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All interns at Olson Kundig Architects are required to give a 25–30 minute presentation on any topic to the entire firm. It can be used to to discuss their own thesis, show their background to the firm, share non-architecture work, or talk about some other…

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As part of my studio with John Ronan this semester, we started with material studies. Since our project this semester is about transforming an urban site into a final resting place for Chicago’s unclaimed dead, my material was also about how to use something eminently…

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This semester I’m taking a studio with John Ronan from John Ronan Architects. We’re designing a cemetery and chapel for the unclaimed dead of Chicago. As I was working through some site strategies in the early part of the design process, I realized how much…

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