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The work of the students from throughout the semester is presented here, along with brief statements on their work. Each student was allowed to find their own site and define their program, but all worked together on the larger issues of the studio, described in the assignments section. These images show their progress, and the steps they took to achieve the goal of creating an architectural project, all the while contributing to the larger debate of the studio through their work. All work is courtesy of the student named, and used with permission.

"To be a student is to be in a state of constant transition, with nearly all evidence of one's presence wiped away at graduation. Against this unforgiving institutional backdrop, the clandestine activities of the students taking place late at night form a history which only appears to those who know where to look. What I hoped to investigate in the project is what the transient and elusive might mean in architectural terms." (PDF)

All images in this gallery are courtesy of Joe Dahmen.

All images in this gallery are courtesy of Katice Helinski.

"The cultural identity of MIT exists within its intricate network of corridors which extend 'infinitely' above and below ground throughout the campus. The proposed Student Center would introduce a spatial interruption along this corridor system. The design process began with a spatial exploration of the 'corridor', investigating the qualities that exist within it. Qualities of tension, compression and gravitation exist alongside the experiential movement found within the space of the corridor." (PDF)

All images in this gallery are courtesy of James Smith.