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The intrigue of any rural community is the quality of life provided by people. The “village” identity is one of extreme social cohesion. Everybody knows everybody, neighbors help neighbors and the quality of life is dependent upon the relationships between people in such close quarters; however, as a rural community begins to grow in size and population, it loses this sense of village. The unfortunate issue associated with globalization and commercialism is that these rural villages are being torn apart by cheap development and corporate infiltration. People have begun to abandon their village identities for a small taste of the metropolitan and suburban lifestyle. A community of about 10,000 to 25,000 people is too large retain a sense of village and too small to grasp the benefits of urban areas.

when an architect acts a community leader he/she can affect more change on a smaller scale. A community architect understands the implications of built work on the community of which he/she is fully engaged. The architect becomes the user and is responsible for their design as it changes the community.

focus on a sequential user experience. The recent trend in contemporary architecture has, arguably, shifted away from a focus on user experience and toward an algorithmic aesthetic. The primary concern of this project will not be “architecture for architects,” but, instead will be “architecture for people.” The ancient agoras were not designed to display some profound, deeper, architectural meaning but were planned in way that highlighted a powerful user understanding. A person in an ancient agora did not have to have an extensive knowledge of architecture and planning to recognize that the space they were engaging was significan nt.

In Ancient Greece the Agora was a staple to every Greek city or town and, serving as a market and meeting place, the Agora was the heart of public life. It was a place for buying and selling goods, lawmaking, casually meeting people and exchanging ideas. Not only were the structures of the ancient agora important for such functions but just as important, if not more The AGRARIAGORA (“agrarian agora” translates to so, were the spaces these structures created which “rural place of assembly”) will be the contemporary

counterpart to the ancient Greek marketplace. Retaining its predecessor’s values of community gathering and public interaction, the AGRARIAGORA will reassemble the stretched and distorted physical composition of a rural community. The goal of the AGRARIAGORA is to recreate the abandoned identity of a rural community while creating a new identity which reestablishes place and occasion.

In the design community these towns are ignored. The idea of a “community architect” is not necessarily frowned upon but is seen as a safe career path; however,

Harry F. Cunningham Bronze Medal Finalist & Winner Granted each year to the outstanding graduate thesis project. Four Finalists were selected by UNL College of Architecture Faculty and the winner was chosen by the four AIA chapter presidents in the State of Nebraska: AIA Nebraska West, AIA Nebraska Omaha, AIA Nebraska Lincoln and the AIA Nebraska President.

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A community with a stretched and spread out city center has no place of central communication or accidental gathering. The strip gives little opportunity for people to unintentionally communicate, and the identity of the community continues to be restricted to individual connotations. The chance of two people individual people meeting at a single moment in time in a three mile stretch of services is very small. A town of this size requires a common place of gathering in order to uphold the values for which it was founded. The idea of “village,” which is what makes small rural communities unique and intriguing is lost to cheap development costs. If the community retained its “village” essence, people would have the opportunity to exchange information on community happenings, community pride, business opportunities, etc., which allows the community as a whole to progress toward a more sustainable future.

Master M aster’ss TThesis hesis _THEORY THEORY

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Denver, Colorado

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Kansas City, Missouri

LOW - INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD

“Leap-Frogging” 1. The Growth of Yankton started like most communities, where low-income citizens were located near the center of downtown, while high-income citizens were located its outskirts. 2. However, since most of Yankton’s residents have been established in Yankton for quite sometime, they were able to generate a higher amount of income.

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Loss of Youth The graph shows a significant drop in the younger

85+

demographic of Yankton. People of this age range begin to leave after graduating high school and they take with them the identity of Yankton which they grew up with. There is an increase, however, in the middleage demographic. This does not necessarily mean that after graduating from higher education, the youth are coming back to Yankton to start their careers but instead could be evidence of Yankton being a place to settle down and begin retirement. While this not a negative aspect of the community, it is important to be able to provide incentive for people who understand the community to remain in Yankton to share their knowledge.

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Median Income in Yankton is $45,066 vs. $50,221 in the United States

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Yankton County has more than the national average manufacturing employment concentration

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AGRARIAGORA AGRARIAN

RURAL RUSTIC FARMLAND AGRICULTURAL “PERSON WHO FAVORS THE EQUAL DIVISION OF LANDED PROPERTY AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL GROUPS.”

