After Beaches: Designs for Unstable Grounds

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dc.contributor.advisorUtting, Brittanyen_US
dc.contributor.advisorFinley, Dawnen_US
dc.creatorBrancaccio, Anna Sophiaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-21T15:23:32Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-05-21T15:23:32Zen_US
dc.date.created2024-05en_US
dc.date.issued2024-04-18en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2024en_US
dc.date.updated2024-05-21T15:23:32Zen_US
dc.description.abstractBeaches are highly dynamic, shifting hourly, and seasonally with changing tides and weather. This relative instability poses issues for coastal development which relies on fixed ideas of land ownership and construction. As a result, massive coastal defense infrastructures, such as sea walls, jetties, dikes, and bulkheads, have been deployed across these shorelines to fix the ground in place. Rather than preventing change, these fixed or fixing infrastructures accelerate certain kinds of movement, drawing distinct patterns of erosion, flow, and sedimentation into the grounds they occupy. Set in Galveston Bay, on the northeast Texas Gulf Coast, After Beaches: Designs for Unstable Grounds is a proposal for alternative methods for designing and constructing coastal ground based on movement rather than fortification, imagining how a dynamic understanding of ground could shift strategies of coastal development towards more seasonal and provisional approaches. Sediment is borrowed for the construction of temporary public beaches and recreational facilities.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationBrancaccio, Anna. After Beaches: Designs for Unstable Grounds. (2024). Masters thesis, Rice University. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/116026en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/116026en_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.subjectBeachesen_US
dc.subjectfishing pieren_US
dc.subjecterosionen_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectinfrastructureen_US
dc.subjectMarshesen_US
dc.subjectGalvestonen_US
dc.subjectTexas City Dikeen_US
dc.titleAfter Beaches: Designs for Unstable Groundsen_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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