Design in a Limited Material Culture: Iterations in Third World Building Assemblies

Design in a Limited Material Culture: Iterations in Third World Building Assemblies

Albright, Emily C.

Shantytowns

Building materials

Community centers

Slums

Adaptive reuse

School of Architecture 5th year final project publication

For centuries designers and planners have tried to remedythe urban consequence of the slum. Today, with the ever increasingdisparity between developed nations and the third world, theseattempts by the privileged to aid in improving the living conditionsof the impoverished often overlook the organic origins of the slumdefined by local culture, tradition, climate, resource limits, ecology,and economy. Applying the building ideals of one culture and region toanother does not address the natural progress of tectonics and style.

School of Architecture. (Troy NY: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2008)

Balfour, Alan. Faculty advisor.

Carver, Eric. Faculty advisor.

Garba, Fareh. Faculty advisor.

Riebe, David. Faculty advisor.

2008-05

Electronic thesis: Bachelor of Architecture 5th year final project

Pdfs

English

San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic

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