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Cincinnati Makers Collaborative

Schweinhart, Eric
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1399629759

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2014, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
Substandard living conditions for impoverished individuals and families in the United States enhance the already grim circumstances facing a marginalized population trying to survive. These living conditions are defined not only by a lack of upkeep but also by neglect for environmental, social, cultural, and behavioral influences in the initial design. Understanding the realities of dwelling, poverty, environmental behavioralism, and contextual stimuli is paramount to addressing the poverty epidemic. A series of case studies on effective, affordable housing solutions by architects including Michael Pyatok, Kava Massih, David Baker, and Patrick Tighe, combined with research on poverty conditions, utopias, and the urban context will allow for a synthesis of human programmatic needs. In addition to the focus on dwelling, there are four secondary topics that must be examined in depth to gain insight on how to design dwellings for the poor: environmental behavioralism, current social structures, the history of public housing in the United States, and specific contextual stimuli. It is the attention paid to contextualized human needs and to a slightly lesser extent environment and culture that allows the formation of sustainable, vibrant living conditions; places people can call their own. Analyzing these needs has led to an idea about how to live life in community more holistically, addressing many of the challenging realities facing the poor. This utopian community exists amidst the hopelessness that defines poverty and creates a role that the architect can step into and use minimalist design to provide opportunity to build capacity within a marginalized demographic.
Udo Greinacher, M.Arch. (Committee Chair)
David Varady, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
74 p.
Architecture
Affordable Housing; Social Housing; Environmental Design; Public Housing; Poverty Housing; Environmental Behavioralism

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  • Schweinhart, E. (2014). Cincinnati Makers Collaborative [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1399629759

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Schweinhart, Eric. Cincinnati Makers Collaborative. 2014. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1399629759.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Schweinhart, Eric. "Cincinnati Makers Collaborative." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1399629759

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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