The shotgun house: An architecture of intimacy and resistance
by Kahn, Meredith, M.A., UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER, 2007, 70 pages; 1442918

Abstract:

In this thesis I have attempted to account for contemporary architects' use of the shotgun house for urban infill development in the American Southeast. My work draws on the discipline of vernacular architectural history to provide a context for the study of vernacular form in contemporary architecture. In addition, I have examined critical regionalism and New Urbanism to help explain the attraction of vernacular form for contemporary architects. I believe a careful analysis of contemporary uses of the shotgun house reveals that though architects may claim to build a structure that responds to the history, culture, and climate of a particular place, their efforts do not always go beyond a purely formal interpretation to address the more complex questions of the shotgun house's history and function.

 
AdviserErika Doss
SchoolUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER
SourceMAI/ 45-05, p. , Jul 2007
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsArt history; Architecture; Urban planning
Publication Number1442918
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