Thesis Abstract Figure 1 - Collage of the political, social, and environmental ecologies illustrates their interdependent relationship and influence on climate change and social inequity. Inspired from "The Three Ecologies" by Felix Guattari. Done by Oliver Hadi. What happens when you take modernistic and utopian architecture, mix it with segregationist politics, and build communities from scratch without the smallest understanding of how society works? You give birth to the “Towers in the Park”. In New York City, this past initiative led to the establishment of the biggest public housing project in whole North America, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). Many decades later, we can see that the NYCHA projects have led to the isolation and segregation of the poorest residents of the city, increasing poverty and criminal activity. It is obvious now, that artificial communities such as NYCHA does not work for either the people wh...
