Remaking the City: The Occupy Movement
and Its Urban Resonances

Kevin D. Murphy; Sally O'Driscoll

105th ACSA Annual Meeting Proceedings, Brooklyn Says, "Move to Detroit"

Remaking the City: The Occupy Movement and Its Urban Resonances

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Author(s): Kevin D. Murphy & Sally O'Driscoll

The Occupy movement in lower Manhattan, and itslater offshoots, challenge the way urban space is usedand policed. This article examines the self-representationof Occupy and its relationship to an organizationof space, designated for various uses with cultural andpolitical significance. This essay asks architects andurbanists to consider the implications of such occupationsfor conceiving the democratic city.

Volume Editors
Luis Francisco Rico-Gutierrez & Martha Thorne

ISBN
978-1-944214-08-1

Founded in 1912 by 10 charter members, ACSA is an international association of architecture schools preparing future architects, designers, and change agents. Our membership includes all of the accredited professional degree programs in the United States and Canada, as well as international schools and 2- and 4-year programs. Together ACSA schools represent some 7,000 faculty educating more than 40,000 students.

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