Life in the City: Housing, History and the Supermarket, an Episode in Urban Architecture

dc.contributor.authorParsons, Marc Alanen
dc.contributor.committeechairHunt, Gregory K.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHolt, Jaanen
dc.contributor.committeememberPiedmont-Palladino, Susan C.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:32:02Zen
dc.date.adate2001-02-22en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:32:02Zen
dc.date.issued1996-06-30en
dc.date.rdate2002-02-22en
dc.date.sdate2001-02-21en
dc.description.abstractThe project began as a response to a proposal to construct a suburban style grocery store and surface parking lot in the middle of an existing residential neighborhood, including the substantial demolition and 'strip-mall' conversion of a historic theater located on the Washington, DC site. The Thesis evolved as an exploration of how do we reconcile our contemporary mercantile needs within the urban environment; specifically, how can one incorporate a suburban-scaled, 'big-box' retail structure in an existing, complex urban context. The proposal that follows offers an integrated, mixed-use and contextually sensitive solution, incorporating a full size grocery store (the most fundamental of our consumer needs) with multiple levels of parking below, new residential row-housing and commercial space above - retaining and restoring both the historic theater and the overall neighborhood fabric.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.identifier.otheretd-02212001-220230en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02212001-220230/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/31298en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartmap2001.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectvertical zoningen
dc.subjecthousingen
dc.subjectdesign processen
dc.subjectsupermarketen
dc.subjectdetailingen
dc.subjectsectionen
dc.titleLife in the City: Housing, History and the Supermarket, an Episode in Urban Architectureen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
map2001.pdf
Size:
3.94 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format

Collections