Harlem On My Mind

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Shawn L. Rickenbacker, Syracuse University

Document Type

Thesis Prep

Degree

B. ARCH

Date

Fall 1987

Keywords

Harlem, Urban Marker

Language

English

Disciplines

Architecture

Description/Abstract

The thesis is an attempt to create an architecture capable of providing an identifiable urban marker: The intention of the marker placed in a specific composition will be to designate the area as a unique urban sector of the larger city. This in turn will make the architecture a social catalyst activating thought and speculation toward itself and its surrounding (respective sector). It is primarily for this reason the architecture created must be conscious of the sector's cultural and functional needs; Providing a cultural progress center. The site's relationship to the larger city acts as a gateway or threshold to the city's primary park to the south and Harlem's major corridor to the north, thus being very visible and easily accessible. These conditions will prove effective in establishing the urban marker.

Additional Information

Syracuse University School of Architecture Thesis Prep

Recommended Citation

Rickenbacker, Shawn L., "Harlem On My Mind" (1987). Architecture Thesis Prep. 6.
https://surface.syr.edu/architecture_tpreps/6

Source

submission