Thesis StatementThis thesis deconstructs POLO Ralph Lauren advertisements under the lenses of American lifestyle & values and feminist theory highlighting how interior design helps define the POLO Ralph Lauren brand, synonymous with the American Dream.AbstractDavis, Heather, POLO Ralph Lauren...
Using the ethos of the Whole Food Movement as its foundation, I will design a sustainable restaurant that redefines pleasure in the food experience. My thesis project is the creation of a green restaurant; green both in terms of its purpose and its design implementation. The foundation of this...
ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study is to explore the emotional and physical effects of a healingenvironment that uses art therapy as its main modality of treatment. The exploration focuseson the connection between emotional well-being and physical health, which occurs as a resultof creating art....
At the Epoch Hotel in the Joseph H. Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, guests encounter a unique hotel experience while gaining a new understanding of Modern art and design. This private hotel grants guests a behind the scenes pass to the world beyond museum galleries and invites the...
The Exploration of the Art of Creation and Preparation in a Culinary LaboratoryThesis Statement and Abstract Enticing the senses: Truss is an intimate culinary laboratory where interaction between the chefs and the participants stimulates a fully sensory experience of eating.Conceptual...
AbstractThe importance of human interaction in a third place, is supported by research of the unique yet essential characteristics found in informal public meeting places like the French salons of the 18th century, ancient Roman baths, Turkish hamams, Russian banyas, and Finnish saunas. These...
In Baltimore Maryland, Perkins Homes, an affordable housing project built in 1942, has become an area of crime, desolation, and poverty. Perkins is one of the eight original public housing developments built to accommodate returning soldiers from World War II. The original design intentionally...
The built environment helps shape our individual and collective identities. Preservation of place and adaptive reuse of buildings celebrate the dynamic of the future and address the lessons of the past. They celebrate diversity, recognizing the value of old and new, ofmodernity and tradition....
Due to an increasing rate of mobility within the workplace and the hi-tech equipment available, communication and work has become more efficient and can happen almost anywhere. More and more people are finding that instead of having more free time, they are only working twice as much. I propose...
Abstract"As I grew up and became engaged in activities which promised to lead to India's freedom, I became obsessed with the thought of India. What was this India that possessed me and beckoned me continually, urging me to action so that we might realize some vague but deeply felt desire of our...