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Reclaiming Identity Through Spectacle, Miguel Antonio Felices

Architecture Senior Theses

"The space of cultural spectacle can lead to a re-definiteion of identity in Condado through architectural implications that capitalize rather than 'sole' its state of ambivalence. For the foreigner who seeks the exotic and the denizen who seeks the authentic, the cultural spectacle can become a point of convergence.

Architecture has the capacity to mould an ambiguous cultural identity by facilitating and sustaining the cultural expressions of a people though a space of spectacle."

Euro, Ryan A. Doyle

Architecture Senior Theses

"How does Europe represent its idealized form as a whole... and is flexible enough to represent its changing interests? By organizing these functions through their identities, a legibile yet changing whole emerges.

How does Europe represent its idealized form as a whole... that distinguishes itself within its urban position, and is flexible enough to represent ies changing interests? By shaping its identifiable image into a clear form, a legible yet changing whole emerges."

How does Europe represent its idealized form as a whole... that participates in the public realm, awhile maintaining the identities of its parts? By conforming its idealized …