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This thesis has evaluated if housing is a feasible alternative for vacant upper floor space in the central business district of small towns in general and in downtown Burlington, Iowa, specifically. The study required discussing the issue of housing in vacant upper floor spaces in general, establishing if there was a need for additional multi-use housing in the Burlington, Iowa housing market, and finally determining if there was vacant upper floor space that would fulfill this need.The analysis determined that housing was indeed a feasible and practical use for vacant upper floor space in downtown areas in general and in Burlington, Iowa specifically. The study provided a method that could be used to ascertain the feasibility of this type of housing in other towns as well. / Department of Urban Planning

xvii, 146 p. : ill. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. / This thesis examines the role of cultural heritage in adaptively reused historic industrial buildings in Portland, Oregon. While it has been argued that adaptive reuse contributes to the ecological and economic initiatives of sustainability, this research explores how adapting historic industrial buildings for modern reuse can also be socially and culturally sustainable for communities. Industrial buildings provide physical evidence of a rich cultural and industrial past and there are opportunities to share this heritage with a building's new users and/or the surrounding community. Case studies include selectively chosen National Register nominated buildings that meet specific criteria, share a common regulatory framework, and provide insightful information regarding the relationship between history and new use. Strengths and challenges of conveying industrial heritage in modern use as well as opportunities for developers of historic properties to highlight and improve upon this process are identified. / Committee in Charge: Robert Z. Melnick, FASLA, Chair; Doug Blandy, Ph.D

Tse Hoi Man Tiffany. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2004-2005, design report." / Chapter 0. --- Introduction / Chapter 0.1 --- Background / Chapter 0.2 --- Purpose / Chapter 0.3 --- Content / Chapter Part I --- Research Study / Chapter 1. --- Background / Chapter 1.1 --- 6 Police Housing in Hong Kong / Chapter 1.2 --- Timeline of evolution of Street in the air / Chapter 2. --- Comparison Study / Chapter 2.1 --- Building / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Immersble Villa / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Unite d'Habition / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Golden Lane / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Park Hill / Chapter 2.1.5 --- Robin Hood Garden / Chapter 2.1.6 --- Police Housing . Ho Man Tin / Chapter 2.1.7 --- Police Housing . Cheung Sha Wan / Chapter 2.1.8 --- Police Housing . North Point / Chapter 2.2 --- Issue / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Site / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Circulation (pubic) / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Circulation (private) / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Access to Unit / Chapter 2.2.5 --- Street Design / Chapter 2.2.6 --- Structure and Facade Relationship / Chapter 2.2.7 --- Unit Organization and Unit Layout / Chapter Part II --- Design / Chapter 1. --- Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Cheung Sha Wan Police Housing as experiment / Chapter 2. --- Programme / Chapter 2.1 --- Research on current police hostel / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Shun Lee Disciplined Services Quarters / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Sau Mou Ping Disciplined Services Quarters / Chapter 2.2 --- Programme for the modification of existing police hostel / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Combination of units / Chapter 3. --- Conceptual Study / Chapter 3.1 --- Transformation of stair core / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Exploration on unit combination with different circulation approaches / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Public vs. private circulation / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Final version / Chapter 4. --- Final Design / Chapter 4.1 --- Block Level / Chapter 4.2 --- Flat Level

Wong Wai Kuen. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2001-2002, design report." / Includes bibliographical references. / Chapter 1.0 --- Foreword / Chapter 1.0.1 --- Synopsis / Chapter 1.0.2 --- Thesis statement / Chapter 2.0 --- Architectural Belief / Chapter 3.0 --- Project Background / Chapter 3.0.1 --- Historical context / Chapter 3.0.2 --- Concern & possibilities / Chapter 4.0 --- Selections / Chapter 4.0.1 --- Selection of building prototype / Chapter 4.0.2 --- Pre-selection of site / Chapter 4.0.3 --- Testing methodology / Chapter 4.0.4 --- Final selection of site & Building / Chapter 4.0.5 --- Analysis of final site / Chapter 4.0.6 --- Existing building plans & structure / Chapter 5.0 --- Design Methodology / Chapter 5.0.1 --- Design goal / Chapter 5.0.2 --- Design Principles & challenges / Chapter 6.0 --- Project Design / Chapter 6.0.1 --- Designs of the site / Chapter 6.0.2 --- Design of the selected building / Chapter 6.0.3. --- Lighting tests / Chapter 6.0.4. --- Final design / Chapter 7.0 --- Appendix / Chapter 7.0.1 --- Precedent studies / Chapter 7.0.2 --- Bibliogragphy

