perched on the edge of a mesa one hour outside of phoenix, the students at the school of architecture, first established by frank lloyd wright in 1932, celebrate a historic moment: the first generation of experimental structures, or ‘shelters’, built at the school’s new campus at arcosanti, USA. six graduating students have reimagined the typical prompt of building a small dwelling structure through a broadened range of materials, uses, and degrees of permanence. by confronting the realities of construction, all projects test and explore the notion of ‘shelter’, expanding its possible outputs and underlining building as a critical practice. within the larger context of the thesis, each student also explores the potential for these concepts to grow, translate, or scale up.