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Ceramic Architecture: Showcasing a Forgotten Architectural Medium Through Recycled Rubble

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2017, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
Vacancy has long been a struggle in the United States due to the cycle of urbanization and suburbanization. There has continuously been a large number of vacant properties across the country, and higher vacancy rates lead to increased rates of demolition. An increase in demolished structures, in turn, leads to a higher volume of waste entering the country’s landfills. Cincinnati is one of the many cities with a surge in re-urbanization. While redevelopment has quickly spread through the city’s derelict neighborhoods, many vacant properties still stand, and their futures are often uncertain. This thesis looks at an obsolete, vacant structure in Cincinnati’s downtown neighborhood, and proposes an alternative method of recycling to reduce the building industry’s waste production through repurposing building rubble and salvaged materials into dry ingredients for architectural ceramic clay bodies. The recycled clay is then translated into traditional and contemporary architectural ceramics that work together to form a designed spatial showcase of CERAMIC ARCHITECTURE. The program, a youth recreational facility, is intended to highlight the forgotten and unconventional applications of ceramics as a construction medium. Within each program space, ceramic becomes more than just a traditional finish material, but acts as both finish and architectural element [structure, partition, acoustic treatment, etc.] simultaneously.
Aarati Kanekar, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Katie Parker (Committee Member)
55 p.

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  • Kline, E. (2017). Ceramic Architecture: Showcasing a Forgotten Architectural Medium Through Recycled Rubble [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491305761415643

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kline, Erin. Ceramic Architecture: Showcasing a Forgotten Architectural Medium Through Recycled Rubble. 2017. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491305761415643.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kline, Erin. "Ceramic Architecture: Showcasing a Forgotten Architectural Medium Through Recycled Rubble." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491305761415643

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)