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Identifying Perceptions Of The Creative Class Regarding Lost Space In Downtown Dallas, Yao Lin Mar 2013

Identifying Perceptions Of The Creative Class Regarding Lost Space In Downtown Dallas, Yao Lin

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

This thesis deals with perceptions held by members of the "creative class" (Florida 2004) regarding lost space (Trancik 1986) in downtown Dallas, Texas. Data from this study come from face-to-face interviews with end-users (the creative class) of lost space, and the results of the study offer insight on design and use of these spaces, so common to contemporary human communities. Trancik (1986) argues that lost space consists of undesirable and seemingly useless urban spaces, which because they are problematic, need to be redesigned. Trancik contrasts the urban voids of lost space with positive urban spaces which he defines as those …

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Professional Service Dependencies Between Landscape Architects And Architects, Alexandra Lorraine Romero Mar 2013

Professional Service Dependencies Between Landscape Architects And Architects, Alexandra Lorraine Romero

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

This thesis examines the professional service dependencies between landscape architects and architects practicing in single discipline private practice firms. Its intent is to determine the presence (or lack of presence) of dependencies within this subset of professional practice of both landscape architecture and architecture and the reasons dependencies exist. The primary hypothesis of this study is that dependencies exist between these two types of single discipline practices.Bornstein (1993) describes dependencies in a working definition as motivational, cognitive, affective and behavioral. Specifically, the term dependency has "no universally accepted operational definition" (Bornstein 1993, p. 18). It is, in the case of …

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Stakeholders' Perceptions On The Design And Feasibility Of The Fused Grid Street Network Pattern, Hong Anh Mang Mar 2013

Stakeholders' Perceptions On The Design And Feasibility Of The Fused Grid Street Network Pattern, Hong Anh Mang

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

The fused grid is a newly developed street network pattern for laying out neighborhoods and districts (Grammenos 2002). It uses the fusion of two traditional North American street designs: the traditional nineteenth-century grid and the conventional curvilinear pattern of looped streets and cul-de-sacs utilized in modern suburbia (Grammenos 2004). In the twenty-first century, two cities in Canada -- Calgary, Alberta and Stratford, Ontario -- adopted this model for their neighborhoods. The site in Calgary have been adopted, implemented and is currently under construction. The site in Stratford have been adopted but not implemented. Although the two sites adopted ideas and …

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Precursors To Context Sensitive Design (Csd) In Non-Csd Projects, Xiwen Feng Mar 2013

Precursors To Context Sensitive Design (Csd) In Non-Csd Projects, Xiwen Feng

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

This study searches for planning and design strategies required in Context Sensitive Design (CSD) transportation projects executed prior to the establishment of CSD standards. CSD is &ldquo a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach in which all stakeholders develop transportation facilities that fit their physical settings and preserve the aesthetic, scenic, historic and environmental resources, while maintaining safety and mobility&rdquo (Center for Transportation and Environment (CTE), 2007).There were five pilot states which were Connecticut, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, and Utah, agreed to implement the CSD approach in 1998. In the following years, many states looked to CSD as a more effective approach for improving …

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Master Planning For The Arts: Identifying The Skills And Roles For Landscape Architects, Jack Randal Phillips Mar 2013

Master Planning For The Arts: Identifying The Skills And Roles For Landscape Architects, Jack Randal Phillips

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

Thіs rеsеаrch еxаmіnеs thе skills and experiences of lаndscаpе аrchіtеcts appropriate to lеаd thе dеsіgn аnd dеvеlopmеnt of аrts mаstеr plаns for communіtіеs, by assessing current arts master plan practices in major metropolitan areas in the United States. It first identifies thе requirements of thе arts master planning procеss through systеmаtіc documеntаtіon of еxpеrt opіnіons. A comparison is then made to thе scopе of mаstеr plаnnіng for thе аrts. Thе scope includes prеrеquіsіtеs аnd profеssіonаl аptіtudеs nееdеd to complеtе аn аrts mаstеr plаn for lаrgе cіtіеs іn the United States аnd to аssеss lаndscаpе аrchіtеcts rolе wіthіn those needs. An …

