(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture, 2009) Preszler, Blake Anthony; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: John Brittingham; Ralph Johnson (co-chair)
The ubiquitous character of automobiles and mobile infrastructure has formed a series of un-exploited relationships with our built environment. The automobile and architecture continue to operate as unsynchronized functions. While the automobile is constantly evolving as a means of technology and space, architecture is trapped in a vacuous state, slow to adapt, un-evolved, submitting to the will of the car. Since its invention, the automobile and the infrastructures it travels, has remained a challenge to architecture. The relationship between automobile and architecture has reached a tipping point, and therefore needs to be re-questioned.
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture, 2009) Brandt, Andrew MacMillan; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Mike Everts; Jack Smith (co-chair)
Life on this planet adapts reactively through necessity; as environmental context changes, so do the inhabitants. Due to our level of creative analysis and critical thought, humans have the ability of anticipation. By recognizing patterns, trends, and correlating probabilities, we can anticipate a changing environment. In order to maintain a healthy world to live in, humanity needs to embrace pro-active adaptation: altering behavior in response to inevitable change in environmental conditions.
