Theses and Dissertations from UMD

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    POCKET CITY: PROMOTING HIGHER DENSITY WALKABLE COMMUNITIES
    (2022) Eckard, William Edward; Crawford, Douglas; Architecture; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
    As a result of the growing population of the United States our urban planners and architects have begun to research ways in which we can provide more sustainable housing for a diverse group of people. New practices have emerged with the aim of creating stronger communities within the setting of a suburb. Cohousing and pocket communities are two of these urban design strategies. While they differ in some of their practices, they both follow a few specific beliefs: walkability, a sense of community and place, and a feeling of privacy. However, the practice of creating a sense of privacy, for the most part, is conducted strictly by creating mostly single family homes or duplexes. The Pocket City explores how urban growth can be changed to focus more on a human scale community. This community focused city works to create the missing density of our current urban growth patterns. With connectivity through public transportation options, it looks to see if a new car free urban design strategy can thrive within the sprawling context of the United States
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    Designing for the Shrinking City: Re-imagining Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, OH
    (2013) Busa, Matthew; Kweon, Byoung-Suk; Plant Science and Landscape Architecture (PSLA); Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
    Like many post-industrial cities in the Midwestern United States, Cleveland is shrinking. A decline in its manufacturing-based economy in the late 20th century has led to unemployment and outmigration, eroding the quality of life and economic stability of inner city neighborhoods. Traditional planning strategies that rely heavily on growth as a means of addressing shrinking city problems have proven to be somewhat ineffective. This thesis explores an alternative planning approach suggesting that Cleveland might successfully shrink into an archipelago of small, sustainable neighborhood islands while failed neighborhoods would be converted to productive "green belts". This project applies this approach to the site of an under-utilized municipal airport, proposing a new design that enhances the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of Downtown Cleveland. Specifically, the design solution promotes transit-oriented development, connects existing neighborhoods to the waterfront, cleans polluted water, and re-uses dredge material to create a recreational and ecological landscape.
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    Towards A New Deal: Understanding Place Through an Exploration of Time.
    (2007-12-18) Murray, Andrew Jonathan; Schumacher, Thomas L; Architecture; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
    Premise: The thesis will investigate ideas from the past in combination with those of the present to ask whether being retrospective can contribute to being progressive in designing within the city. It proposes the importance of time as part of place. The study will be sited in Deal, in Kent on the south coast of England, Scope: The design investigation will address a variety of physical scales: On the scale of the building, the thesis will explore the outmoded typology of the market hall and the reviving trend of local food sourcing. On the scale of the urban streets and public spaces, it will examine recreating old urban patterns in the town center and the renewed public interest in unique context. On the scale of the town it will take a broader look - with an eye to the past as well as to the present - in order to speculate on the future of the town and how it might look. Objectives: The overall design aim is to uncover innovative ideas and new design expressions that have specificity to culture and context.