Undergraduate Thesis 2024 Engages the Cultural Moment with Visionary Design

In acknowledgement of the extraordinary work done by the 2024 Undergraduate Thesis class, SCI-Arc is proud to announce its 2024 UG Thesis Weekend April 19–20, as this year’s graduating thesis students present and share their accomplishments with the world.

“Thesis is a process of critical and curious engagement with the world,” shares Undergraduate Thesis Coordinator Maxi Spina, “an extraordinary time to take risks, to research intensively, and to consider a world outside oneself. Ideas, philosophies, and debates become mediums alongside materials, processes, and systems, as architecture becomes a practice of propositions."

Each year, Undergraduate Thesis at SCI-Arc prepares fifth-year B.Arch students to articulate, propose, and defend their ideas and positions on architecture as well as engage with professionals as peers and colleagues.

In their final semester of design studio, students in SCI-Arc’s Undergraduate Thesis class complete the production of a year-long thesis project, which addresses a position in relation to contemporary architectural discourse and presents a highly developed building design project.

Topics students inquired into through their thesis projects this year represent a vibrant cross section of the cultural moment—from the design of affordable housing to large public venues that provide equitable access to culture, sports, and athletics, to the architecture of the circular economy. This year’s thesis class uniquely highlights the discipline’s efforts to deepen its agency and entanglement with contemporary issues.

April 19-20, SCI-Arc’s fifth-year B.Arch students will present their thesis projects during an immersive, in-person Undergraduate Thesis Weekend, a public platform during which over 80 jurors, critics, and architecture professionals from around the globe converge to discuss, debate, and dispute emerging questions in architecture.

SCI-Arc’s 2024 Undergraduate Thesis Weekend will be held at SCI-Arc’s Arts District campus, so the public and visiting guests alike can experience the boundary-pushing work of this year’s remarkable Undergraduate Thesis class.

Keep an eye on the Undergraduate Thesis 2024 event page for updates on how to access review schedule for the entire weekend, participating juror list, student thesis projects, and more.