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Identifying Perceptions Of The Creative Class Regarding Lost Space In Downtown Dallas, Yao Lin Mar 2013

Identifying Perceptions Of The Creative Class Regarding Lost Space In Downtown Dallas, Yao Lin

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

This thesis deals with perceptions held by members of the "creative class" (Florida 2004) regarding lost space (Trancik 1986) in downtown Dallas, Texas. Data from this study come from face-to-face interviews with end-users (the creative class) of lost space, and the results of the study offer insight on design and use of these spaces, so common to contemporary human communities. Trancik (1986) argues that lost space consists of undesirable and seemingly useless urban spaces, which because they are problematic, need to be redesigned. Trancik contrasts the urban voids of lost space with positive urban spaces which he defines as those …

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Stakeholders' Perceptions On The Design And Feasibility Of The Fused Grid Street Network Pattern, Hong Anh Mang Mar 2013

Stakeholders' Perceptions On The Design And Feasibility Of The Fused Grid Street Network Pattern, Hong Anh Mang

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

The fused grid is a newly developed street network pattern for laying out neighborhoods and districts (Grammenos 2002). It uses the fusion of two traditional North American street designs: the traditional nineteenth-century grid and the conventional curvilinear pattern of looped streets and cul-de-sacs utilized in modern suburbia (Grammenos 2004). In the twenty-first century, two cities in Canada -- Calgary, Alberta and Stratford, Ontario -- adopted this model for their neighborhoods. The site in Calgary have been adopted, implemented and is currently under construction. The site in Stratford have been adopted but not implemented. Although the two sites adopted ideas and …

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Precursors To Context Sensitive Design (Csd) In Non-Csd Projects, Xiwen Feng Mar 2013

Precursors To Context Sensitive Design (Csd) In Non-Csd Projects, Xiwen Feng

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

This study searches for planning and design strategies required in Context Sensitive Design (CSD) transportation projects executed prior to the establishment of CSD standards. CSD is &ldquo a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach in which all stakeholders develop transportation facilities that fit their physical settings and preserve the aesthetic, scenic, historic and environmental resources, while maintaining safety and mobility&rdquo (Center for Transportation and Environment (CTE), 2007).There were five pilot states which were Connecticut, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, and Utah, agreed to implement the CSD approach in 1998. In the following years, many states looked to CSD as a more effective approach for improving …

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Native Plant Palettes: Perceptions Of North Texas Homeowners In Upper-Income Suburbia, Amber Michelle Davis Mar 2013

Native Plant Palettes: Perceptions Of North Texas Homeowners In Upper-Income Suburbia, Amber Michelle Davis

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

This study examines the perceptions of upper-income homeowners in North Texas regarding their knowledge of native plant palettes and their commitment to using them in their residential landscapes. Literature on the topic highlights different perspectives on the actual definition of `native' plants. However, for the purpose of this study a `native plant palette' refers to the use of a plant species that "occurs naturally in a particular region, ecosystem or habitat without direct or indirect human intervention" and in return helps support its surrounding ecological community (Tallamy 2009; US National Arboretum 2006, pg. 1)."Current literature on homeowners' perceptions of native …

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Professional Service Dependencies Between Landscape Architects And Architects, Alexandra Lorraine Romero Mar 2013

Professional Service Dependencies Between Landscape Architects And Architects, Alexandra Lorraine Romero

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

This thesis examines the professional service dependencies between landscape architects and architects practicing in single discipline private practice firms. Its intent is to determine the presence (or lack of presence) of dependencies within this subset of professional practice of both landscape architecture and architecture and the reasons dependencies exist. The primary hypothesis of this study is that dependencies exist between these two types of single discipline practices.Bornstein (1993) describes dependencies in a working definition as motivational, cognitive, affective and behavioral. Specifically, the term dependency has "no universally accepted operational definition" (Bornstein 1993, p. 18). It is, in the case of …

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Developing Methods To Measure Naturalness Of Stream Restoration Projects: Learning From Johnson Creek, Nhasala Manandhar Mar 2013

Developing Methods To Measure Naturalness Of Stream Restoration Projects: Learning From Johnson Creek, Nhasala Manandhar

