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Vcu Monroe Park Campus 'Iconic Green' Pre-Planning And Design Study, Nicholas A. Jancaitis

Master of Urban and Regional Planning Capstone Projects

The 'Iconic Green' pre-planning study for the Monroe Park Campus of VCU provides the framework and data necessary to support the intended 'nexus' on the proposed site. A review of the existing literature on various subjects included will highlight models and successful measures that have ensured success for previous similar built works. Having an understanding of the underlying factors and implications for the site, a needs assessment using existing literature and design precedents and in comparison with VCU's own desired end state and needs. Focusing on these comparisons within a theoretical framework called the Just Beautiful City, established in this …

Wayfinding In Warrenton, Logan Ashby

Master of Urban and Regional Planning Capstone Projects

This research helps to inform and establish a wayfinding signage system throughout the Town of Warrenton. A wayfinding system can help connect people to places using the built environment and serves as an easily understandable visual guide. Establishing a wayfinding system will help the Town create a cohesive branding, achieve cohesive gateways, while also helping to establish the five character districts that were introduced in the most recent comprehensive plan. This study included a wayfinding audit, which helped to establish the existing conditions and recommend the following the goals: Establish an advisory board to advise the Town on wayfinding decisions …

An Interview With Tony M. Bingham, Mysoon Rizk

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Taking Space: Contemporary Women Artists And The Politics Of Scale, Elizabeth S. Hawley

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Identifying The Sacrifice On The Sistine Chapel Ceiling And Its Implications For The Genesis Sequence, Eston Adams

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Consuming Stories: Kara Walker And The Imagining Of American Race, Nancy Wellington Bookhart

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Book review of Consuming Stories: Kara Walker and the Imagining of American Race, by Rebecca Peabody.

Iconoclasm And The Museum, Catherine Chastain-Elliott

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Book review of Iconoclasm and the Museum, by Stacy Boldrick.

Art Inquiries, Xviii:2-3, Full Issue

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Julie Mehretu, Jessica Stephenson

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Owning Our Story: An Interior Exploration To Foster Self-Reflection, Hannah Bulow

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With emerging technologies in the 21st century, Millennial and Gen Z adults have a complicated relationship with these new technologies when it comes to creating and sustaining personal relationships (Dalessandro, 2018). When persons aged 18-35 forged new relationships without the presence of technology, relationships were more organic, natural, and led to less conflicts. Neuroimaging of the brain has also shown that neurocognitive development during early adolescence and adulthood contributes to self-consciousness and vulnerability. Adolescents are called to develop their own identity separate from their parents and understanding how others are actually evaluating them (Sebastian, 2008)

Brene Brown states that most …

The Algorithmic Mashrabiya: Reimagining The Traditional Islamic Screen, Ahmed Nour

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Traditionally, a mashrabiya was an ornate wooden structure attached to the side of an Arabian building or house, with small, intricately patterned openings to provide both ventilation and privacy for the people inside. The patterns, following the geometric rules of Islamic ornament, lent a distinctive appearance to buildings in the region. A mashrabiya converted the house into a safe, private sanctuary, providing a magical scene inside, characterized by linear sun rays, filtered points of light and shadow. Over time, as building technology changed and the number of skilled craftsmen dwindled, the traditional mashrabiya has all but vanished. The aim of …

The Institute For Storytelling & Healthcare Design Research, Ruth E.P. Deibler

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STORYTELLING, HEALTHCARE, INTERIOR DESIGN EDUCATION & GROUNDED THEORY RESEARCH:

THE TRIFECTA OF TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE IN HEALTHCARE DESIGN

Flourish: Combating Food Insecurity & Promoting Wellness On A College Campus, Jocelyn Zavala

