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Changsong Gao 5 Theses Assignment

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Attention to the materiality of space reveals the social and cultural history embedded within different types of built environments.
  • Henderson, R. (2013). The Gardens of Suzhou. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press.
  • Forgan, S. (2005) Building the Museum: Knowledge, Conflict, and the Power of Place. Isis 96: 4, 572-585.
  • Reinhardt, D. & Jakovich, J. (2009) ’Trivet Fields’: The Materiality of Interaction in Architectural Space. Leonardo, 42: 3, 216-224.
  • Ding, G. (2014) ‘Experimental Architecture’ in China. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 73:1, 28-37.
  • Chun, A. and McDonald, T. (2002) Translation and Materiality: The Space of Invention between Designing and Building. Journal of Architectural Education, 55: 3, 183-185.
  • Tishler, W. (2000) Midwestern Landscape Architecture. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
  • Ashraf, K. K. (2007) Taking Place: Landscape in the Architecture of Louis Kahn. Journal of Architectural Education, 61: 2, 48-58.
  • Kramer, E. F. (2004) The Walter Gropius House Landscape: A Collaboration of Modernism and the Vernacular. Journal of Architectural Education, 57: 3, 39-47.

Museums stand at the intersection of scientific work and display.

Forgan, S. (2005) “Building the Museum: Knowledge, Conflict, and the Power of Place.” Isis 96: 4, 572-585.

Schatzberg, E. (2012) “From Art to Applied Science.” Isis 103: 3, 555-563.

Jones, B. G. (1986) Protecting Historic Architecture and Museum Collections from Natural Disasters. Boston: Butterworths.

Giebelhausen, M. (2003) The Architecture of the Museum: Symbolic Structures, Urban Contexts. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Bedini, S. A. (1965) “The Evolution of Science Museums.” Technology and Culture, 6: 1, 1-29.

Cohen, J. (2000) “Designer Labs: Architecture Discovers Science.” Science, New Series, 287: 5451, 210-214.

Bennett, J. (2005) “Museums and the History of Science: Practitioner’s Postscript.” Isis, 96: 4, 602-608.

Lai, D. (2014) “Idealizing a Chinese Style: Rethinking Early Writings on Chinese Architecture and the Design of the National Central Museum in Nanjing.” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 73: 1, 61-90.

The Museum of Modern Art. (1968) “Architecture of Museums.” Members Newsletter, 1, 1-2.

Sirefman, S. (1999) “Formed and Forming: Contemporary Museum Architecture.” Daedalus, 128: 3, 297-320.


Experiences of urban spaces are reshaped and augmented through new technologies.

Darroch, M. (2014). Cartographies of Place: Navigating the Urban. McGill-Queen’s University Press

Rosenberg, D., & Grafton, A. (2010). Cartographies of Time. New York, Princeton Architectural Press.

Arnade, P; Howell, M. & Simons, W. (2002) “Fertile Spaces: The Productivity of Urban Space in Northern Europe.” The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 32: 4, 515-548.

Poster, M. (1993) “Culture and History: The Cases of Leisure, Art, and Technology.” French Historical Studies, 18: 1, 131-135.

Swyngedouw, E. (1992) “Territorial Organization and the Space/Technology Nexus.”
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 17: 4, 417-433.

Huyssen, A. (2007) “Modernist Miniatures: Literary Snapshots of Urban Spaces.” PMLA, 122: 1, 27-42.

Srivastava, S. (2009) “Urban Spaces, Disney-Divinity and Moral Middle Classes in Delhi.” Economic and Political Weekly, 44: 26/27, 338-345.

Levine. A. (1986) “Commentary: Space Technology and Societal Regulation.” Science, Technology, & Human Values, 11:1, 27-39.

Different types of built forms are essential to shaping ideas and the dissemination of ideas.

Piotrowski, A. (2011). Architecture of Thought. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press.

Delbeke, M., & Morel A. F. (2010) “Metaphors in Action: Early Modern Church Buildings as Spaces of Knowledge.” Architectural History, Vol. 53 (2010), pp. 99-122

Kieckhefer, R. (2004). Theology in stone: Church architecture from Byzantium to Berkeley. New York: Oxford University Press.

Wolniewicz, R. (1997) “Comparative Ethnic Church Architecture.” Polish American Studies, 54: 1, 53-73.

