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    The document discusses the relationship between bodies and architecture as forms of mass. It provides examples of defensive architecture throughout history such as walls, moats, bunkers, and blast-proof materials that were used to isolate, fortify, and protect architectural structures from masses of people. The document also examines precedents related to urban planning, defensive architecture, and sites of protest or occupation that involve the interaction of bodies and architecture as opposing forms of mass.

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    The document discusses the relationship between bodies and architecture as forms of mass. It provides examples of defensive architecture throughout history such as walls, moats, bunkers, and blast-proof materials that were used to isolate, fortify, and protect architectural structures from masses of people. The document also examines precedents related to urban planning, defensive architecture, and sites of protest or occupation that involve the interaction of bodies and architecture as opposing forms of mass.

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    5 2

    TUNISIA REVOLUTION

    2 3 4

    YEMEN PROTESTS

    ALGERIA PROTESTS

    EGYPT PROTESTS

    5 6 7

    BAHRAIN UPRISING

    LIBYA PROTESTS

    WISCONSIN PROTESTS

    8 9

    SPAIN PROTESTS

    GREECE PROTESTS

    10 11
    UK PROTESTS

    OCCUPY WALL STREET

    DEC 2010

    JAN 2011

    FEB 2011

    MAY 2011

    AUG 2011

    SEPT 2011

    TERROR

    RIOT
    NUKE
    BLAST BOMB

    - PROOF

    01 _
    URBAN PLAN
    Urban plans provide legibility to the city. Examples: Haussmans Paris plan, Beijings Forbidden City layout

    DEFENSIVE ARCHITECTURE CATALOG

    02 _
    WALLS
    Walls represent the most basic militaristic forti cation. Examples: The Great Wall of China, Hadrians Wall, Berlin Wall

    03 _
    ISOLATION
    Examples: US Embassy in Baghdads Green Zone

    04 _
    MOATS
    Examples: US Embassy in London, US Embassy in Beijing, Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House

    05 _
    BUNKERS
    Examples: US Capitol Visitor Center

    06 _
    PERMEABILITY
    Examples: Riot-proof campus buildings from the 1960s and 1970s

    07 _
    BLAST-PROOF MATERIALITY
    Examples: 1 World Trade Center, The Pentagon

    08 _
    BOLLARDS
    Examples: Supreme Court Building, IMF Building, the White House, the Washington Monument, the SF Federal Building

    1
    COMPACT OVERLY PRESENT
    SIZE OF THE BASTILLE = 1 UNIT FULL HEIGHT WALL HALF HEIGHT WALL

    150
    VAST OVERLY ABSENT

    THE BASTILLE

    MOSSE HUMANITIES

    TIANANMEN SQUARE

    U.S. CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER / PROJECT PRECEDENT

    OCCUPY WALL STREET ON THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE / PROGRAM PRECEDENT

    2002 G8 SUMMIT, KANANASKIS ALBERTA / SITE PRECEDENT

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