Hight, Christopher2013-03-082013-03-082011McDonnell, Melissa. "Delayed Object: Havana's Post-Mercado." (2011) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70346">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70346</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70346This thesis seeks to produce space resistant to hegemonic ordering, as a means to reconcile co-existing histories and ideologies in Havana. The architectural proposal is a co-occupied retail field, hung above the datum of existing fabric. The field is both ground to the department store above and canopy to the market below. While the department store produces a space of endless, universal flows.36 p.application/pdfengCopyright 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.Communication and the artsArchitectureThesisMcDonnellMTHESIS ARCH. 2011 MCDONNELL