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Bridge_Works, Chris Driscoll
Bridge_Works, Chris Driscoll
Architecture Senior Theses
Building typologies are generally well defined and functionally specific. A church is for worship, a house is for living, and a theater is for performing. In certain instances, these basic building typologies have been combined to form composite structures such as mixed-use housing/retail projects, or a house on a boat. The opportunities created by composite typologies have allowed for broader economic development, more complex and integrated programming, greater utility and richer social structures. A specific combination of typologies--the mix of infrastructural bridge with housing/retail/public space--has produced a few historically successful models[...] Over time, the bridge was developed from a simple …
[Re]-Establishing Connection: Integrating People Through Movement And Culture In Nyc, Justin Leung
[Re]-Establishing Connection: Integrating People Through Movement And Culture In Nyc, Justin Leung
Architecture Thesis Prep
"This thesis proposes to test and re-establish how architecture can make connections between people. Through freedom of movement, transportation creates many opportunities for the congregation of people and social interaction. This thesis aims to create spaces for mixing and awareness through movement, and program."
Resurrecting The Bauhaus: Public Interaction Through Constructive Education In Harlem, Luke Carnahan
Resurrecting The Bauhaus: Public Interaction Through Constructive Education In Harlem, Luke Carnahan
Architecture Thesis Prep
"Architecture has the capacity to mediate the boundaries between the social territories of urban contexts. Educational programs become the vehicles that generate the dynamic social exchange necessary to do so."
Constructing A Living Surface: City Hall As Connective Tissue, Benjamin Grace
Constructing A Living Surface: City Hall As Connective Tissue, Benjamin Grace
Architecture Thesis Prep
"Infrastructural space offers a model for architecture which is not closed and self-contained, but expansive, continuous, and referential beyond itself. A healthy urban landscape can be produced by buildings that serve to construct sites which expand into the city, giving expression to the role of the urban surface."