Abstract

The places around us shape and impact on the way we interact and live within our communities. As such, it is important to place greater emphasis on designing spaces which are meant to better respond to the needs and functions of a place. With an architectural design process this will result in the use of design strategies which will inform much of the design. In this research, multiple design strategies (Smart Growth, Placemaking, Place Value, and Street Experiments) are evaluated and compared using four regionally similar cities to analyze and assess how the different strategies impact the design process by placing emphasis on different focuses of a place. By evaluating all four strategies with all four cities, the results could be cross evaluated to determine the effectiveness and impact of using each strategy as well as the opportunities and constraints of using design strategies as a method of comparison.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Architecture and society; City planning--Philosophy; City planning--Case studies; Architectural design--Social aspects

Publication Date

8-2025

Document Type

Thesis

Student Type

Graduate

Degree Name

Architecture (M.Arch.)

Department, Program, or Center

Architecture, Department of

College

Golisano Institute for Sustainability

Advisor

Alissa De Wit-Paul

Advisor/Committee Member

Seth H. Holmes

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

Plan Codes

ARCH-MARCH

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