Robinson, W. (1990) “Early Anglo-American Church Architecture in Texas.” The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, 94:2, 261-298.

Heatwole, C. (1989) “Sectarian Ideology and Church Architecture.” Geographical Review, 79: 1, 63-78.


University projects are sites of contest and mediation of governance among institutions of power and knowledge.

Pattie, C. & Paddison , R. (1993) “Urban Governance.” Area, 25: 2, 176-177.

Perry, B. (2011) “Universities and Cities: Governance, Institutions and Mediation.” Built Environment, 37: 3, 245-259.

Yigitcanlar, T. & Sarimin, M. (2011) “The Role of Universities in Building Prosperous Knowledge Cities: The Malaysian Experience.” Built Environment, 37: 3, 260-280.

Charles, D. (2011) “The Role of Universities in Building Knowledge Cities in Australia.” Built Environment, 37: 3, 281-298.

Ng, M. & Tang, W. (2004) “Theorising Urban Planning in a Transitional Economy: The Case of Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China.” The Town Planning Review, 75: 2, 173-203.

Wang, C-H. (2006) “Planning Taipei: Nodal Status, Strategic Planning and Mode of Governance.” The Town Planning Review, 77: 3, 283-309.

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LOJEAN ALALI & STEPHANIE OSORIO

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Unlike other majors, Architecture is a major that relates to people and many aspects in life.
  • Warren, C. J. (1908). What Is Architecture? Architecture (1900-1922), 17(3), 43.
    • [NOTE: the link above does not get me anywhere -RH]
  • Baker, C. H. C. (1912). What Is Architecture? Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art, 114(2964), 200-201. Retrieved from
    • [NOTE: the link above does not get me anywhere -RH]
  • Brooks, A. M., 1870. (1924). Architecture. United States.
    • [NOTE: This citation is incorrect and incomplete. Mr. Brooks was born in 1870 & the book was published in 1924. I also provided a link that is more appropriate than the earlier one. -RH]
  • Shinada,Y., Sato, H. (1993). Development of new architecture type beans. Japan.
    • [NOTE: This citation is about beans. I doubt that your thesis intends to go this far in stating how architecture relates to many aspects of life. -RH]
  • Melville, H. W. (1949). Chemical architecture. Nature, 163(4147), 623-623.
    • [NOTE: the above article is a book review about a book focused on chemical structures. Again, I doubt that it will provide much use to you in supporting your thesis above.]
  • Verkaaik, O. (2014). Religious architecture: Anthropological perspectives. Amsterdam University Press.
Architecture is built on the needs of people, and that’s how Islamic architecture arrised.

>Hassan fathy and continuity in islamic architecture; the birth of a new modern. (2011). Reference and Research Book News, 26(1) Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/848779374?accountid=13158

>OMER, S. (2008). Towards understanding islamic architecture. Islamic Studies, 47(4), 483-510. Retrieved from
http://www.jstor.org.ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu/stable/20839141?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

>Verkaaik, O. (2014). Religious architecture: Anthropological perspectives Amsterdam University Press. Retrieved from
http://sk8es4mc2l.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/summon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.title=Religious+Architecture&rft.au=Verkaaik%2C+Oskar&rft.date=2014-02-01&rft.pub=Amsterdam+University+Press&rft.isbn=9789089645111&rft.externalDocID=10872525&paramdict=en-US

>Grube, E. J., & Michell, G. (1978). Architecture of the islamic world: Its history and social meaning. New York: Morrow. Retrieved from
http://psu.summon.serialssolutions.com/search/results?spellcheck=true&s.q=rise+of+islamic+architecture#!/search/document?ho=t&q=history%20of%20islamic%20architecture&l=en&id=FETCHMERGED-psu_catalog_a6438192

>Hoag, J. D. (1963). Western islamic architecture. New York: G. Braziller.
Retrieved from
http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015006357761;view=1up;seq=1

>Islamic art & architecture. (2006, Aug). Middle East, , 60-61. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/220620491?accountid=13158

Zaha Hadid creates iconic architecture; and even though some are not built, they still effect the world.

