In the final semester of the M.Arch program a select studio of twelve individuals from the program were given the opportunity in an experimental research studio questioning the future of density. The Long Island based section of the studio propositioned that rather than cities increasingly getting more dense, future technologies will allow for people to move further away where real estate and the cost of living are cheaper.
The future of the metropolitan condition is one of desertion, mobilization & and new urban densities. Current trends suggest a world where personal car ownership declines but one where many people move away from the high cost of cities. Car ownership may transform into one of co-ownership and become only a means of short distance motion, while high-speed/machine-driven transit becomes the means of long distance travel. Rhythmic Infrastructure proposes that the future of the home may be one that temporarily deserts the congested lots of Long Island via a mobile workspace, delineating the commuters average work day. In a harmonic reaction, a transportation hub will become a cultural center where mobile workspaces of all typologies dock and transform the human and machine relationship in a perpetually changing building.
Spring 2019
Critics: Michael Bell & Jeffery Anderson
