Hybrid sponges

dc.contributor.advisorKrumwiede, Keithen_US
dc.creatorMurillo, Victor Manuelen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T06:45:50Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T06:45:50Zen_US
dc.date.issued2003en_US
dc.description.abstractThe ground in Houston is characterized by its low permeability rate. This condition, combined with the standard manner of building construction, is pushing the drainage system to the limits, increasing the possibility of having, more often, urban flooding. The project proposes a complementary tower system that helps to control urban floods. These towers will act as "hybrid sponges", an extended mechanism of the bayou that is going to attract water with artificial elements complementing natural systems. On the other hand they are going to create new events within a community that will be the platform for new alternatives of development; like new houses that will allow families to exchange their houses that are into the flood plain, creating a new social-urban phenomenon that will start as a extended mechanism of the bayou, but immediate after it is going to be extend to the community for the provision of totally desirable alternatives.en_US
dc.digitization.specificationsThesis was rescanned at 24-bit color in 2020. PDF has been OCR’d and made accessible.en_US
dc.format.digitalOriginreformatted digitalen_US
dc.format.extent67 ppen_US
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS ARCH. 2003 MURILLOen_US
dc.identifier.citationMurillo, Victor Manuel. "Hybrid sponges." (2003) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17638">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17638</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRICE2775en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/17638en_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.subjectLandscape architectureen_US
dc.subjectCivil engineeringen_US
dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.subjectUrban planningen_US
dc.subjectRegional planningen_US
dc.titleHybrid spongesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
schema.accessibilityFeaturetaggedPDFen_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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