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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Los Angeles River"”.
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Detour : Los Angeles River Speed Cinema
… mobility. However, more than a century later in Los Angeles, a city where cars and movies have been inculcated in the popular imagination, decelerating to a complete halt or even nonexistence is the modus operandi of late. Today's LA. is full of cars with no where to drive them really fast; …
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Field container as a regional strategy for revitalizing the Los Angeles River
This thesis is the study of the Los Angeles River as a multi-layered field with urban condensers that revitalize the river, connect and revitalize the municipal districts bordering the river, and restructure the region to support a denser fabric. The project establishes the nature of public space …
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Lessons learned from urban river restoration projects: application of restoration treatments on the Los Angeles River.
<p>Human development has altered many rivers around the world. In the past, urban rivers were condemned as flood hazards, and load-reducing treatments were the only treatments applied to protect the surrounding communities against flooding. These treatments aim to collect precipitation from the …
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Culture in concrete : art and the re-imagination of the Los Angeles River as civic space
The Los Angeles River is the common physical, social, and cultural thread that connects many of Los Angeles' most diverse and under-represented communities, the majority of which comprise its downstream corridor. It is a valuable resource that crosses boundaries of race, class, geography, and …
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A study of the seismic performance of the Los Angeles River floodcontrol channel during the 1994 Northridge earthquake
… is an engineering analysis of the damage to the Los Angeles River Floodway System by the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. The scope of this research includes: a study of the damage to two specific sections of the L.A. River Channel, a comparison of damaged and undamaged sections of the floodway …
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Design against nature : flooding, water supply, and public space in Los Angeles
… California saw the first of several waves of explosive population growth that have resulted in today's mega-region. While many early settlers were attracted by the city's famous sunshine, the surging population exceeded locally-available water supplies early on. Los Angeles responded by building …