Closer to heaven: The typology of the cemetery tower

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dc.contributor.advisorLee, Cloveren_US
dc.creatorSlaughter, Amanda McRaeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-03T18:32:04Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-12-03T18:32:04Zen_US
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.description.abstractWithin the past few decades the unsustainability of mainstream cemeteries has been variously addressed. The cemetery high-rise offers one of the most dramatic models for correcting widespread problems of land use, high burial costs, and issues of isolation from the city. The "cemetery tower" takes advantage of the existing high-rise for a new purpose but the twelve extant buildings have not recognized the potential of the cemetery program to alter and liberate the conventional high-rise typology. My project demonstrates how the high-rise can be reimagined when it houses a cemetery. Correcting what Rem Koolhaus dubbed the "lobotomy" of the modern high-rise in which the sub-divided interior diverges from the iconic exterior, my design induces a salutary effect by marrying the design of the exterior and interior.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. 2008 SLAUGHTERen_US
dc.identifier.citationSlaughter, Amanda McRae. "Closer to heaven: The typology of the cemetery tower." (2008) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/103639">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/103639</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRICE2654en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/103639en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.subjectCommunication and the artsen_US
dc.titleCloser to heaven: The typology of the cemetery toweren_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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