Connecting the Past, Contextualizing the Present, Constructing the Future: Bladensburg Interpretive Center

dc.contributor.advisorKelly, Brianen_US
dc.contributor.authorFischer, Daviden_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.accessioned2011-03-12T06:30:11Z
dc.date.available2011-03-12T06:30:11Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis proposes to investigate how the built environment can mediate the past, present, and future. By creating a narrative path through history and community, this design will show how the built environment can connect a place throughout time, help a community value what has created today and focus on what will create a better tomorrow This thesis will address these issues through the lens of a War of 1812 Bicentennial Interpretive Center located in Bladensburg, Maryland. Although the town witnessed one of the most momentous battles in American history, and is among the oldest municipalities in the region, modern Bladensburg under-utilizes its significant historic capital. Additionally, in-sensitive responses to environmental and regional transportation issues have torn through the city, dividing many of the potential amenities from Bladensburg citizens and stifling any hopes of commercial developmenten_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/11316
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArchitectureen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledUrban Planningen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBladensburgen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcontextualismen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhistoryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledinterpretive centeren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmuseumen_US
dc.titleConnecting the Past, Contextualizing the Present, Constructing the Future: Bladensburg Interpretive Centeren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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