Thesis Highlights

Culture, Craft, and Commemoration

Culture, Craft, Commemoration rendering

Fall 2022. Open to graduate students only.

How can design celebrate the narratives of some of our most defining cornerstone institutions, from schematics to detail scale? Focusing on the Dew Drop Inn in New Orleans and the Motown Museum in Detroit, this studio will develop approaches to culturally rich urban sites and programs. Smith Marks of the global firm Perkins & Will leads the studio.

WORK

Culture, Craft, Commemoration render
Culture, Craft, Commemoration Motown Museum circulation diagrams
Culture, Craft, Commemoration Motown Museum site strategies
Culture, Craft, Commemoration Motown Museum research
Culture, Craft, Commemoration Motown Museum concept model and facade studies
Culture, Craft, Commemoration Motown Museum sculptural ceiling exploration
Culture, Craft, Commemoration Motown Museum elevation diagram
Culture, Craft, Commemoration Motown Museum model
Culture, Craft, Commemoration Motown Museum model
Culture, Craft, Commemoration Motown Museum model
Culture, Craft, Commemoration Motown Museum model

FACULTY

Smith Marks, Perkins + Will