School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation

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    Here to Stay: The Disaster, Displacement, and Biomimetic Response
    (2020) Lorenzana, Dan; Hu, Ming; Architecture; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
    Natural disaster can be felt all around the globe especially in the Philippines where millions of people have been displaced without any shelter. With the average of 20 typhoons hitting Philippines each year. People are still living in unsafe structures that affects the day to day of their livelihoods during and after natural disaster. According to Internal Displacement, earthquakes, floods and violence have driven millions away from their homes in 2018 alone. This acceleration in displacement can be felt in cities with growing slums and outdated infrastructure. This thesis will investigate a new integrated urban and building design typology for climate adaptation that uses and integrates Biomimicry as a design technique. This exploration hopes to use as a establish design criteria in the Philippines where typhoon is very prominent.
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    Social Enterprise Development: A preventative approach to homelessness and displacement in Point Breeze, Philadelphia
    (2019) Huntington, Cassandra Aaryn; Gabrielli, Julie; Architecture; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
    Social enterprise development focuses on creating economic value to help solve social problems. This thesis tests the viability of this concept by creating a mixed-use, mixed-income property in a low-income neighborhood in South Philadelphia. A profit-sharing financial model is used to support both affordable housing and transitional housing for homeless adolescents. The thesis uses biophilic design principles and values to explore architecture’s role in healing from adolescent trauma and preventing future health issues. This thesis presents a preventative solution to social issues rather than a reactive solution. Prevention of chronic homelessness and prevention of displacement are key to addressing social injustice and help break cycles of poverty in low-income communities. This thesis exemplifies architecture’s ability to provide equal access to both housing and services to help the most vulnerable members of society and help them become self-sufficient and contributing members of the community.