School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
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Item LIVE, LEARN, WORK, WALK: CREATING RESILIENT MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN(2023) Edwards, Joseph Chase; Kelly, Brian P.; Architecture; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)Detroit, Michigan, and its residents have suffered through economic, social, and environmental hardships from the fall of industrialization since 1950. Some of the largest issues within the city of Detroit are high vacancy rates, high unemployment rates, poverty, and overall lack of acknowledgement to its residents. However, in recent years, organizations within the city have begun to implement various outreach programs to beautify Detroit, improve its current housing situation, and promote community engagement. This thesis proposition looks to help aid these efforts through the introduction of a vertical smart growth architectural hybrid typology used as a catalyst human-centric, resilient urban housing. This is accomplished through the introduction of a community-focused and supportive building program. Overall, creating a self-sufficient, live-work micro-ecosystem to bring life back into the city center.Item Reviving the Heart of the City: Transforming Baltimore's Oldest Market into the City's First Sustainable Food District(2019) Bos, Eric; Kelly, Brian; Architecture; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)This thesis is about food, about how to replenish an abundance of good food, of availability and access in the inner city. Baltimore’s Westside neighborhood in downtown has been plagued by vacancy and dereliction for more than half a century. Public markets have long been cultural and social hubs of cities, yet amidst this backdrop, Lexington Market—Baltimore’s oldest public market—sits out of date and in desperate need of a new vision. Through a redesign of the market and the surrounding blocks to better connect this node to the city, a vibrant food-centric community can grow again. By expanding upon traditional market typologies to include the entire food cycle, the new market effectively responds to the needs of the 21st century. Food is grown, sold, cooked, and eaten on site, sparking cyclical nutrient and energy loops. As urban populations rise and agricultural land wanes, it is more important than ever to secure arable land within cities, vertically. Urban food production reconnects people with the food they eat, provides local produce with minimal transportation, and can be integrated into the public market. This thesis both revives a struggling piece of public infrastructure and demonstrates the efficacy of bringing super-productive farming into the city.Item Empower Housing(2013) Boliek, Alison Lanford; Bell, Matthew J; Architecture; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)This thesis examines Wilmington, Delaware's low-income urban community and explores through innovative programming and design propositions the potential for future housing to facilitate healthy, responsive living, thereby better empowering the community and the residents it serves. All too often, this disadvantaged demographic lacks access to the most basic of human needs, let alone the more diverse opportunities of upward mobility, self-empowerment, and healthy social and cultural lives. Among the community's most pressing concerns is the limited availability of fresh produce - a vital ingredient for healthy living. This thesis hypothesizes that the pairing of housing with a farmers' market and some basic community amenities in a mixed-use project will yield a result that is greater than the sum of its parts. The primary agenda is to design homes which encourage healthy lifestyles while simultaneously engaging a variety of stakeholders in order to benefit not only residents living in the housing but the greater community. The resulting positive ripple effects will allow the region to reknit itself through these newly formed relationships, creating a stronger empowered community.Item 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.