updated x,y,z statement

Revised (of the revised, revised, revised) XYZ statement: 

Borrowing from the mapping practice of Raoul Bunschoten, which uses historical or global overlays as datum to generate mappings and study affect, the Chicago river is taken as an existing, physical cut through the fabric of Chicago, providing a datum to understand the city and to reexamine a part of the city which has been ignored. The river is mapped, exploring the functions, environments, and affects which have emerged, both as a revelationary act towards an important feature of the city, and as a driver of site and program. The result is the creation of a contextual architecture which goes beyond the fragmented, deconstructionist space of Bunschoten, a public space which creates dialogue between participant, architecture, and affect.