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Roosevelt Island: Completing An Urban Community, Karin M. Kilgore
Roosevelt Island: Completing An Urban Community, Karin M. Kilgore
Architecture Senior Theses
The thesis became an architectural exploration of what makes neighborhood and community at two scales: at the scale of the city (macrocosm), represented by the urban plan; and at the scale of the individual (microcosm), represented by the concept of the house and housing. At these two contrasting scales, the main focus of the study was to explore how an urban design can shape community and to explore the role that housing plays in the making of urban fabric/neighborhood. These two main issues of urban planning and housing prototypes, and the set of questions they generated, became the framework for …
Imageability Of Place, Sara Sachs
Imageability Of Place, Sara Sachs
Architecture Senior Theses
"This thesis is an investigation into the role of architecture in the imageability of place. Architecture as built form acts as the structure by which an observer measures his or her position relative to the environment. A highly imageable structure, therefore, has the ability to significantly aid the observer in navigation through the built environment. This investigation focuses on the elements that allow a structure to become imageable and, ultimately, how architecture can use these elements to achieve a higher imageability of place."
Syracuse University School Of Architecture 1998 - 1999 Thesis Awards, Bruce Abbey
Syracuse University School Of Architecture 1998 - 1999 Thesis Awards, Bruce Abbey
Architecture Senior Theses
Syracuse University School of Architecture 1998 - 1999 Thesis Awards.