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Fundamentals Of Mountain Resort Base Village Design: A Critical Review Of Existing Resort Developments With Recommendations For Future Development Practices, Bryan P. Harding

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The North American ski industry has grown over the past century from a small, family-owned and -operated industry, to a multi-billion dollar industry dominated by corporate management organizations. The rise of corporate resort ownership has led to the trend of the construction base village developments at ski resorts around the country to attract guests, and therefore revenue, to their resorts. Though many base villages have been very successful in attracting skiers, examples of poor landscape architectural design practices abound in the industry. This study examines several design elements considered to be the "fundamental elements of designed space," applies these elements …

Effects Of Changing The Amount Of Absorption In A Computer Model Of Queen’S Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark, Michelle C Vigeant, Lily M. Wang, Jens Holger Rindel

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications

Room acoustics modelling and auralizations are very useful tools in the design of acoustically sensitive spaces.  One area of improvement for auralizations is the method of modelling the source directivity.  A new method to incorporate source directivity is multi-channel auralizations.  This study first evaluates the objective effects of using four and thirteen channel impulse responses in an ODEON model of Queen’s Hall, where the actual variable absorption is changed within the model.  Analyses of the results reveal great differences in the objective parameters of reverberation time and sound pressure level across each channel’s impulse response.  Subjective studies were then conducted …

The Woodstock Exposition: Fractured Reflections Of...Architecture - Rememberance - Experience - Music, Ryan Boe

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

“Architecture is frozen music. Music is thawed architecture. How can the two arts be compared or juxtaposed? Or, how can they co-exist and interact with each other when they come together and intersect? (Grueneisen pg. 10).” Music, like architecture, plays a profound role in our everyday lives; it has the power to uplift us with a single gesture. Like architecture, music has its movements of change and their respective moments that create those changes. The three-day music festival of 1969 known as Woodstock provided the world of music with such a monumental moment in time. But, this monumental moment in …

Downtown Revitalization: Parks In The Sky, James C. Adrian Jr.

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

Over the past eight to ten years Omaha has taken great strides in redeveloping the downtown business district. Many businesses have reinvested in the downtown adding new buildings and parks to the area. The most noticeable are the two new high-rise buildings or First National Bank and Union Pacific Railroad. One key ingredient missing in the revitalization of downtown is the source of people throughout the entire day. Omaha has made some attempts to bring people back downtown by creating new apartments and condominiums. When you take a closer look, you will see the lack of mixed use buildings.

With …

One Stop Community Center – Adaptive Reuse Of A Vacant Wal-Mart, Heather A. Dysart

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

It is the intention of this project to redevelop a vacant Wal-Mart store into an adult education/community center. With the ever changing nature of our retail environ¬ment vacant stores will become a part of our architectural scene, thus it is important to make considerations of what could be done with buildings, besides just tearing them down. There are several considerations that will be integral in developing a successful renovation of the abandoned store. These considerations include the aesthetic nature of a Wal-Mart, the program elements that should be offered, the integration of light into such a large structure, entries into …

Rezidential Housing: A Prototype For The Winnebago Tribe, Alissa Piere

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

This project investigates the current housing challenges of the Winnebago Indian Reservation located in Northeast Nebraska. The project will develop prototypical solutions to the housing problems and design the residential environment on the reservation at three different levels: 1- the domestic unit itself, 2- at the level of the immediate community formed by the clustering homes within a neighborhood and the indoor/outdoor spaces they share, and 3- at the level of the site plan. Mentors: Zeynep Kezer and Martin Despang.

Active Living: [Pro]Active Planning[Re]Active Residence, Jamie Wietfield

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

The Near South Neighborhood within Lincoln was originally a prominent neighborhood of large single-family homes. Within the 20th Century a need for higher density living initiated the development of multi-family units within the area, which has drastically affected the characteristic of the neighborhood.

The intention of this project is the development of a system of infill housing that allows for higher density living, enhances the characteristic of the neighborhood, provides affordable housing options, and adapts to multiple site and user characteristics.

