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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Adaptive Re-Use"”.
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The adaptive re-use of residual built form.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Thesis. 1972. M.Arch.
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Adaptive Re-use of Abandoned Structure - A Holistic Urban Experiment
… issue for most U.S. citizens. Nowadays most are well housed and the problems confronting those who are not- except in the case of the homeless- are not highly visible. During the last decade, old warehouses in downtown Richmond, Virginia have been converted to new uses as restaurants, …
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Emerging patterns of adaptive re-use : the new American House Hotel
… thesis aims to develop a design solution for the adaptive reuse of the American House Hotel that answers an architectural design challenge with technical responses. The process of actualization has been pushed a bit farther than has been done in the preservation/rehabilitation field. The intent is …
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Integration of public access : the adaptive re-use of Alcoa's waterworks
This thesis is about the re-use of Alcoa's Waterworks. The exciting spatial attributes of the buildings which compose the plant, along with the views they offer to Manhattan, inspired the design of a journey through the complex. To create the journey, a system of access was combined with the …
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Mill and mercantile conversions : a case study analysis of residential adaptive re-use projects
Three case studies are used as a qualitative tool to analyze the successful conversion of these types of buildings. Analysis will consider physical dimension, building structure, capital structure, and project costs, including acquisition, development, and construction cost data. Tax or other …
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Designing for health and well-being: Implementing Human Centered Design principles into an existing workplace precinct through adaptive re-use practices
… interventions in promoting humancentered design principles and creating healthier buildings. With more than half of the global population now residing in urban areas and sedentary lifestyles becoming prevalent, there has been a global surge in chronic diseases and mental well-being …
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Designing for health and well-being: Implementing Human Centered Design principles into an existing workplace precinct through adaptive re-use practices
… interventions in promoting humancentered design principles and creating healthier buildings. With more than half of the global population now residing in urban areas and sedentary lifestyles becoming prevalent, there has been a global surge in chronic diseases and mental well-being …
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Fitting and re-fitting : adaptive re-use proposal for building 114 in the Charlestown Navy Yard as a bio-tech research facility
… Building 114 was originally planned as a boat repair and maintenance facility with offices. It appeared to be a logical proposal which would revive it to its previous function as the Navy Yard's historic Boatworks building, and introduce a recreational function to an office and research …
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An investigation into the adaptive re-use of commercial buildings in satisfying the demand for residential in the central business district of Cape Town, South Africa, an emerging market
… environment contributes 40% to total global greenhouse gas emissions and 87% of the buildings we will have in 2050 are already built (Wilkinson & Remoy, 2015). If predicted climate changes are correct we need to adapt existing stock sustainably. Reuse is an inherently sustainable option, which …
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Fiasco - From Religious Sanctuary to Art and Culture Complex
… many times when the building is no longer deemed useful, decisions are made whether to wait out a new tenant for the structure or to destroy it to make way for new construction. If the latter, while the building waits, its materials are left to the elements to decay away through natural weathering …
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Re-Use as a Means of Preservation
People are often attracted to an image painted for them by history, fiction, and romantic novels. Artists have tried to construct these images for centuries, often exaggerating the past in order to make a more attractive narrative. I propose an architecture that works in the same way. The architect …
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Filter as Metaphor: The McMillan Sand Filtration Site
… 19th century was generated by the need to secure a reliable, efficient and publicly available source of fresh water and prevent the spread of disease, as the number of inhabitants in cities was ever increasing. These water works projects were built out of necessity to maintain the health, …
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Integrating Nature into Urban Educational Environments
Urban educational environments struggle to offer green space and natural light to their students. Studies have shown that exposure to natural elements, such as natural light, ventilation and vegetation improves student performance and concentration. The Waldorf School understands a child's innate …
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The role of landscape architecture in stimulating creative industry: the Pilsen neighborhood, Chicago
… urban development, many inner city industrial areas have been rezoned, and fallen into decay. People living in those changing urban neighborhoods seek new strategies for development. This thesis studies the Pilsen neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. Residents in the Pilsen neighborhood celebrate …
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Urban Rhythms of Washington DC
How can architecture serve as a catalyst to strengthen a transitioning neighborhood without displacing or replacing the local community? Cities bear the weight of continual change. Across the United States, urban communities wrestle the boundary between the desires of gentrification and concerns …
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Building Life Cycles: An Exploration of a Building's Transformation From One Life Into the Next
"Nothing endures but change" - Heraclitus. Buildings are designed and built to house a specific program for a set period of time. The end of a building's life marks a change in its use. In today's building practices, some building owners opt to demolish an entire building prior to constructing a …
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Evaluating end-of-life strategies for decommissioned semiconductor facilities
… the potential roles that they may play once they reach the end of their life. Specifically, the author's findings are based on studies associated with the decommissioning of a semiconductor manufacturing facility ("fab") at the Intel Corporation's Aloha Campus in Portland, Oregon. With increasing …
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An archive: housing the written history of the citizens of Bucks County, Pennsylvania
… is marked many times over by the coming of progress which may be regarded either with promise or as a threat. The history of Doylestown records the arrival of train travel as an event. It would be a remarkable change that could put a small town on the map by opening doors of travel and …
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The Capitol Collective: A Community Centered Creator's Hub that Enhances the Pedestrian Experience
The Capitol Collective is a community centered creator's hub that anchors the proposed Capitol Hill Art Trail – an alley network programmed to enhance local beauty and promote community pride. Located in one of the most walkable cities in the United States, Washington, D.C., this thesis explores …