A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Precedents in African American architecture
As a sub-sets of American culture, African Americans have not been able to offer culturally specific architectural elements to the design process because the history of African American form and space has not been recognized within academia. This thesis is an attempt to fill the gaps in the African American history of form and space. I do so by producing computational models of African American architecture and spatial planning from four key periods of American history: (i) the African Plantations (1619-1793), (ii) the American plantations (1793-1865), (iii) the African American gardens (1619-present), and (iv) the Middle Passage Monument (1993). These architectural elements can play an integral role in designing for African American communities in the future. To demonstrate this point, I use these African American architectural elements in designing housing units in Harlem. In my conclusion, I present ideas and goals for future research in African American architecture and spatial planning.
Precedents in African American architecture
As a sub-sets of American culture, African Americans have not been able to offer culturally specific architectural elements to the design process because the history of African American form and space has not been recognized within academia. This thesis is an attempt to fill the gaps in the African American history of form and space. I do so by producing computational models of African American architecture and spatial planning from four key periods of American history: (i) the African Plantations (1619-1793), (ii) the American plantations (1793-1865), (iii) the African American gardens (1619-present), and (iv) the Middle Passage Monument (1993). These architectural elements can play an integral role in designing for African American communities in the future. To demonstrate this point, I use these African American architectural elements in designing housing units in Harlem. In my conclusion, I present ideas and goals for future research in African American architecture and spatial planning.
Precedents in African American architecture
Sass, Lawrence (author)
1994
90 pages
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1994.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-90).
Theses
Electronic Resource
English
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