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Abstract
The ground of Mexico City is specific, and can be engaged as a spatial event, which unfolds over time. The junction between space and ground is not fixed. An architecture, which negotiates between: geometry, inhabitation, life, imprint, and time.
Title
Mexico City: Engaging the Fluid Ground
Author
Gil, Alexander
Course
Thesis
Academic Year
2000–01
Semester
Fall/Spring
Faculty
Abraham, Raimund
Anderson, Samuel
Gersten, David
Sculley, Sean
Problem Type
N/A
Program Types
Ceremony; Burial Mound
Architectural Elements
cube; void; pyramid
Site
Mexico City, Mexico
Photographer
Pro-Lab
Unknown Photographer
Subjects
Fluidity
Latency
Time
Life
Death
Ruins
Faculty Text
NA
Rights
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