Undergraduate Thesis 2024

Friday, April 19 at 2:00pm – 5:30pm
Saturday, April 20 at 10:00am - 5:00pm

SCI-Arc is proud to announce its 2024 Undergraduate Thesis Reviews, taking place on campus April 19 and 20, 2024. The fifth-year B.Arch students, under the guidance of Undergraduate Thesis Coordinator Maxi Spina, will present projects completed during their final year, throughout an immersive, in-person Undergraduate Thesis event.

Each year, UG Thesis 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.  A public platform during which over 80 jurors, critics, and architecture professionals converge to discuss, debate, and dispute emerging questions in architecture, UG Thesis at SCI-Arc has been—since its founding—an integral element to the school’s pedagogy, celebrating the remarkable accomplishments and ingenuity of the graduating class.


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.

Please join us on April 19 and 20 at SCI-Arc to celebrate the boundary-pushing work of SCI-Arc’s 2024 Undergraduate Thesis class.

Undergraduate Program Co-Chairs
Kristy Balliet
Marcelyn Gow

Undergraduate Thesis Coordinator
Maxi Spina

History + Theory Advisors
Erik Ghenoiu
Marcelyn Gow

Design Advisors
Kristy Balliet
Mira Henry
Karel Klein
Maxi Spina
Peter Testa
Russell Thomsen

Assistant Teachers
Julia McConnell
Kyle Zufra

Teaching Assistants
Nash Guyre
Acacia Li