Tag: recovery
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Design for Aging – Old Village Activation Plan
In marginalized villages, elderly population become abandoned by the society due less-than-optimal living conditions and poor economic opportunities. Therefore, the project aims to re-activate the villages through houses renovations. To make the environment comfortable and accessible for older people and attract young people to come back. Integrate tourism and vacation rentals into the renovation to…
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Visibility
The thesis research aims to design a cultural sustainable center for the undeserved section of the society : women and children focused primarily in India. The concept is an effort to provide them visibility by restoring an endangered site in the midst of a metropolitan city, Mumbai. It incorporates the reuse of earthly materials and…
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Oyster House: Reclaiming Pre-colonial Landscape Narratives
Oyster House critiques the history of colonialism and land appropriation which occurred during Dutch Colonial expansion in 17th-18th century Brooklyn by bringing forward pre-colonial narratives and asserting indigenous presence often obscured in mainstream historical discourse. By unearthing historical landscapes tied to indigenous narratives and presence, a kinetic midden is exhumed and activated within a Dutch…