Abstract
This thesis presents an alternative approach to the revitalization of depressed communities by proposing a method of infill and rehabilitation for reconstruction rather than the more typical land clearance proposal of the modern era that have persisted to today. The site selected for this study is a 480 acre tract formerly designated as an urban renewal project area, a designation which perhaps had the single most influence toward shaping the area's current desperate conditions. The site includes the now vacant land once home to the design award winning Pruitt-Igoe public housing project that was completely demolished twenty years after its completion. Some believe the demolition of the thirty-three PruittIgoe buildings marks the end of the modern movement in architecture and planning. This thesis documents the historical events that proceeded the urban renewal era, then presents a comparison of the traditional building process and the "project" building approach typical of the modern period of city revitalization. Working from this as a major theoritical foundation, a series of critiques will be used to identify the principles of merit associated with traditional building by describing the failures of the non-traditional counterparts.
Committee Chair
Dave van Bakergem
Committee Members
Donald Royse, John Hoal, Jerry Altman
Degree
Master of Architecture (MArch)
Author's Department
Graduate School of Architecture
Document Type
Restricted Thesis
Date of Award
12-1-1990
Language
English (en)
Recommended Citation
O'Bryan, Mark Daniel, "Revitalization of depressed communities : a town plan for the Greater Pruitt-Igoe Two Community Organization" (1990). Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design Theses & Dissertations. 49.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/samfox_arch_etds/49
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