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dc.contributor.authorNossen-Johnson, Patricia Sabinaen
dc.contributor.committeechairSchnoedt, Heinrichen
dc.contributor.committeememberGalloway, William U.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBrown, William W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberO'Brien, Michael J.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-06T16:01:48Zen
dc.date.adate2004-07-02en
dc.date.available2011-08-06T16:01:48Zen
dc.date.issued2004-06-17en
dc.date.rdate2004-07-02en
dc.date.sdate2004-04-30en
dc.description.abstractOrder in design, whether in music or a building comes from bringing together parts to make a whole. These parts can have an autonomous existence separately and combine to formulate a different event collectively. This thesis is a study of how a building accommodates to the changing needs of a diverse community. It does this by investigating to what end two neighboring apartments, one small and one medium-sized could combine to develop into one large apartment, and revert back again to two apartments when the needs of the inhabitants change. This concept could be paralleled to Jazz, where the musicians find means of altering the sound of the music through improvisation between the notes of the song. The structure of the building like the notes of the melody provides the stationary component and forms the rhythmic beat between the apartments. The pauses or gaps between the structure provide the opportunity for flexibility and improvisation. The melody of the construction comes from the integration of the repetitious permanent structural elements, semipermanent conditions and spontaneously alterable parts. The orchestration of these components allows the building to transform and experience an altering production of its own.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.format.extent1 volumeen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04302004-180640en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04302004-180640en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/9982en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartthesisbook.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 93606429en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectconvertibleen
dc.subjectchangingen
dc.subjectadaptableen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 2003.N677en
dc.titleS+M=Len
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen
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