Industrious Ruins

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dc.contributor.advisorWittenberg, Gordonen_US
dc.creatorBoggess, Judithen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-02T16:54:47Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-08-02T16:54:47Zen_US
dc.date.created2016-05en_US
dc.date.issued2016-04-21en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2016en_US
dc.date.updated2017-08-02T16:54:47Zen_US
dc.description.abstractIndustrious Ruins present an alternative approach to adaptive reuse operating between historic preservation and complete renovation. There is value to be found in the reactivation of defunct industrial structures, which are commonplace in US cities like Houston, through the use of certain interventions that enable new productive activities without detracting from the spectacular essence of the ruins themselves. More specifically, inspiration from architectural ruins is a starting point for the conversion of an 80-year-old-rice-mill in Houston's Fifth Ward into a hybrid commercial-scale urban farm and related community center. A proposed convergence between romantic admiration for the structure's historic presence and a full renovation into a new completed building through the utilization of design techniques inspired by the ruins themselves yields a new locus of community engagement that also exists as a continuation of the site's agro-industrial past.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationBoggess, Judith. "Industrious Ruins." (2016) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/96210">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/96210</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/96210en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectruinsen_US
dc.subjectfarmen_US
dc.subjecturban farmen_US
dc.subjectagricultureen_US
dc.subjecturban agricultureen_US
dc.subjectmixed-useen_US
dc.subjectadaptive reuseen_US
dc.subjectrenovationen_US
dc.subjectpreservationen_US
dc.subjecthistoric preservationen_US
dc.subjectHoustonen_US
dc.subjectFifth Warden_US
dc.subjectsiloen_US
dc.titleIndustrious Ruinsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
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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