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The concept of this project that explores the dichotomy between the formless, non-physical nature of Artificial Intelligence and the tangible, geometric forms that humans inhabit. The primary structure consists of a geometric frame, representing the habitation, human aspect of the design. Enclosed within this frame that the interior space is an organic, sinewy cocoon-like structure, symbolizing the AI's essence as a living organism. This soft, enveloping form stretches and expands in all directions, creating a dynamic interplay between the two contrasting elements. When viewed from one angle, the building looks like a geometric box, but as one moves around the building, the perspective changes, revealing part of the organic cocoon inside. Through this visual transformation, visitors will be curious and explored.

This project takes advantage of Philadelphia as a vehicle to explore architecture's relationship to the urban condition. To design in the city requires a reading of the layered and complex material morphology of Philadelphia made up of houses, businesses industries, streets, rivers, parks, natural features, and many other kinds of infrastructures. Additionally, a deep reading reveals less visible relationships and patterns that govern and shape its daily activities including politics, demographics, economies, climates, and all the complex histories. The project is a public market for the 21st century.

Through an entrepreneurial approach. Each student will research and propose a contemporary program for the market. The entrepreneurial programs should demonstrate how a new version of former industry can be reintroduced to the contemporary city with a more ethically and environmentally responsible role. To take this on, students will research emerging models of industry that point to contemporary positions on labor, ecology, and technology - or what has been referred to as the Fourth Industrial Revolution - Industry 4.0. The new programming will be modeled explicit in regard to workflow, technology and material processes motivating an immersive experience of the public market. Each specific program will begin to inform the nature of the new urban market fostering a nen typology of unexpected exchange with the community