Hyphenated America

This thesis research explores the mixing, meshing, and unity of growing hybrid identities, races, and cultures occuring around the globe. Climate migration, Economic migration, Political instability and so on are all growing factors to the migration of different cultures, races, and ethnicities throughout the world. How can we explore the growth of hybrid identities through architecture? How can we incorporate traditional patterns, textures, and identities through new abstract architectural forms? This thesis explores diaspora and embraces its collaging, montaging, weaving, and 3D projections through abstract forms in architecture. Currently, there is a lack of cultural centers for people of all mixed or migrated backgrounds. This thesis hopes to address this issue in order to explore the creation of a cultural center for future generations to come.