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Title:
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Today’s Contemporary Becomes Tomorrow’s Heritage. Enhancing the Compatibility of Contemporary Architecture through the Creation of Contextual Guidelines
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Creator:
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Snyder, William Robert, II
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Subject:
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Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Historic Preservation
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Subject:
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Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Historic Preservation
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Rights:
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Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Abstract:
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"This thesis encourages the use for contemporary design for infill construction within historic districts. Design guidelines are the supporting documents for the decision making process of design review boards to maintain reasonable decisions with consistency and manage changes within the districts over time. The problem with current design guidelines is they rely too heavily on matching historic architectural details, which limits the potential to incorporate contemporary architectural design and the socio-cultural reflection of the sense of time it was built. Design guidelines should not dictate the architecture of the time but allow for its exploration and integration of contemporary needs. The incorporation of new architecture responding to the context of current historic districts can contribute the diversity of contemporary design aesthetic of the time it was built as well as enhance the preservation of the authenticity of existing historic buildings through the use of contextual guidelines compatible with historic districts. Contextual guidelines are district focused compatibility methodology balanced between form based code and the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards, using the key principles of height, massing, and setback to create compatibility between new contemporary architecture and existing historic buildings. Compatibility based on these key principles to regulate the form of new buildings will create visual cohesion between new architecture and the current context no matter the architectural style. The Roosevelt Historic District in Phoenix, Arizona will be used as the case study for the creation of contextual guidelines to enhance the compatibility of new buildings, and limit the construction of out of scale condominium and apartment buildings. The key principles of contextual guidelines can be applied to other historic districts across the country to enhance the compatibility between contemporary and historic architecture."
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Abstract:
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Keywords: historic districts, contemporary architecture, context, compatibility, guidelines
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Publisher:
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Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
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Date:
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2015-05
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Format:
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PDF (89 pages): illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans
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