Date of Award
Spring 5-22-2026
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Architecture (MArch)
Department
Architecture
First Advisor
Gabriel Feld
Second Advisor
Ritchie Yao
Abstract
Perception alters action, and action alters reality. My work explores architecture as a means of reconnecting the body to the environment. Rather than acting as a barrier from the natural world, architecture becomes a frame through which the body can perceive its relationship to place. Raised in Eden, Utah, near the Wasatch Mountains and Pineview Reservoir, I developed an awareness of environmental stewardship through observing the neglect and rezoning of a local wildlife corridor by governing bodies. I view environmental crises not as isolated political problems, but as symptoms of a culture that sees itself as separate from nature. My thesis project re-imagines a local trailhead that had been left in disrepair. The project proposes architecture not as instruction, but as an invitation, asking the body to move, perceive, and reconnect with the environment it belongs to.
Recommended Citation
Crookston, Anna, "One: The Body, Architecture, and the Environment" (2026). Masters Theses. 1696.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/1696
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