Industrious Ruins

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dc.contributor.advisorWittenberg, Gordon
dc.creatorBoggess, Judith
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-02T16:54:47Z
dc.date.available2017-08-02T16:54:47Z
dc.date.created2016-05
dc.date.issued2016-04-21
dc.date.submittedMay 2016
dc.date.updated2017-08-02T16:54:47Z
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.
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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>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/96210
dc.language.isoeng
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.
dc.subjectarchitecture
dc.subjectruins
dc.subjectfarm
dc.subjecturban farm
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjecturban agriculture
dc.subjectmixed-use
dc.subjectadaptive reuse
dc.subjectrenovation
dc.subjectpreservation
dc.subjecthistoric preservation
dc.subjectHouston
dc.subjectFifth Ward
dc.subjectsilo
dc.titleIndustrious Ruins
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentArchitecture
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitecture
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architecture
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