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Map Distress.
Map Distress: Consider distress as not only foreclosure, but also public health, access to healthy food and clean air, as well as social services and other public resources. Use maps to address public need and identify locations where occupying can serve as a remedy to distress. -
Male incarceration rate by NYC neighborhood, date unknown (2008 or earlier).
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Rate of asthma cases by NYC zip code, 2000.
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Diabetes and obesity rate by NYC neighborhood, 2007.
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New York Times map of foreclosed properties in NYC, 2008.
If architecture can find inspiration from science fiction, perhaps it can participate in the formation of legal or political fiction. This is a workshop to craft such a legal and architectural fiction into a manual for occupation: "How to occupy a home in America."
