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privacy

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unm school of architecture & planning

studio, year three

albuquerque, new mexico
office
fall 2015

individual

the kosonivich prize for design excellence - first place

How is privacy perceived by the public and to the NSA (National Security Agency). In a way, self-reflection is privacy. It is what we are and how we display ourselves. We tend to manipulate our image by blending in with society and change how others perceive us. We are hesitant to show our most intimate information to others and because of this we manipulate our image to fit the needs of society. 

The project allows society to perceive how privacy is displayed publicly and privately. It is located within the downtown area of Albuquerque, New Mexico across to the Civic Plaza. The architecture creates a thin barrier within the volumes defining public and NSA. The mirrored volumes manipulate our image of what is there and blends itself within the site. It is only in the interior of the space where the public is allowed to enter those volumes and essentially reach into the sock drawer of the NSA – where the most private information is stored and is ultimately disclosed.

We have hidden things in our home to protect what is important to us. For example, we can hide our most private entities within the house, such as the sock drawer. What makes the sock drawer such a private condition? The banality of the socks hides what is really there allowing people to perceive what is on the outside, but not what is within it.

site analysis - layering of public information

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