Wong Yuen Wai. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2006-2007, design report." / Prologue / Observation --- p.6 / Background / Living in Hong Kong --- p.10 / Architecture Reborn --- p.12 / Industrial Buildings in Hong Kong --- p.14 / The Site / General Information --- p.22 / Precedent Study / Gifu Kitagata Apartment by Kazuyo Sejima --- p.38 / User Preference Study / Programme Requirement --- p.42 / Scale & Proportion --- p.44 / Tectonic Analysis / Volume --- p.49 / Space --- p.67 / Strategy --- p.81 / Conclusion --- p.100

Chan Chi Kan. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2007-2008, design report." / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 52). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1.0 --- Synopsis --- p.5 / Chapter 2.0 --- Research studies - City scale --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- Review of industrial development in Hong Kong / Chapter 2.2 --- Location of current industrial fabric / Chapter 3.0 --- Research studies - Building scale --- p.8 / Chapter 3.1 --- Typology of industrial buildings in Hong Kong / Chapter 4.0 --- Research studies - Industry in Hong Kong --- p.9 / Chapter 4.1 --- Traditional industry / Chapter 4.2 --- OBM and ODM industry / Chapter 5.0 --- Importance of flatted factory --- p.11 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction of flatted factory / Chapter 5.2 --- Occurrcncc of flatted factory / Chapter 5.3 --- Comparison of flatted factory and Mark / Chapter 5.4 --- Architectural quality of flatted factory / Chapter 6.0 --- Case Study - Adaptive reuse of industrial buildings --- p.17 / Chapter 6.1 --- Lingotto Factory / Chapter 6.2 --- Tate Modern / Chapter 6.3 --- Apartment building gasometer / Chapter 6.4 --- "Beijing, Factory 798" / Chapter 7.0 --- Establishment of thesis statement --- p.21 / Chapter 7.1 --- Political point of view / Chapter 7.2 --- Conservation point of view / Chapter 7.3 --- Summary of thesis statement / Chapter 8.0 --- Experimental site --- p.24 / Chapter 8.1 --- Introduction of San Po Kong as experimental site / Chapter 8.2 --- History of site / Chapter 8.3 --- Current situation of site / Chapter 8.4 --- Current condition of site / Chapter 8.5 --- Current condition of existing building / Chapter 9.0 --- Derivation of program --- p.31 / Chapter 9.1 --- New program in San Po Kong / Chapter 9.2 --- Case study of Fontanian / Chapter 9.3 --- Case study of Hong Kong Jockcy Club Creative art centre / Chapter 10.0 --- Key issues of design --- p.34 / Chapter 10.1 --- Vision for future / Chapter 10.2 --- Idea of publicncss / Chapter 10.3 --- Conccpt of New + Old / Chapter 11.0 --- Design development process --- p.36 / Chapter 11.1 --- Programmatic arrangement / Chapter 11.2 --- Rcconnccting six obscure flatted factory / Chapter 11.3 --- Principle of adding new element / Chapter 12.0 --- Architectural design - City level --- p.38 / Chapter 12.1 --- Hypothesis in the future of San Po Kong / Chapter 12.2 --- Development in relationship with Kai Tak / Chapter 13.0 --- Architectural design - Building level --- p.41 / Chapter 13.1 --- Preservation of existing building but with different use / Chapter 13.2 --- Community zone / Chapter 13.3 --- Transformation Zone / Chapter 13.4 --- Public loop / Chapter 14.0 --- Architectural design - Unit leve --- p.49 / Chapter 14.1 --- Variation on the working units in the building / Chapter 14.2 --- Three-dimensional relationship between public visitor and private unit / Chapter 15.0 --- Bilography --- p.52