>Hybal, J. Zaha Hadid Architects. ( 2014, Sep). Retrieved from
http://www.arcspace.com/features/zaha-hadid-architects/

>Hadid, Z. (2005). Zaha hadid. Perspecta, 37, 130-135. Retrieved from
http://www.jstor.org.ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu/stable/40482248?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

>Hadid, zaha (2007). . Detroit: Cengage Learning. Retrieved from
http://go.galegroup.com.ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX2699800080&v=2.1&u=psucic&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w&authCount=1

>Hadid,Z.
http://www.zaha-hadid.com/people/zaha-hadid/

>Law, V. (2008, 06). Zaha hadid. The Progressive, 72, 33-35. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/231942092?accountid=13158

>Smith, W., & Tilghman, C. (1996). Hadid, zaha Oxford University Press.
Retrieved from
http://www.oxfordartonline.com.ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu/subscriber/article/grove/art/T036026

Renovating the subway system would benefit the health, safety, and social community of the people of NYC.

>http://www.citylab.com/commute/2015/01/mapping-the-crushing-truth-about-your-work-commute/384772/

> http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es034734y

> http://link.springer.com/article/10.1093%2Fjurban%2Fjti003?LI=true

>(book) Crime, fear, and the New York City subways: the role of citizen action, DJ Kenne

>http://www.citylab.com/commute/2013/04/how-gross-air-nyc-subway-really/5410/

>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/25/nyregion/25subway.html?_r=0

Architecture has the power to drop crime rate drastically, which has shown to be evident in the city of Medellin.

>(article within journal) Security, the State, and the Citizen: The Changing Architecture of Crime Control, New Criminal Law Review: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal, published by University of California Press http://www.jstor.org/stable/797618?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

>Architecture as Crime Control(March 2002), Neal Kumar Katyal, The Yale Law Journal, Vol 111, No. 5, http://www.jstor.org/stable/797618?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

>URBAN TRANSFORMATION IN SLUM DISTRICTS THROUGH PUBLIC SPACE GENERATION AND CABLE TRANSPORTATION AT NORTHEASTERN AREA: MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA , Carolina Blanco, http://storage.globalcitizen.net/data/topic/knowledge/uploads/20121107224831703254_Blanco_Kobayashi.pdf

> City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action, Dec 2011, Vol 15, issue 6, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13604813.2011.609007#.VMWaCcaRPzI

>Reducing Social Exclusion in Highly Disadvantaged Districts in Medellín, Colombia, through the Provision of a Cable-Car, Diego Zapata Cordoba, John Stanley, Janet Robin Stanley, Vol 2, No 4 (2014), http://www.cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/socialinclusion/article/view/127

>THE EMERGENCE OF NEW SUCCESSFUL EXPORT ACTIVITIES IN COLOMBIA, Final Draft, January 2007, IABD project – Latin American Research Network, http://www.iadb.org/res/laresnetwork/projects/pr284finaldraft.pdf

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Selina Bitting & Hajir Al Khusaibi [5 theses]

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The Starchitect has lost its sense of strong design to aesthetically pleasing design.
  • Johnson, Philip. The Seven Crutches of Modern Architecture. Perspecta 3 (1955): 40-45.
  • Abel, Chris. Architecture, Technology, and Process. Amsterdam: Architectural Press, (2004).
  •  Tonkiss, Fran. Does the Architect Have a Duty to the People Making the Building? The Architectural Review CCXXXVI.1407 (2014): 39. Web.
    • [NOTE: If this is a web access source, then it’s nice to include a link to it (over the author’s name)].
  • Starchitects: Not the Real Problem. Architect Magazine. N.p., 14 Aug. 2014. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
  • Hochberg, Hugh. Being a Real Architect Means Being a Conscientious Practitioner. Coxe Group. AIA. Web.
  • Silber, John. Architecture of the Absurd: A Case Against Dysfunctional Buildings. 1st ed. N.p.: Quantuck Lane, 2007. Print.

Computer-Aided design has given architects the tools to further their creativity and architecture.

  • Graves, Michael. “Architecture and the Lost Art of Drawing.” The New York Times. The New York Times, 01 Sept. 2012. Web. 22 Jan. 2015.
  • Akalin, A., & Sezal, I. (2009) The Importance of conceptual and concrete modelling in architectural design education. International Journal of Art and Design Education,28(1), 14-23.
  • Hohenadel, Kristin. “The Curious, Formative Drawings of Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, and Other Renowned Architects.” The Eye. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
  • Bonnardel, N., & Zenasni, F. (2010) The Impact of technology on creativity in design: An enhancement? Creativity and Innovation Management, 19(2), 180-189
  • Wang, T. (2010). A New Paradigm for Design Studio Education. International Journal of Art & Design Education. 29(2),173–183.
  • Robertson, B.F. “Impact of CAD Tools on Creative Problem Solving in Engineering Design.”Computer-Aided Design 41.3 (2008): 136-46. Print.

