SCI-Arc’s 2025 UG Thesis Students Reimagine Architecture’s Role in the World

SCI-Arc proudly announces the 2025 Undergraduate Thesis Reviews, taking place April 18-19, 2025, on campus. This immersive event marks the culmination of five years of design exploration for SCI-Arc’s fifth-year B.Arch students, led by Undergraduate Thesis Coordinator Maxi Spina.

A hallmark of SCI-Arc’s curriculum, Undergraduate Thesis is a space for inquiry, invention, and critique—a moment when students position themselves within the discipline and propose new architectural futures. With over 80 jurors, critics, and architecture professionals in attendance, the reviews spark urgent discussions about the evolving role of architecture in today’s world.

This year’s projects explore themes of site, materiality, power, and performance, demonstrating how architecture can generate unexpected spatial and cultural narratives. Quarries transform into resonant acoustic landscapes, bureaucratic structures upend traditional hierarchies, and architectural follies become theatrical protagonists.

“Thesis marks both a conclusion and a fresh start,” says Spina. “For some students, it’s the culmination of five years of rigorous design research. For others, it’s a foundation for future exploration. In many ways, it’s both.”

Join us April 18-19 at SCI-Arc to engage with the boundary-pushing ideas of SCI-Arc’s 2025 Undergraduate Thesis class.