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Performing Arena For Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association, Rodger Boyd

Architecture and Planning ETDs

In the near future the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association located in Gallup, New Mexico plans to re-locate the annual Indian Ceremonial program on a new site. The Inter-Tribal Indian Association states the new complex as a National Indian Memorial Park. It will be a park to preserve a permanent exhibit of the various cultures of the Indians of North America.

Taos Neighborhood Study, Stephen A. Cox

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Methods employed in city planning vary from one office to another, but in general are just about the same. The planner has the information available about the political system of the city required to provide funding for projects. He also has the required information about the traffic patterns and building massing to set guidelines for future building. This is referred to as a master plan. If he ever thinks about the character of his community, it is most likely to be his own visual image.

However, there is an new approach to the method of research into city planning which …

High Rise Livestock Feeding Facility, Richard Engstorm

Architecture and Planning ETDs

To enable this complex to operate feasibly within the criterion set down, it will have to incorporate many operations involving the total usage of the inputs to finished manufactured goods. The section chosen to be solved in detail is the handling of livestock from un-loading until delivery to the processing plant. Other operations will be dealt with on the surface only. The following questions; therefore, deal only with the inputs in live form.

A Bus Terminal Facility For Santa Fe, N.M., Michael Beltran Jr.

Architecture and Planning ETDs

The city of Santa Fe has long been in need of an adequate, up-to-date bus terminal facility to serve the city and satisfactorily fulfill its transportation needs. This need was recognized as far back as 1946 when the firm of Harland Bartholomew and Associates submitted a comprehensive plan study to the city, noting: "...it would be most desirable for the city (of Santa Fe) to have a new Union bus depot. The present terminal (is) not satisfactory to handle the present traffic. (It has) the disadvantage of bringing bus traffic into the very heart of the business district and consequently …

A Tri-Cultural Arts And Crafts Center, Michael B. Ragsdale

Architecture and Planning ETDs

lt is quite apparent that in the City of Albuquerque, there are not any definite or permanent facilities for the artists and craftsmen of this area. Although the University of New Mexico does have good facilities, they are not always available on a full-time basis. As for local groups, they have not been able to consistently operate or maintain any permanent facilities.

Therefore, I am proposing, as a thesis project, to design an Arts and Crafts Center for Albuquerque. It would be my intention to establish this center for the three principal cultures of New Mexico to work, perform, exhibit, …

An Educational Research Center For The Albuquerque Zoo, Adenois Lujan

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Statement of Problem.

The problem, an Educational Research Center for the Albuquerque Zoo is a study of a facility which will benefit both the Albuquerque Zoo and the community itself. This facility must have a high degree of flexibility of use and should permit a high rate of utilization.

Purpose of Facility.

The concept of this facility, reflected in the program which follows, is based upon the function and type of research which will be performed in this facility. It will also be based upon the proven effectiveness of instructional aids in improving both qualitatively and quantitatively, the teaching-learning process.

A Forming System For Concrete Components, John J. Johnson Iv

Architecture and Planning ETDs

We have a direct correlation between the complexity of the organism, the complexity of the structure and the complexity of the social structure. This is to say that there exists an inverse function between the complexity of the living organism and the simplification and sublimation of the structure in which that organism lives. We are getting more and more specialized, but as the technology advances, we get to the point where the person or organism that does nothing becomes much more important, purely and simply so that there is some reason to produce. And if the quantity of that organism …

Lake Linganore: A High Density Town, Geoffrey Andros Beebe

Architecture and Planning ETDs

The problem to be presented involves a new community development in the Washington D.C. area, in particular two and one-half miles east of Frederick, Maryland. The site is 2,200 acres of rolling farm and wood land, with a creek running the greatest length of the site. The community is planned for an ultimate population of 22,000 persons, or an overall density of ten persons per acre.

An Underwater Oceanographic Research Habitat, Windell H. Kilmer

Architecture and Planning ETDs

The purpose of this program is to set the goals, specify the requirements, and establish the limits for my involvement in the design of an Underwater Habitat which would be placed on a submerged continental shelf which borders one of the land masses. The habitat would serve an oceanographic research team who would be employed within a pilot program to ascertain the performance of the habitat for future human occupation in larger numbers.

Central Library Facility City Of Albuquerque, Robert L. Rocheleau

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Albuquerque desperately needs a new Central Library Facility. The library system has outgrown its present facilities. A definite proposal is now being undertaken by the Library Board, Librarian and City Officials to realize such a facility. It is the intention of the "Thesis Student" to hopefully research, and design a facility within the realm of a satisfactory program that must: (1) meet the demands of a progressing community, and (2) reach into the future, anticipating the characteristics and needs of the community of tomorrow.

