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DEVELOPMENTAL DYSPRAXIA : Architectu(Re)sponse

Hill, Nikolas Xenophon
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1273169020

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2010, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture (Master of).
Through the redevelopment of historic urban districts, the “responsibility of the designer” is tied to the interpersonal experience of urbanity. Social interaction and cultural exchange both set the stage for architects’ physical interventions, resulting in the connection of culture and environment, tying the social fabric with the built fabric. Given the transience of urban populations, and amidst transplant influx and native efflux, community institutions are the heritage keepers that coalesce the built and social fabric of the community, acting to inform those with insufficient knowledge of the environment about its history and its present state. In Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, the tacit layers of the 19th-century brewing industry are present in the connections of the drinking places, the drinking culture of the people, and the distinct iconography visible in the built environment. On its especially prominent corner in OTR’s Brewery District, Schwartz’s Point is a building that belies expectations, contradicting many preconceived standards for what a building of its type “should” be. The architectural response creates methods of intervention and redevelopment, in the vicinity of Schwartz’s Point, that afford interaction, collaboration, and flexibility, specifically: a) housing allowing for a transient, flexible user; b) commercial establishments providing for the functionality and spontaneity of the increasing technology and workability of a digital world; and c) entertainment environments showcasing a connection to the existing community’s built and social fabric. The resultant cultural exchange facilitated by these architectural interventions will produce more efficient engagement and a more informed experience within Over-the-Rhine, helping redefine its role as the cultural core of Cincinnati. The additional and improved activities and architecture centered on Schwartz’s Point will offer a renewed perspective on the district’s historical meaning and social fabric to both residents and transplants of the area.
John Eliot Hancock, MARCH (Committee Chair)
Rebecca Williamson, PhD (Committee Chair)
95 p.
Architecture
cultural exchange; linger space; urban transplant; Schwartz's Point; developmental dyspraxia; cultural corridor

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  • Hill, N. X. (2010). DEVELOPMENTAL DYSPRAXIA : Architectu(Re)sponse [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1273169020

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hill, Nikolas. DEVELOPMENTAL DYSPRAXIA : Architectu(Re)sponse. 2010. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1273169020.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hill, Nikolas. "DEVELOPMENTAL DYSPRAXIA : Architectu(Re)sponse." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1273169020

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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