Agencies of reassurance

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dc.contributor.advisorLast, Nana
dc.creatorCarney, Jason Michael
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T08:33:09Z
dc.date.available2009-06-04T08:33:09Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractWith the onset of nomadic threats and non-state terror networks in the twenty-first century, ideas of centrality and monumentality in American metropolitan architecture must be re-examined. The attacks of September 11th identified the destruction of architecture, specifically 'signature architecture,' as the primary ambition of these networked threats. So it is necessary then for a re-evaluation of the protective measures applied to architecture, edifice, and culturally symbolic built forms. Network theory argues the only way to successfully fight a networked organization is with another networked organization. Therefore, this thesis proposes the networking of civic institutions in modern metropolitan Houston. The freeway system provides the organizational distribution for these portals, and the monumental scale of the freeway interchange offers a surrogate edifice on which the institutions may be grafted. In this manner new mythologies of safety and security are embedded within the metropolitan landscape. While not necessarily providing complete and real security, perhaps an impossibility, these agencies of reassurance (protective measures) fortify and diversify the municipal field, reinforcing civic identity and purpose.
dc.digitization.specificationsThesis was rescanned at 24-bit color in 2020. PDF has been OCR’d and made accessible.
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS ARCH. 2004 CARNEY
dc.identifier.citationCarney, Jason Michael. "Agencies of reassurance." (2004) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17661">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17661</a>.
dc.identifier.digitalRICE2783
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/17661
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectGeography
dc.subjectArchitecture
dc.subjectUrban planning
dc.subjectRegional planning
dc.titleAgencies of reassurance
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thesis.degree.departmentArchitecture
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitecture
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architecture
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