Browsing Architecture Masters Theses by Title
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Riverscape metropark: Educating the public about the aquatic environment
Most of the buildings people encounter simply reside in their environment with no way of being able to tell its story. They are placed in a complex landscape to fulfill a role for humanity-a passive state of being at ... -
Rust belt revitilization: retrofitting communities through transit oriented development
The American Railway system increased rapidly in the late and early 19th century altering the dynamics of surrounding cities and their role in urbanism. Railways, a product of the Industrial Revolution, fundamentally ... -
Sanctuary for the gadget freaks: re-conceptualization of urban spaces in the age of IoT
The increasing number of gadget ownership and people’s dependence on the Internet of things (IoT) in everyday life, encourages us to reassess the concepts of ‘Placemaking’ of the digital era. If historically considered, ... -
A search for identity: how to re-invent the post-industrial past to lead towards a vibrant future
The grand architecture of Wheeling, West Virginia has long been forgotten. Constructed in the late 19th century by wealthy factory owners, the Victorian and Gothic Revival buildings have remained abandoned ever since wealthy ... -
Seeking public space: Architecture, democracy and citizenship in Turkey
Architecture is fundamentally a political activity. What makes living interesting is the environment that changes constantly, and politics is not only the essence of this alternating environment, but also it is the ... -
Social and cultural identity in and through architecture
(2014)As a human race in the 21st century we are facing critical issues which affect our continuing coexistence on this planet: to mesh the colliding cultures of the global city created by air travel and modern communications, ... -
Spatial Experience in Architectural Environment Through Dance, Time, and Urban Choreography
Space and time are two inseparable parts of architecture. The human body experiences space through movement in different ways than dancing. A dancer carves the space through dancing. Sensorial experiences have an impact ... -
Stop sit look listen relax engage interact
(2014)Faster phones, expanded use of personal computers, widespread access to digital bandwidth, and applications for the internet across multiple devices allows nearly instantaneous access to information and provides a means ... -
Sustainable Integration Framework to Connect Displaced Communities with Host Nations
The term “displaced” refers to an individual or group of individuals who are forced from their home place because of war, persecution, or natural disaster. Hence, displaced people have had to leave their homes to another ... -
Symbiosis: Revitalizing Houma tribal identity through community cultural spaces
Earth’s climate has altered over time. There have been seven glacial advance and retreat cycles in the last 650,000 years, with the abrupt conclusion of the last ice age marking the start of the con temporary climate era ... -
The Symbiotic Relationship Between Baseball, Education, and the Community
Professional baseball is one of the most affluent American sports. However, cities that house Minor League stadiums receive relatively small benefits, despite the huge investment, risk, and financial strain stadiums impose ... -
Tokyo voids: Extending Tokyo's public realm through it's forgotten voids
Despite global population growth, Japan's population is experiencing a decrease in population, contractions in part due to low birth rates, aging majority, and high life expectancy. As such, 10% of homes in Japan lay ... -
Towards a Closed-loop Community: Creating a Sustainable Seed in the Urban Environment
(2014-06-16)In the coming years resource stress and waste management will continue to become two of the world’s biggest issues. If order to conserve resources and reduce waste that our cities produce I believe that we will need to ... -
Transformational urbanism: A revitalized view for the 21st century city
The city can no longer be seen statically. The world is rapidly changing and solutions to urban sprawl need to be adjusted to the 21st century. Can 21st century cities expand and contract based on political ideals and ... -
Transforming ghost-boxes: From abandonment to engaging community individuality
Since the 1960s, big-box stores have defined retail shopping for American suburbs. However, these megastores are becoming abandoned at alarming rates due to economic decline and expansion. Large retailers, such as Wal-Mart, ...