Revitalization Movements In Rio Arriba County, John R. Verploegh

Architecture and Planning ETDs

This semester I am making preparations for thesis work in architecture next semester. My thesis project includes:

I. Proposed Model

Design of a village system based on field research in Rio Arriba County in northern New Mexico

II. Field Research

A. An anthropological cultural value study of the area through field research

B. A cross-cultural comparison of a rural culture and an urbanized culture

III. Possible design procedures to be determined upon completion of the field research

A. Go to the people who have moved out of the study area and find out under what rules they would come back …

A Study On Housing For The Home Improvement Project, Louis Castillio, Edward Preston

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Like most other cities in the nation, Albuquerque is suffering from lack of planning. It's growth is huge and hapazard. Deterioration and conjestion reveal itself throughout the city. To help fight this deterioration, Albuquerque has asked for federal funds. Unfortunately the appropriation received was not adequate enough to renew all of Albuquerque's deteriorating areas and a decision has been made to inject the funding into the central business district, Martinez Town, South Broadway and the Berelas Area. However, this is only a small portion of Albuquerque's depressed areas. Deterioration has spread through out the Southwest Valley. There is considerable evidence …

Technical -Vocational Secondary School, Thomas Carr

Architecture and Planning ETDs

In looking for solutions to the urgent need for increased vocational training in the state of New Mexico, I propose for my bachelor's thesis to study a combined Technical-Vocational Secondary School.

This will not be an Area Vocational School as is the one at El Rito and the one in the planning stage for Espanola. This facility will be under the administration of Albuquerque Public Schools as is Albuquerque's Technical Vocational Institute, but unlike T-VI will incorporate both technical-vocational, and college preparatory curriculums.

An Education Park For The Albuquerque Public School System, Roger Lujan

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Purpose

1. To analyze functional and socio-economic requirements for a large scale educational facility in the Albuquerque Public School System.

2. To design and present the planning and architectural solution for such a facility.

Program For The Development Of A Building Concept For Student Housing, James Lawrence Brown

Architecture and Planning ETDs

To develop a building system concept for student housing in which the form of the building results from an analysis of the individual unit. The analysis will establish a lineal and volumetric module. This approach deviates from the normal pattern of building in that each segment of the dormitories requirements are broken down in a system of sub-systems. When the sub-systems are analysed they will comprise the total form of the building.

Mobile Residential Support Unit, John W. Eden

Architecture and Planning ETDs

During an interview with a person connected with the Atomic Energy Commission we came across an architectural problem that they have neglected. He said, "We have a campsite at all our nuclear test sites and these campsites could be improved greatly. The major problems in these campsites are the ungodly amount of time it takes to build one and the cost involved is out of sight." He then said, "What we really need is a mobile campsite that can be set up very quickly at a minimal cost."

Taking this last statement in mind I began working with the research …

A Prototype Terminal Elevator Program & Conclusion, Gary Saxton

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Available material concerning grain production, existing facilities, and technical studies of grain handlinq problems has been obtained, classified, and will be analyzed with the intention of producing a superior grain handling plant. The direction taken has been one of the integration of visual elements and physical design in parallel with the practical applications of the mechanics of grain handling, processing, and storage, for the efficient operation of an entire complex.

A Uranium Concentration Mill, Augustus Fredrick Keck Iv

Architecture and Planning ETDs

The Geologic and mining technic information was included in this report to explain from where and how the raw material is obtained for the milling process. The only requirements that affects the mill is that the ore is locally present and a knowledge of the type of rock from which the uranium is to be extracted. This fact would effect the milling process.

An Institution To Serve The Delinquent Girl, Donald L. Mackel

Architecture and Planning ETDs

"Society has not, to this point in time developed many alternatives which are available to the court for the handling of the juvenile adjudicated as delinquent. The major forms are, and have been since the establishment of the judicial court probation, probation with a suspended sentence or commitment to an institution. From these, the sentencing authority must select that form of treatment that is best suited to the needs of the individual and is in the best interests of the community."

The purpose of this institution then, is to serve the court adjudicated juvenile (age 12-19) delinquent girl through a …

A Job Corps Center For Women Albuquerque, New Mexico, G. Stanton Mason

Architecture and Planning ETDs

The federal goverment at this time is engaged in a seemingly impossible struggle to alleviate poverty from the country. We all realize that something must be done to reduce the pathetic situation which could, if left unchecked, be the downfall of many of our larger cities. The problem then is where to begin. Certainly funds must be allocated in areas where potential improvement is the greatest. I believe this area is the youth of the country. This group composes the potential leaders of tomorrow. If they go bad, where will the situation end? The answer is, it won't.

