Grid and the Gridiron: Re-imagining Mega-Structures in the Neighborhood

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dc.contributor.advisorKelly, Brian Pen_US
dc.contributor.authorCunningham, Peteren_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.accessioned2018-01-25T06:38:12Z
dc.date.available2018-01-25T06:38:12Z
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.description.abstractIn dense urban environments, space is valuable. Unused space is not a luxury taxpayers or developers can afford. Mega-structures like football stadiums are important civic and sacred spaces and are valued in American culture as such. However, they receive infrequent use, sitting idle most days of the year. This thesis will examine how architecture and urban design can make these sacred, civic spaces active and restore public value from Monday to Saturday. The means of activating spaces stem from allowing the field to function as a park, making retail space in and around the stadium functional on game days and non-game days, providing maximum structural flexibility for non-football functions, and adapting parking lots into public plazas by encouraging in them a variety of uses.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2SF2MD4S
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/20465
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArchitectureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledFootballen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMaster Planen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledNew Yorken_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRed Hooken_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledStadiumen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledUrban Designen_US
dc.titleGrid and the Gridiron: Re-imagining Mega-Structures in the Neighborhooden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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