Date of Submission
Spring 5-7-2025
Degree Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Architecture
Department
Architecture
Committee Chair/First Advisor
Christopher Welty
Abstract
The contemporary architectural environment is commonly characterized by fragmented and underutilized space. These areas, often overlooked, hold the potential to be reclaimed in a way that activates our spaces through integration and minimal intervention. By deriving the design logic from organic forms found in nature, these structures are able to embrace logic and reason that has had centuries to optimize itself. Learning through this natural wisdom, we can make use of the underutilized spaces in our built environment. Allowing a shift away from static, isolated objects while also blurring boundaries in a way that critiques the spatial organization of contemporary architecture and its building methods. In doing so, the shift leads towards a system that is dynamic, connected, and of use; Spaces that invite exploration and even allow inhabitance.