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Light In Community: A Study In The Adaptive Reuse Of Sacred Space, Abigail Barras
Light In Community: A Study In The Adaptive Reuse Of Sacred Space, Abigail Barras
Theses and Dissertations
ABSTRACT
MOTIVATION
American life is increasingly fragmented, leading to a sense of restlessness and disconnection. Much of that fragmentation can be traced to our pattern of architectural and sociological development, namely, the rise of the automobile suburbs in the 1950s and 60s and the abandonment of densely populated, human- scaled environments like that of the small town or city center (Oldenberg, 1999).
PROBLEM
Large numbers of architecturally significant buildings have fallen into disrepair over the years following the “white flight” of the 1960s and 70s, during which significant segments of investment dollars left city centers and followed to the suburbs …