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Landscape Of Culture: Permanence And Change, Stefanie Huchzermeier
Landscape Of Culture: Permanence And Change, Stefanie Huchzermeier
Architecture Senior Theses
"As conditions change and culture shifts to adapt, it is my contention that architecture has the capacity to provide an understanding of identity in times of change by regenerating the previously existing level of engagement between people and their natural environment through means of a reestablished spatial network and a materialization of informal social and spatial relationships."
Culture, Community Development, And Sustainability In A Post-Freeway City, Bryan Obara
Culture, Community Development, And Sustainability In A Post-Freeway City, Bryan Obara
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
Freeways that once tore through the urban fabric are now reaching the end of their lifespan and raising the question as to whether it is time to rebuild or remove them. The Interstate system has revolutionized transportation, connecting cities nationwide, but at the same time has slashed through existing neighborhoods.
The very land from which hundreds of Fox Point residents were evicted for the construction of Interstate 195 through Providence, Rhode Island, now lies barren as a result of the interstate’s realignment. The surplus land, rezoned as the East Side Overlay District (ESOD), connects the Providence River and Narragansett Bay …