Activating a 60's Modernist Plaza Using the Principles of Human Scale Design: Re-imagining HUD Plaza

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dc.contributor.advisorSullivan, Jacken_US
dc.contributor.authorVelez-Lopez, Sebastianen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPlant Science and Landscape Architecture (PSLA)en_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-15T05:30:56Z
dc.date.available2022-06-15T05:30:56Z
dc.date.issued2021en_US
dc.description.abstractPopulation growth has increased rapidly across many large American cities in the last 20 years. The growing population generates a need for quality public open space, but it also increases the development of housing making land increase drastically in value, making it harder for municipalities to acquire land for public open space projects. One strategy that cities can use to address this issue, is to leverage existing public spaces that are currently underutilized. This project explores the contemporary principles of public space and human scale design through a review of the existing literature. The principles gathered from the literature, are demonstrated by using them as the basis for re-imagining an underutilized urban public space. The project establishes a link between the research on public space design and practice, providing an example of how it can be used to create innovative ways to better utilize our existing public spaces.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/i3ob-0tqx
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/28687
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledLandscape architectureen_US
dc.titleActivating a 60's Modernist Plaza Using the Principles of Human Scale Design: Re-imagining HUD Plazaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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