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1 STRIP2 FLIP3 PROGRAM4 STACK5 ARTICULATE
THE ARTICULATED STRIP:
OR, HOW THE STRIP MALL CAN SAVE SUBURBIA
Architecture can catalyze new ways and orms o (sub)urban lie in evolving suburbs. The
articulated strip 
 proposes that the (oten vilifed) standard orms and condi-tions o suburbia – here, the strip mall and the superblock– can be the generative agents o suburbia’s re-ormation.In other words, the strip mall can save suburbia.The strip mall has a remarkable systemized exibility; itcan accommodate many programs, be deployed manyplaces, and produce many versions o its standard orm.
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However, this potential has never been ully explored;rather, in its current guise, the strip mall typically producesislands o architectural and programmatic sameness, urtherisolated by seas o surace parking. The
articulated strip 
 proposes a new, opportunistic strip typology that is highlyadaptable to the specifc conditions o its implementation,both programmatically and ormally. A base o retail, live/work, and/or civic programs is stacked with housing typolo-gies that can be adjusted – in type and density - or thetarget population(s). Parking, which remains a crucialcondition o suburbia even in walkable scenarios, is“ipped” behind the strip, creating a new programmaticzone at the street that is specifc to the new residen-tial populations and responsive to adjacent conditions.Residential parking sits between base and top, revealingthe sculptural and kinetic qualities o the car, and providingeasy access to the walk-up residential units. The
articu-lated strip 
can be deployed across medium or large sites,but is particularly eective at the scale o the suburbansuperblock, where its adaptability becomes most explicit.typical existing conditionmaintain easily accessed retail parkinginject uses to catalyze new relationshipsdetermine type and density ohousingcombine into new whole
 
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HALF MILE RADIUS SITE DIAGRAM
Like many older suburbs, Hicksville, Long Island, is seeingsignifcant demographic change. In particular, Hicksville isexperiencing “brain drain”; only 9.4% o its population isbetween the ages o 18-34. well below the national aver-age o 13.4%, and dropping. Housing in Hicksville tends tobe large and single amily (approximately 78% has threebedrooms or more), owner occupied (approximately 86%),and expensive. In total, housing options or young adultsare limited. Equally problematically, there really isn’t muchto do in Hicksville i you’re a young adult due to its historic-
HICKSVILLE, LONG ISLAND
al orientation towards amilies and children; the suburbsjust aren’t hip.
(All data rom http://actfnder.census.gov/ Accessed 19June 2010).
But Hicksville has three key conditions that make it optimalas a test site o intervention that targets the covetedyoung adult demographic: Manhattan is easily accessiblevia high requency LIRR trains, express versions o whichtake only 42 minutes; its train station is within easy walk-ing distance to the Broadway Mall, whose anchors storesTarget and an IKEA (the only one on Long Island); and thereis plentiul vacant land, currently used or parking but ripeor redevelopment, between the train station and mall.The
articulated strip 
seeks to exploit these character-istics in the re-ormation o Hicksville or a young adultpublic. In so doing, it defnes a stronger connectionbetween the train station and the mall, generates a moreactive public realm and creates an anchor or uther re-development in Hicksville.
BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF
THE ARTICULATED STRIP 
IMPLEMETED AT EXISTING BROADWAY MALL AND EXISTING TRAIN STATION
 
HICKSVILLE TRAIN STATION
2BR LOFT1BR LOFTLIVE/WORKRETAIL/CIVICPARKINGCAR PATHPEDESTRIAN PATHGROUNDPARKINGRESIDENTIAL 1RESIDENTIAL 4
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The train station site presents a long, linear condition.Here, the ground level is primarily retail, with complemen-tary small scale civic unctions, such as the DMV and abranch library, that cluster near the heavily used station.The new outdoor court at the train station is programmedor perormance, such as music and flm, as well as orood. Commuter parking is located behind the retail bar;drivers pass through and along stores and courts on theirway to the train station. The second primary court is oroutdoor markets.
VIEW FROM EXISTING TRAIN PLATFORM TO NEW COURT, WITH MALL BEYOND
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