The elements of variety: as studied through the design of a community learning center

Abstract

Each new program carries a set of inherent issues which must influence the choice, exploration and manifestation of a thesis. Some issues contributing to design include questions of the physical and social site as well as of the particular programme. <p>Distinctions within design are frequently linked to social or political arrangements, creating a diagram from which architectural issues are later distilled . A tectonic exploration which remains between these diagramatic parameters allows the thesis to unfold without eliminating the original, visceral intentions. <p>The Richmond Community Learning Center was a competition project which became the vehicle for the study of a thesis . The ideas engendered by the conceptualized requirements of the proposed inhabitants led me to uncover a clear, essential question which I was able to examine at every level of the work.