A Resort in Provincetown, Massachusetts: Rethinking Tourism on Cape Cod with a Regionalist and Sustainable Response

dc.contributor.advisorSchumacher, Thomas Len_US
dc.contributor.authorCazayoux, John Patricken_US
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-09-28T14:56:23Z
dc.date.available2007-09-28T14:56:23Z
dc.date.issued2007-09-25en_US
dc.description.abstractThe growing tourism industry has transformed many of our nation's most scenic treasures into unarticulated, placeless scars on the landscape. These responses either disregard the uniqueness of place with universalized solutions or referential kitsch. A regionalist response produces a better solution; this approach takes into consideration the embedded qualities of place and considers the site's physical, natural, and cultural environments and histories. Provincetown, Massachusetts on Cape Cod offers a natural landscape and a cultural character perfectly suited for an alternative tourist development. It features a dynamic landscape plagued by pressure for new development. From Puritanism to Bohemia, Provincetown also offers a rich and complex history involving many cultures. An engaged design process, considering these forces, utilizing the methodologies of regionalism, produces a tourist resort that is sensitive to the unique history of Provincetown and its physical environs, while addressing ecological preservation and conservation demands through sustainable design solutions.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/7157
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArchitectureen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArchitectureen_US
dc.titleA Resort in Provincetown, Massachusetts: Rethinking Tourism on Cape Cod with a Regionalist and Sustainable Responseen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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