HIDDEN THEATRICS

The building is not the final product of architecture, rather it is an object that is in a perpetual state of temporality, meaning it shifts between being built, maintained, and demolished. This thesis attempts to foreground these processes and its objects in efforts to produce new frictions within architecture's relationship to its design and production.

Illustration of concrete mixer trucks and pump trucks with workers at construction site.

Construction site with heavy machinery, including excavators and cranes, dismantling a large, artistic wall panel. Workers in hard hats observe the process.

Architectural thesis poster featuring text on hidden theatrics, a description of a museum and park project in Los Angeles, and images of various architectural concepts and construction scenes.

Architectural thesis collage featuring models and plans for the New Page Museum, Struggling Pavilion, and Research Hedge Garden in a park setting, with images of real-world references like a hedge sculpture by Jeff Wall and a concrete mixer truck by Alejandro Loor.

A collage of 12 digital illustrations showing stages of construction projects. Each image is labeled with details like dates and project names. Projects include demolition and construction at sites like museums and parks, with the presence of construction equipment and architectural elements. The illustrations are part of a B.Arch thesis, discussing influences from film and montage theories to convey themes visually.