Document Type
Thesis Prep
Degree
B. ARCH
Date
12-2015
Keywords
animals in architecture, urban, city, natural system, domesticate, harm, endanger
Language
english
Disciplines
Architecture | Environmental Design
Description/Abstract
This thesis contends that architecture should be designed in a way to foster closer human-animal relationships. Cities are typically designed solely with the human in mind, and over time, animals have been pushed out of the city, decreasing biodiversity. Peoples’ tendency is to separate themselves and domesticate animals, resulting in sterile and tame urban centers. This is a result of the different attitudes humans have cultivated towards animals; dirty/clean, pleasant/annoying, useful/useless, harmless/dangerous, awe/disgust, etc., and utilizing architecture as means of filtering the presence of those that are beneficial to us, rendering animals as an afterthought. In a way, humans have utilized architecture to isolate themselves from a larger natural system.
Recommended Citation
Huang, Jing, "Animal Cities: Post-Human Urban Wildness" (2015). Architecture Thesis Prep. 289.
https://surface.syr.edu/architecture_tpreps/289
Source
Syracuse School of Architecture 2015
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