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

The purpose of this research is to develop methods to assess the naturalness of restored stream environments by studying user perceptions and preferences in the Johnson Creek project in the Dallas and Fort Worth (DFW) metropolitan area. This research specifically concentrates on measuring three indicators of naturalness: greenness, openness, and visual access to water as they are recognized to be critical in components of naturalness in pertinent literature (Hepcan et al., 2004; Dramstad et al., 2006; Kaplan and Kaplan, 1978). This research also examines the suitability of geographic information system (GIS) tools to measure naturalness in order to conduct similar …

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Semiotics And New Urbanism In North Texas: Comparing Designer Intention And User Perception, Chia-Yin Wu Mar 2013

Semiotics And New Urbanism In North Texas: Comparing Designer Intention And User Perception, Chia-Yin Wu

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

Design is a means of communication and the conduit for transmitting a message between designers and users of their built work (Fiske, 1990). The design work resembles the cultivated construction and carrier of a message as a language. The designer encodes the message or information into design elements through his/her built work, and the user decodes it. Therefore, designers convey their intentions by incorporating them into the patterns of shape, structure, material, and landscape of the site (Krieger and Saunders, 2009). A design element has no intrinsic meaning. According to Manning (2004), a design element "is something that makes sense …

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Public Perceptions Of Urban Community Park Benefits: A Study In Arlington, Texas, Leonelle Vincia D'Souza Mar 2013

Public Perceptions Of Urban Community Park Benefits: A Study In Arlington, Texas, Leonelle Vincia D'Souza

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

This thesis is a study of the public perceptions of urban community park benefits and the identity they foster among people. It addresses the conjecture that parks, by encouraging self-expression through interaction and use, contribute to the identity of a place(Garvin 2000). Identity is a way of organizing information about the self (Clayton and Opotow 2003) and perception is an experience which is occasioned by the stimulation of sense organs (Dennis 1951). These have practical implications on research. Understanding people's response to their surroundings leads to an understanding of perceptions of self and community. Park benefits are gained through interaction …

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The Influence Of A Marketing Plan On The Professional Practice Of Small Landscape Architecture Firms, Lynne M. Carpenter Mar 2013

The Influence Of A Marketing Plan On The Professional Practice Of Small Landscape Architecture Firms, Lynne M. Carpenter

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

This thesis examines the marketing practices of small landscape architecture firms to determine whether a marketing plan enables small firms to focus their practice and thereby gain business opportunities in North Texas. A firm's business growth is evaluated according to the development, implementation, and regular review of goals set forth. The results of the study address the professional practice of landscape architecture by identifying recent small firm marketing practices for use as a guide. The literature review details the development of a marketing plan for three main purposes: to review a firm's strengths and weaknesses, to focus its vision and …

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Native Plant Palettes: Perceptions Of North Texas Homeowners In Upper-Income Suburbia, Amber Michelle Davis Mar 2013

Native Plant Palettes: Perceptions Of North Texas Homeowners In Upper-Income Suburbia, Amber Michelle Davis

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

This study examines the perceptions of upper-income homeowners in North Texas regarding their knowledge of native plant palettes and their commitment to using them in their residential landscapes. Literature on the topic highlights different perspectives on the actual definition of `native' plants. However, for the purpose of this study a `native plant palette' refers to the use of a plant species that "occurs naturally in a particular region, ecosystem or habitat without direct or indirect human intervention" and in return helps support its surrounding ecological community (Tallamy 2009; US National Arboretum 2006, pg. 1)."Current literature on homeowners' perceptions of native …

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Developing Methods To Measure Naturalness Of Stream Restoration Projects: Learning From Johnson Creek, Nhasala Manandhar Mar 2013

Developing Methods To Measure Naturalness Of Stream Restoration Projects: Learning From Johnson Creek, Nhasala Manandhar

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

The purpose of this research is to develop methods to assess the naturalness of restored stream environments by studying user perceptions and preferences in the Johnson Creek project in the Dallas and Fort Worth (DFW) metropolitan area. This research specifically concentrates on measuring three indicators of naturalness: greenness, openness, and visual access to water as they are recognized to be critical in components of naturalness in pertinent literature (Hepcan et al., 2004; Dramstad et al., 2006; Kaplan and Kaplan, 1978). This research also examines the suitability of geographic information system (GIS) tools to measure naturalness in order to conduct similar …

