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J. Meejin Yoon. DePasquale, Peter J. (Peter John) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture 2008-09-03T15:41:20Z 2008-09-03T15:41:20Z 2008 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/42447 239561309 Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-150). In a contemporary world of rapidly dwindling resources and the sprawling consumption of landscape, it is important to look at the role of boundary, spatial differentiation and the value of spatial diversity while recognizing that the city, like nature, is composed of interdependent parts. Rather than figures apart and a value of transparency over opacity, the perpetual negotiation of figure and ground while maintaining necessary distinctions is of the utmost importance - establishing an order of separation without division. By delineating boundaries, human responsibility can establish and hold its place in the animated, complex and constantly changing nature of the city. The texture of this negotiation at the building envelope reinforces ideas of self while negotiating relationships with others. As the shared boundary of architectural and urban space, the interconnectedness, thickness and representation of envelopes suggest new types of textures and figures as well as a critical, infrastructural, role for architecture in the city. By establishing a link in the loops of operation at the scale of the wall, building type and block topology, this thesis formulates an analytical methodology that avoids both the scenographic, hierarchical and function based idea of traditional space and the universal and detachedness of modern space. Instead, through a critical and design-oriented re-interpretation of the existing non-site condition at New York University, space can be constructed to mediate between itself and surrounding Greenwich Village and SoHo. This implies the need to reconsider programmatically the role of real estate and commercialization in preserving their institution and infrastructure - and the materials of these transitions/mediations. In articulating the line between architectural and urban space and between complimentary and contradictory programs, NYU can articulate its own significance on a cultural and architectural level to make a civic project. by Peter J. DePasquale. M.Arch. 150 p. eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.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. 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By delineating boundaries, human responsibility can establish and hold its place in the animated, complex and constantly changing nature of the city. The texture of this negotiation at the building envelope reinforces ideas of self while negotiating relationships with others. As the shared boundary of architectural and urban space, the interconnectedness, thickness and representation of envelopes suggest new types of textures and figures as well as a critical, infrastructural, role for architecture in the city. By establishing a link in the loops of operation at the scale of the wall, building type and block topology, this thesis formulates an analytical methodology that avoids both the scenographic, hierarchical and function based idea of traditional space and the universal and detachedness of modern space. 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