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Mark Jarzombek.
Cira, Gabriel (Gabriel Blue)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
2011-02-23T14:28:05Z
2011-02-23T14:28:05Z
2008
2008
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61197
701079904
Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2008.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 32-33).
Hypodensity/Hyperdensity is a reaction to the paradoxical modern urban condition of emptiness: the 'ring of drek,' left like a smear around Boston by post-industrial deflation. This area is close to both the crowded city center and the crowded suburbs but possesses a hefty inertia in a reputation of crime and ugliness. The land itself is virtually useless; most of the earth is reclaimed (unwanted fill from elsewhere), and any hopes of plant life are quashed by road/rail sprawl, ceaseless paving, and a blanketing of low-rise warehouses. In short, this area claims all the ailments of the inner city and none of its triumphs. Connecting modes of transportation allows an assembly of physical form as a paradigmatic juxtaposition. The site, currently empty and infertile, will contain an ideal urban condition of high-density living and the ideal rural construct of an orchard. These two polar opposite conditions are symbiotic in the site, creating a completely unique mode of living that is not isolated from the existing fabric of the surrounding area.
by Gabriel Cira.
S.B.
33 p.
eng
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