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Active Density: Stimulating The Urban Domain In High-Rise Social Housing Developments, Heather Dela Cruz
Active Density: Stimulating The Urban Domain In High-Rise Social Housing Developments, Heather Dela Cruz
Architecture Thesis Prep
I propose to retain the benefits of vertical housing and improve upon it by
up-zoning the block and building low-rise, high-density mixed-income structures
on the site’s perimeter. The new construction will include public amenities that are
lacking in the immediate area such as retail, restaurants, work space, and public
service facilities. Through adaptive re-use of mega blocks will be reclaimed. This
mixed-use approach to the expanded occupancy will also restore the diversity that
was lost when the towers were first built.
Big Urban Things, Nathan Geller
Big Urban Things, Nathan Geller
Architecture Thesis Prep
This project has evolved from an interest in architecture’s role and impact in the city, as well as a developing interest in the philosophy of Object Oriented Ontology. As a way to explore these interests, this project is about contextualizing Bigness through the writings of Graham Harman.
Infra[Re]Structure, Sara Minsley
Infra[Re]Structure, Sara Minsley
Architecture Thesis Prep
This project contends that through the mediation and expression of systems, energies and flows the pedestrian can reclaim the experience of the street.Crucial to this is an understanding of what is on the street and how objects and people are situated on the streets currently. Through exploiting these issues New York City the pedestrian is offered a more engaged experience of moving through the city.