Remixing architecture through urban culture: the Bronx revolution

Remixing Architecture through urban culture use architectural approach to enquires the relation between decontextualization and identity of architecture through the lens of the most influential culture of all times, the Hip-Hop. 

The definition of recognizability, interpreted as the relationship between the functions and the formal characteristics of the architecture of a place or of a specific time, presupposes a common identity that in the age of globalization does not exist. In the contemporary urban scenarios, identity and decontextualization peculiarities of global architecture have generated a paradoxical situation whereby they exist simultaneously. This creates a direct similarity on the way that some "metropolitan" cultural movements of the last sixty years have proliferated on a global level, preserving their identity.

The analysis of the Hip Hop culture delineates its primordial spaces and their relationship with the urban environment, identifying specific recurring characteristics that can be translated into quantifiable performances. The performative responses of this area regulate the project strategy, which plans a design solution that work as catalysts to enhance the existing relationships of the urban context. “Remixing Architecture through Urban Culture” presents a main design intervention that embraces and represents past, present and future of the hip-hop that, through a reciprocal dialog can materialize an infrastructure that is highly connected to the urban environment of the Bronx., proposing a spatial articulation that recalls the complexity of the context and its relationship between open spaces and built environments.