Phase 0: Shruti Thakkar

Hello, I'm Shruti Thakkar, I was born in Ahmedabad, India, but when I was 2 years old, I shifted to Dubai, U.A.E and have been living there until I came here to study Architecture. I choose this course mainly because math, science and art interests me, and Architecture was a great mix of those subjects … Continue reading Phase 0: Shruti Thakkar

Phase 1A: Derek Pietrowski

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Phase 0: John Coats

I was born in a suburb of Indianapolis called Lawrence, Indiana. Architecture has always interested me but it wasn’t until I took an architecture and civil engineering class in high school that I began to look at it as a possible career path. I initially took the class for civil engineering but ended with architecture … Continue reading Phase 0: John Coats

Phase 1A: Emily Dashiell

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Phase 0: Derek Pietrowski

My name is Derek Pietrowski. I am from suburban Chicago in a town called Palos Park. Growing up I was always fascinated with how things were put together and what went into buildings and homes. At an early age I was constantly building with LEGO and I believe that is what gave me deeper insight … Continue reading Phase 0: Derek Pietrowski

Phase 0: Emily Dashiell

I'm from Albion, Indiana, which is about 3 hours away of Chicago. I chose architecture because I spent a lot of my childhood visiting well known buildings, particularly Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, and my sister is in architecture so I was immersed in the field from a young age. Outside of architecture, I enjoy traveling … Continue reading Phase 0: Emily Dashiell

Final Phase: Aveiyah Gordon

My design is called called Greenhouse Square. The main concept derives from my original house like form in my collage. I took that form and focused on the triangular top, translated the the push and pull of the shapes and made a miniature version of the 3 dimensional model that uses the same language with … Continue reading Final Phase: Aveiyah Gordon

Final Phase: Husna Sena Ozdemir

My tiny houses focused on the layering system. The layers creates the living spaces inside of the houses. Those layers extend to the outside of the houses and create the balcony space or the blinds in front of the window. Main role of the layers is regulating the volume of the houses vertically in a … Continue reading Final Phase: Husna Sena Ozdemir

FINAL PHASE: MALHAR KATE

SHEET/BOARD 1Download SHEET/BOARD 2Download 835 W 36TH STREET SITE MODEL 1/4" =1'0" UNIT MODEL The studio project focuses on the XS House as a means to study the housing crisis, a singular and transitional demographic, efficiency and affordability, and community. Tiny homes are stand-alone structures that contain minimally-sized living areas, sleeping spaces, kitchens and bathrooms. … Continue reading FINAL PHASE: MALHAR KATE

Final Phase: Nathaniel Staniak

The main idea that my XS Housing Aggregation stems from is the movement of masses to create space around and between them. In doing this, different levels of privacy and community are created. The form of my unit comes from the deconstruction and reconstruction of the traditional rooms of a house. The bedroom, bathroom, kitchen … Continue reading Final Phase: Nathaniel Staniak