Built Environments students participated in a studio boldly envisioning transit oriented development and the future use of Seattle’s industrial lands. Co-taught by Associate Professor Rick Mohler (Architecture) and Affiliate Instructor David …
The Comprehensive Plan SEATTLE 2035 is: “A 20-year vision and roadmap for Seattle’s future. Our plan guides City decisions on where to build new jobs and houses, how to improve the transportation system, and where to make capital investments such …
This studio focused on the creative adaptive reuse of one of the UW campus’s most iconic- yet unknownbuildings – the ASUW Shell House. Highlighted in the award winning book (and soon to be feature film), The Boys in the …