Bayou Mile (Texas)

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dc.contributor.advisorCannady, William T.
dc.creatorEasterling, John Samuel
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:25:22Z
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:25:22Z
dc.date.issued1993
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.
dc.digitization.specificationsThesis was rescanned at 24-bit color in 2020. PDF has been OCR’d and made accessible.
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dc.format.extent88 pp
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS ARCH. 1993 EASTERLING
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>.
dc.identifier.digitalRICE2924
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/13804
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectArchitecture
dc.subjectUrban planning
dc.subjectRegional planning
dc.titleBayou Mile (Texas)
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thesis.degree.departmentArchitecture
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitecture
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architecture
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