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Silicon Implants

Silicon Implants will study the urbanizing force of technology backed development, and the rapid transformational effects it can have on urban landscapes, communities, and cities. This studio will focus on a large territory of public and private sites along the Guadalupe River in San Jose that are undeveloped or underutilized, but prime for development and investment. The sites have both existing uses and large empty areas; they are connected to the city, but also isolated by barriers. Together they are a complex territory in need of strategy, organization, and imagination. 

 

Informed by the studio design brief, remote research, and field research students will develop a proposal for this territory and its physical change through the implant of investment in the immediate area. Each member will develop a strategic approach to the urban context in the interest of a comprehensive vision for the open space, ecological function, and the public good.