Power Stack

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dc.contributor.advisorJiménez, Carlosen_US
dc.contributor.advisorFriedman, Nathanen_US
dc.creatorSchneider, Michelleen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-06T17:02:39Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-07-06T17:02:39Zen_US
dc.date.created2023-05en_US
dc.date.issued2023-04-21en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2023en_US
dc.date.updated2023-07-06T17:02:39Zen_US
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.en_US
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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>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/114927en_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.subjectEnergy Storageen_US
dc.subjectInfrastructureen_US
dc.subjectPower Griden_US
dc.subjectPasadena Texasen_US
dc.subjectElectrical Griden_US
dc.subjectGravity Storageen_US
dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.subjectLandscapeen_US
dc.subjectCoastal Prairieen_US
dc.subjectRenewable Energyen_US
dc.subjectFloodplainen_US
dc.subjectToxicityen_US
dc.subjectPower Storageen_US
dc.titlePower Stacken_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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