Shared landscapes : building connections in the suburbs
Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1994.
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| author | Dunn, Alice W. (Alice Winthrop) |
| author2 | Rosemary Grimshaw. |
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| description | Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1994. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/656942019-04-10T12:02:39Z Shared landscapes : building connections in the suburbs Building connections in the suburbs Dunn, Alice W. (Alice Winthrop) Rosemary Grimshaw. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture Architecture Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1994. Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-106). American suburbs are repeatedly assailed for being placeless, with restrictive zoning that isolates the public realm from the private. Critics accuse the suburbs of over-emphasizing castle-like detached single family homes at the expense of civic or community spaces. Recent interest in mixed-use residential communities indicates a desire for a greater reintegration of the individual household with the collective life of a larger community. A crucial place to investigate this urbanistic transformation of suburban development is at the basic 'building block' of community: the micro-neighborhood of dwellings within close proximity. The thesis attempts to answer these questions: at this finer scale, how can one develop a community-oriented civic presence that fosters neighborly interactions in a residential setting? How can this presence connect micro-neighborhoods to the surrounding community? And how does the looser density of the suburbs affect a transplanted, urban-derived sense of shared space? by Alice W. Dunn. M.Arch. 2011-09-13T17:38:43Z 2011-09-13T17:38:43Z 1994 1994 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65694 31262040 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 106 p. (some folded) application/pdf n-us--- Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Architecture Dunn, Alice W. (Alice Winthrop) Shared landscapes : building connections in the suburbs |
| title | Shared landscapes : building connections in the suburbs |
| title_full | Shared landscapes : building connections in the suburbs |
| title_fullStr | Shared landscapes : building connections in the suburbs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Shared landscapes : building connections in the suburbs |
| title_short | Shared landscapes : building connections in the suburbs |
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| topic | Architecture |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65694 |
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