Title page for ETD etd-21398-153823

Type of Document

Master's Thesis

Author

Vallen, Michael Earl

Author's Email Address

vallenme@sverdrup.com

URN

etd-21398-153823

Title

Housing... the Hillside Los Angeles, California

Degree

Master of Architecture

Department

Architecture

Advisory Committee

Advisor Name	Title
Gregory Hunt	Committee Chair
Anne Boddington	Committee Member
C. R. Reinholtz	Committee Member
L. D. Mitchell	Committee Member
Susan Piedmont-Palladino	Committee Member

Keywords

Housing
Los Angeles
Architecture
Gill
Neutra
Schindler
VDL II Research House
Lovell Health House
Lovell Beach House
Kings Road House
Horatio Court Apartments
Lewis Court
Greene and Greene
Gamble House
Los Angeles History

Date of Defense

1993-07-09

Availability

unrestricted

Abstract

Housing...
the Hillside
Los Angeles, California
by
Michael Vallen
Gregory Hunt, Chairman
College of Architecture and Urban Planning
(ABSTRACT)
This Thesis is a proposal for a prototypical hillside
housing community in Los Angeles, California. As a
prototype it is responsible for setting an architectural
precedent. In this effort, the Thesis continues with
focus on issues of construction methodology, urban
planning, and land use relationships concerning the
present city.
Being clear and uncomplicated is the driving force of
this architectural process. On the horizon is the 21st
Century. Architecture has become increasingly convoluted
rather than enlightened. Here, I have focused my
attentions on developing a technologically based,
material-driven, compassionate solution to answer the
issue of housing on the hillsides of Los Angeles. I have
realized a clear system of building using uncomplicated
technology and material. However, as demonstrated,
this system of building provides only an
envelope for space definition. It becomes the architectural
precedent, a canvas, through which the inhabitant
can define his existence.
Enlightened limitations.
Michael E. Vallen
Washington, D.C., January 1997

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