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THE DONUT HOLE: RE-ENVISIONING THE CITY CENTER

DAVENPORT, JESSICA ELIZABETH
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1053530776

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2003, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning : Architecture.
In the past century public policy, public opinion, and design trends have left many U.S. cities "donuts." These donut cities are characterized by destructive edge growth and a decaying center; contributing to socio-political, economic, and environmental ills. Pubic policy and public opinion are slowly changing to address the situation; yet, designers have little direct control over these underlying forces. However, designers can re-evaluate, re-conceive and re-envision the city in regards to a paradigm appropriate to cities of the new millennium. The paradigm calls for design and development that recognizes new economic possibilities for the city, conceives of the city in terms of its culture, and provides a vision. Using design metaphors of collage and text help to fill the "empty" hole by telling the story of the city and of the culture it contains. In particular, this thesis is explored through the design of a youth recreation park located in the "empty" center of the donut city of today’s Cincinnati.
Dr. Barry Stedman (Advisor)
77 p.
Architecture
Twenty-first Century cities; urban design-sprawl; urban design-City Center; urban design-current culture; architecture-City Center

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  • DAVENPORT, J. E. (2003). THE DONUT HOLE: RE-ENVISIONING THE CITY CENTER [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1053530776

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • DAVENPORT, JESSICA. THE DONUT HOLE: RE-ENVISIONING THE CITY CENTER. 2003. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1053530776.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • DAVENPORT, JESSICA. "THE DONUT HOLE: RE-ENVISIONING THE CITY CENTER." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1053530776

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