I've been really into school lately, and working on developing my Masters thesis topic. We took a few days this weekend to have our fall reading week, or as most students have renamed it FALL BREAK! Here are my top three thesis topics--

I'd love to hear some feedback from anyone who reads this as well as being completely open to suggestions or discussion on all of them..

TOPIC #1: Ephemeral Architecture as a tool for social Change during the French Revolution.

This is a topic that I've been working on for quite some time that focuses on the idea that TIME, PLACE, and ARCHITECTURE were colliding for SOCIAL CHANGE during the French Revolution and to promote the agenda for all sides during a time of great change in French society. Louis XVI, The Third Estate, and even a grass roots revolution use architecture to make their point in a decade of turmoil that would change society in the western world as well as in France forever.

TOPIC#2: Gay Urban Space: gentrification and defining the 'gayborhood'. A look at the gay ghettos of Washington D.C.
This topic caught my attention when I was in DC this summer, and a friend told me we were going to the 'GAYBORHOOD' a term I had never heard used before, but one that had very deep meaning in defining the urban space and who and what was there. What are the implementations of the term and what are it's positive and negative aspects.

TOPIC# 3: Urban space and Geography: Provençal Hilltop Towns.

This topic is one that came to my attention when I was living in Provence. Almost every village in the south of France directly correlates with Geography. I want to flush out the social reasons behind this urban phenomenon. (Below is a picture of Lacoste, where I stayed in France.)