 

Beautiful renderings of photorealistic quality misrepresent and cloud actual critique of design.

  • Quirk, Vanessa. “Are Renderings Bad for Architecture?” 06 Jun 2013. ArchDaily. Accessed 25 Jan 2015. <http://www.archdaily.com/?p=383325>
  • Rendering. CLOG magazine, English 2012.<http://www.clog-online.com/shop/clog-rendering/>
  • Harris, Elizabeth A. “Idealized or Caricature, Architectural Renderings Are Weapons in Real Estate.” The New York Times. The New York Times, 26 Aug. 2013. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
  • Freeman, Belmont. “Digital Deception.” Placesjournal.org. Design Observer, 1 May 2013. Web. 1 Jan. 2015.
  • Forseth, Kevin, and David Vaughan. Graphics for Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1980. Print.
  • Porter, Tom. The Architect’s Eye: Visualization and Depiction of Space in Architecture. London: E & FN Spon, 1997. Print.

 

Dictator States and Governments have played a big role in the development and construction of Influential Architecture

  • O’Shaughnessy, Nicholas J. Politics and Propaganda: Weapons of Mass Seduction. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan, 2004. Print.
  • Segawa, Hugo M. Architecture of Brazil, 1900-1990. New York: Springer, 2013. Print.
  • “Moral Responsibility, Zaha Hadid and the Al-Wakrah Stadium.” Metropolis Magazine. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
  • “Richard Rogers Says Architects “have a Duty to Society”” Dezeen We Have a Responsibility to Society Says Richard Rogers Comments. N.p., 16 July 2013. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
  • Tonkiss, Fran. “Does the Architect Have a Duty to the People Making the Building?” The Architectural Review CCXXXVI.1407 (2014): 39. Web.
  • Chaubin, Frédéric. CCCP: Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed. Köln: Taschen, 2011. Print.

 

Architectural fiction and its endless possibilities have a hand in inspiring architects in creating new and exciting architecture.

  • Rajagopal, Avinash. “Five Compelling Works Of Architecture Fiction.” Metropolis Magazine. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
  • Avinash Rajagopal. “Five Fantastical Examples of Speculative Architecture” 13 Dec 2013. ArchDaily. Accessed 25 Jan 2015. <http://www.archdaily.com/?p=456026>
  • Klanten, Robert, and Lukas Feireiss. Beyond Architecture: Imaginative Buildings and Fictional Cities. Berlin: Gestalten, 2009. Print.
  •  Adam, Ernest. “The Role of Architecture in Video Games.” The Role of Architecture in Video Games. Designer’s Notebook, n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
  •  Astbury, Jon. “Playing the Architect: Why Video Games and Architecture Need Each Other.” Playing the Architect: Why Video Games and Architecture Need Each Other. The Architecture Review, n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
  • Klanten, Robert. Beyond Architecture: Imaginative Buildings and Fictional Cities. Berlin: Gestalten, 2009. Print.

 

Photo: Denko, Marek. Rooftops, Rockets, and Adventures Beyond. 2014. Gizmodo.

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5 Theses (Brad Pawelczyk, Bryan Benaim, Owen Marhefka)

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Vertical production of food in cities through aquaponics provides a viable option for producing food closer to consumers.

  • “Why Aquaponics?” Green Acre Aquaponics. Aquaponics Association, n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2015. <http://www.greenacreaquaponics.com/why-aquaponics/>.
  • Goodman, Elisha. “Aquaponics: Community and Economic Development.” Diss. Arizona State U, 2005. Print.
  • Koc, Mustafa, and Rod MacRae, eds. For Hunger Proof Cities: Sustainable Urban Food Systems. Ottowa: International Development Research Centre, 1999. Print.
  • McCarthy, Matthew. “Advantages and Disadvantages of Aquaponics.” aqua-pana-ponics. N.p., 6 Feb. 2011. Web. 25 Jan. 2015. <https://sites.google.com/site/aquapanaponics/4-project-updates/advantagesanddisadvantagesofaquaponics>.
  • Zakariah S, Lamptey GM & Maxwell D. 1998. Urban agriculture in Accra: a descriptive analysis. In: Armar-Klemesu M & Maxwell D (eds), Urban agriculture in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area: report to IDRC. Legon: NMIMR.
  • United Nations Development Programme. 1996. Urban agriculture: food, jobs and sustainable cities. New York: UNDP.

