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"Never Forget": Embodied Absence And Extended Relations Of Care After 9/11, Sophie L. Riemenschneider

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation is a reflection on how loss was articulated in the wake of 9/11. The terror attacks engendered a memorial style that sought to give shape to grief, acknowledging it without filling it in or erasing it. This new style, which I term embodied absence, exists across a range of mediums, from literature to architecture. It is such a potent memorial form because it also captures the traumatic process, which is prolonged, layered, and potentially open-ended. However, despite their ability to mirror the nature of trauma, instances of embodied absence never verbalize the attacks’ root trauma—the disconnect between our …

Spectral Urbanism: Modern Ghost Cities, Rare Earths, And Political Time At The Limits Of Materialism, Linsey Ly

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Contemporary urbanization in China is marked by speed, repetition, and similitude, key features of what I call spectral urbanism that also attends to the presence or absence, to recursivity and deferral. The mass development of empty, outmoded, and seemingly abandoned modern ghost cities in China’s borderlands come to be used as evidence of an interruption or lack in the veneer of Chinese modernity. The contours and quality of stalled development are measured, read in objects of the built environment that have yet to fulfill their anticipated function: vacant buildings, quiet roads that lead no one to empty parks, homes which …

From Roundabout To Roundabout: Tahrir Square (1869- 2021), Mariam Abdelazim

Dissertations

Tahrir Square not only represents a symbol of liberation but also reflects the modern history of Egypt. Its several physical changes signify the rise and fall of the monarchy, colonialism, modernism, nationalism, capitalism, echoing a constantly changing definition of the Egyptian public space. And while the surrounding façades physically define the square, either the authorities or the public control its activities.

Khedive Ismail founded the square around 1869 as a roundabout on his “Paris along the Nile” modern city. Between 1882 and 1947, the site became the barracks’ location for the British troops who colonized Egypt. In 1952, an Egyptian …

Objekt Afaristo-Banesorë, Mendim Hysiqi

Theses and Dissertations

Duke u bazuar në Planin Zhvillimor dhe atë Urbanistik qyteti i Shtimes, është një vend që ka reliev me hapësira të bukura natyrore, si dhe vend në zhvillim e sipër në aspektin e ndërtimit, më është dukur e përshtatshme që këtij vendi të i shtohet një objekt afaristo-banesor në qendër të qytet, i cili do të plotëson të gjitha kushtet dhe standardet më të mira të ndërtimit, duke u përshtatur me ndërtimin dhe materialet e përdorura në rrethinën urbane.

Ideja e këtij objekti ka lindur pas përcaktimit të zonave ndërtimore dhe kam menduar qe parcela e zgjedhur i ploteson të …

Rebuilding California History: Research, Conceptual Design, And Code Analysis For The Reconstruction Of The Swanton Pacific Railroad On Swanton Ranch, David J. Choy

City and Regional Planning

The purpose of this report is to provide code research, code analysis, and conceptual design work for the Swanton Pacific Railroad. This work will provide a basis that decisions makers can use to review potential actions for the future of the Swanton Pacific Railroad. Based on the research, several issues have been identified that will need to be addressed if rebuilding is to succeed.

• The parcel that the railroad is located on is Split Zoned, which will need to be resolved.
• A decision needs to be made if this project is: Only rebuilding what was existing beforehand, rebuilding in part …

The Impact Of Daylight And Window Views On Health And Recovery: A Quash-Experimental Study Of Patients With Heart Disease In A Cardiac Icu, Roxana Jafarifiroozabadi

All Dissertations

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Being diagnosed with heart disease can lead to depression, anxiety, sleep disruption, and delirium symptoms, which can cause prolonged hospital stays among patients. Evidence suggests that the presence of daylight and window views can influence these symptoms positively. However, no studies to date have differentiated the impact of daylight from window views on heart disease patients or addressed how window use can impact patient recovery in cardiac intensive care units (CICUs).

