This thesis imagines a future in which data infrastructure is no longer centralized in remote or monumental facilities, but distributed across homes, neighborhoods, and communities. As Web3 technologies shift control of data from corporate platforms to individuals, architecture must adapt to support smaller-scale, locally owned, and domestically integrated computing systems. Rather than proposing vertical data towers, this project develops architectural prototypes and a regulatory framework that embeds data infrastructure within housing, mixed-use buildings, and civic space. Over the next 25-year timeline, the thesis envisions a decentralized and participatory digital ecosystem in which communities directly host, govern, and engage with the infrastructure that powers the internet.
