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Brandmaking And Brandscaping Place Making In The Retail Environment, Maripet Contreras May 2020

Brandmaking And Brandscaping Place Making In The Retail Environment, Maripet Contreras

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Shopping malls today are dying due to the demand of online shopping. Rather than going strictly to the digital world. The retail spaces are places where consumers can physically feel the product that online shopping does not have to offer.


An Alternative Approach To Food Market Design Strategies That Nurture Human Health And Well-Being, Kendall Marsh May 2020

An Alternative Approach To Food Market Design Strategies That Nurture Human Health And Well-Being, Kendall Marsh

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Access to food is being implemented in newer and more convenient forms now more than ever before. However, many of the methods that people utilize to purchase food may have substantial adverse health effects. Markets were once centered around a direct exchange of locally grown food and intimate social gatherings. Major developments like the industrialization of agriculture, rapid urbanization, and technological advancements introduced a shift in food market settings. Redefining the design of the market environment can transform a routine task into a valuable experience that nurtures human health and well-being.


Community: A Neighborhood With A Unification Concept For A More Humane Social Interaction, Jorge Diaz May 2020

Community: A Neighborhood With A Unification Concept For A More Humane Social Interaction, Jorge Diaz

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The modern world presents a dilemma in its inequalities of domesticity for people from a low socio-economic background. Public housing can provide a solution for this issue, but the properties of such buildings differ drastically in their architectural sensibilities from the outdated uniform Queensbridge blocks in New York to elite Quayside Village In Canada. The former is an outdated, low-cost living opportunity (Barry). The latter Quayside, on the other hand, is a comfortable residence that grew into a community. (World's 3 Most Successful Housing Projects"). The experience of Quayside Village allows the residents to engage city life by having amenities …


Analysis Of Mixed-Use Affordable Housing In Las Vegas, Maelle Egea May 2020

Analysis Of Mixed-Use Affordable Housing In Las Vegas, Maelle Egea

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Nevada is ranked at the very bottom of the U.S. with only 15 affordable homes available for rent statewide per 100 extremely low-income renter households. Las Vegas is even worse at 10 per 100. Las Vegas is a Hospitality-Driven city. My goal is to holistically understand mixed-use affordable housing from 4 main topics: Policy, Development, Finances, and architecture. Through an adaptive reuse approach of the travelers motel downtown Las Vegas, I have proposed a mixed-use/mixed-income development solution.