This IRB-approved study employed a retrospective and prospective quasiexperimental approach to investigate CICU rooms of the same …

The Art Of The Climbing Wall, Gavin P. Day

Undergraduate Honors Theses

The aim of my thesis is to share the intricacies of climbing wall design, and the building blocks of art, science, and philosophy that go into the work. I will also be detailing my journey of learning through mentorship, trial and error, and my own experience with climbing. All of this culminates in a redesign of the current climbing wall at ETSU’s Basler Center for Physical Activity. While there is limited information on climbing wall design theory, insight is given through industry standards, competition regulations, and interdisciplinary design philosophies

An Investigation Of The Impact Of Covid-19 Infection Control On Visual Art Installations In Hospitals With Pediatric Patients, Shannon Kimich

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the impact of COVID-19 infection control on visual artwork in pediatric hospitals and hospitals caring for pediatric patients. The study involved five hospitals in three southern America states and addressed visual artwork and art installations. The researcher administered an internet-based survey to participants in job functions related to hospital administration, environmental services, and project management across the facilities and received participation from 18 respondents. Additionally, telephone interviews were conducted with three participants with the job titles project manager/analyst, child-life specialist, and environmental services director. Survey questions were designed to examine visual art programs in selected children’s hospitals …

Mélange De Motifs: Custom Pattern Designs Inspired By The Interiors, Architecture, And Gardens Of Vaux-Le-Vicomte, Jill Christine Harmon

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

How can a historic precedent be successfully employed to inform modern design? History will always provide a degree of influence in contemporary design. In design, a historic precedent can be the backbone of a creative concept and stands as a relevant and informative aspect throughout the project. The precedent acts as a basis in developing designs with substance and meaning and is a fundamental practice in architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design. Delving into the history of Vaux-le-Vicomte, often referred to as Vaux, provided three relevant aspects which compose the historic precedent for this MFA project. First, the creative initiative …

Reasons And Remedies To The Dying Plant Walls, Hayley Q. Mcgough

Construction Management

Sustainability in construction has been increasingly popular and detrimental with the state of the planet and climate change. One of the more popular solutions is the addition of plant façades to a building, which are plants that are put on the vertical of a building. The benefits that come with plant facades include and are not limited to: Reduction of the urban heat island effect, improved air quality, local job creation, improved energy efficiency, building structure protection, noise reduction, increased biodiversity, urban agriculture. These benefits are not reaching their full potential because these plant façades keep dying creating a bigger …

Single-Family Residential Flood Loss Reduction Through Freeboard, Ehab Said Gnan

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The lack of flood loss estimation methods conducted on a micro-scale level that consider the full loss‐exceedance probabilities curve poses a significant problem in flood risk assessment. Also, the lack of robust benefit-cost analysis (BCA) that quantifies benefits at the micro-scale level leads to sub-optimal results, and therefore sub-optimal decisions when determining the optimal freeboard. Further, flood loss assessments focus on owner-occupied housing and neglect rental housing. These loss assessment deficiencies underscore the need for a robust assessment that quantifies the life-cycle benefits for all stakeholders and provides actionable information to enable informed decisions.

This research presents a comprehensive methodology …

An Adverse Path To Home: Challenges For Low-Income Workers In Access Housing In Some Mexican Cities, Aurora Melisa Munoz Casarrubias

Architecture and Planning ETDs

This thesis studies the homeownership discourses that encouraged low-income Mexican workers to commit to paying home loans and the process of providing mortgages as a strategy to address housing needs in Mexico with a case study of Homex developments. Homex was a large-scale housing construction project, which enabled me to study housing supply through loans and mortgages.

Currently, the purchase of new housing in Mexico is only accessible to those who receive more than five minimum wages (CONEVAL, 2018). To extend homeownership to low-income workers, financial institutions and the Mexican government promoted mortgage securitization and large-scale construction projects like Homex. …

“Stacioni I Trenit”- Prizren, Qëndresë Hoxha

Theses and Dissertations

Udhëtimi është rritur dhe mënyra ë udhëtimit ka ndryshuar. Cilësia e përgjithshmë e një stacioni si një mjedis i vizituar, pikë transferimi dhe një pjesë integrale e qytetit është thelbësore në tërheqjen e më shumë udhëtarëve të transportit publik.

