ELLIE CODY

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A current graduate student in architecture at Rhode Island School of Design (Class of 2024), I am passionate about architecture as a key to strategic systems thinking and healthier, more equitable futures. 

My background in art history informs a context-aware design approach that goes beyond site analysis to dig into social and political pasts as a way to engage with the present. 

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Humble Architecture: Master’s Thesis
Ongoing Project

My thesis is focused on a matrix of questions around resource scarcity, capitalist pressures, and what it can look like to practice ethical architecture. One option, and my primary focus, is what I am calling "humble architecture", which keys back into material intelligence and a broader range of scales, and requires increased collaboration across trades. Major outcomes will include a workbook and workshop syllabus, showing how architectural pedagogy might shift to support designers' ability to respond to the urgent issues and evolved contexts of today. 


Germán Pallares Avitia, Primary Advisor
Aaron Tobey, Secondary Advisor

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2023 - Present