From reimagining suburbia in Ontario to rekindling heritage in Punjab, rethinking symbiosis in Outer Space to recollecting coastal villages in rural China, the creative work of thesis students in the Honours Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies (BAAS) program is a richly diverse array spanning issues and geographies.

A new website showcases a sampling of these projects, done by 2023-2024 students in the program’s three Specialist Streams: Design, Technology, and History and Theory: academic.daniels.utoronto.ca/architectural-studies-thesis-2024

Thesis is a year-long endeavour at the Daniels Faculty. At the end of the third year in the undergraduate program, students in the Specialist Streams are eligible to apply for thesis, which takes place during the fourth and final year of the program. Once selected, all BAAS thesis students take a Senior Research Seminar led by one of three Daniels Faculty members who continue as advisors throughout the year. This year's advisors were Petros Babasikas, Nicholas Hoban and Laura Miller.

During the fall term, students work to develop individual thesis proposals, pursuing their research through reading, writing, design, fabrication and case study analysis as well as discussion and debate. Then in the winter term’s Senior Thesis Design Studio, students further develop their research, extending into design projects. Final Thesis Reviews, the culmination of a year’s work, are held at the end of April.

View the thesis projects online and learn more about the BAAS program.

Student work featured in banner image:

1. Shirin Al Asmi
2. Ariel Clipperton
3. Cameron Manore
4. Adrian Yu
5. Jana Rumjanceva
6. Tej Dhillon