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Halem, Adam Douglas. "Discover a new approach to communicating architecture through the design of a school for special education." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66777.
Full textIncludes bibliographical references (p. 30).
Communication is a shortcoming of our profession. Go ahead and ask the ordinary person on the street to name a few famous architects. Hmmm- Frank, maybe Le Corbusier, maybe. How can we express our ideas and convey our process? How can we show our design in all its glory so that the client, the funder, the trustee, the guy that pays our bills, understand its purpose, form and function? Clearly we could just write a paper. We could include a couple of models, even a walk through on videotape. We could go to the client and show him all these things and try and convince him to hire us. Then we could hope that he will tell others involved in the funding and the building what we showed him. We could do this. We do, do this. I wanted to discover a novel approach to communicating architecture. I want you to see my approach. This thesis is my new approach to th is age old problem. I believe, as do a small number of other architects and designers, that the new approach lies in the use of today's multimedia technology. Oh a big buzz word "MULTIMEDIA". What a weird word. Multi - meaning many and Media - meaning, well just about anything, pictures, video, text, audio, 3D, 20, you name it. So multimedia means lots of anything! The word tells me everything and yet it tells me nothing. Its ambiguous. You see this is just the point. I cannot tell you. I cannot show you. You need to experience it yourself. This does not mean turning on a tape and playing it from beginning to end. It means much more; it means anything. We are finally free to do anything and everything to convey our ideas as much or as little as we want, and the whole time leaving the viewer, the client, in control. This thesis is embodied in an interactive CD-ROM which is attached to this document or available from the librarians desk. It requires an interaction with the reader. This mode of interaction results from my investigation of how communication between the lay person and the architect should occur. I argue that this affords a richer and more complete understanding of a building and its purposes than do conventional methods.
by Adam Douglas Halem.
M.C.P.
Addo-Atuah, Kweku. "Northview Elementary School: an iterative participatory process in schoolyard planning & design." Kansas State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13716.
Full textDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional & Community Planning
Mary Catherine (Katie) Kingery-Page
There is currently a dearth of planning literature concerning participatory processes relative to children, particularly in the planning and design of schoolyard or playground spaces. Through a local, place-based, participatory approach emphasizing local knowledge and active listening, this master's report seeks to confirm the value of children in the planning and design of a schoolyard space. The study took place at the Northview Elementary School in Manhattan, KS comprising students as primary stakeholders, teachers/administrative staff as secondary stakeholders and parents as tertiary stakeholders. Additionally, the study employed Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s childhood cognitive development theories and five operational play categories in guiding the development of a learning landscape design aimed at supporting and maximizing cognitive development, physical activity and recreation. The report concludes with a set of five (5) recommendations designed to equip prospective researchers in undertaking participatory processes within school settings. The implication of this study is that sustained stakeholder engagement during planning and design processes of schoolyards will result in spaces reflective of the target audience.
Bernhard, Jayne M. "Stores as Schools: An Adaptive Reuse Alternative For Communities Dealing With Underutilized Commercial Space and Overcrowded Schools." Connect to this title, 2008. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/144/.
Full textMello, Bruno César Euphrasio de. "O urbanismo dos arquitetos : genealogia de uma experiência de ensino." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/151140.
Full textThis is a historiographical study on the genealogy of urban planning teaching at the School of Architecture of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (FA-UFRGS), aiming at understanding and identifying its underlying directions. It retraces the first three decades of the history of architecture and urban planning from its origins - the School of Engineering and the Institute of Fine Arts. The last period studied is the 1970s, when landmarks of the current trajectory were established: the extinction of urban planning course that existed since the 1940s, the creation of the Graduate Program in Urban and Regional Planning (PROPUR) and the "migration" of the contents of the extinct course to PROPUR and to the undergraduate course in architecture. The thesis argues that at FA-UFRGS, since the beginning and until today, urban planning teaching is secondary to knowledge and practices applied in the teaching of architecture, essentially focused on building design. Therefore, urban planning education has sought to develop skills to develop projects, understood as the synthesis between guiding knowledge and the production of artifacts, according to Alberti. This is be the central axis, the trunk or the backbone of urban planning teaching, which has been essentially approached as an (marginal) extension of architecture. This thesis establishes a theoretical and methodological dialogue with historiographical research. On one hand, the history of concepts that links their meanings to a determined period, and on the other hand, it also discusses urban planning as a domain of knowledge and practices. However, this discussion is made from an unusual perspective – that of teaching.
