[Con]Temporary Urbanism: Performative Architecture

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[Con]Temporary Urbanism: Performative Architecture

Submitted to the Department of Architecture in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, April 2021

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title: [Con]Temporary Urbanism: Performative Architecture

creator: Nathan Karlsen

subject: Architecture, Technological innovations; Architecture and time; Flexible structures; Modular construction; City planning, New York (State), New York; Henry Adams Medal awardee (2021)

description: Using dynamically reactive architecture, we can envision a future of building that responds to an ever-changing context while enhancing the spectacle of the urban environment. Our context is continually changing around us as new technology is emerging, cities are growing, and demands on architecture are ever-expanding. Our current building processes focus on permanent construction, leading to unhealthy architectural life cycles that inevitably result in renovation and costly demolition as demands and context shift. This current reality presents us with an opportunity to rethink how we design. Using cyclical processes and ephemeral architecture a future of building is imagined where change is not only possiblebut adaptations over time are encouraged through a demountable tectonic at the building scale. In the movement of various components within a designed kit-of-parts, the architecture would adapt and perform in the process of its rearrangement, adding a level of spectacle to the urban experience. Through the use of innovative technology, the architecture would become a live feedback loop with the changing context around it, reacting to shifting demands while designed to grow and change with us.

publisher: The Douglas D. Schumann Library and Learning Commons, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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date: 2021

type: Thesis

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language: eng

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