Civic Superstructure: A Networked Public Sphere

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dc.contributor.advisorColman, Scott
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWhiting, Sarah
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHight, Christopher
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWittenberg, Gordon
dc.creatorChan, Timmie Tin Bik
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-06T04:02:15Z
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-06T04:04:07Z
dc.date.available2012-09-06T04:02:15Z
dc.date.available2012-09-06T04:04:07Z
dc.date.created2012-05
dc.date.issued2012-09-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2012
dc.date.updated2012-09-06T04:04:07Z
dc.description.abstractThis thesis’s networked public sphere - the Civic Superstructure - transforms the public sphere by reconsidering the pace and purview of the civic. Contemporary public institutions are typically disconnected and isolated islands dispersed throughout the city. Our fast-paced, plugged-in lifestyle, however, is evermore inconsistent with such inconvenient geographical dispersal. By incorporating isolated public institutions into a networked system, this project provides a connective layer across an existing site and takes advantage of the interstitial zones between private institutions to offer the civic realm in places where you least expect it. This sprawling network acts as a platform for accessing public services and information, while also providing a new common space for the public to meet, to learn, to play and even to protest — in short, to be a public, even in this most unlikely of places rendered newly civic through a combination of digital and physical access.
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dc.identifier.citationChan, Timmie Tin Bik. "Civic Superstructure: A Networked Public Sphere." (2012) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/64653">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/64653</a>.
dc.identifier.slug123456789/ETD-2012-05-113
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/64653
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectArchitecture
dc.subjectSuperstructure
dc.subjectCivic
dc.subjectPublic
dc.subjectCollective
dc.subjectMonumentality
dc.subjectTexas Medical Center
dc.subjectLibraries
dc.titleCivic Superstructure: A Networked Public Sphere
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentArchitecture
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitecture
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architecture
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