Luken, Eleanor. "Children's power over play a cultural geography of playspaces in America /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1250614916.
Full textAdvisor: David Saile. Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Dec. 15, 2009). Includes abstract. Keywords: children; vernacular architecture; playscapes; childhood; playground. Includes bibliographical references.
Scriba, Christian. "Neurosis - Continuum [ Architecture As Urban Therapy ]." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23033.
Full textFigueredo, Michael. "Reactive architecture : Urban Recreational center." FIU Digital Commons, 2005. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3595.
Full textSegerholm, Alma. "How history can beremembered & reusedin urban planning." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-298818.
Full textWilliams, Barika X. (Barika Xaviera). "Planning for school choice." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59771.
Full textCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 66-71).
The image of the picturesque urban schoolhouse is increasingly becoming a thing of the past. City schools were viewed with fear or disdain. The urban school's image shifted to an unruly coop for 'dangerous' unteachable students. This stark juxtaposition reflects the gradual transition in the urban environment. Charter schools have emerged as a relatively new component available to meet urban families' education needs and provide a new image of the city school, yet to be formed. Planning has largely failed to acknowledge or address the changing urban education environment. We continue to plan our cities with the assumption of the old image of the neighborhood schoolhouse. However, through charter schools, the urban education environment is being redefined. This thesis analyzes the educational environment of students and school location in Washington, DC to assess to what extent charter schools revitalize the possibility of obtaining high quality, neighborhood schools. Through analysis of quantitative data, I compare three factors between neighborhood schools and area charter school options: student population characteristics, school academic results, and student mobility and access to the school. The analysis identifies three distinct school systems within the city, each with a different role for charter school. I suggest how urban planners might respond to city's new educational environment in order to repair the links between schools and neighborhoods.
by Barika X Williams.
M.C.P.
Yip, Po-chi Pamela. "Urban development and modern architecture in Beijing." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B41548784.
Full textRhodes, Thomas Jonathan. "Codifying an urban quarter." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23449.
Full textMartin, Colin. "Towards a Hydroponic Architecture." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554119967725464.
Full textGarcía, Ocampo Rivera Antonieta María de la Paz. "Towards an understanding of Aztec architecture and urban planning." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/57194.
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Graduate
Nowak, Laura S. "Urban structure and built form." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/21609.
Full textHammond, Cynthia Lynn. "Urban collage : the surgical operations of Le Corbusier's plan voisin and Ben Nicholson's urban poises." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/24142.
Full textNilina, Nadya. "Bolshevik era, the extreme case of urban planning." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37268.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-101).
The key premise of the Russian revolutionary movement was the overthrow of the old government and establishment of the new political order under the one party leadership of the Bolsheviks. The political platform of the new government extended well beyond the promise of simple reforms. Its foundation was a vision of an entirely new society governed by a set of new economic mechanisms and social relations. The foundation of the new system rested on the complete socialization of all economic resources and means of production and the creation of the centralized planning system independent of the volatile dynamics of the free market. In this thesis I argue that in their role as the new government of Russia, Bolsheviks simultaneously acted as town planners and as social planners, envisioning the new society and its institutions in every detail and creating a new urban form-the socialist city, and the new citizen-the socialist man. To create this city the Bolsheviks designed a unique tool-they merged their legal right to make policy with their ability to use rhetoric in the form of widespread persuasion, propaganda, indoctrination and force. I define the socialist city as an urban settlement in which the primary from of human existence is the collective life.
