Reparative Landscapes:
A Thesis to Re-Interpret Highway Infrastructures in Miami
How can the highway as an agent of destruction be re-conceptualized as an agent of repair? This thesis investigates the potential for highway infrastructures to be re-appropriated over time. The proposal sees highways as part of the inherited landscape of the site and aims to re-establish the continuity of the urban fabric. Reparative Landscapes suggests an alternate way to interpret highway infrastructure as generators of unique opportunities for public space. It acknowledges the deficiencies in contemporary infrastructures and strives to situate infrastructural space as common land by prioritizing values of social equity and resource sharing. It asserts that public space is of utmost importance to the health of a city and that the reinterpretation of infrastructure as an asset rather than liability can give new meaning to the reorganization of urban space.
Advisors: Tao DuFour, Scott Ruff