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Semiotics And New Urbanism In North Texas: Comparing Designer Intention And User Perception, Chia-Yin Wu Mar 2013

Semiotics And New Urbanism In North Texas: Comparing Designer Intention And User Perception, Chia-Yin Wu

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

Design is a means of communication and the conduit for transmitting a message between designers and users of their built work (Fiske, 1990). The design work resembles the cultivated construction and carrier of a message as a language. The designer encodes the message or information into design elements through his/her built work, and the user decodes it. Therefore, designers convey their intentions by incorporating them into the patterns of shape, structure, material, and landscape of the site (Krieger and Saunders, 2009). A design element has no intrinsic meaning. According to Manning (2004), a design element "is something that makes sense …

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The Influence Of A Marketing Plan On The Professional Practice Of Small Landscape Architecture Firms, Lynne M. Carpenter Mar 2013

The Influence Of A Marketing Plan On The Professional Practice Of Small Landscape Architecture Firms, Lynne M. Carpenter

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

This thesis examines the marketing practices of small landscape architecture firms to determine whether a marketing plan enables small firms to focus their practice and thereby gain business opportunities in North Texas. A firm's business growth is evaluated according to the development, implementation, and regular review of goals set forth. The results of the study address the professional practice of landscape architecture by identifying recent small firm marketing practices for use as a guide. The literature review details the development of a marketing plan for three main purposes: to review a firm's strengths and weaknesses, to focus its vision and …

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Trails As Transportation, Pete Fritz Mar 2013

Trails As Transportation, Pete Fritz

Purdue Road School

With populations concentrating in urban areas and the push for healthier living, biking and walking to work and other destinations are becoming more acceptable in the United States. With the ever-expanding network of trails in Indiana, the public is realizing the benefit of utilizing trails for daily commuting. This session will show what it takes for a community to embrace non-motorized commuters. We’ll also discuss the health and financial benefits of leaving your vehicle at home. Finally, we’ll get a statewide trails update from the Department of Natural Resources.

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Planting The Right Tree In The Right Place, John D. Stout, Henry Wienholts Mar 2013

Planting The Right Tree In The Right Place, John D. Stout, Henry Wienholts

Purdue Road School

Coordination of plantings and utilities is a critical issue. Public outreach is important for utilities in this coordination process. With a good campaign, utility companies can make sure the “right tree is planted in the right place.” This sessions discusses the success story of the TREE LINE USA effort in northern Indiana.

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Structural Engineering Students For Haiti: A Student-Run, Student-Initiated Organization For The Benefit Of The Haitian People, Andrew Jimenez, Alex Daddow Mar 2013

Structural Engineering Students For Haiti: A Student-Run, Student-Initiated Organization For The Benefit Of The Haitian People, Andrew Jimenez, Alex Daddow

Architectural Engineering

On August 2nd 2012, a group of 10 students from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo traveled to Léogâne, Haiti to construct a bell tower for the Saint Rose de Lima Parish. The trip consisted of four days of construction, and three days of touring. The seven days in Haiti were a result of three months of planning by a student-run, student-initiated group called Structural Engineering Students for Haiti, or SESH. The following report documents the planning, execution and lessons learned from this trip. The planning included everything from fund raising to disease prevention. The trip was successful because the bell …

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The Territory Of The Edge: History, Planning, And New York City's “Sixth Borough”, Steven Thomas Moga Jan 2013

The Territory Of The Edge: History, Planning, And New York City's “Sixth Borough”, Steven Thomas Moga

Landscape Studies: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Process And Making Of Landscape, Joseph Wood Jan 2013

Process And Making Of Landscape, Joseph Wood

Architecture Thesis Prep

This thesis seeks to focus its study on geological processes in nature as a tool to both make and read the landscape as if it were a novel; to uncover its myths and to allow the viewer to interpret its past. As Brad Cloepfil of the architecture practice Allied Works has stated, "A landscape that took some ten million years to form, millions of years before the appearance of man, is thereby nudged toward that most unique of human capacities; language." I claim that by extending the definition of making, earth driven processes can be used as tools to study, …

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Insites, 2013, Utah State University Jan 2013

Insites, 2013, Utah State University

inSites

Magazine of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

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Ua3/9/2 President's Office-Ransdell Subject File, Wku Archives Jan 2013

Ua3/9/2 President's Office-Ransdell Subject File, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Subject files created by the President’s Office during the Gary Ransdell administration.

