Urban Agents, New Events: A Transformation of the Postindustrial Landscape

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Kevin Toukoumidis

Document Type

Thesis Prep

Degree

M.ARCH I

Date

Spring 2001

Keywords

landscape, urban, digital, infrastructure, brownfield, regeneration, postindustrial, urban void, public space, urban park, park design, Lorain, Ohio

Language

English

Disciplines

Architecture | Landscape Architecture

Description/Abstract

"Railway yards, abandoned industrial processing plants, decommissioned factories and polluted river ways are the leftovers from the industrial age. With the deindustrialization of society, a new prevailing urban condition has resulted: a marginalized landscape of residual spaces and urban voids, often with real or perceived contamination.... The potential for reclaiming these marginalized landscapes becomes a catalyst for the design of new modes of occupation and human activity."

Additional Information

Advisors: Czerniak / Gamble / McDonald

Recommended Citation

Toukoumidis, Kevin, "Urban Agents, New Events: A Transformation of the Postindustrial Landscape" (2001). Architecture Thesis Prep. 133.
https://surface.syr.edu/architecture_tpreps/133

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