New York City is the catalyst for questioning the canons of architectural and urban historiography that tend to overemphasize isolated monument and the heroic designer. We scrutinize the evolutionary history of New York's anonymous urban fabric, created by the often uncelebrated architect or builder, and which comprises the major building volume of New York and all cities. The focus is on the culture of housing with intent to grasp the political and tectonic devices that lead to specific fabrics in specific urban contexts.

This studio explored redevelopment of the Oak Point industrial waterfront in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the South Bronx. The program investigated a new generation of "industry" in New York City, related to the transformation from a biotic-based economy to a restoration-based economy; and from renewable to remediated resources, using as a base line a feasibility study for an eco-industrial park at Oak Point developed by Sustainable South Bronx (SSBX) and the Greenworker Cooperative. As well, this investigation was coordinated with the goals of the NYC2030 Plan as developed by the Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability. Oak Point is one of the largest undeveloped parcels of land in all of New York City. The studio questioned current plans to build a new jail on the site, instead advocating for an industrial recycling facility that would siphon off reusable building construction materials such as scrap metal, glass, and plastics that normally get sent to a landfill together with the res of the waste flow passing through the Borough.