Thursday, September 23, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Proposal 2
The methods in which inhabitants utilize interstitial space
Architecture, specifically housing today has become a measure of wealth and power, completely disregarding the surrounding context and most importantly the occupant. With the current urban development plans and construction, architecture has destroyed our environment and the method in which humans relate to each other, creating a new lifestyle. This type of life is revolving around the object, changing how humans inhabit architecture and the city.
The phenomenal expansion of cities in the Middle East has made the current housing typology irrelevant to today's adapting society. The placement of villas and compounds within cities like Dubai and Doha promote the use of the car and therefore add to urban sprawl; dividing the way in which a city functions. This reliance on the car as well as current city planning schemes, and real estate laws has redesigned the relationship of the built environment to its surroundings; subtracting opportunities for open public space between buildings. This change in the method in which interstitial space is utilized no longer promotes an open social environment. The relationship of these spaces can be established at various scales, from a home to a neighboring home, to the scale of a plaza to the surrounding block. The current housing has become an object surrounded by the perimeter wall, completely disregarding culture and climate, and segregating housing from one another. The relationship of public and private space existing in both interior and exterior space is overlooked. I propose to design a housing development in which the relationship between units promotes a social environment that can be utilized in the harsh desert climate. Designing both the positive and negative space between buildings can change the method in which interstitial space is used.
Architecture, specifically housing today has become a measure of wealth and power, completely disregarding the surrounding context and most importantly the occupant. With the current urban development plans and construction, architecture has destroyed our environment and the method in which humans relate to each other, creating a new lifestyle. This type of life is revolving around the object, changing how humans inhabit architecture and the city.
The phenomenal expansion of cities in the Middle East has made the current housing typology irrelevant to today's adapting society. The placement of villas and compounds within cities like Dubai and Doha promote the use of the car and therefore add to urban sprawl; dividing the way in which a city functions. This reliance on the car as well as current city planning schemes, and real estate laws has redesigned the relationship of the built environment to its surroundings; subtracting opportunities for open public space between buildings. This change in the method in which interstitial space is utilized no longer promotes an open social environment. The relationship of these spaces can be established at various scales, from a home to a neighboring home, to the scale of a plaza to the surrounding block. The current housing has become an object surrounded by the perimeter wall, completely disregarding culture and climate, and segregating housing from one another. The relationship of public and private space existing in both interior and exterior space is overlooked. I propose to design a housing development in which the relationship between units promotes a social environment that can be utilized in the harsh desert climate. Designing both the positive and negative space between buildings can change the method in which interstitial space is used.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Methodology to Defining a Thesis
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| The methodology of arriving at an answer is never a linear process, although this diagrams it as such, processes repeat within different scales, details, and focuses to find the ultimate conclusion. |
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
A Proposal
An Architecture for the Human Environment
Architecture, specifically housing today has become a measure of wealth and power, completely disregarding the surrounding context and most importantly the occupant. Architecture is no longer helping society develop, instead it has destroyed our environment and the method in which humans relate to each other, creating a new lifestyle. This type of life is revolving around the object, changing how humans inhabit architecture and the city.
The phenomenal expansion of cities in the Middle East has made the current housing typology irrelevant to today's adapting society. The placement of villas and compounds within cities like Dubai and Doha have added to urban sprawl, dividing the way in which a city functions and promoting the car as the main method of transportation. This reliance on the car has redesigned the method in which interstitial space between buildings is being used, subtracting opportunities for open public space and a social environment. Housing has become an object surrounded by the perimeter wall, completely disregarding culture and climate, and segregating housing from one another. Both the typology of the home and its relationship within the city need to be re-examined, studying the ways in which the void space of the built environment is being used. These unforeseen spaces have great opportunity in redefining the human element, in a variety of scales from the home to the city. I propose to examine these relationships of interstitial space of the existing housing typologies and their relationship to the city; creating housing for the inhabitant. This manipulation of space between the interior and exterior can promote a housing environment and lifestyle that utilizes the harsh climate of the Middle East and expands the limits of ones home. Making the city a more live able and social environment.
Architecture, specifically housing today has become a measure of wealth and power, completely disregarding the surrounding context and most importantly the occupant. Architecture is no longer helping society develop, instead it has destroyed our environment and the method in which humans relate to each other, creating a new lifestyle. This type of life is revolving around the object, changing how humans inhabit architecture and the city.
The phenomenal expansion of cities in the Middle East has made the current housing typology irrelevant to today's adapting society. The placement of villas and compounds within cities like Dubai and Doha have added to urban sprawl, dividing the way in which a city functions and promoting the car as the main method of transportation. This reliance on the car has redesigned the method in which interstitial space between buildings is being used, subtracting opportunities for open public space and a social environment. Housing has become an object surrounded by the perimeter wall, completely disregarding culture and climate, and segregating housing from one another. Both the typology of the home and its relationship within the city need to be re-examined, studying the ways in which the void space of the built environment is being used. These unforeseen spaces have great opportunity in redefining the human element, in a variety of scales from the home to the city. I propose to examine these relationships of interstitial space of the existing housing typologies and their relationship to the city; creating housing for the inhabitant. This manipulation of space between the interior and exterior can promote a housing environment and lifestyle that utilizes the harsh climate of the Middle East and expands the limits of ones home. Making the city a more live able and social environment.
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