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Plan view showing the growth of lifted city above Phoenix by student Brennan Richards

Plan view showing the growth of lifted city above Phoenix by student Brennan Richards

Plan view showing the growth of lifted city above Phoenix by student Brennan Richards

Plan view showing the growth of lifted city above Phoenix by student Brennan Richards

Programmatic massing diagram showing an overall and cut mass showing housing and shared spaces by student Lamarra Carter

Programmatic massing diagram showing an overall and cut mass showing housing and shared spaces by student Lamarra Carter

Programmatic massing diagram showing an overall and cut mass showing housing and shared spaces by student Lamarra Carter

Programmatic massing diagram showing an overall and cut mass showing housing and shared spaces by student Lamarra Carter

Series of unit typology studies with various interlocking forms within the walls of student Marcia Ibarra's housing volumes

Series of unit typology studies with various interlocking forms within the walls of student Marcia Ibarra's housing volumes

Series of unit typology studies with various interlocking forms within the walls of student Marcia Ibarra's housing volumes

Series of unit typology studies with various interlocking forms within the walls of student Marcia Ibarra's housing volumes

Aerial perspective representing student Brandon Shieh's proposal of zone between the industrial and downtown zones of Phoenix

Aerial perspective representing student Brandon Shieh's proposal of zone between the industrial and downtown zones of Phoenix

Aerial perspective representing student Brandon Shieh's proposal of zone between the industrial and downtown zones of Phoenix

Aerial perspective representing student Brandon Shieh's proposal of zone between the industrial and downtown zones of Phoenix

Urban plan combining various scattered housing forms across a reclaimed landscape by student Cecile Kim

Urban plan combining various scattered housing forms across a reclaimed landscape by student Cecile Kim

Urban plan combining various scattered housing forms across a reclaimed landscape by student Cecile Kim

Urban plan combining various scattered housing forms across a reclaimed landscape by student Cecile Kim

Plan of a physical model for a raised urban infrastructure interacting with the existing city by student Salma Osuna Lopez

Plan of a physical model for a raised urban infrastructure interacting with the existing city by student Salma Osuna Lopez

Plan of a physical model for a raised urban infrastructure interacting with the existing city by student Salma Osuna Lopez

Plan of a physical model for a raised urban infrastructure interacting with the existing city by student Salma Osuna Lopez

Gridded images capturing an image every day from Hong Kong in an effort to document the city

Gridded images capturing an image every day from Hong Kong in an effort to document the city

Gridded images capturing an image every day from Hong Kong in an effort to document the city

Gridded images capturing an image every day from Hong Kong in an effort to document the city

Diagram showing the infill site for the CART project within the skyline of New Haven

Diagram showing the infill site for the CART project within the skyline of New Haven

Diagram showing the infill site for the CART project within the skyline of New Haven

Diagram showing the infill site for the CART project within the skyline of New Haven

Perspective below the UTO in the new urban beach of the courtyard at MoMA PS1

Perspective below the UTO in the new urban beach of the courtyard at MoMA PS1

Perspective below the UTO in the new urban beach of the courtyard at MoMA PS1

Perspective below the UTO in the new urban beach of the courtyard at MoMA PS1

A white and pink striped building at the corner of a street in Hong Kong

A white and pink striped building at the corner of a street in Hong Kong

A white and pink striped building at the corner of a street in Hong Kong

A white and pink striped building at the corner of a street in Hong Kong

Conceptual collage illustrating a landscape being devoured by sprawl with housing contours above by student Stephen Adrian

Conceptual collage illustrating a landscape being devoured by sprawl with housing contours above by student Stephen Adrian

Conceptual collage illustrating a landscape being devoured by sprawl with housing contours above by student Stephen Adrian

Conceptual collage illustrating a landscape being devoured by sprawl with housing contours above by student Stephen Adrian

Early conceptual image studying the potential for forms to integrate within the mountain valleys by student Lamarra Carter

Early conceptual image studying the potential for forms to integrate within the mountain valleys by student Lamarra Carter

Early conceptual image studying the potential for forms to integrate within the mountain valleys by student Lamarra Carter

Early conceptual image studying the potential for forms to integrate within the mountain valleys by student Lamarra Carter

Road perspective of the UTO showing the massing as a generic future form over MoMA PS1

Road perspective of the UTO showing the massing as a generic future form over MoMA PS1

Road perspective of the UTO showing the massing as a generic future form over MoMA PS1

Road perspective of the UTO showing the massing as a generic future form over MoMA PS1

Temporal development of an organic infill city proposed by student Brayan Munoz illustrated through shifting elevations

Temporal development of an organic infill city proposed by student Brayan Munoz illustrated through shifting elevations

Temporal development of an organic infill city proposed by student Brayan Munoz illustrated through shifting elevations

Temporal development of an organic infill city proposed by student Brayan Munoz illustrated through shifting elevations

Axon and statistics on the potential for ININ infill housing infrastructure along the Park Avenue midtown Manhattan zone

Axon and statistics on the potential for ININ infill housing infrastructure along the Park Avenue midtown Manhattan zone

Axon and statistics on the potential for ININ infill housing infrastructure along the Park Avenue midtown Manhattan zone

Axon and statistics on the potential for ININ infill housing infrastructure along the Park Avenue midtown Manhattan zone

Section perspective of the central space created between the two infrastructural HEL bars with porous public levels

Section perspective of the central space created between the two infrastructural HEL bars with porous public levels

Section perspective of the central space created between the two infrastructural HEL bars with porous public levels

Section perspective of the central space created between the two infrastructural HEL bars with porous public levels

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