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Recognizing Resources: Through Access We Gain Understanding by Lindsay Winstead
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Recognizing Resources: Through Access We Gain Understanding by Lindsay Winstead
by Lindsay Winstead
http://cargocollective.com/LindsayWinstead
Since the Industrial Revolution, infrastructure has become a key feature in the maintenance and day-to-day operations of a city. Defined as a “set of interconnected structural elements that provide framework and support to an entire city,” infrastructures’ significance is always present within its surroundings. But as cities develop over time, shifts and transformations in infrastructure occur that result in the evolution of supportive technology. Once existing infrastructure can no longer provide its original purpose, it becomes obsolete. Although functionality is lost, is the significance of these structures lost as well? This thesis will argue not, instead it suggests the adaptation of existing resource infrastructure.
Resource infrastructure is a specific typology, providing essential services that permit urban life to function. The architectural challenge of reusing resource infrastructure is that human occupancy was not needed. Instead these structures were built to invest in water sanitation and supply, heating supply, energy control, oil production, electric and gas distribution, and telecommunication distribution. Without the need to design for the human body, the architecture of these structures lacks basic necessities such as light, ventilation, and proportional spaces. Unless alterations are made to continue resource production, then these structures cause difficulties with reuse if access is not introduced.
http://cargocollective.com/LindsayWinstead
Since the Industrial Revolution, infrastructure has become a key feature in the maintenance and day-to-day operations of a city. Defined as a “set of interconnected structural elements that provide framework and support to an entire city,” infrastructures’ significance is always present within its surroundings. But as cities develop over time, shifts and transformations in infrastructure occur that result in the evolution of supportive technology. Once existing infrastructure can no longer provide its original purpose, it becomes obsolete. Although functionality is lost, is the significance of these structures lost as well? This thesis will argue not, instead it suggests the adaptation of existing resource infrastructure.
Resource infrastructure is a specific typology, providing essential services that permit urban life to function. The architectural challenge of reusing resource infrastructure is that human occupancy was not needed. Instead these structures were built to invest in water sanitation and supply, heating supply, energy control, oil production, electric and gas distribution, and telecommunication distribution. Without the need to design for the human body, the architecture of these structures lacks basic necessities such as light, ventilation, and proportional spaces. Unless alterations are made to continue resource production, then these structures cause difficulties with reuse if access is not introduced.
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