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    This document discusses defensive architecture and urban planning strategies used to control bodies and crowds. It provides examples of walls, moats, bunkers, and blast-proof materials that have been used in the construction of government buildings and embassies. The document also examines the 2011 political protests and uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Spain, Greece and the US Occupy Wall Street movement through maps and images showing the growth and occupation of public spaces by protesters. Case studies are presented of Tahrir Square in Cairo during the Egyptian protests which analyze how the placement and fortification of buildings was used to assert power over the bodies in the square.

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    This document discusses defensive architecture and urban planning strategies used to control bodies and crowds. It provides examples of walls, moats, bunkers, and blast-proof materials that have been used in the construction of government buildings and embassies. The document also examines the 2011 political protests and uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Spain, Greece and the US Occupy Wall Street movement through maps and images showing the growth and occupation of public spaces by protesters. Case studies are presented of Tahrir Square in Cairo during the Egyptian protests which analyze how the placement and fortification of buildings was used to assert power over the bodies in the square.

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    BODIES + BUILDING

    AS MASS AS MASS

    BUILDING

    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

    BODIES

    7 11 8

    10

    1 3 6

    9 4

    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

    PRECEDENTS ADJACENCIES I

    SOLID

    VOID

    PRECEDENTS ADJACENCIES II
    BUILDING / PARK, PLAZA, SQUARE ESTABLISHMENT / COUNTER-CULTURE OBJECT / FIELD CONDITION

    PRECEDENTS ADJACENCY CONCEPT


    TERRITORY = INTERFACE WHERE SOLID AND VOID MEET

    B NILE RIVER

    D A

    TAHRIR SQUARE SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS


    A / MOGAMMA BUILDING B / N.D.P. HEADQUARTERS C / EGYPTIAN MUSEUM D / ARAB LEAGUE

    TAHRIR SQUARE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF BODIES IN THE SQUARE


    SOURCE / WIKIPEDIA

    TAHRIR SQUARE GROWTH + SHRINKAGE OF OCCUPATION


    SOURCE / NEW YORK TIMES

    TAHRIR SQUARE OCCUPATION I


    FILL + FRAGMENT

    TAHRIR SQUARE OCCUPATION II


    EXPAND + CONTRACT

    OUTSIDE OF BUILDING

    INSIDE OF SQUARE

    TAHRIR SQUARE FORTIFICATION I


    POWER ASSERTED INSIDE OF BUILDING V. OUTSIDE OF BUILDING

    TAHRIR SQUARE FORTIFICATION II


    POWER ASSERTED INSIDE OF SQUARE V. OUTSIDE OF SQUARE

    TAHRIR SQUARE BUILDINGS


    DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS (TOP IMAGE: TORCHED FACADE OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY HEADQUARTERS) REJECTION OF BULIDINGS (BOTTOM IMAGE: KFC CLINIC USES BUILDING AS PLACEMARKER ONLY)

    FRANK OGAWA PLAZA SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS


    A / CITY HALL

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