

Communicating Design to Public
There was big progress made in terms of improving design ideas and communicating those ideas to the course professors, mentors and...


Professional Presentation @ Ratio Indianapolis, IN
According to the program plan for the spring semester, we have held our project gallery presentation at the lobby of the well-known...


Final Presentation @ CAP Main Campus Muncie, IN
On April 21, all MUD students carpooled to the main campus to present their final presentations at CAP (College of Architecture &...


Developing Concepts
GM Stamping site poses a huge challenge in terms of its huge size, approximately equivalent to 28 downtown Indianapolis blocks. Thus, the...


Starting With Bold Ideas
Through the course of UD 663 conducted by Prof. Michel Mounayar, we worked on a fun exercise called the "Killer Shot". A Killer shot is...

Massing Diagrams for Built/Open Spaces
In this exercise, the designer is blocking out 3 vignette massing diagrams for the GM Stamping site based on the established ratio of...


Density/ Space Pool Analysis
This exercise answered a recurring question I have every time I start a new design project. How to define appropriate density levels for...


New Vision for GM Stamping Site Indianapolis, IN
This is a project undertaken by two of Master of Urban Design students (Loaei Thabet & Mohammed Alabassi) from Ball State University,...