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A zine produced by members of ARCH 5602, Kean University School of Public Architecture
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A zine produced by members of ARCH 5602, Kean University School of Public Architecture
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Vol. 1
Letter from the Editor -
Davis Richardson
Reclaiming 432 Park Ave - Kamila Diaz Calderon
Ultrathin Worlds -
Anyi Liranzo-Payamps
Finance Over Function -
Jared Britton
The Housing Shepherd -
Kacper Kowal
Livestream Dystopia -
Jake Haenggi
VR Architecture -
Ryan Barbour
Metaverse Architecture -
Danny Gavino
From Fi-Fi to De-Fi -
Scott Gleason
Realistic or Reality? -
Stephan Argent
Dubaifying Saudi Arabia-
Rasha Labibidi
NEOM’s Sustainability Mirage - Andrew Lazarte
Living in the Model -
Bryan Tome
Planting the Illusion -
Lauren Taravella
Critical Regionalism -
Nolan Aucone
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About Cartogram Zine
About Cartogram Zine
Cartogram takes a look at our globalized, neoliberal world through a series of architectural inquiries: globalized starchitectural style vs. a re-assessment of critical regionalism; NEOM and “Dubaification;” property in the metaverse; ultrathinness and Billionaire’s Row; greenwashing; livestreaming and domestic space; and much more.
In contrast to a cartograph — literally, a map —a cartogram is an abstraction of the world — closer to a diagram — organized around a particular feature or variable. The cartogram becomes a visual way of understanding the world through a particular lens; in the same way, Cartogram is a journal that explores the composition of the contemporary world through a variety of architecture-adjacent topics.
Cartogram Vol. 1 is the product of graduate student work by members of the Fall 2025 seminar ARCH 5602 “Globalization and Urbanism: Architecture in the Neoliberal World,” taught and edited by Davis Richardson at the Kean University Michael Graves College School of Public Architecture.