Jordan, Anne Michael2014-03-142014-03-142006-05-16etd-05302006-153612http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42810If a city is to undergo a re-birth then why not start from the beginning of life: childhood. This project explores the place of the child in the city and how a re-urbanizing area can benefit from the presence of the child. The thesis also looks at the home and what makes a good urban dwelling for a family. The program for the thesis evolved as a reaction to these queries as a mixed use urban center that brings together family residence towers with private yards, and a school that incorporates day care and teaches pre-school through fifth grade.1 volumeapplication/pdfenIn Copyrighturban communityapartment residencesschool architecturemixed-useLD5655.V855 2006.J673Thesishttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05302006-153612/