A Waterfront Reclamation

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Allen Rossignol

Document Type

Thesis Prep

Degree

B. ARCH

Date

Fall 1995

Keywords

waterfront, pedestrian access, community, public space, revitalization, recreation, urban

Language

English

Disciplines

Architecture | Urban, Community and Regional Planning

Description/Abstract

"Due to industry changes, once prosperous maritime towns have been abandoned. The cities have been left as they were and have not adopted new functions or uses for their valuable asset, the water's edge. Although the city's maritime history and culture attract people, the public has turned its back on the waterfront resulting in non-urban, non-public spaces such as parking, run don properties and abandoned storage sheds. This disjunction between the city and the waterfront needs to be addressed."

"A city's waterfront can be reclaimed through the Archtiecture of Recreation in which the facilities and space are designed to heal the shattered urban fabric. The Architectural intervention will be a series of buildings and spaces incorporating civic, recreational, and commercial uses to make connections and links between the old and new, past and present, and ultimately the city and the waterfront."

Additional Information

Advisors: Robert Levy / Francois Gabriel / Rene Tan

Recommended Citation

Rossignol, Allen, "A Waterfront Reclamation" (1995). Architecture Thesis Prep. 83.
https://surface.syr.edu/architecture_tpreps/83

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