Thesis!

Final reviews of the Master of Architecture Thesis projects have come and gone, but I am still having dreams about giving my presentation. I guess when you've tackled a project for eight months - constantly wrestling with it and developing it from inception through final production, with all the various iterations, morphings, stray paths, and about-faces in between - it stays with you for a while.


The final presentation of the work by itself. It's a bit odd to think that the whole thing can be reduced to a 16' x 8' section of a wall (plus a bit of floor space), but such were the requirements of the exhibition.



The review itself was about 40 minutes long. I took about 5-10 minutes to present the work, and the remaining 30 minutes were used to open up the conversation with the reviewers: discussing the work, questioning it, questioning each other, talking about the further implications. It was an engaging and challenging conversation. I couldn't have asked for more.



It's always gratifying when reviewers become physically engaged and get up out of their chairs. It feels more like a discussion amongst peers at that point, and much less an inquisition by a panel of judges.



The critics (from left to right): Dawn Gilpin - advisor, Dora Epstein Jones, Paul Tierman, Mary Ann Ray, Milton Curry, Anya Sirota, Robert Adams - advisor.



Viewing the thesis through the thesis... sort of. This is a view from the vantage point of my main implement of exploration, the laser-drawing machine.