Urban mechanics : the parking garage as an instrument of legibility
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2012.
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| author | Martinez, Marcus E. (Marcus Eugene) |
| author2 | Alexander D'Hooghe. |
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| description | Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2012. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/728172019-04-12T07:41:53Z Urban mechanics : the parking garage as an instrument of legibility Urban mechanics : the parking garage as an instrument for legibility Martinez, Marcus E. (Marcus Eugene) Alexander D'Hooghe. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Architecture. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2012. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 73). No typology has fragmented urban space more than the parking garage. In fact, the city of Houston's parking contingent practice has a resulted in a garage on 30% of the downtown district.The range from a few underground floors to 15 stories above ground make the garage both a defining contextual attribute and a testament to independently functioning sites. This thesis speculates upon the parking garage typology as an instrument of urban legibility and future growth. When limited to the efficiencies of disciplinary conventions garages are distinct facilitative structures that are site adapted anywhere and predictably limited to the function of vehicle storage. Yet by focussing on the immense scale, the structural language of the garage can be configured as a structural infrastructure that can serve beyond the needs of the vehicle and exert higher-level roles for greater urban spaces. by Marcus E. Martinez. S.M. 2012-09-13T18:53:33Z 2012-09-13T18:53:33Z 2012 2012 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72817 806346995 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 73 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Architecture. Martinez, Marcus E. (Marcus Eugene) Urban mechanics : the parking garage as an instrument of legibility |
| title | Urban mechanics : the parking garage as an instrument of legibility |
| title_full | Urban mechanics : the parking garage as an instrument of legibility |
| title_fullStr | Urban mechanics : the parking garage as an instrument of legibility |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urban mechanics : the parking garage as an instrument of legibility |
| title_short | Urban mechanics : the parking garage as an instrument of legibility |
| title_sort | urban mechanics the parking garage as an instrument of legibility |
| topic | Architecture. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72817 |
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