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Phasing Permanence Through Flux, Estefania Maldonadov, Andrew Filkoff
Phasing Permanence Through Flux, Estefania Maldonadov, Andrew Filkoff
Architecture Senior Theses
The "post-industrial revolution" has, in its wake, given rise to a swath of cities suffering economic decline and social deterioration. These "shrinking cities" have experienced a loss in population to their surrounding suburbs and other dormitory settlements. Once thriving cities have been reduced to functioning as overdeveloped business parks where people come to work for five days a week - but then leave each evening to return to suburban ideal. It is unreasonable to assume that any masterplan alone can promote the future success of a shrinking city. Rather, this thesis contends that by dissecting the historical narratives and spatial …