After a year of working at Erik Hagen Architecture and going to Graduate School at the University of Idaho, we are proud to announce that employee #2, Morgan Monson has successfully completed her Masters of Architecture degree from the U of I.
“Our world is in a constant state of flow, channeling weather, people, nature, and energy. However, the current discourse of architecture continues to be focused on comfort and stability, allowing for an environmentally detached enclosed built world. This thesis focuses on finding a response to the way we build, treating 'flow' (specifically in people and nature) as more than an obstacle or background; to design with it. The following project will study certain aspects of the experience of moving through a building and within the landscape of the city and its natural elements. The architecture will become a type of narrative, certain systems overlapping or flowing to lead occupants on experiential journeys.”
Abstract, Morgan Monson May 2022
Here are some of the artful snippets form her Graduate Thesis project: The Ceaseless Discourse of Architecture & Flow. A case study of public performing art and community spaces and how life and humanity flow through and around the built environment.
Picking the prime location for her project at River Street between 8th & 9th along the Greenbelt, Morgan carefully integrated her project respectfully with the existing Anne Frank Memorial and The Cabin.
Congratulations Morgan!