Building on the past: A multi-service center in Houston's Fourth Ward (Texas)

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dc.contributor.advisorCannady, William T.
dc.creatorMinus, Stephen Keator
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:18:40Z
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:18:40Z
dc.date.issued1992
dc.description.abstractHouston's Fourth Ward has often been the object of redevelopment schemes which call for extensive change. The most recent such plan would save neighborhood houses, but would displace residents. To so easily separate buildings from their occupants requires an architecture concerned primarily with aesthetics. My thesis' premise is the desirability of maintaining the Fourth Ward's current population. Change must occur to stop this community from disintegrating due to poverty, drugs, and neglect. A community center located in and around an abandoned school, well known by residents, would act as a reinvigorated center for the neighborhood. Proposed new buildings mediate between this monumental school and shotgun homes around it. A sloped court connects neighborhood streets to the school's raised floor and serves as common entry to child care, elderly care, and commercial facilities.
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dc.format.extent40 pp
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dc.identifier.callnoThesis Arch. 1992 Minus
dc.identifier.citationMinus, Stephen Keator. "Building on the past: A multi-service center in Houston's Fourth Ward (Texas)." (1992) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13589">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13589</a>.
dc.identifier.digitalRICE2469
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/13589
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectArchitecture
dc.subjectUrban planning
dc.subjectRegional planning
dc.titleBuilding on the past: A multi-service center in Houston's Fourth Ward (Texas)
dc.typeThesis
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thesis.degree.departmentArchitecture
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitecture
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architecture
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