Physical Drawing Site map 1st floor plan of farm house with photograph composites Plaster cast objects from farm house Latex cast of headboard from farm house Latex cast of brick wall from farm house (5’ x 30’) Photographed and sliced facade studies of farm house and barn Low-Resolution model of 1920’s addition to farmhouse Low-Resolution model cut and re-assembled

This week, the School of Architecture is showcasing the thesis work of graduate student TM Peterson.

“Themes on a Fallow House” is a discursive conversation centered around the themes of memory, nostalgia, history, place, object, fragmentation, and vernacular within the American landscape. Working with his grandfather’s farmhouse as a specific example and architecture as a medium, TM explores these themes to create a position within the realm of the built environment.

On a larger scale, the thesis can be seen as a conversation about the spoliation of the American vernacular as an object within the American landscape. A broader question might also be asked: what is it that we do with the fragments and remains of the past and how do they influence our future?