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An architecture of accessibility: An urban house for a small town
(1998)
The accessibility of architecture involves the inherent ability of the mind and body to approach, use, and communicate with the built environment by admitting that the experiences gathered in a place are significant to the ...
Pandemonium: An essay on predation and modernity
(1998)
Our modern world is driven by processes of abstraction. These processes have recently begun to generate criteria of industrial and organizational formation radically different from those to which we became accustomed to ...
American Wall: The investigation, evolution, and implementation of an alternative building system
(1998)
In recent years there have been a number of "alternative" building systems introduced to the conventional building market. These "alternative" building systems have been introduced to address such issues as the rising cost ...
Through inside: Static distorters of the 24 hour cycle. An economic living toy, 1 thesis in 6 pieces
(1998)
Through the actuation of the performative, a context is formed which exuberantly embraces the potential spectacle of everyday life. This potential suggests that a willingness to accommodate flexibility is vital. Flexibility ...
Conflicting systems: A mediation of the natural, the man-made, and the in-between
(1998)
Architecture and the conceptions of urban and rural space have been drastically transformed by the continuous expansion of the man-made into the natural rural landscape. The collision of man-made and natural environments ...
The City is not Architecture
(1998)
Urban debates are shaped by the techniques of urban representation. Since
the 1960's, words used to describe the contemporary city-from "non-place
urban realm" to "terrain vague"-have de-emphasized the role of
architecture, ...
Exploiting the edge: Infrastructure and development of Sandia Pueblo's southern border and casino
(1998)
Recent manipulations and exploitations of the law have allowed the Indian tribes to operate and profit from casinos and gaming activities. The resulting juxtapositions question the relationships between Reservations, Cities, ...
The garden in the machine: Rethinking nature and history in the post-industrial landscape
(1998)
Lying in the wake of accelerated technological advancement is a landscape of economic and environmental consequence. As older industrial facilities become obsolete, newer technologies look towards virgin land for growth. ...
Through inside: Static distorters of the 24 hour cycle. An economic living toy, 1 thesis in 6 pieces
(1998)
Through the actuation of the performative, a context is formed which exuberantly embraces the potential spectacle of everyday life. This potential suggests that a willingness to accommodate flexibility is vital. Flexibility ...
Fluxbau architects
(1998)
In a society where events and situations have become fast moving, temporary, and continually changing, whose various institutions have become de-centralized and fragmented, whose people have become independent, yet vastly ...