MAAD Research by Design Project

The Master of Advanced Architectural Design (MAAD) program culminates with a design thesis in the final year of studies. This two-semester independent project allows students to conduct design research and develop a project on a topic they have defined in consultation with the program track chair. This capstone project leverages the speculative potential of the design process to generate new knowledge, designs, understanding, practices or paradigms.

The first semester of this two-semester sequence focuses on: 1) the development of a thesis proposal, 2) literature review and reference research, 3) the positioning of the proposal within disciplinary discourse, and 4) the initiation of preliminary design work.