Will's MODI Blog

This past week, I've been looking at Insurgent Public Space , by Erick Villagomez , Projective Ecologies , by David Fletcher , and Infrastructural City , but Kazys Vernelis . Recommended, by Brian, they relate heavily with my topic of interest regarding the usage of interstitial spaces leftover by developments in cities. I learned that these place in Insurgent Public Space  are called "residual spaces", and there's many different classifications for these kinds of spaces. I've been looking at using the spaces below automobile infrastructure and between this oversized infrastructure in general.  Insurgent Public Space The intro to the chapter I read about reclaiming residual space begins with context that leaving land to leftover usage is a contemporary problem. Historically, we haven't had this issue because land is generally devalued in its current state versus medieval periods initially, every part of land was utilized in one way or another for it's valu...

          Starting with my annotated bibliography...         Context: I'm considering the implications of developing interstitial spaces in urban           contexts, more specifically interstate interchanges. Bear with me! Azhar, Jasim, et al. “Perception of urban leftover spaces: A comparative study of built environment and non-built environment participants.” Architecture , vol. 2, no. 2, 7 Apr. 2022, pp. 231–244, https://doi.org/10.3390/architecture2020013. This article revealed people have emotional reactions to urban leftover spaces. This study investigated perceptions of these spaces, and how they might be transformed to benefit communities. Relevant to my research in determining something similar. Brandt, Anita Bartholin. “Reclaiming No-Man’s Land: A Case Study in the Utilization of Expressway Land-Scraps.” Reclaiming No-Man’s Land: A Case Study in the Utilization of Expressway Land-Scraps , M.I....

After our exercise in questioning our questions, I am left not knowing what I really am asking. Although this can be a good thing, I don't know what I don't know in terms of what I'm really wanting to research. Yes, I have ideas, but I think until we spend some good time getting into literature reviews, I won't necessarily know what niche one of my questions will find itself in.  I was excited though to share my ideas about the monumentally scaled urban constants in our life, and I was able to get some books to look into regarding my questions, and topics of interest from a couple weeks ago. I was recommended to look at Tower to Tower: Gigantism in Architecture and Digital Culture   by Henriette Steiner and Kristin Veel and also On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature and the Gigantic by Susan Stewart. Looking at Tower to Tower , there's an interesting spin on the theme of monumental architecture. While I haven't been able to take a look at it anywhere, I find t...