Activating the Vertical City: Catalyzing Ascent + Connectivity within the Delaminated Domains
Abstract
Responding to isolation and the repetitive nature that high-rise buildings typically evoke,
Activating the Vertical City seeks to respond to the lost sense of place that exists within
vertical environments. It proposes to solve this disconnect using variety, connectivity, and
the metamorphosis of progression through space.
Coupling the theoretical concepts of space, place, and the in-between, with the
mathematical interpretive tools of topology and topological space, the thesis proposes to
enhance the experience of moving through space using a series of dynamic intersecting
journeys that catalyze ascent and connectivity. These theories will be tested through an
objet-type investigation of what it means to circulate through and dwell within the vertical.
Pursuing the idea that interaction through edge effects and thresholds can promote a
sense of place and alter the experience of multiple environments simultaneously: the
objet-type will consider ways of occupying the vertical, and the interstitial inhabitation of
horizontal planes.