This creative project will examine Foote Homes and Cleaborne Homes, two public housing projects adjacent to each other located in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. The downtown area of Memphis has quickly grown into a vibrant urban city with high end residential, business, and commercial developments over the past several years. The city has been transforming itself by re-vitalizing many of the older neighborhoods with it. In fact, both of these housing projects have been scheduled for demolition for many years; however, neither has yet to be improved. The city depends upon people of different incomes to function, yet does little to provide adequate housing for all income levels. Today, the question is, how can these areas be re-developed as beneficial assets to the city of Memphis rather than continue to be financially draining and social separators of the city? To begin the project, the city of Memphis and the relationship of Foote and Cleaborne Homes in the city will be examined. Next, the change of public housing's role in the United States since World War II will be discussed. Then, design theories and case studies of other re-developed housing projects will be studied to see how they have changed how publicly assisted housing is developed today. Lastly, a set of design guidelines and a new design of Foote Homes and Cleaborne Homes will be developed to create a vibrant mixed-use and mixed-income community out of these old public housing projects. Re-developing these housing projects will better fit the current residents, growing housing demand, and overall image of the city of Memphis. / Department of Landscape Architecture
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/188337 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Clark, Jaclyn A. |
| Contributors | Cruz, German T. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | viii, 111 leaves : ill. (some col.), col. maps, col. plans ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
| Coverage | n-us-tn |
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