Bound Volume Number
1
Degree Type
Honors Capstone Project
Date of Submission
Summer 8-10-2017
Capstone Advisor
Nicole McIntosh
Honors Reader
Carl Schramm
Capstone Major
Architecture
Capstone College
Architecture
Audio/Visual Component
no
Keywords
concrete, brutalism
Capstone Prize Winner
no
Won Capstone Funding
yes
Honors Categories
Creative
Subject Categories
Architecture
Abstract
For the Love of Concrete celebrates the beauty, versatility, durable sustainability and authenticity of concrete in architectural design. This capstone is born out of the contentious debate around the mid twentieth century architectural style “Brutalism”. I acknowledge the shortcomings of concrete as a material (chiefly its carbon-intensive manufacturing process), but forefront its positive attributes. This in the face of increasing demolitions of concrete structures, and the trend toward superficiality in architectural design as architects more than ever focus too much on the design of the skin or facades of buildings, rather than focusing on designing good bones.
Recommended Citation
Carlson, Steve, "For the Love of Concrete" (2017). Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All. 1003.
https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/1003
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