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ANCIENT GREECE COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE MARKET THE AGORA WAS AN OPEN PLACE OF ASSEMBLY FOR POLITICS, MARKETS AND THE SHARING OF IDEAS IN ANCIENT GREEK CITY-STATES.

IDENTITY LEWIS & CLARK LAKE

YANKTON

community pride

collaboration

ideas

involvement

ASSEMBLY

REDISTRIBUTION RED DISTRIB RIBU BU UTION U TION

relationships

awareness

WAVE I

WAVE II

WAVE III

take advantage of existing icons to strengthen identity

re-organize existing areas to make development more viable

Provide a contextual forum for community communication

Make Connection

Increase appeal

Promote Development

Master M aster’ss TThesis hesis _RESEARCH RESEARC RCH

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Conceptual River Walk Providing a linear park that synthesizes the environmental recreational aspects of the local water system to the city of Yankton

HIGHWAY 52 CORRIDOR

Conceptual Masterplan

MERIDIAN MUSEUM

RIVER WALK

Master M aster’ss TThesis hesis _WAVE WAVE I

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Conceptual Bridge Museum Since the Meridian Bridge has been decommissioned, the city has been lost on what to do with the existing iconic structure. By providing a museum on the existing structure, the city can benefit on the reuse of the bridge by connecting its iconic image to the city of Yankton

Master M aster’ss TThesis hesis _WAVE WAVE I

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Existing Downtown

Connect Historic to River

Infrastructure Barriers

Remove 2nd Street

Bishop Marty Chapel

Mount Marty College

H I S T O R I C

3 R D

S T R E E T

Historic Brewery Stack

AY 81 US HIGHW AVE BROADWAY

Discovery Bridge vehicular Grain Elevators

Yankton Riverfront 4TH

STRE ET SD H IGHW AY 5 2

Riverside Park

Meridian Bridge pedestrian

M I S S O U R I

R I V E R

Water Treatment

Master M aster’ss TThesis hesis _WAVE WAVE II II

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Existing Downtown

Transverse Pedestrian Circulation

Stretched Street-Scapes

Bridge Interaction

Master Mast ter’’s Th Thesis hesiis _WAVE WAVEE IIII

Transverse Section

Longitudinal Section

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Downtown District Plan

Commercial

Sports Complex

Residential Service

Residential

Retail


Master Maste Mas aste ster’ss Thesis hes h eessis _WAVE _WAVE II II

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designing place and occasion

Master s Thesis _WAVE Master’s WAVE III I

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providing community information on a large scale

Master M asster’s TThesis hesis _WAVE WAVE IIII II

architecture as media

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combining both natural and built contextual elements as a progression toward the icon

Mast aster ter’’s Thesis Th hesiis _W WAVEE IIII II

architecture as extension

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activity taking place within the bounds of new and old identities

Mast aster ter’’s Th hessis is _WAVE WAVEE III IIIII

architecture as a frame

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Density

Service Grouping

Activity Grouping

Priority

Hierarchy

Character

Separated Flow

Landform Response

design concepts

Sequential Flow

Orientation

Flexibility

Activate Street

Bridge Interaction

FITNESS CENTER

SPA

SPORTS FISHING HUNTING

CONVENTION CENTER SWIMMING POOL

OUTDOOR SUPPLY CAMPING STORE

RETAIL

HOTEL

RETAIL

RETAIL RETAIL BOOKSTORE

POOL/ ICE RINK

CAFE LIBRARY

FINE DINING RESTAURANT

BAR/ LOUNGE

PLAZA RETAIL

ENGINEERING

FARMER’S MARKET

Historic Downtown Relocated Program

Primary Access Avenues

PLANNING OFFICE

RETAIL

Retail Loop

ROOF PARK CITY HALL

RETAIL BAR/ PUB

CITY MANAGER

BRIDGE MUSEUM FINANCES

PARKS & REC.

agora block program

HOUSING BRIDGE GARDEN

RESTAURANT

HARBOR

S.D. STATE PARKS & REC. HQ

DAYCARE

Master M aster’ss TThesis hesis _WAVE WAVE III III

AMPHITHETER

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conceptual AGORA block sequential section

PIERPARK

Master M aster’ss TThesis hesis _WAVE WAVE III III

YANKTONPLAZA O

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contextual forum Yankton Community Cultural Center

Master’s Thesis _WAVE III

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media facade

Master s Thesis _WAVE Master’s WAVE III I

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green roof

grand gallery Master M aster’ss TThesis hesis _WAVE WAVE III III

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