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Year:: 2023
Contributor:: Rice-Rodríguez, Miriam (creator); Bonde, Sheila (thesis advisor); Martinez-Pinzón, Felipe (reader); Brown University. Latin American and Caribbean Studies (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Postcolonialism; Historic sites; Architecture; Canal Zone; Buildings--Remodeling for other use
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26300/ascz-2k32

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Abstract:: At the dawn of the new millennium, the United States transferred the entirety of the Canal Zone to Panamá, including approximately 5000 buildings with an estimated value of $4 billion. This physical legacy presented a challenge to the Republic: How would Panamanians reinhabit the vestiges of American occupation? How would they choose to remember the United States and its cultural contributions? This work takes a critical look at adaptive reuse of public buildings in the Canal Zone bordering Panamá City in the neighborhoods of Balboa, Fort Clayton, and Fort Amador in the past two decades. It then aims to identify potential intervention sites for future adaptive reuse projects in these neighborhoods. It argues for a hybrid approach to repatriation rather than the extremes of preservation or demolition. Panamá's heritage of Zonian architecture is worth protecting. Hybrid approaches of adaptive reuse are a medium through which Panamanians can reframe their history within the colonial narrative, while thinking critically about the future of the nation.
Notes:: Senior thesis (AB)--Brown University, 2023; Concentration: Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Architecture

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Rice-Rodríguez, Miriam, "Living Skeletons: The Legacy of American Architecture in the Panamá Canal Zone" (2023). Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Theses and Dissertations. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/ascz-2k32

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Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Theses and Dissertations

Theses and Dissertations for the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies department.
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Living Skeletons: The Legacy of American Architecture in the Panamá Canal Zone