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A Center For Dance And Performing Arts, Bruce E. Adelsberger

Architecture Master Theses

This thesis proposes a cultural facility for theater and dance as a way to enhance the community and surrounding city fabric in the southeast quadrant of Center City Philadelphia.

The Spatial Pattern Of Upper Income Class Residential Location In Rio De Janerio, Brazil, Regina Bienenstein Zoninsein

Architecture Master Theses

This study is about the residential location of the upper-income class in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It focuses on the spatial pattern of this location and its relationship with the characteristics of the natural environment and the availability of public services and facilities.

It shows that Rio de Janeiro's spatial structure up to the nineteenth century was similar to the Latin American Colonial Model: the city developed around the main plaza which concentrated the elite class.

During the nineteenth century, the first elite settle­ments were formed outside the city center in a spatial pat­tern which approximated to Hoyt's Sector Model: …

La Puntilla Housing: Study In Low Rise - High Density Urban Housing. San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jose Antonio Rodriguez Barcelo

Architecture Master Theses

This study focuses on the problems of urban housing, with special emphasis on low to middle income, high density - low rise solutions. The findings of the research of this thesis are incorporated into a design solution of a low rise - high density development in La Puntilla sector of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Indigenous African Systems As A Basis For Rational Housing: A Proposal, Ibrahim N'Jai Yilla

Architecture Master Theses

In this report I undertake a study of the criteria involved in designing a suitable housing system for tropical Africa with particular emphasis on my native country Sierra Leone. I focus attention particularly upon the indigenous built system, the country's environment, resources and way of life enjoyed by its people. I feel a study of this nature would give me invaluable insight into the problems facing developing African countries in providing adequate housing.

The scope of this research is to define and propose a housing system, based on a good understanding of the indigenous system, which offers a multiplicity of …

Restoration Versus Demolition: Case History Of Amsterdam, New York, Raymond Joseph William Andrews

Architecture Master Theses

The purpose of this study is to disclose why Amsterdam, New York -- like thousands of other cities in the United States -- has shunned restoration. It is hoped these findings will prove the worth of the ordinary old buildings and that the revitalization of the urban fabric does not follow from demolition and newness.

A Guideline For Master Plans In Cities In The Mexican Republic, Carlos Eduardo Inda Hernandez

Architecture Master Theses

The purpose of my thesis is to study a guideline for Planning Agencies, using as their main tool the master plan and always with the idea that the planner and the political official would be working together. It will be useful to study the planning tools in the U.S., and the organization of planning in European countries and decide what could be used and what not, to study the variations to suit the Mexican scene and the different Mexican cities.

Proposed Gananda New Community, Pelagia Aquino Posadas

Architecture Master Theses

This paper is an attempt to construct a model for a community which is called Gananda New Community. Its purpose is to provide an innovative community which will be coordinated with the existing social structures in the towns of Walworth and Macedon. It will serve, when completed, the eastern half of the standard metropolitan statistical area of the Rochester region, the estimated population of 85,000 people of the new community, and the residents of Wayne County.

Mutual Aid Housing For San Juan, Philip Lawrence Manson Goldberg

Architecture Master Theses

A policy program for mutual aid construction is presented. In this approach, rural families organize teams to build their dwellings and buy construction materials through new savings organizations. The chief prerequisite for mutual aid in a specific situation is that the ratio of material to labor costs be high.

Pride in home ownership, training in construction skills, and natural evolved neighborhoods prove the thesis that mutual aid is the most promising solution for housing the poor in developing societies. Financial burden on the public is minimized, and the government can control municipal expansion by retaining land ownership.

In high density …