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    The Urban Role of College Unions

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    Author
    Al Musawi, Mahmood Zinaddin Salih
    Issue Date
    2016
    Keywords
    College Unions
    Culture
    Portland OHSU
    Regional Technology
    Urban
    Architecture
    Advisor
    Domin, Christopher J.
    
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    The University of Arizona.
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    Abstract
    This research views college unions as social and physical constructs in the urban and cultural context. It argues that their role is broader than a campus territory. Unions are urban artifacts that function to hinge campus environment with the cityscape and which must be grounded to a location, a site, and an urban context. Unions are cultural nodes that interweave different ages, disciplines, and ethnicities in one place. This research also argues that the architecture of unions today has lost its historical intention while embracing a contemporary global approach. The research proposes criteria for future designs to help connect to the historical vision. These criteria were arrived at through investigative processes concerning the historical beginnings of college unions in the US, the chronological evolution of their theme concepts, the nature and scale of their programs, verbal and visual surveys, and interviews with people.The research is linked to a design process through which these criteria are applied, in an attempt, to test their validity through an architectural proposal. While both modes of research must be anchored to a site, they are sited in Portland, Oregon, tied to one of Portland's largest urban developments in a public university, the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). The research solidifies its future unions criteria to guide the design process into three core values: Gathering, Diversity, and Heart. Consequently, the process sought to open up the architectural form, in light of these core values, to accommodate public activities as well as private activities, and situate it in a connected urban context that anchors the project to its city/university. The research uses site, program, and regional technology as research topics to approach a synthetic architectural union concept. The research reflects upon the issues that were explored throughout this experiment, other issues that could be explored, and other possibilities that could differently approach union's urban role using the same criteria.
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    Electronic Thesis
    Degree Name
    M.A.R.
    Degree Level
    masters
    Degree Program
    Graduate College
    Architecture
    Degree Grantor
    University of Arizona
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