New Operative Landscapes

Abstract

Through the process of urban decentralization, the way in which people live and establish community has changed drastically. Traditional urban relationships founded upon physical proximity to large centralized institutions (such as the workplace surrounded by neighborhoods home to its own workers) have transformed to become more fragmented , transitory, and dynamic: conditions to which these traditional methods inadequately respond . This project proposes to generally accept this fragmentation while approaching architectural intervention as a dynamic and evolving system. By proposing more widely dispersed and typically smaller, adaptable interventions, this study envisions discovering new connections between building and territory that more adequately respond to our current lifestyle and ultimately suggest a more flexible trajectory for urban civic interaction.