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“Similar to everyday objects, buildings have multiple lives that enact over time as uses, occupants, context, and interpretations change. The role of the museum curator resembles the architect, as both typically interpret and privilege one of these lives over others. This thesis explores the methods by which the architect interprets the ordinary. It uses an existing urban condition to question the approach to a building that is neither precious enough to preserve nor decrepit enough to destroy. How does the architect negotiate between the multiple histories of the building and the current needs of the community? At what point does the architect stop designing and allow new occupants to reappropriate the building and enact their own narratives within the existing frame?”

from Reframing the Everyday: Negotiating the Multiple Lives of the Ordinary, Master of Architecture thesis, 2009