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Graduate Thesis Collection
Collection of theses from 2010 and later
This database houses the graduate thesis work completed at all SCAD locations from fall 2010 forward. It is keyword searchable and includes both written and visual components, giving the user a broader understanding of both product (digitized studio work) and its underlying concept (the written thesis). The goal of the database is to provide both aspiring MFA candidates timely models of what a graduate thesis should address, and the larger public a sense of the richness of graduate work done at SCAD. Questions regarding this database should be directed to the Visual Resources Center library@scad.edu.
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Rises in energy rates, global economic crisis, global warming, apprehension for the planet and our future generations are vast concerns for general population. Puerto Rico suffers from all of the previous issues mentioned, but also lacks the sustainability and the spread of this knowledge in the population; which could minimize some of the impacts of the crisis the world and specifically the island is going through. A lot of spaces designated for the interaction of people have been closed or removed, affecting the cultural aspect of socialization. Working with these issues while implementing architecture, design and sustainability into a cultural and social building that becomes a teaching tool by the interaction of environment and user is what is intended to be achieved in this project. A solution to a sustainable concern in the island of Puerto Rico is introduced through architecture in a multi-functional building that responds to site and public interests, it also serves as a device for learning about technological possibilities by implementing not only solar, tidal and wind power but also interactive sustainable features that are functional and serve to enhance education though social interaction. Achieving a zero energy building is difficult but not impossible. The amount of sources required to produce the energy the building would consume are really high, especially because the building will be working throughout 24 hours. The energy needed to achieve functionality of the building is high enough as to be impossible to apply technologies only in the infrastructure of the building. Additional energy generating technologies were implemented in the site and surroundings in order to meet energy requirements.
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Throughout history, street vending has served as a major source of exchange and commerce. This practice has help to secure the livelihood for many citizens of developing countries. Similar to their business counterparts situated in permanent locations, street vending is a major financial force that keeps many national and local economies vibrant, while helping to foster significant social change. These factors corroborate the knowledge that although not fully recognized in some places, and at times frowned upon; the status of street vending does not render its societal importance any less vital than other economical or social systems. This system is most evident in the city of Lagos, Nigeria. Nigeria’s financial Capitol Lagos, is perpetually plagued by the inadequate infrastructure needed to accommodate the system of street vending. Therefore, this system places unusual mandates on leaders to accommodate the vendors, and their customer’s avid demand for services.
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2D Animation over Live Action Footage: A Fresh Aesthetic for Children’s TV Educational Entertainment
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-63).
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Includes bibliographical references: pages 85-86
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Bibliography: pages 175-[176]
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Bibliography: pages 175-[176]
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Through digital processes and compositing and the use of appropriated imagery, 15 Glenview Circle examines the relationship of photography and memory. By researching and focusing on the emotional and cultural role of the snapshot, memory-loss causing disease, symbolism and metaphor, context and meaning and contemporary artists working in similar styles and themes, the thesis tells a narrative of one who suffers from memory-loss and my attempt to reconcile this.
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Bibliography: page 30
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Includes bibliographical references (p.27-29).
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Includes bibliographical references (p.58).
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-126).
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Bibliography: pages 65-70.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 40-49).
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This thesis is intended to celebrate the history and culture of the Bahamas through architecture. Specifically, through the development of a “cultural market” located in downtown Nassau. The primary objectives of the cultural market are to: (1) draw tourists into the local community; (2) educate tourists and local residents about the history and culture of the straw market and Junkanoo, (3) train local residents in the art of traditional Bahamian craftwork and (4) provide a source of entertainment for tourists and local residents. This cultural market will create active public spaces bringing people from diverse ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds together, and showcase the arts and culture of the Bahamas to the world. Moreover, this cultural market will spark the renewal of downtown Nassau thereby enhancing surrounding real estate values, creating new business opportunities and most importantly, bringing money into the local economy.
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At 6,426 people per km2, Hong Kong boasts the most densely populated urban center in the world. The reality of sustainable practices, depletion of resources and a shifting global power paradigm pervade media involving China, and its Western syndicate territory, Hong Kong. By making imagery here, I ask viewers to contemplate these issues, but to also see these places as homes; not statistics. As the living cities and infrastructure that address cultural standards and progressive technologies. These photographs do not propose a reality so different from the spin of contemporary media, but asks an audience on the other side of the world, the Western world, to reflect on whether these images provide a surrogate for wonderment or trepidation for a changing global climate and future.
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Includes bibliographical references (p.66-69).
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Located outside a city known as the transportation hub of the southeast, Atlanta, GA was home to the Doraville GM Assembly Plant since 1947. In 2008, GM closed many of its assembly plants leaving hundreds of thousands of acres of warehouse buildings vacant. The Doraville GM site is a 160+ acre lot directly connected to I-285, Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Buford Hwy and the Doraville MARTA transportation line. The intent of this project is to provide the city of Doraville, GA a mixed-use community and incorporate a multi-disciplinary design and fabrication shop.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-114).
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 59).
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