Small-Scale Manufacturing & Production of Place

Abstract

The premise of this thesis is that small-scale manufacturing plays a critical role in revitalizing our industrial communities back into productive urban districts. This thesis explores a new phase of urban manufacturing in which city form and industry interact through the promotion of diverse manufacturing uses that are community and industry driven. I examine how planners and policy makers address industrial areas for community revitalization purposes and provide reasoning for a better expanded landscape for small-scale manufacturing uses that promote a resilient urban industrial district in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood. This works draws lessons from case studies and design principles from current initiatives addressing Seattle’s industrial districts to develop a conceptual design vision of the Georgetown campus of South Seattle College.