A Master Plan And Prototype Condominium For Taos Ski Valley, John Michael Coyne

Architecture and Planning ETDs

With the tremendous technological advances we have experienced in recent years, and shall continue to experience, one will find the working individual's week shortened to thirty, even twenty, hours. Machines will be responsible for a vast amount of labor currently conducted by men. Accompanying this decrease in working hours will be a high correlation of leisure time, much of which will be spent in recreation. At present, facilities in all areas of recreation are highly limited. In the future, a large portion of man's energy will be directed toward provision of adequate facilities in keeping with his role of leisure …

A Large Hub Airport For The Denver Metropolitan Area, Carl Gene Dyer

Architecture and Planning ETDs

There is a serious airport problem which threatens to impede substantially the growth of air transportation. The most acute part of this problem is congestion on the runways, congestion in the terminals, and congestion in the ground approaches to the airports. At the other end of the spectrum, we continue to have the problem of adequate financing for the less busy airports where traffic is not sufficient to pay all the costs.

A Design For A High Density Sector At The Pueblo Of Laguna, Laguna, New Mexico, Andrew Acoya

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Design 30 family dwelling units on the Laguna Indian Reservation ranging in size from 1 to 4 bedrooms.

A Convention Center For Albuquerque, New Mexico, David Edward Werner

Architecture and Planning ETDs

The following program will verbally state the scope of the problem: A Convention Center for the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico to be designed in conjunction with the proposed redevelopment of downtown Albuquerque. This redevelopment is now in the preliminary study phase by the Planning Department of the City, and therefore many things being proposed by the department will be assumed as becoming a reality.

A Design Program And Solution For A Multi-Media Instructional Center On The Central Campus Of The University Of New Mexico, Patrick Mcclernon

Architecture and Planning ETDs

The new core will hold and disseminate information even as the traditional library center did in the past. It can be imagined that such a core would contain facilities so students will hear and see poetry presented by the authors, open-heart surgery, drama performances, governmental debates, scientific experiments, etc. In short, with closed circuit TV, tapes, information recall systems, multi-media presentation systems, etc., it is possible to extend and expand many times over the immediate availability of information and material.

Such a center will not replace the traditional library but will supplement it.

Facilities For Audio Recording And Reproduction, Robert J. Sturtcman

Architecture and Planning ETDs

To provide all facilities for all aspects of sound recording. The world requires many forms of tapes and records for purposes of pleasure, education, scientific research, scientific exploration, historical documentation, and the rapidly expanding computer era. The exactness of the facility will assure proper recording and reproduction of the above listed.

Theater For The Performing Arts, Dan Danenberg

Architecture and Planning ETDs

The goal of the theater for the performing arts for the city of Albuquerque will be the provision of facilities for three distinct theater requirements in the field of the performing arts.

Design For Albuquerque Metropolitan Law Enforcement Agency And Municipal Court Authority Buildings, William C. Winkler

Architecture and Planning ETDs

This thesis concerns itself with design development for an Albuquerque Metropolitan Law Enforcement Agency. Very little up-to-date written material was found pertaining to law enforcement facility design so the information displayed on succeeding pages is derived primarily from interviews with Police Department personnel. Rather than being any type of case study I would say the design proposal is very unique to Albuquerque because of this factor and this has proven to be entirely adequate and desirable. The statistical and descriptive data has been delineated in outline form to aid in cross referencing and comprehending the largest number of operational systems …

A Planning Analysis Of Utah Lake To Determine Its Recreational Potential, Robert D. Talbert

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Utah Lake, located near Provo, Utah, is a lake of relatively low recreational development. There are certain inherent conditions that contribute to this situation. Four of them are, water level fluctuation, pollution, turbidity and the close proximity of other recreation sites of possible high desirability. This thesis explores these four problems and offers solutions and recommendations to solve or otherwise control their effect on recreation at Utah Lake.

The water level fluctuation will be under greater control after the Central Utah Project completes certain alterations in the lake and its watershed. Some fluctuation will continue but by proper design of …

New Town Concept: A Regional Shopping Center, 1980 For The State Of New Mexico, Eli Voil Lattin

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Purpose of Study:

to produce a regional sized shopping center in the state of New Mexico, outside of, or on the periphery of Albuquerque, New Mexico; to show that a low density area through planned decentralization of the cities will allow the opportunity for further growth in these cities; to investigate suitable locations for such a development within the state of New Mexico; to select a site; to investigate other regional shopping centers in other cities; to understand the main functions of these developments; to incorporate these findings into the design of a modern regional shopping center to a focal …