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It is my intention to apply a recursive analytical process that will design a sustainable community that not only establish a unique identity to seaport village but will add to the rich cultural fabric that is created within San Diego. A city made up of villages that have been fractured by resent changes that are created by cultural and social shifts.
I have chosen this as the premise for my thesis given the decay of social and cultural identity that was original established upon it conception, and the lack of sustainability in this highly ecological area.
In order to elevate this area into a cultural nexus I have decided to incorporate a opera house and museum as well as integrate mix use design principles to establish a sense if community that was previously sea port village.

Thesis title

a Recursive Envisaging: post modern communities Elucidated

Recursive: pertaining to or using a rule or procedure that can be applied repeatedly.

Envisage: To conceive an image or a picture of, especially as a future possibility

Elucidate: to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; explain

This is the idea that a community resides within a neighborhood, which then resides in a city,that is located in a county encapsulated in a state making up a country (this is a specific structure only is applicable in the US) is a recursive process. Each level of detail has their own certain components that exists in all layers, that each layer has it's own distinctive quality yet follows the same rules.

knowing and understanding these components it is clear that all and future communities need to be designed following this process.

It is my goal to use my thesis to explain and adopt this process into a project.

Critical Position

The ontological centrality or identity of a metropolitan area has decayed with the constant change in society by way of cultural shifts. The rationale of this thesis is to investigate the connection between community identity and the need for compact sustainable design building within a community while developing a design solution that will facilitate the creation of an identity by an identifiable or iconic building.

Community is the creating of an established identity that is derived from share goals, values and beliefs. These elements are normally displayed within the urban environment which is then accepted by the occupants of said community. One contends that society has moved on to a more homogeneous sense of identity by patterns created by sprawl or urban growth. However community identity needs to be established so that a community can thrive within its own confines before it can be associated as part of a large group.

How can creating an iconic, timeless or easy identifiable building help foster community identity? By taking into account the social, and cultural context and integrating them in to a semi-mount cultural object. One can encourage the growth of a community while giving it a directional path that cans strength the community that it is established in.

Thesis Statement

A metropolitan area need to be design to be more compact and have an identifiable building that can create a sense of identity within the community, while achieving a sense of sustainability through passive and active sustainable system.

a Recursive Envisaging: post modern communities Elucidated

macro to micro