(cont.) This city is designed in such a way as to make every space accessible to government control, by making it transparent to the collective which has assumed the censoring and policing functions of the government The space of the city is permeated by a network of institutions and agents making it an environment in which a person is constantly exposed to the mechanisms of control. During the first decade after the revolution the Bolsheviks created the forms of housing and the auxiliary institutions, such as the social club, the communal canteen etc, that became the building blocks of the socialist city. In this thesis I examine the social institutions created by the Bolsheviks between 1917 and 1932 with the goal of understanding of how their design defined the future development of the socialist city.
by Nadya Nilina.
M.C.P.
S.M.
葉葆芝 and Po-chi Pamela Yip. "Urban development and modern architecture in Beijing." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B41548784.
Full textBergelin, Anne Cora. "Spatial Semantics: Finding Landscape in New York City’s Comprehensive Waterfront Plans." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1366591806.
Full textLong, M. "The post-war planning office : Coventry's Department of Architecture and Planning 1957-1966." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.372528.
Full textQUAN, JING. "SAN FRANCISCO'S CHINATOWN--A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING." The University of Arizona, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/555369.
Full textSkröder, Fanny. "Urban Ecology Enclosure." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-135557.
Full textComaga, Kerim. "MSc Architecture." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-298483.
Full textOgletree, Roy Duncan. "Rules to a structured urban environment." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22369.
Full textBalderas-Guzmán, Celina. "Strategies for systemic urban constructed wetlands." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80907.
Full textThis electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-128).
As a result of ubiquitous impermeable surfaces, conventional water management and stormwater infrastructure, and the resultant degradation of natural hydrologic networks, most American urban areas have suffered severely compromised hydrological function and health, particularly related to stormwater and its storage, treatment, and flow. Negative externalities exist at multiple scales: increased disaster vulnerability, climate change, poor water quality, habitat loss, etc. Because upgrading conventional single-purpose infrastructure has become an increasingly cost-prohibitive option, urban areas are finding that reincorporating natural systems can be more effective. In the last 20 years, constructed wetlands have arisen as a promising multi-purpose solution to stormwater problems. Constructed wetlands are artificial systems designed to mimic natural wetlands by using the same physical, biological, and chemical processes to treat water. They are relatively large, but their size gives them high ecological potential and numerous other benefits, such as flooding protection and recreational spaces, while having low life-cycle costs. Since the effectiveness of constructed wetlands comes from mimicking natural wetlands, then the analogy to nature should be extended as far as possible. In nature, wetlands are a system connected to a regional hydrologic network. Therefore, constructed wetlands distributed systemically throughout a watershed have potential to deliver more networked benefits than the current practice of dispersed and disconnected wetlands for individual sites. Yet little research exists examining the implications of urban constructed wetlands in design and planning terms, at multiple scales. In fact, few urban constructed wetland projects for stormwater exist in the first place. This thesis proposes a framework for understanding the potential of systemic constructed wetlands as landscape infrastructure in urban areas. Based on an understanding of science, engineering, and urbanism, this thesis identifies the urban zones of greatest potential for stormwater constructed wetlands and suggests the benefits that could arise out of an urban constructed wetland system, beyond simply water treatment.
by Celina Balderas-Guzmán.
S.M.
M.C.P.
Yung, Hoi-sze Iris. "Revitalization of Tsim Sha Tsui East : creation of the new city center /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B34612348.
Full textSagan, Hans Nicholas. "Specters of '68| Protest, Policing, and Urban Space." Thesis, University of California, Berkeley, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3733389.
Full textPolitical protest is an increasingly frequent occurrence in urban public space. During times of protest, the use of urban space transforms according to special regulatory circumstances and dictates. The reorganization of economic relationships under neoliberalism carries with it changes in the regulation of urban space. Environmental design is part of the toolkit of protest control.
Existing literature on the interrelation of protest, policing, and urban space can be broken down into four general categories: radical politics, criminological, technocratic, and technicalprofessional. Each of these bodies of literature problematizes core ideas of crowds, space, and protest differently. This leads to entirely different philosophical and methodological approaches to protests from different parties and agencies.
