Power Stack

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dc.contributor.advisorJiménez, Carlos
dc.contributor.advisorFriedman, Nathan
dc.creatorSchneider, Michelle
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-06T17:02:39Z
dc.date.available2023-07-06T17:02:39Z
dc.date.created2023-05
dc.date.issued2023-04-21
dc.date.submittedMay 2023
dc.date.updated2023-07-06T17:02:39Z
dc.description.abstractThis is an urban project that seeks to redesign the value of energy infrastructure. The obsolescence of oil and gas in Pasadena, Texas provides an opportunity to critically examine how energy infrastructure might be used as a net-positive urban agitator. How might we use infrastructure as a medium for progress? By considering not only what the infrastructure does as a precise utility, but what it means in urban space. The thesis integrates sustenance, with utility. In the future of energy production, consider not having one that supplies many, but nodes of power storage and supply that serve the local context. The thesis proposes a distributable architecture with an encoded ethical ideology within an urban scheme. A store of value for energy, but contrary to current industrial zones, also serving as a value to its proximity. Gravity-based energy storage, Power Stacks, store surplus energy, which is made available in times of supply fluctuations. The energy infrastructure is bolstered by floodable landscapes that also mitigate toxicity, remediating the ground upon which the energy infrastructure stands.
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dc.identifier.citationSchneider, Michelle. "Power Stack." (2023) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/114927">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/114927</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/114927
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.subjectEnergy Storage
dc.subjectInfrastructure
dc.subjectPower Grid
dc.subjectPasadena Texas
dc.subjectElectrical Grid
dc.subjectGravity Storage
dc.subjectArchitecture
dc.subjectLandscape
dc.subjectCoastal Prairie
dc.subjectRenewable Energy
dc.subjectFloodplain
dc.subjectToxicity
dc.subjectPower Storage
dc.titlePower Stack
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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