Poon Ching Pong, Adrian. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2009-2010, design report." / "May 2010." / Includes bibliographical references (p. 123). / RESEARCH / Observation --- p.6-7 / Play --- p.8 / Resort? --- p.9 / Images --- p.10 / Modernism & Post-modernism --- p.11-13 / Theme City --- p.14 / Need A Pause? --- p.15 / We Are Hamster --- p.16-17 / World --- p.18-19 / Coney --- p.20 / Play Forms --- p.21-23 / Play Forms & Programs --- p.24-27 / Concept Flow --- p.28-31 / Playgrounds & Play Forms --- p.32-33 / Hotel Concepts --- p.34-35 / W-Hotel --- p.36-37 / Hotel Morphology --- p.38-39 / Generic Hotel Settings --- p.40-41 / Hotel Programs --- p.42-49 / Comparison --- p.50-51 / Hotel-like Living --- p.52 / Argument --- p.53 / Concept --- p.54 / Statement --- p.55 / Murray Building --- p.56 / Conservation --- p.57 / Site Strategy --- p.58-59 / Players --- p.60-61 / Programs --- p.62-63 / Absorption --- p.64-65 / Posters --- p.66-67 / DESIGN / Maze Concept --- p.70 / Transitional Device --- p.71 / Murray Tube --- p.72-73 / Operation --- p.74 / Variations --- p.75 / Facade --- p.76 / Public-access --- p.77 / Structure --- p.78-79 / Game Rules --- p.80 / Guestrooms --- p.81 / Design Programs --- p.82-85 / Perspective Views --- p.86-89 / Section --- p.90-91 / Site Model --- p.92-93 / Maze Concept --- p.94-97 / Concept Model --- p.98-99 / Conceptual Schemes --- p.100-103 / Working Models --- p.104-107 / Final Model --- p.108-111 / Panels --- p.112-117 / APPENDIX / Reference --- p.120-121 / Abstract --- p.122 / Bibliography --- p.123

This thesis examines the adaptive use of historic churches in Indianapolis and Zionsville. It looks at the decline and revitalization of urban neighborhoods which led to the adaptive use of historic churches. It examines seven case studies in Indianapolis and Zionsville, Indiana representing the new use by different congregations, use of historic churches by a not-for-profit organizations, and for-profit uses of historic churches. These case studies typify a national trend toward adaptively using historic churches and retaining them as anchors for the neighborhoods in which they exist. This thesis also makes conclusions about which of the adaptive uses is most desirable and which is lest desirable. / Department of Architecture

Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1982. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Includes bibliographical references. / The proliferation of over 500 fitness programs for the employees of American corporations marks a turning point for the way American corporations regard employee and corporate health. Typically, sports facilities were the province of recreation or education facility planners. A category of sports activities has been isolated, however, for its cardiovascular characteristics and is the basic component of a fitness program The physiological characteristic which are of concern are those activities which contribute to the "training effect" of the heart or the ability of the heart to pump blood and oxygen to the body. The benefits of this conditioning are manifold. Longitudinal medical studies indicate that there are positive relationships across a large population for aerobic exercises or exercises which demand oxygen and decreased risk of heart attack in later life. While the correlation between exercise and good health seems merely the confirmation of good sense, it is a recent occurrence that this relationship has been quantified by corporations and utilized to increase "corporate health," through the construction of fitness facilities for employees. The intention behind this thesis is to explore the existing information about fitness centers and design a facility as the reuse of an historic building in Brooklyn, New York. / by Diane Theodora Georgopulos. / M.Arch.