JOSHUA BAUMAN | LA 3430 | COWLES & KOTHEIMER | LEXICON | 12 SEPTEMBER 2013
ABANDONED | AMPLIFY | CORRIDOR | DISTURBANCE | EPHEMERAL | INTERVENTION | INVASIVE LATENT | MATRIX | PERIPHERY | PERMEABLE | REMEDIATE | SUCCESSION | THICKET | THRESHOLD
ABANDONED Definition: Something that was once occupied that is presently neglected; deserted; lacking restraints Site: once industrial site, now only partially developed and partially vacant Bread form: stale
AMPLIFY Definition: expand by detail or closer analysis; increase in intensity/importance; to increase in strength Site: closer to 4th/670/RR, louder Bread form: burnt
CORRIDOR Definition: a passage that connects two greater spaces Site: Traffic: 4th Street, RR Bread form: bitten from 2 corners
DISTURBANCE Definition: the disruption of a peaceful or ordered environment Site: deforestation; piles of rubble Bread form: holes
EPHEMERAL Definition: short-lived; fleeting Site: Train Bread form: bite
INTERVENTION Definition: interposition or interference of one state in the affairs of another Site: re-developing the site for residential habitation Bread form: toasted
INVASIVE Definition: tendency to spread without regard to other organisms; tending to infringe Site: homeless; honeysuckle Bread form: mold
LATENT Definition: present but not visible Site: wildlife Bread form: half sandwich (with internal jelly)
MATRIX Definition: form from which something originates Site: reiteration of the city grid on the formally gridded site Bread form: cut into fourths
PERIPHERY Definition: external boundary; defining edge; irrelevant/superficial aspect Site: North: repurposed factories; East: RR, past wooded riparian thicket; South: 670; West: 4th St, old Wonder Bread Factory Bread form: just crust
PERMEABLE Definition: having the ability to permeate Site: 4th St. side is without boundary; there’s nothing that prevents sights/sounds from invading from the highway/railroad Bread form: crust-less
REMEDIATE Definition: rebalance; environmental: removal of contamination from environmental media (soil, groundwater, sediment) for protection of human health Site: wetland remediation field Bread form: hole in the middle; new hole filled
SUCCESSION Definition: The gradual replacement of one type of ecological community of another in the same area, usually initiated by a significant disturbance of an existing community Site: Weeds & grasses re-claiming industrial brownfield; repurposed warehouses Bread form: jellied piece
THICKET Definition: a thick or dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees Site: what used to exist between the apartment building and the RR; what defines the edges towards the 670 exit ramp Bread form: ball
THRESHOLD Definition: connecting two or more areas/ideas; the point at which an effect begins to take place Site: RR corridor under 670; under 4th St. exit ramp; through thicket from 4th St. Bread form: without one side of crust