A world much like our own

Prompted by an interest in the individual’s personal relationship to and authorship over the built environment, A world much like our own is an experiment in placemaking. Through this experiment, we reflect upon the architectural conditions that define a fictitious project existing inside a mythical United States, but living outside its rules, codes, and customs. Illustrated by way of an imagined community living within these conditions, this thesis explores the reciprocity of architecture, landscape, and property lines in defining ownership and community. In A world much like our own, we explore the possibilities of an architecture reflective of sovereignty and collectivity; we explore a project existing at the intersection between the transient built environment, and the communal longing for places of permanency.