Abstract:This project explores the intersecting qualities of place, time, and identity through the work of a graduate design studio at Rice School of Architecture. "Identities of Self and Place in Sunset Park: The Unmaking of the Gowanus Expressway," challenges students to activate a residual urban space through a broad reading of its surrounding cultural, physical, and programmatic site conditions. The project site, located beneath the Gowanus Expressway in Brooklyn's Sunset Park, is a typical example of how transport… Show more
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