Our attitudes are shaped by our environments; our emotions, activities, and thoughts are affected by the surroundings in which we live. Individual personalities develop as a reflection of the environment in which they ...

There is a problem of discussing experiences. In architecture, the result makes for a difficult critique or discussion of experiences in the built environment. Whenever style, form, function, or materials are called into ...

It has been said that great architecture makes a statement. While some statements are open for debate, the basic premise of a building making a valid statement rings true for all good designers. With this initial design ...

The practice of adaptive reuse can shape views of the past and inspire visions of the future through expressions of memory and place as being transmitted through the users lived experience. Collective memory, sense of ...

OVER THE AGES ARCHITECTURE HAS ADAPTED THE HUMAN CONDITION TO ENUMERABLE CLIMATES AND ENVIRONMENTS. As TECHNOLOGY HAS ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE HAS FOUND SIMPLICITY OF DESIGN THROUGH THE USE OF MECHANICALLY CONTROLLED ADAPTED ...

This thesis proposes the use of a Neighborhood Improvement Authority which is a local government entity that is created to help fund the stainability and growth of residential neighborhoods. Using this entity, the neighborhood ...