Njëri nga problemet kryesore në Kosovë, është transporti, e në veçanëri transporti hekurudhor. Mungesa e transportit hekurudhor në Kosovë me bëri që të perzgjedh këtë temë mbi gjith të tjerat.

Qëllimi i këtij punimi është krijimi i një stacioni të qëndrueshëm, nga ku Kosova do të ketë lidhje kombetare dhe ndërkombetare.

Kryqëzimi i rrugës kryesore me linjat hekurudhore bëri që hekurudhat …

Ndërtesat Ekonomike - Qendër Tregtare, Egzon Mala

Theses and Dissertations

E gjithë njohuria e marrë gjatë studimeve në fakultetin e Arkitekturës dhe Planifikimit Hapësinor por edhe njohurit e tjera jashtë sistemit universitar janë shtjelluar e përdorur në ketë temë (Qendër tregtare) të diplomës.

Arsyeja e zgjedhjes së temës për ndërtesa ekonomike është sfidim i vetvetes dhe nxënia e njohurive për projekte me komplekse se ato të zakonshmet.

E gjithë tema dhe planimetrit e objektit janë zhvilluar, konsultuar, ndryshuar e zgjidhur me mentorin e nderuar Dr. Lulzim Beqiri.

Në zhvillimin e temës kryesisht jam inspiruar nga arkitektura moderne dhe post-moderne, nga rregullat gjeometrike e veçanërisht nga pionierët e arkitekturës moderne: Le …

Projektimi I Ndërteses Me Funksione Të Përziera, Guri Berisha

Theses and Dissertations

Ndërtesat me përdorim të përzier janë objekte me më shumë se një përdorim. Struktura e një ndërtese tipike me përdorim të përzier lejon hyrjen e të paktën dy grupeve të përdoruesve, ku të dy grupet përfitojnë prej pranisë së tjetrit. Mbrojtësit e politikës kompakte të qytetit argumentojnë se ndertesat me përdorim te përzier janë të nevojshme për arritjen e kompaktësisë. Kërkesa për dendësi në qytetet në zhvillim po rritet pasi çmimet e tokës po rriten dhe pothuajse nuk ka parcela të lira në qendra. Edhe pse nuk ka masa universale për etazhitet të ulët, të mesëm dhe te lartë, une …

“Hotel", Klementina Hakaj

Theses and Dissertations

Tema e këtij punimi të diplomës mbështetet në krijimin e një hapësire të mirëfilltë turistike në Grykën e Deçanit, duke synuar shtimin e vlerave të kësaj zone.

Meqë ndërtime të tilla mungojnë në këtë hapësirë me potencial të madh,trajtimi I kësaj teme ka qenë sa sfidues aq edhe interesant, por mbi të gjitha shumë I nevojshëm.

Në kuadër të projektit përfshihet një hotel me asetet e nevojshme për të siguruar pushim dhe rekreim, e cila mundëson që bukuritë malore të përjetohen direkt nga “zemra” e tij.

Projekti është dizajnuar në atë mënyrë që të ketë sa më pak ndërhyrje në …

Consulting Place As Stakeholder: Accessing The Input Of Ecological Community, Hunter Adkisson

Landscape Architecture Undergraduate Honors Theses

This is a project about how landscape architects approach the landscape in their design process. Indigenous worldviews hold that the world is living and animate in its own right. When we consider stakeholder engagement in this light, the need arises to extend the definition of stakeholders to include the ecological communities of place – the flora, fauna, soils, and other non-human elements of place. To gather that input, I experimented with techniques to access a greater awareness of ecological community at two sites with different levels of urbanity and types of land management practices. This experimental approach was surprisingly successful …

How Culture And Storytelling Can Influence Urban Development: An Ethnographic Look At The Community-Driven Revitalization Of Newtown In Sarasota, Florida, Michala Head

