Mexico -- space/nation/class -- U.S.
Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1995. === Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-92). === With the much-commented upon shifts in the global economy and the problematizing of traditional social, economic, cultural, and political relationships, the...
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Mar, Erik Chia-Kong |
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Ellen Dunham-Jones.Yet we remain far from a theoretical or philosophical consensus regarding exactly what constitutes the (necessarily re-formed) public sphere. It follows, then, that architecture, historically the medium of choice for the public expression of consensual social paradigms, is, as a profession, at a loss to define the conceptual parameters for an appropriate contemporary approach to public design. This thesis, consisting of two components-a written text and an architectural design-draws on theoretical debates on the "public sphere" (assuming one still exists as such) in the definition of the issues to be addressed in the contemporary design of "public space". I have used a 1993 design competition co-sponsored by the AlAS and Graphisoft, Inc., entitled "Beyond the Border", (see appendix 1) as a vehicle for the architectural component of this investigation. The site, a proposed border crossing near EI Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, brings into play many of what I feel to be the central issues-the redefined role of the nation-state, the formation of community identity, difference, and class-to be addressed in a redefinition of the public sphere, with consequences for an architecture of public space. |
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| Language: | English |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68304
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