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Clara Irazabal

2002

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Nighttime And Daytime Blurred: Hyperreality And Kitsch In Las Vegas, Clara Irazabal Jan 2002

Nighttime And Daytime Blurred: Hyperreality And Kitsch In Las Vegas, Clara Irazabal

Clara Irazabal

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Reconfiguring A Metropolitan Region: Corporate Architectural Typologies In Portland, Oregon, Clara Irazabal Jan 2002

Reconfiguring A Metropolitan Region: Corporate Architectural Typologies In Portland, Oregon, Clara Irazabal

Clara Irazabal

This presentation focuses on the tensions between different architectural traditions in Portland, a metropolitan region contained within an urban boundary. I examine two types in the production of recent residential and corporate architecture. Through the study of specific examples, I explore the intersection between urban planning premises and architectural physicality in the context of Portland’s planning culture. I investigate how these two architectural types have originated as products of, or reactions to, several of the main planning discourses in the city. The result is a spatial environment where conflicting planning views are reflected in contrasting architectural typologies, resulting in reconfigurations …