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364 / Ricardo Palacio: Cluster

Submission #364 | Ricardo Palacio: Cluster — Cultural production has entered a stage in which archived digital material can be used at will, thus making canonical architectural work accessible beyond mere quotation by turning it into hackable material for new work. The project takes Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion, as a database to be hacked and extended into a residential high-rise in Downtown Brooklyn.

350 / Ghaith Alrahwanji: Museum of the Syrian Civil War

Submission #350 | Ghaith Alrahwanji: Museum of the Syrian Civil War: “The aim of the museum is to showcase the major impacts from the heavy war through architectural representations in this beautiful old building. A story telling of an ongoing story. Please note that this project is not a memorial, it is not a biased approach toward any political views, or anything related to ethics or cult or a group of people.”

230_Maria Fernanda Castelan Tinajero: Análisis al arquitecto Mies Van Der Rohe

Submission #230 | Maria Fernanda Castelan Tinajero: Análisis al arquitecto Mies Van Der Rohe — "Process of analysis that from the architectural elements: drawings, models, diagrams, etc... We looked to comprehend the strategies and the posture of the design by Mies Van Der Rohe. When the analysis was finished, we proposed a building to adapt the strategies we had learned to enrich the design."

161_Sapeer Hillel

Submission #161 | Sapeer Hillel — "This thesis engages a discovery about the simultaneity of ground, decomposing of podiums, deferring of floor plates, and creating new, un-recognizable identities that deal with scale, distance, and proximity between these entities. As Jeffrey Kipnis describes in the lecture “Discrimination”, different relationships to the ground land are called out. Mies Van Der Rohe’s Farnsworth House can be described as having a performative relationship to the land.

119_Peter Hsi: swit[CH]ange HOUSE

Submission #119 | swit[CH]ange HOUSE — In this new age we live in, the concept of sharing has transformed in a way that contradicts everything we were taught as a kid. One of the most drastic change comes from the concept of home sharing, the idea was to bring strangers into your house for a temporary stay.

102_James Brillon and Alexander Van Odom: Restructuring the Bronx

Submission #102 | James Brillon and Alexander Van Odom: Restructuring the Bronx — The project reconciles the infrastructural cuts that have separated the Bronx from its waterfront over the past 100 years. In the wake of the borough’s development, several north-south axes of freight train, car, and rail infrastructure have damaged the urban fabric, without consideration of local resident’s needs. To counter this, the project considers infrastructure as a tool for empowerment of local communities.