Chapter 43: Un-steady states for Houston
| dc.contributor.advisor | Krumwiede, Keith | |
| dc.creator | Stockwell, David | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2009-06-04T08:42:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2009-06-04T08:42:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
| dc.description.abstract | If the Montrose district's most salient character is cultural diversity, then the restrictions set forth by the City of Houston Planning Department's 'Chapter 42' have proven insufficient, in fact counterproductive to achieving the first publicly stated goal of those amendments: maintainence of neighborhood character.1 Ironically, what allowed the recent climax in diversity to accidentally emerge was the deterioration and subsequent inconsistent levels of maintainence/restoration of what began in the 1920's as a pristine monoculture of middle class bungalows. But as the low-density, single family home has become an inadequate response to Montrose's recent increase in market desireability, Chapter 42 and its resultant "townhouse" model threaten the district with yet a new promise of economic/cultural singularity. However, while embracing Houston's strategy of dwelling-type-as-market-product, it appears possible to write in to the code the previously-accidental ingredient for neigborhoods like Montrose: community emergence through propagation of difference. Thus, Houston's near-town neigborhoods could incrementally densify through means sensitive to local conditions, and simultaneously subvert the ever-present gentrification-oriented threat of monotony. 1Marlene Gaffrick of City of Houston Planning Dept. Goals of Chapter 42 as stated in telephone interview. | |
| dc.digitization.specifications | Thesis was rescanned at 24-bit color in 2020. PDF has been OCR’d and made accessible. | |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | |
| dc.format.extent | 122 pp | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.callno | THESIS ARCH. 2003 STOCKWELL | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Stockwell, David. "Chapter 43: Un-steady states for Houston." (2003) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17628">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17628</a>. | |
| dc.identifier.digital | RICE2774 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17628 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.rights | Copyright 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.subject | Architecture | |
| dc.subject | Urban planning | |
| dc.subject | Regional planning | |
| dc.title | Chapter 43: Un-steady states for Houston | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.type.material | Text | |
| schema.accessibilityFeature | taggedPDF | |
| thesis.degree.department | Architecture | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Architecture | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Rice University | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Architecture |
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