Unboxing Manhattan: An Architecture of Things

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dc.contributor.advisorWittenberg, Gordonen_US
dc.creatorAndrew, Jacoben_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-02T17:33:05Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-08-02T17:33:05Zen_US
dc.date.created2016-05en_US
dc.date.issued2016-04-22en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2016en_US
dc.date.updated2017-08-02T17:33:05Zen_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis project elaborates upon the seemingly invisible urban space of online shopping. Through its necessity in delivering products to customers, online shopping has resulted in an intense physical occupation of the city streets by delivery trucks. These semi-permanent installations of delivery provide no benefit to the public realm and yet have become a very ubiquitous element of urban space. Architecture has the opportunity to provide the city with an alternative to the unending rows of delivery trucks by introducing a new form of infrastructural public space; the delivery station. As a point-based infrastructure, the delivery stations will be distributed throughout the city in order to accommodate neighborhoods and populations. While simultaneously offering a more convenient solution to the issues of delivery, these stations will become a part of the overall architectural language of the city. This thesis focuses on the particular architectural compositions and affects of the delivery stations by developing a catalogue of parts that can be deployed across the city and a system of tectonics that can be delivered to the site. Through the concepts of scalelessness and territoriality, this thesis proposes the development of an architectural type capable of producing a new public space around the delivery logistics of online shopping.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationAndrew, Jacob. "Unboxing Manhattan: An Architecture of Things." (2016) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/96222">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/96222</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/96222en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.subjectLogisticsen_US
dc.subjectTerritorialen_US
dc.subjectScaleen_US
dc.subjectLong Buildingen_US
dc.subjectThin Buildingen_US
dc.subjectLouversen_US
dc.subjectSystemen_US
dc.subjectAestheticsen_US
dc.subjectFedexen_US
dc.subjectUPSen_US
dc.subjectUSPSen_US
dc.subjectAmazonen_US
dc.subjectLockersen_US
dc.subjectManhattanen_US
dc.subjectDeliveryen_US
dc.subjectCongestionen_US
dc.subjectOnline Shoppingen_US
dc.subjectEcommerceen_US
dc.subjectNew York Cityen_US
dc.subjectMadison Squareen_US
dc.subjectAstor Placeen_US
dc.subjectStuyvesant Townen_US
dc.subjectStuytownen_US
dc.subjectGreeley Squareen_US
dc.subjectBroadwayen_US
dc.subjectSubwayen_US
dc.titleUnboxing Manhattan: An Architecture of Thingsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen_US
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