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Work / Ethic: A Systemic Approach to Sustainable Urban Renewal
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Darcy, Michael P.
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Year and Degree
2015, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
Abstract
This thesis seeks to address global issues of sustainability through the development of a systemic approach to urban renovation and renewal that simultaneously deals with issues of urban blight and vacancy, and maintains the existing character of the urban fabric. Reusing the existing urban fabric minimizes environmental costs of material production, acquisition, and transportation, while sustainable master-planning and architectural concepts, adapted from existing projects seeking similar ends, address broader goals of awareness, passive and renewable energy infrastructure and an ethical awareness of the environmental costs of construction. This systemic methodology addresses urban renewal at three scales and develops strategies for each one: the entire neighborhood; the structures that inhabit it, and the infrastructure that supports them; to the detail-construction scale. This thesis proposes utilization of ecologically sustainable architecture and neighborhood master-planning that serves as a vehicle for psychological, societal, and ethical shifts toward a paradigm of sustainable urban renewal.
Committee
John Eliot Hancock, M.Arch. (Committee Chair)
Michael McInturf, M.Arch. (Committee Member)
Pages
90 p.
Subject Headings
Architecture
Keywords
Urban Renewal
;
Adaptive Reuse
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Renovation
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Sustainable Infrastructure
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Sustainability
;
Retrofit
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Darcy, M. P. (2015).
Work / Ethic: A Systemic Approach to Sustainable Urban Renewal
[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1427899699
APA Style (7th edition)
Darcy, Michael.
Work / Ethic: A Systemic Approach to Sustainable Urban Renewal.
2015. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1427899699.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Darcy, Michael. "Work / Ethic: A Systemic Approach to Sustainable Urban Renewal." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1427899699
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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