Recent advances now allow for architects to consider the integration of responsive technologies when designing homes.

  • Frizell, Sam. “The Smart Home.” TIME June 2014: n. pag. Print.
  • Bonino, Daario. “What Would You Ask Your Home If It Were Intelligent.” Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments 3.2 (2011): n. pag. Print.
  • Balta-Ozkan, Nazmiye. “Social Barriers to the Adoption of Smart Homes.” Energy Policy 63 (2013): n. pag. Print.
  • Davidson, Rosemary. “The Development of Smart Homes Market in UK.” Elsevier: n. pag. Print.
  • De Silva, Liyanage. “State of the Art Smart Homes.” Elsevier 25.7 (2012): n. pag. Print.
  • SmartHome. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2015. <http://www.smarthome.com/>.
  • Griffith, Eric. “Nest and Beyond: A Beginner’s Guide to Home Automation.” PC. N.p., 15 Jan. 2014. Web. 25 Jan. 2015. <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2410889,00.asp>.

The role of Computer-aided design in architecture school, should be reevaluated to promote, and not hinder, the development of sound design solutions and elegant ideas.

  • Lewis, Roger K. “Roger K. Lewis – Computers Are Great Tools for Architects, but Don’t Let CAD Go Wild.” Washington Post. The Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2011. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
  • Van Schaik, Leon. “How can Code be used to Address Spatiality in Architecture?” Architectural design 84.5 (2014): 136-41.ProQuest. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
  • Clear, N. (2013), Drawing Time. Archit Design, 83: 70–79. doi: 10.1002/ad.1637
  • Graves, Michael. “Architecture and the Lost Art of Drawing.” The New York Times. The New York Times, 01 Sept. 2012. Web. 22 Jan. 2015
  • Haapasalo, Harri. “THE ROLE OF CAD IN CREATIVE ARCHITECTURAL SKETCHING.” THE ROLE OF CAD IN CREATIVE ARCHITECTURAL SKETCHING. Univeristy of Oulu, n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
  • Thondavi, Natasha. “UP CLOSE | At School of Architecture, Role of Drawing in Doubt.” Yale Daily News. N.p., 6 Apr. 2012. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.

Integration of building, landscape, and infrastructure encourages efficient and functional use of urban space.

  • Zeiger, Mimi. “Santa Monica Spoke: James Corner’s Tongva Park Gives the People Much of what they Wanted for a Revived Downtown.” Landscape architecture magazine 104.2 (2014): 106-25. ProQuest. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
  • Allen, Stanley, and Rafi Segal. “Block/Tower: A Vertical Landscape in Midtown Manhattan.” Architectural design 84.5 (2014): 60-5. ProQuest. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
  • Betsky, A. (2011). High times: A defense of the high line – and the hope for landscape urbanism that it heralds. Architect (Washington, D.C.), 100(7), 82. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/894159453?accountid=13158
  • Shannon, K., & Smets, M. (2011). Towards integrating infrastructure and landscape: In order to function, fit and be acceptable, infrastructure needs to enhance the quality of the landscape – three major design approaches are overwhelmingly evident in a review of exemplary built projects from around the globe. Topos: The International Review of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, (74), 64-71. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/865522564?accountid=13158
  • Berg, N. (2014). Sejong city: By merging landscape and architecture, balmori associates and H architecture aim to create a new seat of government for south korea — and a new form of urbanism. Architect (Washington, D.C.), 103(8), 96-105. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1609297521?accountid=13158
  • Baird, G. (2014). Ideology wars redux : A commentary on landscape urbanism and the new urbanism. Log, (32), 117-125. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1620003675?accountid=13158

Revitalization of “stoop culture” into community housing fosters strongly connected neighborhood social networks.

