Innovations of the Generic: Addressing the 710

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dc.contributor.advisorPope, Albert
dc.creatorApostol, Jennifer Evangelista
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-03T22:49:05Z
dc.date.available2012-07-03T22:49:05Z
dc.date.created2011-05
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractOnce a symbol of technology and innovation, freeway infrastructure has matured into a hyper concrete network - neither a place, nor a destination for the city dweller, and dominated by the privileged utilitarianism of the automobile. The ambition of Innovations of the Generic is to redefine the existing standardization of the freeway and the monoculture it yields, engaging the diverse population and city it serves rather than disregarding its urban implications in lieu of the automobile. Los Angeles, California is the quintessential infrastructure city whose preference for mobility and freedoms has generated a terrain of autopic excess. Located within this vast interstate network is Interstate 710 - built in the 1960's to federal interstate standards but never completed, leaving a five mile gap between downtown LA and downtown Pasadena. Sited within this incomplete portion, this thesis breaks the freeway's generic solidity, encouraging both city and suburb to occupy a more permeable freeway territory.
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS ARCH. 2011 APOSTOL
dc.identifier.citationApostol, Jennifer Evangelista. "Innovations of the Generic: Addressing the 710." (2011) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/64376">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/64376</a>.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/64376
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectArchitecture
dc.titleInnovations of the Generic: Addressing the 710
dc.typeThesis
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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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