Developing a system of modular units, the project allows for multiple design solutions, personalization of space, and an efficient …

Lincoln Multi-Modal Center, Jeffrey Bayer

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

The problem with many cities today is the lack of transportation options. Our society believes and enforces that the only way to get somewhere is by car. Mass transit is seen as dirty and bad, and we are just too lazy to walk. It is also next to impossible to walk from place to place most of the city; everything is just too far apart. This is the case when cities are made of suburbs and big box developments. The ability to implement an alternative transit system is severely inhibited by this style of development. The urban core, or downtown …

Reexamine The American Automobile Dealership, Jamie D. Winters

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

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As a result the American society's dependency on the automobile, automobile dealerships grow in size and number unparalleled in any other industry. Dealerships are constantly seeking more inventories and require an ever increasing amount of space in which to display this inventory. This creates a constantly evolving cycle of abandoning old dealerships in search of a new larger space to accommodate the growing quantity of cars. This effect is compounded by the fact that many dealerships locate in colonies with other dealerships to multiply their customer drawing power. These huge sprawling parking lots may be a successful business practice …

Flexible Overlay: Unearthing Potential At The Nebraska State Fair Park, Katherine A. Gluckselig

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

The Nebraska State Fair Park is utilized to its full extent for only eleven days in the fall when the annual State Fair takes place. For the remaining fifty weeks of the year, the vast outdoor space sits vacant and underutilized. The Fair “Park,” as it is called, is not a park at all—as a collection of empty buildings and useless lots, it offers little possibility for recreational use by members of the surrounding community. Not only does the current layout fail to encourage seasonal activities, it does not provide optimal support for the State Fair itself. Buildings have been …

Arenactivate, Greg Brown

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

The primary focus of the project will be the design of a new multipurpose arena and support spaces on the northern edge of the Haymarket in Lincoln, Nebraska. Additionally, the project will address the schematic master planning of the area, including vehicular and pedestrian traffic access, streetscape design, and parking structures. Addressing the present void between the Haymarket District and Haymarket Park while providing an active link between the two will also be a priority. The arena will have the ability to host a variety of sporting and entertainment events and will have a capacity between 12,500 and 17,500, depending …

Education In Transition: An Urban Middle School, Jeremy L. Carlson

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

The main objective of this project is to successfully design a middle school in downtown Omaha Nebraska. With the development of nearly a dozen condominiums in the downtown Omaha area, representing over 400 units, (Omaha World Herald 11-29-2004) there presents a need for a middle school that is currently missing in the downtown area.

Downtown Omaha currently has an elementary school and a high school in the area. A middle school downtown will complete the educational infrastructure in the downtown area.

The majority of the school population will be students living in the area, but also will accommodate those families …

A New Palavela: A Temporal And Enduring Home For The Arts, Jennifer Parkening

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

In choosing a thesis project the desire was to design a facility where similar structures had not done the event justice. The sport of figure skating represented this desire well. This idea transformed into a design for an Olympic site in Turin Italy for the 2006 figure and short track speed skating. The facil¬ity will become a permanent fixture in Turin as a civic-center. Pierre Baron de Coubertin, developer of the foundation for the modern Olympic games, defined what Olympic architecture should strive to achieve,

The Olympic City should captivate the visitor as a dignified and grandiose complex by monumentality …

Urban Architecture Studio, Steve Greco

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

I. Project Title
This proposal calls for an Urban Architecture Studio in London, UK. Preliminary programmatic elements include: studios, critic space, library, computer area, residence units, faculty suite, office(s),social lounge, porters’ lodge, dining room, kitchen, cook/maids room, and reception area.

II. Statement of Intent
As a current student with an interest in teaching later on in my career, I am naturally drawn to the design of an architecture facility and how it may facilitate the education that occurs within it. This notion was first presented to me by a representative of LeoA. Daly during a presentation regarding high performance K-12 …

Inspriring Minds: Creating Community In The Classroom, Jean A. Vacha

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

My desire is to focus my sixth year project on a primary educational facility. Over the past five years, I have spent countless hours engaged in the child’s environment. I have volunteered in an after school program at Elliot Elementary, refereed YMCA basketball games, co-lead a bible study for junior high students, and spent two summers as a day camp counselor working with elementary students. Though my past experiences have influenced my thesis decision, it is my interest in exploring how architecture is perceived by the youngest of users that has had the greatest impact on my decision.

