IMMIGRANT CITY Hospitality and the Displaced
SHREYA JASRAPURIA
Jacques Derrida’s Theory of Hospitality
Inspired by Jacques Derrida’s Theory of Hospitality, this thesis emerges from the current political circumstances related to immigration and helps represent social identities and events. The project proposes four architectural Immigrants (places) in an ethnic neighborhood in Chicago that help transform its identity to the “Immigrant City”.
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THE ENCROACHING IMMIGRANT
THE BRIDGING IMMIGRANT
THE SUSPENDED IMMIGRANT
THE FLOATING IMMIGRANT
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