UMD Theses and Dissertations
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Item Interwoven Communities: Reconnecting the Generations Through Forgotten Suburban Landscapes(2021) Dayao, Philip; Akinsade, Olumide; Architecture; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)The focus of this thesis looks to explore the use of dying shopping malls as a vehicle for creating multigenerational placemaking.Item The Promise of Small Cities: Connecting Urban Residents with the Environment and Their Community in Portland, Maine(2012) Meyer, Louise Parlin; Koliji, Hooman; Architecture; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)As modern American society has progressed, the need to live less expansively, more conscientiously, and more sustainably has become increasingly clear. Meanwhile, reliance on technology has driven urban residents to become further distanced from the environment, and further dissociated from their communities and local cultural traditions. Over the last 50 years, those interested in maintaining and fostering connections to the outdoors and a specific community have largely sought fulfillment in the suburban landscape. While, in recent decades, it has been recognized that the suburban residential model cannot be sustained, urban housing remains deficient. In order to acknowledge both the value of urban living and the potential for learning from the appeal of suburbia, it is incumbent upon designers to explore housing and amenities that better address the needs of the 21st century multi-family resident. This thesis aims to restore situational awareness of climate, community, and cultural traditions, by marrying opportunities for building community with higher density residences that have a strong emphasis on outdoor spaces.Item SUPERSIZING SOMA: SIMULATING NATURAL GROWTH IN DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO TO CREATE VALUE. SUPERSIZING SOMA: SIMULATING NATURAL GROWTH IN DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO TO CREATE VALUE.(2012) Reatig, Nooni DIna Leor; Bell, Matthew J; Architecture; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)A successful urban place is one in which people want to be, and keep returning to. Key ingredients are unmistakable identity, high density, and mixed-uses. This architectural thesis will focus on proving that place-making through design and use, creates value. If high density is created over time on one side of the San Francisco (NoMa, North of Market Street), it is inevitable that the other side should catch up (SoMa, South of Market Street). The proposition is to break up a SoMa superblock into a smaller, human scale while simultaneously building higher than allowable densities in order to attract people, revive the community, and design a transit-oriented development. The project will propose a schematic design and financial pro forma for a portion of the block. Issues addressed will be appropriating value from nearby urban amenities into the site, creating affordable high design to appeal to a spectrum of income levels, from low-income to luxury, and defining an unmistakable identity for the project that expresses the San Francisco lifestyle.Item Sustainable Town Center: Wheaton, Maryland(2008) Ramos, Cesar Enrique; Schumacher, Thomas L.; Architecture; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)Population and automobile dependency are growing at a fast rate. This proliferation brings side problems, such as sprawl, shrinking of natural green areas, traffic, and air pollution. Bringing people back to the cities and relying on public transportation becomes important to solve or reduce some of these problems. Wheaton, Maryland, has the potential to become a better place. This thesis proposes the implementation of a sustainable mixed-use complex to revitalize the Wheaton town center. The town center seeks to provide a sense of community and to improve the social, economical, and cultural image of the individual and indeed of the larger community. Multiple family housing is the major component of this mixed income community that has access to various types of outdoor spaces which encourages interaction. The important uses, in addition to housing, of this mixed use community include office space, retail, and community services, such as a day care, a new mid county community center, and a police sub-station. This program affords the community the possibility to live, work, entertain, and shop within a pedestrian-friendly environment.Item Trinity Creek: A Mixed-Use Development in a Transit Oriented Neighborhood, Dallas, Texas(2006-12-18) Guest, John Mark; Bennett, Ralph; Architecture; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)ABSTRACT Title of Document: TRINITY CREEK: A MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT IN A TRANSIT ORIENTED NEIGHBORHOOD in Dallas, Texas John Mark Guest, Master of Architecture, May 2006 Directed By: Professor, Ralph Bennett, AIA, School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation Texas is known for its size. However, land is a limited resource. Open land continues to decrease as metropolitan areas continue to spread ever outward. Many of the metropolitan areas of Texas that had once been individual towns have grown together. Dallas is no exception. In contrast, Laura Miller, Mayor of Dallas, is energizing revitalization of downtown. Office buildings, vacant since the recession of the mid 1980's, are being renovated into lofts. The addition of the light rail has brought mass transit to the area. The Trinity River Corridor Project (TRCP), an ongoing study to reclaim valuable river front land and establish additional city parks, is underway. An additional part of this TRCP initiative is to study 23 blighted areas that have been selected as targets for redevelopment. This thesis takes one of these 23 blighted areas to study the possibility of employing the ideas of Transit Oriented Neighborhood in a mixed-use building. The site bisected by the Corinth Viaduct was selected for this thesis for its proximity to downtown, adjacency to the Trinity River, and access to the DART Light Rail. This thesis considers recent trends of the Transit-Oriented Neighborhood Development type as well as the functional and aesthetic elements necessary to create a thriving part of downtown Dallas. Such elements must draw residents, businesses, and the visitors needed on a daily basis. It seeks to create an entertainment zone that establishes a River Walk destination for Dallas.Item Weaving Place and Object: A New Martin Luther King Memorial Library(2005-05-20) Himmelheber, John; Maudlin-Jeronimo, John M; Architecture; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)The new Washington D.C. Convention Center has proven to be a catalyst for revitalization and improvement in Downtown D.C. The existing older Convention Center site is impeding further development along the New York Avenue corridor. This thesis proposes the construction of a dynamic mixed-use community providing varied retail options and increased housing opportunities at all income levels. A prominent new downtown landmark will also be created-a new Martin Luther King Memorial Library to replace the existing library, an outdated structure located two blocks south of the site. This thesis also explores the symbiotic relationship between object buildings and spaces-the relationship between building and place. The mixing of uses is investigated at multiple scales, working from neighborhood scale to the building scale. The idea of procession between objects and spaces is also explored- linking the object building-the new convention center to the object space, the National Mall, via a dynamic and intuitive path. The new MLK Library will educate and entertain District residents and visitors at all hours-creating a place of public interaction and exhibition-in addition, the increased concentration of housing will aid in the realization of the Downtown we envision.