Rotch Case Studies

Through a year of travel, a total of 35 examples of cultural architecture - spanning 250 years of urban metamorphosis - was observed in 28 autonomous cities using Europe’s crowded, competitive urban network as a point of reference and for comparative analysis. The intention is to investigate the results of such completed projects - all having encountered distinctive urban scales, cultural settings, and political footing - with focus on urban regeneration strategies and geopolitical desires to publicize urban environments in a competitive, globalized society. Of the selected projects, 16 were chosen for a more in-depth case study analysis that investigate the planning and construction efforts in the ‘post-Bilbao’ period (from 1997- today). This research represents over 6 million sf of new cultural space and over $5 billion in total capital investment.

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