Nature, Culture, Craft: Re-thinking the National Park Visitor Experience

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dc.contributor.advisorEisenbach, Roniten_US
dc.contributor.authorRubenstein, Michele L.en_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.accessioned2013-02-06T07:33:56Z
dc.date.available2013-02-06T07:33:56Z
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the role that architecture might play in the experience of wilderness. This case study focuses specifically on how architecture in the National Parks serves as a threshold to nature. The National Park building tradition began in the 19th century with the grand lodges of the west sponsored by the railroad. With the advent of the automobile, the visitor center typology was developed and the architecture shifted to focus on personal visitor needs. This project attempts to demonstrate how the architecture of an Interpretive Center can provide a destination and launching point into the National Parks. By combining ideas of a "traditional" visitor center with a science and research component, the program can become both educational and participatory. This thesis proposes a design in Apgar Village in Glacier National Park. The design reaches beyond the confines of the Interpretive Center complex to create connections throughout the landscape helping to strengthen Apgar Village as a place.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/13581
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArchitectureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledArchitectureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledGlacier National Parken_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledNational Parken_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledNatureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledWilderness Architectureen_US
dc.titleNature, Culture, Craft: Re-thinking the National Park Visitor Experienceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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