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Cultivating Charismatic Landscapes: Designing for Preservation and Resilience of Texas’s Natural Swimming Holes
(2023-05-23)
The swimming hole landscape provides a unique, immersive interface between humans and the natural world within a riparian corridor. Distinct characteristics of local watersheds and regional ecological systems result in an ...
Reexamining The Functions of Urban Bridges with Nature and People in Mind: A Vision for North Main Street Bridge Fort Worth, Texas
(2023-05-30)
How can nature be incorporated into infrastructure bridges to promote connections in urban landscapes? The Paddock Viaduct, known today as the North Main Street Bridge in Fort Worth, Texas was formally opened on July 3, ...
ENHANCING THE ENTRY EXPERIENCE AT PHAP QUANG TEMPLE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX
(2023-05-19)
This design thesis explores the design principles of traditional Chinese Buddhist temple gardens and their significance in creating successful entry sequences. The study focuses on Vietnamese Buddhist temples in a suburban ...
Addressing Obsolescence in Fort Worth Public pools: Enhancing Forest Park Public City Pool
(2023-05-22)
The city of Fort Worth, Texas has strived to ensure high-quality recreational water activities, which resulted in the closure or demolitions of several demolished aquatic parks in 2009. With many parks exceeding their ...
LANDSCAPE INTERVENTIONS FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AROUND URBAN PARKS: LEARNING FROM CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS
(2023-06-05)
Urban parks and their immediate surroundings provide access to nature in urbanized areas. However, they can also be crime hotspots if not properly kept or monitored or provide a safe environment for positive activities ...
Designing Transit-Oriented District Station Areas for Pedestrian Activity: Learning from Dallas, TX
(2023-05-22)
Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) and Transit-Oriented Districts (TODt) are planning and development strategies that look to leverage close access to public transit to create places or districts that are dense, walkable ...
IMPROVING THE LIVABILITY AND THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES OF HOSPITAL CAMPUSES IN NORTH TEXAS BY INTEGRATING ARTFUL RAIN DESIGN AND HEAT ISLAND MITIGATION
(2021-05-07)
Despite these efforts and signs of progress, such design and planning efforts have failed to thoroughly integrate restorative design principles and sustainable strategies into the landscape architecture of healthcare ...