02 / Housing & urbanism
A New Single-Stair Apartment Building
An L-shaped housing proposal that gives Market and 8th Streets a defined edge while opening toward a planted court.
Fall 2025 · Academic proposal · Unbuilt
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Adam
Scott
Notre Dame · B.Arch expected May 2027 · Real Estate minor
Adam Scott is a Notre Dame architecture student with a Real Estate minor, connecting architectural design with site analysis, development and urban research.
Vast Effects is my portfolio and working platform for architecture, urban research, writing and experiments. It brings completed work together with the questions and projects I am pursuing now.
01 / Selected architecture
Kyoto, Japan · Spring 2026
Courts, paths
and quiet rooms.
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A monastery proposal in Kyoto explores courts, connected buildings and a mountain setting.
A connected body of work
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Architecture, fieldwork, research and learning, connected by the places and questions they share.
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The monastery’s courts → Rooted Cities' walking method → Urban Pilgrimage's fieldwork
From room
to city.
All selected work ↗03 / Market & civic space
Market Hall
A market hall esquisse exploring commerce, gathering and a permeable edge to Piazza Brin.
Fall 2024 · Academic proposal · Unbuilt
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The wider effects
A place is more
than an isolated object.
PlaceCourts & landscape ↗PeopleHousing & shared space ↗SystemsStewardship research ↗IntelligenceResearch & synthesis ↗
Follow the Effects ↗Capabilities,
with evidence.
01
Architectural design
The Sōtō Zen monastery study connects courts, rooms and landscape through plan, elevation and axonometric drawings.
02Housing & urbanism
Street edges, dwelling plans and shared courts
03Site & development research
GIS maps, field studies and student development proposals
04Research & writing
Walking fieldwork, paper summaries and developing research methods
An open notebook · October 2026
Work still
taking shape.
01 / Ongoing
Academic thesis · In progress
C&O Roundhouse / Civic House ↗
A new Civic House studies ordinary public life in relation to retained industrial buildings in Covington.
Updated September 25, 2026
02 / Ongoing
Studio investigation · In progress
Venice civic theater ↗
Site testing at Palasport is complete; architectural design is beginning at the edge of the Arsenale.
Updated October 2, 2026
03 / Ongoing
Exploratory · Pre-launch
Living Ground ↗
A field-testing packet is prepared for consented testing of evidence, permissions and stewardship handoffs.
Updated October 2, 2026
Writing & research
Questions
worth returning to.
Research & inquiry
Urban Pilgrimage in the Modern Desert
Walking Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky to understand how access, landscape and public space shape everyday participation.
Research & inquiry
Living Systems: repair, reconnect, grow
A way of connecting architectural, civic and development questions without forcing them into one project.
There is more
to explore.
Follow the Effects across architecture, development, research and learning.
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