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Boundaries And Thresholds, Kathleen C. Czerw
Boundaries And Thresholds, Kathleen C. Czerw
Architecture Senior Theses
"The American city is an agglomeration of definitive districts of program and groups of residents, and it is these bounded urban groupings that allow the city to maintain its diversity districts, allowing them to maintain individual identities, and specifically placed thresholds become spaces where the boundaries are broken and two districts momentarily come together. Often times these thresholds are defined by spatial voids within the urban fabric, and through the use of engaging architecture the threshold can become a place of social exchange and mutual cognizance.
The site is a lot that runs parallel to Genesee River and Exchange Street …