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The 21st Century Civic Identity: Redefining The Small Town City Hall, Leellen M. Lewis
The 21st Century Civic Identity: Redefining The Small Town City Hall, Leellen M. Lewis
Architecture Theses
Identity is defined as the distinguishing character or personality of an individual. Throughout life, we as individuals, strive to create and uphold a sense of identity. Once our identity is established, we feel more comfortable with ourselves and our surroundings. However, at a larger scale, what happens when a community lacks a sense of identity? Small towns especially struggle with finding their identity and creating a suitable and exciting Civic infrastructure. Often there is a lack of involvement in the community. There is no drive for contributing to the majority, whether through community service, town council meetings, government, or community …
Identity Factory: The Mass Production Of The Masses, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Peter W. Bartash
Identity Factory: The Mass Production Of The Masses, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Peter W. Bartash
Architecture Theses
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, is a location whose identity is its layered manufacturing history. Within the infrastructural system of corridors that organizes its urban fabric exists a tectonic language of an architecture whose purpose is in providing opportunities for making. Operating within one of these corridors, the Identity Factory allows that an individual become aware of activity shaping his or her own identity, the relationship of that identity to a greater context, and the potential to define oneself engaged in a cultural landscape through the process of manufacturing