INTRODUCTION
This undergraduate thesis intends to explore the nature of Architecture existing in a setting of continuous flux, to delineate the necessity for constant evolution of the edifice as it responds to endless change of the landscape, population, economics, and politics. The program is designed around the Assembly of Global Economics focusing on the organization of function relationships as it reacts to its environment.
Abu Dhabi exists within a naturally interactive coastline. Consisting of several islands deepening the threshold between the water and desert, the constant interaction of these two physicalities creates a topographical situation of rapid physical flux. Sea currents, beach erosion, sand redistribution, and manmade breakwaters have been studied to devise the architecture as a mechanism that manipulates and reacts to its physical context. The architecture emerges from this threshold, serving as the breakwater and actively designing the shift- ing coastline through its presence.
The current “Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030” is structured to respond to the immediacy of international developments and strive towards global acknowledgment and recognition. It is not a plan to bring in capital, but rather to become a key player in the global economic and political system. The spatial arrangement and program of this project are designed to respond to such endeavored flux.
Credits –
Sole Contributor:
Ricardo Jnani Gonzalez
Affiliated Professor:
Stephen Phillips, Department of Architecture, Cal Poly
Contributing Professor:
Terry Hargrave, Department of Architecture, Cal Poly
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