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| Title: | HEALTH | CENTER JAMAICA, NEW YORK: DESIGN IN PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY WELLNESS |
| Authors: | SWIATOCHA, BRETT |
| Advisors: | BELL, MATTHEW J |
| Department/Program: | Architecture |
| Type: | Thesis |
| Sponsors: | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) |
| Keywords: | 0729
Architecture
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Urban and Regional Planning
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Public Health education
Architecture, Community Health, Design, New York City, Public Health, Urban Design |
| Issue Date: | 2010 |
| Abstract: | This thesis is a series of conjectures on the potential for architectural and urban
form to positively influence the health and wellness of a community in Jamaica, New
York. The proposition examines the relationship between site, building, and context at
multiple scales, providing a vision for the physical and sociocultural revival of a historically
significant urban center whose identity is threatened by visionless development
and whose population of residents is suffering from increasing rates of chronic health
problems. This thesis contends that urban revitalization can be used as a mechanism for
stimulating the advancement of healthy lifestyles within the population surrounding the
project site. The site selected as the vehicle for investigation is the Downtown District of
Jamaica, Queens in New York City with a focus on the redevelopment of the site and immediate
urban context of the former Mary Immaculate Hospital, vacated in early 2009. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/10779 |
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