Selected WAAC Master's Thesis Projects

See the list below for links to selected WAAC thesis projects from the past five years. All thesis books are hosted online at VT ETDs.

(Page image from (Un)Making Places by Eli Perez.)

2025

• Hands On: Building a Maker Space from the Ground Up // Dani Juarez [M.Arch]
• The Capitol Collective: A Community Centered Creator's Hub that Enhances the Pedestrian Experience // Ashley Miller [M.Arch]
• From Vacancy to Vitality: Adaptive Reuse Strategies for an Abandoned Church in Washington, D.C. // Angela Molina [M.Arch]
• The Space Between Life and Death // Wilson Ontiveros [M.Arch]
• The Urban Sublime: A Park Lodge for the National Mall // Aaron Sheffield [M.Arch]

2024

• Convertible Parks: New Architectural Strategies for Public Parks in a Changing Climate // Jake Easton [M.Arch]
• Amending the Capitol // Garrett Krueger [M.Arch]
• Architecture Through the Senses: Navigating a World Without Noise // Kim Le [M.Arch]
• Holding Court in Old Town: A New Courthouse for Alexandria // Talia Moore [M.Arch]
• Revitalizing Post-Industrial Cities: A Sustainable Approach through Eco-Cultural Tourism in West Virginia // Twishi Shah [Urban Design]
  
• Dancing About Architecture: Choreographing the Anacostia Waterfront // Christine Wyss [M.Arch]

2023

• Concrete and Comfort, Urban Firehouse // James Cooke [M.Arch]
• Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: The Rio Grande Arrival/Departure Shelter // Angelica Gaite [M.Arch]
• Between the Lines: A Farm to Table Community // Imani Hart [M.Arch]
  
• Living the Downtown: The Era of New Neighborhood Cities // Prathamesh Rewandkar [Urban Design]
• Shipyard to Stoneyard: The Capitol Stones at the Intersection of Material and Memory // Andrew Ashcraft [M.Arch]

2022

• Ourhouse: Gender-Inclusive Student Housing // Astha Bhavsar [M.Arch]
  
• Bridging the Gap: Addiction Recovery // Rachel Hamilton [M.Arch]
  
• Fostering Homefulness // Shelby Pollack [M.Arch]
  
• Making Space: Refuge to Home // Brittney Sooksengdao [M.Arch]
  
• Casual Death in Contemporary Cities // Kennard Taylor [M.Arch]
  
• More Than Housing: Re-defining Affordable Housing // Erika Toscano Jaramillo [M.Arch]

2021

• Shelter to Habitat // Emily Ashworth [M.Arch]
  
• Re-Imagining Urban Dwelling: Active Family Living in the City // Emily Broadwell [M.Arch]
  
• One for All : A Capitol Proposal // Margaret "Maggie" Dunlap [M.Arch]
  
• Children's House, Old Town North Alexandria Montessori School // Behnaz Nozari [M.Arch]
  
• (Un)Making Places: Supportive Housing As Human Infrastructure // Eliezer "Eli" Perez [M.Arch]
  
• Rethinking Dead Mall: Reconsidering an American Vacant Mall Site as a Seed for Re-Growth // Md Abu Baker Siddique [M.Arch]