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Today's Neighborhood Drugstore, B. Sparano
Today's Neighborhood Drugstore, B. Sparano
Architecture Thesis Prep
"This thesis attempts to align architectural critique with the forces that inevitably shape it. For architecture to become a (critical) reality, the architect is forced to take on new roles. She can no longer be (solely) a manipulator of aesthetics, images and signs. She must also, in addition, become the manipulator of underlying forces beneath the surface (i.e. social, political, and economic)."
Urban Agents, New Events: A Transformation Of The Postindustrial Landscape, Kevin Toukoumidis
Urban Agents, New Events: A Transformation Of The Postindustrial Landscape, Kevin Toukoumidis
Architecture Thesis Prep
"Railway yards, abandoned industrial processing plants, decommissioned factories and polluted river ways are the leftovers from the industrial age. With the deindustrialization of society, a new prevailing urban condition has resulted: a marginalized landscape of residual spaces and urban voids, often with real or perceived contamination.... The potential for reclaiming these marginalized landscapes becomes a catalyst for the design of new modes of occupation and human activity."