Suburbia is about urbanization and the spread of standardized architecture. It is in our nature to constantly expand our cities and grow infrastructure. This piece is designed to continue growing over time and experience the same trends that occur in mass production and growth.

Wood house forms are cut in mass quantities and then applied to concrete slabs. Concrete represents the literal and metaphorical foundation that we build our cities upon. We use it to create bridges, sidewalks, and other components necessary for infrastructure. It has historical roots in Roman construction, which continues to influence city planning today. These materials make up the structural system for a large percentage of construction. This piece uses that relationship with industry to create a stronger metaphor.

Suburbia No. 2 simplifies this relationship and exponentially replicates the composition through different pieces acting as ‘instances’. Technology and innovation have allowed for efficient ways to develop our surroundings. However, this comes at a cost. When materials and space are accessible, we begin to dissociate from the process it took to create them. Building a home started out as an intimate process that has quickly lost that quality to machining and precast elements. As the series grows, this trend will continue to create a dissociation, paralleling what occurs with urban development on a larger scale.