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

When Americans think of Florida, tourist attractions often trail the initial thoughts of alligator sand chaos. Disneyworld and its neighboring parks are set up for optimal experience and consumption, the thought of a trip South along the coast for a sweltering beach day, sipping on a frozen drink in January sings to Midwesterners. For residents of these seaside cities, such as Sarasota, the experiences of the space are much more complex. Within the broader contexts of the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement following the murder of George Floyd and a global pandemic that impacted America’s marginalized populations disproportionally, …

Mapping The Case Study Houses: Translating History Via Design, Samuel L. Person

University Honors Theses

In this paper, I detail the process of creating a book titled The Case Study Houses: A Field Guide, a project meant to fill a gap in the scholarship on the Case Study Houses, one of the most influential architectural programs of the 20^th century. I provide an overview of existing scholarship on the program, in addition to its shortcomings, and how my project addresses these by translating that body of work into an approachable, modern, yet no less informational format. My research process involved concatenating various informational sources into one cohesive whole that provides a standardized presentation …

How Can Portland's Urban Landscape Better Utilize Stormwater?, Joni Frame

University Honors Theses

This thesis worked to explore stormwater management and water runoff using urban green infrastructure in Portland, Oregon. Water management systems are used to store and treat stormwater (precipitation) that runs off impervious surfaces in our built environment. Stormwater is produced by rain and other forms of precipitation that runs off impervious surfaces such as streets, parking lots, and other sites. Climate changes are projected to include more frequent and more intensive storms which can lead to extreme flood hazards, increasing the stormwater runoff. This study analyzed the context of climate change in the city of Portland, OR, to understand how …

Assessment Of Carbon Dioxide Emission And Its Impact On High-Rise Mixed-Use Buildings In Egypt, Ahmed Salah Hamza

Theses and Dissertations

With Egypt's vision of 2030 focusing on sustainable development with a true emphasis on Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) emission reduction in the newly built cities and high-rise buildings, efforts are exerted on various levels towards accomplishing the vision’s goals. This is achieved through multiple tools and models associated with aiding the reduction of carbon emissions, yet not a clear one was introduced for the mixed-use buildings in Egypt.

Through this work, a significant gap was identified with respect to high-rise buildings carbon emission assessment in Egypt. This was a main driving force for this work in an attempt to …

Creating An Online Concrete Masonry Course For Accessibility, Dolores Herrera

Architectural Engineering: Graduate Reports

An online undergraduate course in masonry design was created for an asynchronous delivery format and to fulfill web accessibility requirements. This report outlines the process of the course creation with Canvas as the host platform. Emphasis is placed on how content including lecture presentations, assignments, and course modules were developed with strong graphic software and communication skills. For accessibility, the content creation was guided by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA Standards. Lastly, the significance of learning masonry design in undergraduate structural engineering curriculum is discussed in addition to the structural engineering industry practices used to complete …

Sensory Refreshment: Tcm Reconsidered, Ni Tang

Masters Theses

With the rapid development and expansion of our cities and the economic demand placed on residents, city dwellers are under more personal stress than ever. Long commutes, overtime work, irregular rest, unhealthy diets, urban pollution and noise all adversely impact wellbeing. These unhealthy conditions overwhelm the mind and make residents mentally and physically sub-healthy. Sub-health is a state between complete health and sickness, which is especially common in large cities. The sub-health rate in Shanghai and Beijing has reached more than 70%.

Chinese medicine can regulate the human body from a holistic perspective and help solve sub-health problems. Chinese medicine …

Blacow Road Improvement Plan, Nishita Kandikuppa

City and Regional Planning

Providing safe and accessible entrances to schools, especially elementary, middle, and high schools where children are below the age of 18, should be of utmost priority to cities. Providing wide sidewalks, painted bicycle lanes and continental crosswalks (with the lateral lines) are just basic infrastructure improvements that can be made within the vicinity of a school. However, due to lack of funding or attention from the city departments, many school entryways are being neglected and the direct impact of this is increased collisions among students, drivers, and bicyclists. My senior project studied one such school in Fremont, California where the …

A Proposal For Middle Housing Design Guidelines For The City Of San Luis Obispo, Abby Miramontes

City and Regional Planning

The City of San Luis Obispo is interested in developing a Missing Middle Housing Plan to promote the development of attractive, affordable housing in the city. Middle housing includes duplexes, triplexes, cottage courts, and townhomes. Although middle housing is not necessarily affordable by definition, it can increase housing affordability by improving the diversity of housing types available. Design guidelines will help ensure that proposed developments fit into the character of existing neighborhoods and the community as a whole.

