Context is Critical (Neighborhood) It is pivotal to the success of a design for architects to keep the context of the site as the most important factor. When an architect designs a space, they often get too tangled up in non-vital components. Aspects that are...
Author: Alex S. Analytical Frames Power and priority of space in and around the site Why this building? Analyze the conditions behind the creation of the museum within it’s larger environment close to a large urban area, and if/why it is one microcosm example...
“Indigenous Modernities: The Tocapu and Other American Grids.” In this reading, the authors explain the history of grids, tracing them to indigenous spaces, the importance of grids to indigenous people’s architecture, and how grids have been historically used to...
Summaries I.Radically Public Architecture by Dana Cuff Radically public architecture opposes architecture as a symbol of capital. According to the author, architecture should create a relationship of trust among people. Hence, architects should build trust through...
Author: Alex S. Summary of Radically Public Architecture by Dana Cuff Spatial justice is a theory/movement/ideology to distribute and revise geography and urban space to be equitable and grant agency to the spatial inhabitants. This piece describes five principles of...
