Responses to the everyday reliefs from the private

In pursuit of an architecture of the everyday, this investigation applies fascinations with and imaginations of the ordinary to architecture's possibilities for relief in today's increasingly privatized notion of the public. Our neoliberal reality dictates an incessant change in urban landscapes - from enclaves of difference to havens of increasing homogeneity ruled by the holders of capital. Transitioning urban ethnographies often occur in pursuit of accessible economies and shelter as resources become inaccessible. Though the cycle is inevitable, there remain opportunities for relief in the form of de-commercialized public space and public architectures for commerce. East Boston has historically served as an enclave to consistent influxes of foreign-born populations in Boston. The coexistence between various populations is both intermingled and separate - coded in our urban environments which host multiple worlds.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2020

Author dc:creator

• Heffernan, Gabrielle(Gabrielle Joyce)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Rosalyne Shieh.

• Architecture.

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• MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129863

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/129863