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MOTIVATION In the past, it has been assumed that students enrolled in college are fairly privileged individuals unlikely to face challenges associated with poverty (Haskett et al., 2020). That assumption has been challenged in the past few decades and a survey released last year by the Hope Center for College, Community and Justice indicated that 45% of today’s higher education students face food insecurity (Goldrick-Rab et al., 2019). According to VCU’s Dean of Students Office, it is a situation in which a student lacks access to enough nutritious food in order to live a healthy, active life. Food insecurity can …

Fallen Women, Rising Career: William Welles Bosworth’S Early Work For The New York Magdalen Benevolent Society, Andrea M. Ortuño

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Lethaby, Brockhampton, And The Early Development In England Of Concrete As A Vernacular-Modern Building Material, Robert M. Craig

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Commonwealth, Clare Van Loenen

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Dyani White Hawk: Speaking To Relatives, Sara Stepp

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Frank Duveneck: American Master, D. Bryan Schaeffer

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Back Matter

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The Spatial And Visual Dimension Of Protests: Art And Activism In The 2013 Ludwig Lépcsö (Ludwig Stairs) Budapest Protest Camp, Izabel Galliera

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Interventions To Slums And Informal Settlements: A Case Study Of The Integrated Housing Development Program In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Nathan Teklemariam

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Rapid urbanization is currently taking place in developing regions that have yet to address already existing and persistent inequities within their urban centers. There is perhaps no urban policy issue more critical for governments of the global South than the elimination of slums and informal settlements, along with the development of equitable access to affordable housing for low-income residents. Ethiopia has taken on this challenge through its Integrated Housing Development Program (IHDP), which incorporates slum clearance and resettlement through a government-led development of condominium housing targeting those displaced and other low and middle-income residents in the city.

Since the launch …

Reclaiming Orvieto, Italy: Livio Orazio Valentini’S Pursuit Of A Spatial, Cultural, And Artistic Heritage, Jeremy Culler

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Photographic Returns: Racial Justice And The Time Of Photography, Laura Elizabeth Shea

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Book review of Photographic Returns: Racial Justice and the Time of Photography, by Shawn Michelle Smith.

Taking The Water, Alison Ho

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“The baby boomer generation is about to transform into the largest elderly population in human history, changing how everyone lives, large and small. All of this will directly affect recreation and leisure professionals especially in leisure programming” (Sperezza & Banerjee, 2010, p. 197). In 2012, there were 43.1 million people in the United States that were aged 65+ and it is predicted that by 2050, that number will rise to 83.7 million (Ortman, Velkoff, Hogan, 2014). Baby boomers are more physically active than previous generations and many will now live 20% - 25% of their lives in active retirement. There …

Hidden Gem: Realizing The Value Of Community In Healthcare Environments, Nicole Lee

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Holistic approaches in healthcare address a problem from its root causes. The American healthcare model – both its treatment and distribution methods – is among the many issues that divides the nation. We have found ourselves with millions of uninsured people among a growing population where chronic illness is on the rise among adults and children, especially within low-income demographics (Goodman & Conway, 2016). Though this is a widespread epidemic, only recently has there been any effort to question and reform traditional healthcare.

The way that wellness is assessed in America has been detrimental to patient outcomes …

Food Park, Houria Boumzairig

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If climate change and population growth progress at their current pace, in roughly 50 years farming as we know it will no longer exist (Despommier, 2009). This means that the majority of people could soon be without enough food or water. But there is a solution that is surprisingly within reach: Move most farming into cities, and grow crops in tall, specially constructed buildings. It’s called vertical farming. “There is a close relation between the beginning of agriculture and the birth of architecture. Our cities were shaped by food” (Precht, 2019). The agricultural revolution ended our presence as hunters and …

Pissed On Or Pissed Off: Andy Warhol’S Oxidized Portrait Of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Anthony J. Morris

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When William T. Wiley And Bruce Nauman Wrote To H.C. Westermann, David Mccarthy

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Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau / Nouvelle Femme, Matthew Finn

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The Avant-Garde Networks Of Amauta: Argentina, Mexico, And Peru In The 1920s, Michele Greet

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