This paper approaches protest, policing, and urban space using a critical-theoretical methodology coupled with person-environment relations methods. This paper examines political protest at American Presidential National Conventions. Using genealogical-historical analysis and discourse analysis, this paper examines two historical protest event-sites to develop baselines for comparison: Chicago 1968 and Dallas 1984. Two contemporary protest event-sites are examined using direct observation and discourse analysis: Denver 2008 and St. Paul 2008.
Results show that modes of protest policing are products of dominant socioeconomic models of society, influenced by local policing culture and historical context. Each of the protest event-sites studied represents a crisis in policing and the beginning of a transformation in modes of protest policing. Central to protest policing is the concept of territorial control; means to achieve this control vary by mode of protest policing, which varies according to dominant socioeconomic model. Protesters used a variety of spatial strategies at varying degrees of organization. Both protesters and police developed innovations in spatial practice in order to make their activities more effective.
This has significant consequences for professionalized urban design. Both protester and policing spatial innovation involves the tactical reorganization and occupation of urban space. As urban space plays a constituent role in protest and policing, environmental designers must be aware of the political consequences of their designs.
Louw, Johan. "Context based detection of urban land use zones." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11320.
Full textTalbott, Michael John. "(Expanding on architecture) a new School of Architecture Planning and Preservation, UMCP /." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/7832.
Full textThesis research directed by: School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Architecture. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
Meinke, Katja 1972. "Landscape planning: A comparative study of landscape planning in the United States and Germany." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278599.
Full textBradley, Dale. "Planning for wildlife: an urban planning and design exploration to support Mexican free-tailed bats." Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/19046.
Full textLandscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
Brent Chamberlain
Anthropocentric disturbances are often the main driver behind the population decline of wildlife species. Bat species are of particular concern recently with large declines in populations worldwide. The conservation of bat species relies on knowledge about the relationship between species-specific needs and the effect urban environments have on individual species. Mexican Free-Tailed Bats (MFTBs) are listed on the IUCN Red List and play an important role in many ecosystems within the United States. Austin, Texas is home to the largest urban bat colony in the world, including MFTBs. Austin can continue to benefit from millions of dollars from ecotourism bat viewing sites and the natural control of insect populations provided by this species if urbanization does not cause a reduction in their population. The focus of this research is to develop a quantitative habitat suitability model for the MFTBs in urban areas to increase the understanding of possible MFTB habitat in the Austin Metropolitan area. A geographical information system was used to map the suitability of habitats for MFTBs in urban areas based off a typology for the needs of the species, which was created through a literature review of expert knowledge. This study will help to quantify the relationship between urban environments and the MFTBs, showing that urban areas in the Austin Metropolitan area are suitable for the species. A predictive model, like the one described here, can act as a crucial assessment and planning tool for bat conservation by helping to eliminate challenges of tracking populations or identifying bats during nocturnal activities. This model informs the proposal of planning and design policy changes in Austin, Texas to better support MFTB’s habitat needs. Adjustments to current site plans in Austin are explored understand the effect the proposed MFTB planning policies could have on current development while exploring the application of the MFTB typology at a site scale. Application of the understanding created through habitat-suitability modelling helps to visualize how current projects in Austin, Texas can better support MFTBs to create an understanding of how these policies may affect the development of urban environments.
Comella, Lawrence. "An urban waterfront room in Georgetown: an architecture school." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53394.
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Zhang, Ke Coco. "Settlement for local people residential area planning and design /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B4266438X.
Full textIncludes special report study entitled: Analysis of vernacular landscape of ancient villages in anhui province. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.
Su, Tao. "A multi-display collaborative urban planning system with a federated architecture." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/37747.
Full textNilsson, Jessica. "Adapting Society for the Ageing Population Through Architecture and Urban Planning." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-138806.
Full textSheehan, Travis (Travis P. ). "The urban design of distributed energy resources." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70380.
Full textMIT Institute Archives copy: missing pages 99-100.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-115).