Analiza E Objekteve Industriale Në Komunën E Gjilanit Të Ndërtuara Para Viteve Të 90-Ta - Regjenerimi Urban I Zonës Tek Ish-Fabrika E Tekstilit Dhe Fabrika E Radiatorëve, Gentrit Sabedinaj

Theses and Dissertations

Synimi i këtij punimi të temës në nivelin Bachelor është studimi dhe analizimi I gjendjes dhe funksionit të fabrikave në Komunën e Gjilanit e posaqërisht në qytetin e Gjilanit si dhe rigjenerimi urban I tyre, fabrika këto të cilat dikur kanë qenë funksionale dhe e bënin Gjilanin një qendër mjaft të rëndësishme ekonomike të kohës. Ndërsa me ndërhyrjen tonë kemi arritur që te shfrytëzojmë një hapsirë mjaft të madhe në brendësi të qytetit dhe në afërsi të fabrikave për të ngritur një Pavilion duke I dhënë funksione të ndryshme si dhe me hapsirë të përjetimit.

Projektimi I Ndërtesës Së Tipit Simbiotë “Symbiotic Tower”, Rrustem Gogaj

Theses and Dissertations

Njerëzit kanë nevoja të ndryshme të jetës, një vend për të jetuar, një vend për të punuar dhe një vend për të blerë. Larmia e këtyre nevojave ndikon në kërkesat hapësinore për aktivitete, atehërë në menyrë që të rritet efikasiteti i këtyre nevojave, nevojitet një hapësirë që është në gjendje të akomodojë disa funksione njëkohësisht. Projektimi i ndërtesës multifunksionale na bënë të mundur për t’i bashkuar disa funksione në të njejtën kohë në një ndërtesë. Duke dizajnuar një ndërtesë të tillë multifunksionale e cila synon të sigurojë një hapesirë që është në gjendje të përmbushë nevojat njerëzore dhe të sigurojë …

Villë Banimi-Ansambël, Suela Halimi

Theses and Dissertations

Angazhimet ditore, stresi nga puna, situata me hapësirat e gjelbruara në vendit tonë, bëjnë që njerëzit të jenë në kërkim të hapsirave më të gjelbëruara për të kaluar kohë me familjen dhe të kenë privatësi e sidomos fëmijët të kenë më shumë hapësirë për aktivitetet ditore dhe sportive. Lokacioni është një ndër pikat kyqe për projektimin e një ville banimi. Qellimi i perzgjedhjes se projektimit te villes ansambel ka qenë krijimi i një ville me struktura të shpërndara, gjë që nuk jemi mësuar ta shohim shpesh në vendin tonë, si dhe përmbushja e të gjitha elementeve të nevojshme dhe të …

Imprints Of Home, Sara Burashed

Masters Theses

I’ve always been interested in how home’s domesticity holds memories of space and objects that link back to people. This thesis explores home’s importance in holding memories of comfort. Yet architecture, being the physical embodiment of home, lacks using home’s ephemeral quality as an advantage in designing space.

This thesis will explore how objects from home that link to architectural parts of home can be used as tools for comfort and familiarity within the public realm. The objectives of this thesis is to create a public intervention that aims to create nostalgia of home.

The project will use home’s ephemeral …

An Interplay: Biomimetic Exploration Of Systems In Architecture, Sanjana Masurkar

Masters Theses

How can we use nature’s way of building and designing and apply this knowledge in a progressive, and innovative way? Can scouring the biosystem be an effective way of finding inspiration?

Art, in the broader sense, is anything produced by humans rather than nature. Through nature, the ultimate source of knowledge and wisdom, is where we eventually draw inspiration from. By manifesting the environment, humans are able to respect and look into nature in a new light. Interaction with nature helps better understand and value the natural themes. The relationship between design and the built environment opens up the politics …