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Ua77/1 Augenstein Alumni Center, Wku Alumni Relations Jan 2013

Ua77/1 Augenstein Alumni Center, Wku Alumni Relations

WKU Administration Documents

Brochure regarding the construction of Augenstein Alumni Center at Western Kentucky University. Includes site plan, floor plans and elevation.

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(In)Formal Distinction In Urban Istanbul: Evaluating Spatial Performance, Hannah A. Breshears Jan 2013

(In)Formal Distinction In Urban Istanbul: Evaluating Spatial Performance, Hannah A. Breshears

Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal

As globalization continues to draw the world into closer economic and intellectual dependence, massive tracts of informally designed communities in Istanbul are being cleared to accommodate the growing infrastructure of the modern, tourism-driven city This attempt to purge the city of its ‘squatter’ heritage is startling and raises questions of cultural integrity in urban development. Istanbul’s desire for expanded global investment is particularly apparent in the object of this study, the blended district of Kartal. This study measures, compares, and evaluates spatial performance of formal and informal neighborhood spaces, but makes no formal attempt to draw normative prescriptive conclusions. The …

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Riverside Ranch Landscape Performance Benefits Assessment, Bo Yang Jan 2013

Riverside Ranch Landscape Performance Benefits Assessment, Bo Yang

Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Faculty Publications

Riverside Ranch was one of the first homesteads built in Colorado's Roaring Fork River Valley in the 1880s. The project site was a stop for the railroad and stage coaches travelling to nearby Aspen and a successful agricultural and ranching operation for decades. In the mid-twentieth century, the site transitioned into use as an asphalt mixing plant for the Colorado Department of Transportation. When the landscape architect began work, the site was essentially a brownfield in need of rehabilitation as it was host to multiple rundown historic buildings and remnants of the asphalt plant. The design team reconstructed the landscape …

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City Of Arlington, Texas, Blackland Prairie Preserve Master Plan, David Hopman, Dfl Group Llc Jan 2013

City Of Arlington, Texas, Blackland Prairie Preserve Master Plan, David Hopman, Dfl Group Llc

Landscape Architecture Faculty Publications - Archive

The City of Arlington acquired the Blackland Prairie site in 1998 after a group of concerned citizens identified its value as possibly the last blackland prairie remnant site in the city. Encouraged by the Arlington Conservation Council, the land was purchased by the city to be held as permanent open space. In its current condition, the site remains in transition. Efforts by volunteers have helped maintain native prairie grasses on approximately half of the site. The eastern half however, has remained untouched since acquisition. Invasive grasses, woody and herbaceous plants continue to proliferate in this area, leaving relatively few native …

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Geospatial Virtual Heritage: A Gesture-Based 3d Gis To Engage The Public With Ancient Maya Archaeology, Heather Richards-Rissetto, Jim Robertsson, Jennifer Von Schwerin, Giorgio Agugario, Fabio Remondino, Gabrio Girardi Jan 2013

Geospatial Virtual Heritage: A Gesture-Based 3d Gis To Engage The Public With Ancient Maya Archaeology, Heather Richards-Rissetto, Jim Robertsson, Jennifer Von Schwerin, Giorgio Agugario, Fabio Remondino, Gabrio Girardi

Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications

This paper presents our research to develop a gesture-based 3D GIS system to engage the public in cultural heritage. It compares two types of interaction—device-based vs. natural interaction— and summarizes the beta-testing results of a 3D GIS tool for archaeology, called QueryArch3D, in which participants used device-based interaction (i.e. mouse and keyboard). It follows with a description of the gesture-based system—that we developed in response to these beta-tests. The system uses QueryArch3D and Microsoft’s Kinect to enable people use body movements (in lieu of keyboard or mouse) to navigate a virtual reality landscape, query 3D objects, and call up photos, …

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