The final project for my third year (2005) design course in Arqpoli (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture) questioned the nature of how we construct the concept of "tropicality" in architecture. The Mid-Career research project argued that "tropicality" in architecture was built not by typological efforts, but by the conscious manipulation of architectural elements that provoking sensorial associations with what is "tropical".

Cover image for the Mid-Career Investigation project.

Since, then, my interests have developed into further questioning how we categorize and perceive certain typologies, but this Mid-Career project proved to be an invaluable step in the development of current and ongoing subjects of investigation. A link to the full document can be found here: ARCH-3030 Architecture of the Senses: Tropicality or Phenomenology?