Amazonia 2020

This is a project from 2013, but I include it here because it speaks to our current political situation.

3rd place entry in the Storefront for Art and Architecture's Competition of Competitions. In our scenario, Amazon, the world's largest retailer, is given a 99 year lease on the city parks of San Bernardino, a city in Southern California's Inland Empire. For Amazon, who has recently opened a fulfillment center in San Bernardino, this failing civic infrastructure is a laboratory for testing new markets and methods of distribution; in exchange, the city and its citizens are offered well-maintained and secure recreational and public spaces run by a new form of corporate government. 
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Competition entry, with Kati Rubinyi, Michael Powell, and Deborah Richmond.