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Mapping Places Of Play And Prey With Denver Kids, Bambi L. Yost Aug 2006

Mapping Places Of Play And Prey With Denver Kids, Bambi L. Yost

Bambi L Yost

In this study, GIS is used to investigate Denver neighborhoods through children's eyes. This community-based research project teaches inner-city children about the power of mapping and voicing preferences and concerns. Using GIS technology, neighborhood surveys, handdrawn maps, photographs, and other methods of exploration, children create maps of schoolgrounds and surrounding neighborhoods, revealing quantitative and qualitative data in a creative and informative way. This research serves to empower students and educate city officials about the benefits and deficits of inner-city living for Denver youth. Special emphasis is placed on places of play and physical activity as well as on places of …


Hybrid Practice: The Cross-Cultivation Of Art And Architecture, Peter P. Goché Jan 2006

Hybrid Practice: The Cross-Cultivation Of Art And Architecture, Peter P. Goché

Peter P. Goché

The RDG Dahlquist Art Studio finds renewed validity in an interdisciplinary effort.


Ethno Merit: Containing The Ritualistic Affairs Of A People, Peter P. Goché Jan 2006

Ethno Merit: Containing The Ritualistic Affairs Of A People, Peter P. Goché

Peter P. Goché

St. Paul Lutheran Church is the faith center for a rapidly expanding congregation made up of approximately 150 families. It is an evangelical structure for worship and prayer. Its mission: Every member a missionary.


Old Capitol: The Succession Of Commitment To Our Cultural Space, Peter P. Goché Jan 2006

Old Capitol: The Succession Of Commitment To Our Cultural Space, Peter P. Goché

Peter P. Goché

Our role as contemporaries in the lineage of American architecture is to preserve the historic fabric that links our environment to its people. The challenge of doing so is to at once maintain the authenticity of our vintage building stock while thoroughly embracing modern at- construction techniques. I believe it is an architect's greatest responsibility to resolve this inherent duality between human aspiration and lasting design integrity. Once complete, what remains and is contained are the indelible traces of repeated human celebration. The Old Capitol in Iowa City, then, is exemplary of such repetition. Its multiple preservation campaigns including the …