Document Type
Thesis, Senior
Degree
B. ARCH
Date
Spring 1994
Keywords
architecture and society, social change, public space, community, social minorities, inner city, African village typology
Language
English
Disciplines
Anthropology | Architecture
Description/Abstract
"The study of development in traditional urban Africa is relevant to the contemporary American architect as it offers the possibility to him or her of a neighborhood form that responds to current American social problems. The form of this new American neighborhood might parallel the African village, a strong paradigm reflecting humankind in a non-alienating relationship with the environment."
"In order to promote social change, architecture must take on a new mode of operation. That is to say that architecture must come from the people, an architecture deemed some years ago in an art installation, "Architecture without Architects." The architect must be a promoter of change and not one of style."
Recommended Citation
Nieves, Angel David, "The Urban Neighborhood Collective: A Model for Empowerment Through Space Within the Inner City Landscape" (1994). Architecture Senior Theses. 108.
https://surface.syr.edu/architecture_theses/108
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Additional Information
Advisors: Marleen K. Davis / Kristen Schaffer
Honorable mention in David Orlin Prize competition for outstanding Honoes theses.