State architecture graduates Elisa S. Castañeda of Madison, Alabama, and Lucas “Luke” T. Murray of Jackson are being honored by the international Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture for their thesis project in this year’s ACSA Study Architecture Showcase.
is featured on website and social media along with other student projects that exemplify excellence in architectural education worldwide.
Jassen Callender, professor and director of the MSU ’s fifth-year program in Jackson, nominated the pair who took a unique path for their thesis research.
“Elisa and Luke undertook a joint research project to come to grips with the intended and unintended consequences of large infrastructural projects located throughout Jackson,” said Callender. “In the process, they latched onto the idea that these problematic investments could serve as sites for their own overcoming. This insight and the students’ dogged pursuit of solutions to such problems are certainly worthy of this honor.”
Director and F.L. Crane Professor Karen C. Spence said, “The deep analysis of Jackson and questions taken on by Elisa and Luke created a provocative study on urban connections. This type of investigation demonstrates the quality of work accomplished in our program. For the project to be recognized on the Study Architecture website is a wonderful achievement, and Elisa and Luke should be proud.”
ACSA is a worldwide organization of architecture schools, including all accredited professional degree programs in the U.S. and Canada, international schools and two- and four-year programs. More than 40,000 architecture students are represented.
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