  • The Stoop. Dir. Alexandra Schwimmer. Water Tower Productions, 2013. Film.
  • Brunjes, Ann. “Cultural Commentary: Walled Off.” Bridgewater Review 19.2 (2000): 13-14.
  • Irene Fowlkes, 2006, Bed-Stuy in da Brownstone House: , Munich, GRIN Publishing GmbH, http://www.grin.com/en/e-book/127590/bed-stuy-in-da-brownstone-house
  • Warf, Barney. “The reconstruction of social ecology and neighborhood change in Brooklyn.” Environment and Planning D 8.1 (1990): 73-96.
  • Shim, Youngkyu. “The Backstreet is Back.” Space.556 (2014): 22-7. ProQuest. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
  • Brown, Barbara B., and Vivian L. Cropper. “New urban and standard suburban subdivisions: Evaluating psychological and social goals.” Journal of the American Planning Association 67.4 (2001): 402-419.
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5 Theses (Kyle McAlpin, Amy Louie)

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The Lower Ninth Ward can benefit more from private and personal intervention than government planned projects

  •  Abramsky, Sasha. The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives. New York: Nation Books, 2013. 315.
  • Askwith, T.G. Self-help Housing. 4th ed. Vol. 13. Journal of African Administration, 1961. 210.
  • Far from Home : Deficiencies in Federal Disaster Housing Assistance after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and Recommendations for Improvement : Special Report. U.S. Government Printing Office, 2009. 283.
  • Green, R., Bates, L. K. and Smyth, A. (2007), Impediments to recovery in New Orleans’ Upper and Lower Ninth Ward: one year after Hurricane Katrina. Disasters, 31: 311–335. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2007.01011.x
  • Ward, Peter M. Self-help Housing : A Critique. London: Mansell, 1982. 296.
  • Wooten, Tom. We Shall Not Be Moved : Rebuilding Home in the Wake of Katrina. Beacon Press, 2012. 228.The architect is responsible for designing a sustainable building

The architect is responsible for designing an environmentally conscious and sustainable building.

  • “Architecture and Quality of Life.” Architects Council of Europe. November 20, 2009. Accessed January 25, 2015. 
  • Crocker, Robert. Motivating Change Sustainable Design and Behaviour in the Built Environment. London: Earthscan, 2013. 434.
  • Design E². McIntyre Media [distributor], 2006. DVD.
  • Edwards, Brian, and Emanuele Naboni. Green Buildings Pay: Design, Productivity and Ecology. Third ed. London: Routledge, 2013.
  • Soleri, Paolo, and Lissa McCullough. Conversations with Paolo Soleri. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2012.
  • “Sustainability and the Impact of Building.” Doerr Architecture. July 3, 2011. Accessed January 25, 2015. 

More effort has been placed in studying architectural and planning interventions that are needed in struggling urban locations, while rural areas have been ignored in the field.

  • Allen, Tania. “The Created Dichotomy Between Urban and Rural.” College of Design The Student Publication NC State University. January 2, 2013. Accessed January 25, 2015. 
  • Beasley, Ken B., and Lorne H. Russwurm. 1981. The rural-urban fringe: Canadian perspectives. Vol. no. 10. Downsview, Ont., Canada: Dept. of Geography, Atkinson College, York University.
  • Hagan, Susannah. 2001. Taking shape: A new contract between architecture and nature. Oxford; Boston: Architectural Press.
  • Kimmelman, Michael. “In Houston, Art Is Where the Home Is.” New York Times, December 17, 2006, Art and Design sec. Accessed January 25, 2015. 
  • Turner, John. “Housing as a Verb” in Freedom to Build: Dweller Control of the Housing Process. New York: Macmillan Company, 1972
  • United Nations General Assembly. Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future. March 20, 1987. A/42/427. 

Host cities of the Olympic Games and World Cup should be picked with more stringent parameters to ensure the city’s economy is not disrupted in the long-run

  • Impact of the Olympic Games on the host city’s lodging market Li, Yingshun. University of Delaware, ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing, 2014. 1562397.
  • Jennings, William J. Olympic Risks. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
  • Leahy, Joe. “Moody’s Plays down Economic Impact of World Cup on Brazil.” Financial Times, March 31, 2014.
  • Lenskyj, Helen. Olympic Industry Resistance Challenging Olympic Power and Propaganda. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2008.
  • Mehrotra, Anita (09/01/2012). “To Host or Not to Host? A Comparison Study on the Long-Run Impact of the Olympic Games”. Michigan journal of business (1941-5745), 5, p. 61.
  • Rose, Andrew K., and Mark M. Spiegel. “The Olympic Effect*.” The Economic Journal, 2011, 652-77.

Architecture that responds and adapts to change is better equipped to succeed within our ever-changing environment.