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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"in the Public Realm"”.
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Art in the public realm : integrating audience, place, and process
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1993.
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Art in the public realm and the politics of rural leisure: Access and environment
Exploring both political aesthetics and the politics of aesthetics to outline an environmental ruralism for art in public spaces, this practice lead research project postulates a “complemental practice”, outlining its methodology and contexts for operation, the rural, spaces of leisure and the …
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The role of artists in the public realm: an investigation into artists' generative processes in context.
A shift in practice towards a process-orientated and collaborative art practice within the strands of art practice in the public realm raises the question, what is the practical contribution artists make to society' which can only be answered by first understanding how artists work. Introducing the …
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Green Infrastructure in the Public Realm: Reimagining Stormwater and the Urban Fabric of Falls Church, Virginia
Impervious surfaces are the greatest contributors to degradation of water quality and large volumes of stormwater runoff. Green infrastructure is the holistic solution to this problem which not only reduces flooding but also actively moves towards achievement of larger environmental goals. Green …
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Becoming Ghosts: The Public Veiling of Puerto Ricans in New York City
<p>In recent years Puerto Ricans in New York City have become difficult to locate in the public realm. This is a paradox given that Puerto Ricans make up the largest Hispanic subgroup in the larger metropolitan region. This study examines how, when, and why Puerto Ricans became publicly invisible …
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Democratizing mobility and accessibility in American communities : transportation demand management and universal design approaches
Auto-centric infrastructure is not a sustainable path forward for mobility in the United States also continues to uphold institutional and historical marginalization against several vulnerable groups. Motor vehicle emissions contributes greatly to climate change and even with a hypothetical shift …
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The American Catholic Church in the contemporary urban realm (Vatican II)
The role of the Catholic Church as an institution in the city is one which has not been successfully exploited in this country. The transformation of the church after the Second Vatican Council relied on a direct relationship between functionalism in architecture and liturgical reform. This …
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Flow Garden : on paths of least resistance
Flow Garden is a proposal for a park architecture in which building becomes pathway. The project conceives of the building as an instrument within its larger urban context which has the capacity to strengthen and unify fragmented public space. The project does so by collecting and articulating all …
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How cities learn : urban experimentation for creating and governing technology
As technologies become increasingly complex and embedded in cities, they are less and less intelligible with existing urban governance frameworks. In response, actors in cities around the world are taking up urban experimentation. The goal of this dissertation is twofold: to understand how urban …
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Library
This study began with the desire to design a public town library of the future and became a search for an inkling of what is essential to Architecture. It is murky and full of contradictions. It asks more than it proposes, and the traces of its windings are better ordered through collage than …
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Urbanhermes : fashion signaling and the social mobility of images
… is a messenger bag designed to display and disseminate meaningful yet ephemeral images between people in the public realm. These images surface as representation of the daily zeitgeist; the image as fashion emerges and grows in popularity as knowledge diffuses over a very short period of time. A …
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Wokiksuye : the politics of memory in Indigenous art, monuments, and public space
The powers of creativity and symbolism that art draws upon have been used in the public realm to uplift and also to oppress. Within this context, art, from Indigenous perspectives, can positively influence the collective imaginations and wokiksuye (memory) of society. Indigenous intervention into …
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Interfacing the screenic and painted surface: an artistic research project asking what can painting and drawing practice reveal of the contemporary practices and perceptions of touchscreen technology
Touchscreens form an increasingly prevalent part of daily life. They are often the primary mode of interaction with smartphones, tablets and devices in the public realm, yet the experiential aspect of navigating these devices has received relatively little attention. This study forms an enquiry …
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Sighting public history : a re-education on race and space in the City of Chicago
Sighting Public History is an effort to see Chicago, a city which I have always called home, and to see it with fresh eyes. The project takes as its focus sites of black public history: locations in the built environment where history is put to work in the public realm. It is an effort to …
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Between public and private : an approach to urban living
The city provides work as well as housing to a great number of individuals, couples and families who are dependent on the urban environment for employment or education. Unfortunately urban living in today's cities has become disconnected. The dwelling is not a part of the surrounding community but …
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My own, private Washington
Recent affairs in Washington D.C. are beginning to lay the foundation for a new exploration of architecture. The division line between national and corporate identities, their spatial relationship to the public realm are beginning to blur. The expanding influence of private entities in public …
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Oversight in local government in South Africa : a case study of the Ombudman's office for the City of Cape Town
The municipal ombud is a relatively new concept in South Africa and only two municipal ombud offices currently operate within the country. While there is a growing body of literature on the organisational ombud, as well as established works on various classical ombud, the practice of 'ombudsing' …
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a creative inquiry: how context affects design
The following thesis explores how creating work in a non-traditional art space can change the perceptions of that environment and the work itself. This essay is intended for exhibition designers, installation artists, design educators and museum/gallery directors. Using various methods of design, I …
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The personalisation of the visitor experience in the public interior and its contribution to emotional attachment to place: Towards a sensory-emotional framework for experiential design
This thesis investigates the personalisation of experience in the public interior to uncover principles that can contribute to a design understanding of the visitor emotional attachment to place. It posits that catering for a diversity of sensory and emotional needs can foster a greater sense of …
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Edgeways : the design of mediating zones along public paths
Our society places greater value on individualism and privacy than on sharing and public use of space. This attitude is apparent in the form of our physical environment. Given the need for spontaneous, informal bonds of community and the increasingly privatized environment in which we live, …
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