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Full-Text Articles in Architecture
Revitalizing Cities: Adaptive Reuse Of Historic Structures, Sara E. Sharpe
Revitalizing Cities: Adaptive Reuse Of Historic Structures, Sara E. Sharpe
Mid-America College Art Association Conference 2012 Digital Publications
Adaptive reuse is employed when revitalizing an existing infrastructure while maintaining important aspects of the cultural architectural heritage and promoting sustainability. The option to turn away from older structures and build new is a large problem in cities such as Detroit. Historic preservationists are trained to observe a structure’s potential before walking away. Meanwhile interior designers obtain the skills to rejuvenate such buildings for a new use. Case studies have shown the benefits of these two professions teaming up to apply adaptive reuse on historic structures for modern purposes. By studying the creative space planning methods and historic preservations standards …
Wasteland: A Manifesto For Resurrection Via The Fringe, Logan W. Newton
Wasteland: A Manifesto For Resurrection Via The Fringe, Logan W. Newton
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
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Traversing The Urban Landscape: Connecting The Pedestrian Grid, Carly Augustine
Traversing The Urban Landscape: Connecting The Pedestrian Grid, Carly Augustine
Architecture Senior Theses
"I contend that the advent of the super highway, reliance on the automobile and large scale infrastructure has further disconnected the shrinking city of Baltimore, Maryland by creating borders, barriers and vacancies within the pedestrian grid directly affecting the vitality of cultural street life, cohesion of communities and future densification."
Intensity Without Density, Nicole Blasetti
Intensity Without Density, Nicole Blasetti
Architecture Senior Theses
"Within the field of residual space, a reactive public infrastructure is the setting for intense public intervention."