Bayou Mile (Texas)

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dc.contributor.advisorCannady, William T.en_US
dc.creatorEasterling, John Samuelen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:25:22Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:25:22Zen_US
dc.date.issued1993en_US
dc.description.abstractThis architectural design thesis contends that meaning is found not in historical typologies and static conceptions of architectural form but in the specifics of the proposed architecture's conditions--in its precise regional cultural territory and from the particular landscape of which it is a part (Houston). Such an approach is typically labeled Critical Regionalist as defined by architectural theorist Kenneth Frampton. This thesis proposes to extend Frampton's definition of Critical Regionalism by offering an architecture which is informed by the natural systems and processes, the geomorphology, and the phenomenology of the regional landscape. The project focuses on the bayou system, the Houston landscape's most significant and salient natural feature. The ideas derived from the bayous, along with the cultural, historical and formal content of the site are transformed into the architectural proposal from its overall massing; to its spatial configuration; and to the tactility of its smallest detail.en_US
dc.digitization.specificationsThesis was rescanned at 24-bit color in 2020. PDF has been OCR’d and made accessible.en_US
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS ARCH. 1993 EASTERLINGen_US
dc.identifier.citationEasterling, John Samuel. "Bayou Mile (Texas)." (1993) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13804">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13804</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRICE2924en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/13804en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.subjectUrban planningen_US
dc.subjectRegional planningen_US
dc.titleBayou Mile (Texas)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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thesis.degree.departmentArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen_US
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