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dc.contributor.advisorAnn Pendleton-Jullian.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDonohue, Lilly (Lilly L.)en_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-11-07T12:05:33Z
dc.date.available2006-11-07T12:05:33Z
dc.date.copyright2006en_US
dc.date.issued2006en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34424
dc.descriptionThesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2006.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 119-120).en_US
dc.description.abstractThis project considers the duality of friction as a force which is simultaneously threatening and essential; responsible for destruction and violence, yet vital in precipitating progress and new relationships within the urban context.The thesis uses Boston as a case study and investigates its history of social conflicts from its puritan origins to present day.The recent shift to a sublimation of friction between groups within the city is theorized as a source of stagnation.The project examines this issue, centering on two adjacent yet isolated communities in the Dorchester neighborhood and proposes the introduction of a series of physical borders which are housed within several seemingly banal commercial buildings.The border is offered here not an object to further divide, but paradoxically as a necessary edge condition which permits contact and thus re-establishes friction between these neighborhoods.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Lilly Donohue.en_US
dc.format.extent121 p.en_US
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dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582
dc.subjectArchitecture.en_US
dc.titleSites of friction : borders of the banalen_US
dc.title.alternativeBorders of the banalen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeM.Arch.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
dc.identifier.oclc70277888en_US


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