The main investigation of this thesis questions the predefined territories within the downtown urban infrastructure of Cincinnati in an attempt to redefine the normative paths of play and interaction through evolving growths and swells of activity. These formations will be investigated and determined through the redevelopment of neglected infrastructure and their influence on local nodes within the urban setting. As the city has continued to thin in pedestrian attraction and vacancies increase, these broken and under- utilized properties can be used to inject new life and density into the city. These territories will be used as an intensifier in creating a remapping of the city and how it evolves through an open-content model.
This interaction will be activated by modern ubiquitous virtual networks that draw populations of all scales and backgrounds together. By harnessing the collective power of personal electronic networked devices the anonymous public becomes agent in directing the swell of content within these armatures. The goal is to introduce a new architype wherein the separation between virtual and physical realms are blurred, and a more dynamic social space is derived.