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Contradiction And Duality Within The City: The House Of Arts And Culture, Andrei Sdrula
Contradiction And Duality Within The City: The House Of Arts And Culture, Andrei Sdrula
Architecture Theses
This project aims to apply the concepts of contradiction and duality as described in the manifesto to reinvigorate and reconnect a portion of the city Bucharest: the capital of Romania. This city has a long history of architectural achievements and disasters, and this intervention gets to the heart of that legacy when it confronts the House of Parliament: a massive megalomaniacal building constructed under the Ceausescu regime in the 1980s. The project addresses the parliament, sector, city, country, and people with first: a master plan, and then a civic building within that master plan that is located in front of …
Redefining Branding In Architecture: Case Study, Westside Railyards Development New York City, Usa, Andrew Vuono
Redefining Branding In Architecture: Case Study, Westside Railyards Development New York City, Usa, Andrew Vuono
Architecture Theses
I am proposing a master plan of a 26 acre (1.4 million aq. ft.) development on top of the West Side Rail Yards near Midtown Manhattan. Midtown Manhattan in and of itself has a brand and I would like to design within it. The goal is to create a series of towers that specifically focus on anchoring the Highline as a destination all while enhancing the “New York Experience” of the surrounding context. The brand will be re-identifying the unused rail yards, due to its proximity to the highline, Javits Center, Pennsylvania Station, Madison Square Garden, the Hudson River, and …