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Urban Frame; after endless [inner] deja vu

Posted on:2011-08-22Degree:M.ArchType:Thesis
University:Rice UniversityCandidate:Gillespie, Benson BrightFull Text:PDF
GTID:2445390002469298Subject:Transportation
Abstract/Summary:
The continuous interior of endless Junkspace, is, at its best, the compulsive repetition of itself. This architectural condition, which exists worldwide, is characteristic of airports, casinos, malls, urban tunnel/skyway systems and transit linked nodal developments.;Constantly expanding due to the elevator, escalator and A.C. Unit, this endless internal condition is completely self-sufficient, operating without formal, programmatic or site constraints. The inside is the extreme of "Bigness"; a seamless, generic, interiority where the relationship between inside and outside no longer exist.;By pairing the current endless interior with post-bigness urban strategies, a new urban scenario emerges that problematizes the genericity of the seamless interior while simultaneously disrupting the undifferentiated urban relationship of the block or mega-block to its non-context.;The project uses the scale of the endless building as infrastructure to explore the possibility of an After-Bigness, After-Generic moment.
Keywords/Search Tags:Endless, Urban
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