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369 / Osman Ural: A New "Square Deal": For the "Soul" of East Harlem's Social Housing Projects

369 / Osman Ural: A New "Square Deal": For the "Soul" of East Harlem's Social Housing Projects

Maria Flores
students

Submission #369 | Osman Ural: A New "Square Deal": For the "Soul" of East Harlem's Social Housing Projects — “The location of the proposal is in East Harlem, a project called the King Towers. This neighborhood has major issues with crime, air quality, and poverty, all while existing at the corner of Central Park - literally the spatial realization of social inequality. The site has a repetitive tower typology that is typical of NYC social housing, and therefore could act as a blueprint for other projects in the city. The single large public space also makes a proposal more flexible to implement.”

306_Andreas Stadlmayr: Autonomous Non-Standard Spaces

306_Andreas Stadlmayr: Autonomous Non-Standard Spaces

Maria Flores
students

Submission #306 | Andreas Stadlmayr: Autonomous Non-Standard Spaces — “The project "Autonomous non-standard spaces" respond primarily to the high demand for cultural projects in Prague | Czech Republic and at the same time enormous vacancies on buildings and open spaces right in the city center. Both were caused by neglect during the communist era and the persistent, blocking, political crisis, as well as by the steady, speculative real estate market.”

285_Ahmad Baydoun: Escape to an Alternative-Power Archive

285_Ahmad Baydoun: Escape to an Alternative-Power Archive

Maria Flores
students

Submission #285 | Ahmad Baydoun: Escape to an Alternative-Power Archive — “This study examines the nature of territories in the region of Lebanon that are governed by alternative systems in contrast to state-based structures of governance. In these territories, the state has minimal-to-limited influence on the social, political, and economic activities of such given areas, since certain non-state actors exert a structure of governance based on their political agenda.”

257_Zahid Ajam: Redrawing East Harlem

257_Zahid Ajam: Redrawing East Harlem

Maria Flores
students

Submission #257 | Zahid Ajam: Redrawing East Harlem — “Through analyzing the urban fabric, a block of NYCHA properties seemed to divide East Harlem into two halves. These NYCHA developments follow the model of the tower in the park where the park was intended to become a public social space. Over time it was considered an unsuccessful model since attempting to become everyone’s space, the park became no man’s land as no one took ownership of it.”

90_Sara Rad: The Allegory of Morality of Mankind in Occupying Spaces

90_Sara Rad: The Allegory of Morality of Mankind in Occupying Spaces

Maria Flores
students

Sara Rad: The Allegory of Morality of Mankind in Occupying Spaces — "The project considers Manhattan as a courtyard building not as a city. Manhattan is an island and central park is a huge courtyard, the buildings and towers are extruded to their maximum limit around it. A building that houses the extreme congestion and density in itself. The project talks about the morality of people; the way people occupy lands and spaces. The way they define their habitats and their cities."

40_Jay Jordan: Herbaceous Renaissance

40_Jay Jordan: Herbaceous Renaissance

Maria Flores
students

Jay Jordan: Herbaceous Renaissance — In my work, I have become increasingly interested in the role of 'peripheral phenomena' in Architecture. Those objects, systems and practices that do not necessarily posses architectural or spatial specifications, but nevertheless can be seen to enrich our spaces and lives.