The Architecture of Other
an inward-turning modernism: redefining growth as empathy through radicalized form
an inward-turning modernism: redefining growth as empathy through radicalized form
Timeline
One Year, 2024
Role
Designer
Team
Failenn Aselta
PROJECT OVERVIEW
The Architecture of Other is an homage to Simone de Beauvoir and a reconsideration of what Le Corbusier once framed as modernism. Rather than architecture as outward expansion, the project proposes a turning inward, asking occupants to confront and recognize the suffering of others. Through the radicalization of form, materiality, program, and site, growth is redefined not as physical accumulation, but as a shift in consciousness toward empathy. North Brother Island, located off the coast of Queens, serves as the project site.
The challenge
Redefine growth as empathy, architecture that turns inward to confront the suffering of others.
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