Spending one …

Cather-Pound Redesign, Jason Seckman

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

Cather Pound - Redesign addresses the redevelopment of the Cather Pound Residence Complex located on north 17th Street on the University of Nebraska, Lincoln campus. These upperclassmen dormitories were hastily built in the 1960’s during a period of rapid growth for the university. These corridor style dorms were originally designed for double occupancy, but are now more often used by only one student. As our student culture changes the university is building more popular suite and apartment style residences. The archaic nature of dense student housing that these new units are replacing, becomes more apparent, and thus a redesign of …

Film Institute In Leicester Square, Anne Franco

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

The cinematic experience involves many conventions; from the length of the film and the theater seats’ cushiness to the existence of a largely passive audience and the acceptance that the actors are portraying other people. The development of an architectural thesis project has much in common with the film-making and film-viewing process. There are initial ideas, a final product, a change in directors, key scenes, and vital characters. This book, the final act of this architecture thesis project, is the documentation process that records the journey of the project; everything from the early concepts to the moment the project’s real …

Garden District Station: A Proposal For Transit-Oriented Development In St. Louis, Charles Closser

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

The presence of light rail is increasing across the United States. This mode of transportation provides unique opportunities to serve as a catalyst for new developments and redevelopments. This document studies what types of redevelopment can be stimulated by the expansion of Metro Link (St. Louis’s light rail system) into the Gardens District. The information gathered is used to present urban design strategies and an architectural solution for a transit-oriented development.

Merging Landscapes: Finding An Equilibrium Between Built And Natural Through Materiality, Stephen Frederick Roth

All Theses

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The Proximate Principle Of Parks And Greenways: An Hedonic Analysis For Cary, North Carolina, Paul D. Stockwell

All Theses

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Making The Transition: Digital Archiving For Historic Preservation, Celeste Euretta Wiley

All Theses

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A Preservation Plan For North Charleston, Angela Kleinschmidt

All Theses

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Memory And The Evolution Of Modern Performance Spaces: Preservation Approaches At Charleston's Memminger Auditorium And Riviera Theater, Adrienne Nicole Jacobsen

All Theses

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Rehabilitating Rehab Through State Building Codes, Sara C. Bronin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Building codes are not neutral documents. Traditional codes have the effect of deterring the rehabilitation of older structures. But rehabilitation - which can have many positive effects, especially on cities - should be encouraged, not deterred. One promising method of encouraging rehabilitation has been the adoption of rehabilitation codes: building codes that establish flexible but clear requirements for renovators. After analyzing traditional building codes and three different rehabilitation codes, this Note concludes that more states should adopt rehabilitation codes on a mandatory basis.

A Historic Look At The Civilian Conservation Corps And Their Construction Of The Guinavah Amphitheater, Michael Jones

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

The purpose of this project is to document the historical record and current condition of the Guinavah Amphitheater in Logan Canyon, Cache County, Utah. The information collected will be helpful in ongoing efforts by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to stabilize and preserve an excellent example of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) era construction on the Wasatch Cache National Forest. It is also hoped that the assembled research will contribute to the listing of this site with the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS), housed at the Library of Congress.

Research into the historic background of the Guinavah Amphitheater began with a …

Lost In Translation: Words And Buildings, Noel Brady

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Review of book; Words & buildings - a vocabulary of modern architecture, by Adrian Forty

Modern In St. Louis: 1930'S Architects And Their Clients, Mary Reid Brunstrom

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

The long decade between the Wall Street crash of 1929 and the entry of the US into World War 11 in 1941 is notable in the history of architecture in St. Louis because modernist trends first appeared during the period. This thesis examines these early appearances. Some three decades bad elapsed since the Viennese architect, Otto Wagner (1841-1918) in 1896 had coined the term "modern architecture" in his book of the same name, in which he argued for fresh architectural responses to the rapidly changing conditions of the machine age. 1 1n St. Louis, architectural works that even now appear …

Remembering Randolph Hall: Reuniting The Interior With Its Monumental Past, Cameron Stewart Schwabenton

All Theses

Through extensive historical research on the built environment of Harrison Randolph Hall, the mission is to propose a more historically sensitive design approach for the interior.

Little to no research has been published on the history of the College's built environment. The primary source for the history portion of the project was gathered from the College's Journal of the Board of Trustees, essentially meeting minutes. These are complete to the present. The Journals are a significant resource of the history of the building and its evolution. The vast majority of the project involved compiling information from the Journals in order …

Thermal Performance Of Low Approach Evaporative Cooling Systems In Buildings, Ben Costelloe, Donal Finn

Conference Papers

Meteorological enthalpy analysis of temperate and maritime climates above 45˚N suggests that the water-side evaporative cooling technique has considerable unrealised potential with contemporary "high temperature" building cooling systems - such as chilled ceilings. As low approach conditions are the key to exploiting the cooling potential of the ambient air, thermal performance at such conditions needs to be investigated. To address the research issues a test rig, based on an open cooling tower and plate heat exchanger and designed to maximise evaporative cooling potential, has been constructed at DIT. A combination of experimental measurement and analysis is used in the investigations. …