COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Urban vibrations: promoting social awareness by eliminating housing homogeneity
Creator:
Aniebonam, Duben Sarah
Subject:
Thesis (M.Arch.) -- Architecture
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Architecture
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
This thesis focuses on the issue of socio-economic inequality within the housing
infrastructures of urban environments. Addressing the problem of homogeneous
communities and how they contribute to social ignorance which may result in
increased crime. The aim of this thesis is to propose a new type of urban housing that
includes a mix of social groups working towards a common goal to establish safer
and more sustainable communities and knit together the tear in the urban fabric.
infrastructures of urban environments. Addressing the problem of homogeneous
communities and how they contribute to social ignorance which may result in
increased crime. The aim of this thesis is to propose a new type of urban housing that
includes a mix of social groups working towards a common goal to establish safer
and more sustainable communities and knit together the tear in the urban fabric.
Abstract:
Keywords: urban, social, networking, sustainability, individualism, opportunity, multi-income
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2014-11
Format:
PDF : 139 p. : ill. (chiefly col.)