UMD Theses and Dissertations

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    Rethink DC Metro Stations
    (2009) Leung, Yathim; Ambrose, Michael; Architecture; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
    This thesis intends to rethink the role of Metro stations in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It considers Metro stations as more than infrastructure, but with potential to serve as neighborhood centers and vital physical elements in the city. It anticipates an organic relationship between the station and the neighborhood and explores the opportunity to animate the program of the stations by reexamining the relationships between Metro stations and their urban / suburban, socio-cultural, economic and physical contexts. Design strategies are developed and tested in two neighborhoods: Farragut North and Silver Spring. Precedents of railway stations design are analyzed and compared to existing Metro stations as part of the research. This research supports the exploration of programming and design of the two Metro stations. The goal of the thesis is to create more dynamic and contextually integrated architecture of Metro stations for the national capital, and thus to strengthen the urban centers as well as enhance the image of the neighborhoods in the Washington Metropolitan Area.
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    [Re]animate: A Puppet Theater Workshop for Silver Spring
    (2006-01-11) Goncarovs, Sarah Beth; Bennett, Ralph; Architecture; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
    The spirit of place resides not only in physical parameters, but also in the symbolic meanings that grow up around them as a result of the history, participation and the belonging of the people who use them. In a place where the built environment is in a state of constant change, how may social traditions such as arts festivals and holiday parades be the source of continuity for the community? This thesis studies the relationship of the built environment to the actions and interactions of people in the public realm. It will explore how architecture may help to re-create a community identity by fostering everyday interaction and special community traditions. The Puppet Theater Workshop explores the connection of community building to the built environment through anticipation, ritual and memory. This thesis uses the metaphor of puppetry to express the reanimation of a place with magic, make-believe, storytelling, and fantasy.