COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Traditional Community, Non‐Traditional Space
Creator:
Shores, Brody D.
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Interior Design
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Interior Design
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate how an urban living place type that fosters the
development of ideal place, while interjecting aspects of traditional neighborhood design and promoting
community interaction can be created through the processes of research and design. This will be
accomplished by establishing the current wants, needs, and haves of the American urban dweller as
pertaining to urban living, American culture, and psychology of ideal place. This thesis will establish
design drivers and provide a prototypical design through the exploration of programming characteristics
of current multi-family residential buildings, traditional neighborhood design, and typical single-family dwellings. Through literature review, case studies, interviews, and ethnography, the thesis argues
interior design can successfully establish programming function that building form follows to create an
urban living place type with integrated aspects of traditional neighborhood design.
development of ideal place, while interjecting aspects of traditional neighborhood design and promoting
community interaction can be created through the processes of research and design. This will be
accomplished by establishing the current wants, needs, and haves of the American urban dweller as
pertaining to urban living, American culture, and psychology of ideal place. This thesis will establish
design drivers and provide a prototypical design through the exploration of programming characteristics
of current multi-family residential buildings, traditional neighborhood design, and typical single-family dwellings. Through literature review, case studies, interviews, and ethnography, the thesis argues
interior design can successfully establish programming function that building form follows to create an
urban living place type with integrated aspects of traditional neighborhood design.
Publisher:
Atlanta, Ga. : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2012-05
Format:
PDF : 75 p. : ill