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INTEGRATING PAST AND PRESENT: THE STORY OF A BUILDING THROUGH ADAPTIVE REUSE

KERSTING, JESSICA M
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1148308325

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2006, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture (Master of).
Architecture is an expression appropriate to its time, and adaptive reuse is a tool that can be utilized in the exploration of how to add to the existing fabric of a structure in order to continue the story of the building while still speaking to time and tradition. Although this approach of restoration has been exploited for years, in what ways are reuse and adaptation acceptable means for allowing creativity and innovation to take its place in the history of a building? Through the study of texts by various theorists and the works of Carlo Scarpa and Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates among others, the topic of creating a narrative of a building will be explored. Discussion will involve capitalizing on a building’s history, exploiting present functions and leaving room for future interpretation. The gradual sequence of change and integration of present day ideas, perceptions, and designs with existing building elements will be implemented while examining the old YMCA building on Calhoun Street in Clifton, Ohio. Through this study, a new dimension will be added to the thesis inquiry as to how to approach adaptive reuse not as a way in which to impose new forms and expressions onto existing structures, but as a technique used to add to the continual evolution of a building.
Jeffrey Tilman (Advisor)
84 p.
Architecture
adaptive reuse; narrative;

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  • KERSTING, J. M. (2006). INTEGRATING PAST AND PRESENT: THE STORY OF A BUILDING THROUGH ADAPTIVE REUSE [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1148308325

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • KERSTING, JESSICA. INTEGRATING PAST AND PRESENT: THE STORY OF A BUILDING THROUGH ADAPTIVE REUSE. 2006. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1148308325.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • KERSTING, JESSICA. "INTEGRATING PAST AND PRESENT: THE STORY OF A BUILDING THROUGH ADAPTIVE REUSE." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1148308325

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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