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Urban Logic(S), Syracuse University School Of Architecture
Urban Logic(S), Syracuse University School Of Architecture
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This book includes a wide range of essays and ideas concerning today's urban issues, and specifically that of Syracuse.
Activating The Void, Karissa Kizer
Activating The Void, Karissa Kizer
Architecture Thesis Prep
Syracuse, New York contains an abundance of voids created by transportation infrastructure. Interstate 81 runs north-south through the city, connecting with Interstate 690 and eventually to the New York State thruway. I-81 exists in the city as an overpass, a barrier which effectively slices the city in two. Each half of the city contains a major productive zone, though the area in between the two, the district surround the highway, exists as both a physical and programmatic void. Within this area, there are numerous specific voids, most in the form of parking facilities which can be used to explore the …