Sustainable Placemaking: Restoring the Vitality of Underutilized Infrastructure

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dc.contributor.advisorBovill, Carlen_US
dc.contributor.advisorSimon, Madlenen_US
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Michael 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.accessioned2013-07-04T05:33:55Z
dc.date.available2013-07-04T05:33:55Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.description.abstractA city experiences natural manipulation through time as the demographics, economy, technology, and industry evolve. As a result, formally prominent sites and buildings become neglected. This thesis explores a model of sustainable placemaking that adaptively reuses currently underutilized infrastructure to sponsor a restored definition of place for a community. I will illustrate how a small town has the opportunity to inform the larger society that living in a self-sustaining localized environment is achievable. The model of sustainable placemaking is illustrated through a case study in Frederick, Maryland. This historically sensitive, yet progressive, city offers exemplary circumstances of how a modest sized town, attentive to preserving its historical heritage, can incorporate sustainability. My study focuses on a blighted area, adjacent to a newly developed pedestrian creek front, to demonstrate how the City of Frederick can revitalize its sense of place with the sustainable redevelopment of existing underutilized infrastructure.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/14315
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArchitectureen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSustainabilityen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledDesignen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAdaptive Reuseen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPassive Houseen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPlacemakingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSustainabilityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSustainableen_US
dc.titleSustainable Placemaking: Restoring the Vitality of Underutilized Infrastructureen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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