Distributed energy resources (DERs) are a considerable research focus for cities to reach emissions reduction goals and meet growing energy demand. DERs, consisting of local power plants and distribution infrastructure, range from urban to neighborhood scale. In optimizing neighborhood scale DERs, one of the many design decisions is a desirable mix of building types to balance energy demand through daily and annual cycles. However, real estate development drives use-mix primarily through market demand forecasts and financial value creation. The research presented here answers two questions: (1) What are the impacts of altering use-mix to conform to a desired energy profile? and (2) Can site design overcome regulatory and perceptual barriers when integrating DERs at the neighborhood scale? These questions are explored through a review of existing incentives and barriers to district energy systems - including policy, real estate, technical, and design issues. Next I identify within a test site, at the neighborhood scale, the energy and design characteristics pertinent to the research presented here. Ultimately, I propose an analysis framework to examine the energy-form-finance issues encountered when planning a neighborhood scale energy district. Using the resulting framework, I perform a sensitivity analysis that measures the financial impact of altering use-mix to balance energy loads.
Finally, I propose an appropriate site design informed by the review and analysis. Recent policies like the Murton Rule in London, which offer incentives for small power plants, have increased the popularity of the neighborhood scale district energy systems. Though the literature covers financial, regulatory, and engineering aspects of these systems, few studies explore the impact of DERs on urban form at the neighborhood scale. This thesis demonstrates that issues of meeting real estate demands and power demands can be resolved elegantly if one approaches the problem holistically.
by Travis Sheehan.
M.C.P.
M.Arch.
Duncan, Kyla. "Perspectives on Urban Land Restitution: what constitutes good enough?" Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13072.
Full textThe amendment of the Restitution of Land Rights Act (no. 2 of 1996) has reopened the period for lodging a land claim in South Africa until 2019. The previous period for lodging a claim closed in 1998 but claims lodged over 20 years have still not been attended to. There exists a concern that with the re-opening of land restitution within both rural and urban spaces, that previous claims will not be seen to, while new claims will take years to resolve. This is unacceptable. How can the process of land restitution be better managed, conducted and performed so as to fulfil the requirements and goals of land restitution –reconciliation and social justice. The focus of this research turns to the urban space in the Western Cape through a purposefully selected case study of a successful land claim. South African cities and human settlements are growing, with South Africa being the most urbanised country in Africa. The competition for urban space will increase in time. With the demand for land being the contextual reality, urban land restitution needs to position itself in relation to South Africa’s dispossessing past. Through a qualitative research approach, a single case study of urban land restitution was used through which to answer the research questions: what constitutes good enough in relation to land restitution in a competitive urban environment? Findings revealed that urban land restitution is complex, with multiple layers, multiple actors and multiple challenges. It exists in a fine balance of factors influenced by competing agendas. Good enough in this space covers communication, recognition of individuals, respect and action. It entails a three dimensional process and accounts for change in people, place and space over time. Recommendations relating to these findings are themselves pitched at multiple levels from the national to the city space and at more general concerns. Recommendations attempt to promote good enough in a complex urban land restitution environment for the future.
Wadensten, Fredrik. "Architecture of Power." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-298827.
Full textGoldman, Ezra (Ezra Joshua). "Architecture for Cyborgs : laptops and spatial use at MIT." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/40099.
Full textThis electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-50).
Individuals have a particular set of tasks they need to accomplish or what might be called a "life pattern." These tasks must be accomplished within a particular set of places or "life spaces." What is the role of the laptop in defining these life spaces and patterns and how does it either enable or constrain an individual from acting out their life pattern within a particular life space? This study uses a variety of quantitative and qualitative analytical methods for understanding the adaptation of student behavior to new technologies on MIT campus with a focus on the Sloan School of Management. Laptops will only enable spatial flexibility if the nature of one's work ("life pattern") affords it (Norman, 1999), "mobility" or "flexibility" is perceived to be advantageous, and there are suitable behavior settings (Barker, 1989; Schoggen, 1989) within their "life space." Most students are not creating "a new office" (Duffy, 1997) or choosing "special places" (Mitchell, 2003) to work. They mostly choose to use a very limited range of locations, often similar to office-type spaces. Only an exceptional minority of most techno-enabled are becoming free roaming "neonomads" (Abbas, 2005).
