as life itself... A metaphor for the ephemeral legacy of the American Dream by Chad Wright
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photos by Lynn Kloythanomsup of Architectural Black
«I
was raised in Orange County—a sprawling suburb of Southern
California built by disciples of Levittown. We lived in a tract
house, a symbol of the American Dream, just like our neighbors. (...)We spent our summers in Breezy Point, New York, (...). As children, my big brother Christopher and I would
build cities in the sand, beneath the bungalow’s slatted porch
floorboards.
In
a series titled Master
Plan, I
am conflating a child’s sandcastle with architecture typifying
postwar American suburbia. This three-part series culls artifacts
from my childhood, investigating suburbia in its vision and
legacy.Phase
One focuses
on the mass-produced tract house, re-examining it as symbol for the
model American Dream.»
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