(cont.) Rather than being more "mobile," most people are now more "connected" wherever they go (Castells, 2006). Instead, they might rather be labeled technologically enhanced cyborgs (Mitchell, 2003, Picon, 2000). Our relationship to the physical surrounding environment changes depending on the degree to which we require our technological enhancements and how much our cyborg selves are supported by that environment.
by Ezra Goldman.
M.C.P.
Hearn, Brian J. "Integrating infrastructure and architecture." This title; PDF viewer required. Home page for entire collection, 2004. http://archives.udmercy.edu:8080/dspace/handle/10429/9.
Full textAnderson, Eric. "Urban Oasis : a neo-industrial landscape in Turkey." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23993.
Full textMartin, Kimberly A. "A Fine Mess: Negotiating Urban Discrepancies." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1242787108.
Full textYoung, Michael E. "City and the Festival: Architecture, Play, Urban Experience." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin990813665.
Full textNeira, Maria Elena. "An open architecture for data environments based on context interchange." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69352.
Full textTan, Mime, and 陳美美. "Assimilation of urban street into urban green space system." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4500979X.
Full textSteenkamp, Ilana. "The Safer [D]urban Core: An exploration of urban safety and the use of situational crime prevention in the inner-city of Durban, South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13070.
Full textThis thesis explores the notions of safety and the usage of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design methods for creating safer spaces within cities. The project examines the inner city of Durban specifically, grappling with the issues of crime and grime and the perceptions of the city as a space of vulnerability. The project examines the historical and current context of Durban with regards to perceptions held about the inner city. The Project then delves into the links between crime and the city and examines the extremities of crime within South Africa and Durban. It then turns to a study of crime and place theories which attempt to explain the connections between the offender, the targets and the location in which crimes take place. Particular attention is paid to possible implications for urban form. The thesis also investigates various ways in which Durban’s landowners, developers and residents have attempted to create islands of safety throughout the city, after which international and local examples of urban crime prevention are discussed. From these theories and case studies, a few principles are highlighted as guidelines for producing safer spaces. An exploration of design strategies follows. The city is analysed according to a set of elements of the city or a layering of the city on the scale of the Central Business District. This is then taken into a proposal for development. A precinct scale analysis investigates the finer details of Pickering precinct, an area notorious for criminal activity. Such detailed explorations of the built fabric are not possible at the scale of the city, but have an impact on smaller urban acupuncture proposals on a street segment scale. A number of routes that run through the precinct are then explored in terms of potential adjustments to the built fabric, in order to support pedestrian activity and safety along the routes. This project illustrates an alternative approach to creating safe spaces within the urban environment of Durban. Through providing a safe urban core, the city can allow for positive interactions to take place within common spaces and hence fulfil the role that cities have to play in fostering growth in society.
Li, Ying. "The assessment, planning and design of small public spaces in urban areas." Thesis, University of Greenwich, 2016. http://gala.gre.ac.uk/18091/.
Full textByrne, Gregory A. "High school dropouts in Boston." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71403.
Full textHess-Homeier, Megan. "Parent preferences and school segregation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118252.
Full textCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references.
Schools in New York City are deeply segregated by both race and class. The confluent forces of residential segregation and family school preference have led to increasingly segregated schools since the 1980s. The New York City Department of Education (DOE) has taken steps to desegregate schools since a 2014 report by the UCLA Civil Rights Project named New York State the state with the most segregated schools. Though the DOE is doing more to address segregation than most districts, their efforts are still cautious, careful not to alienate the high status families it sees as necessary for racial and economic integration. Additionally, the Department of Education is working towards school 'diversity' but their policy fails to adequately address the closely linked issue of ongoing education inequality. This project explores how parent choice impacts school segregation, provides recommendations for how the DOE should address parent choice in its diversity policy and develops a framework for moving beyond desegregation to build deep and stable integration in city schools.
by Megan Hess-Homeier.
M.C.P.
Moran, James Joseph Jr. "The public realm : urban design within Suburbia." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23140.
Full textYunus, Amer Hamzah Mohd. "Urban conservation in Malaysia : processes and management." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/4917.
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