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My Mother's Cabin: A Design in Memory
(Virginia Tech, 2011-05-11)
Located in rural Mount Laurel, Virgina,
on the tobacco farm my mother was raised,
this house grew from the use of
memories as a design tool:
my childhood memories
not to mimic, rebuild, or remake,
but to create new ...
Overlapping Geometries: 1+1=3
(Virginia Tech, 2004-09-16)
The idea of two elements overlapping to create a third element is a very simple idea,
yet one imbued with possibility. It can be as simple as two colors combining to create
a new color: yellow + blue = green. This new, ...
Joints and connections
(Virginia Tech, 2004-07-19)
Istanbul is a city on the water and historically has been a link between East and West. Unlike most cities, ferry boats are one of the most commonly used means of travel, along with rail and bus lines. There is a contrast ...
complexity form order structure
(Virginia Tech, 2008-04-30)
This thesis project is complex because of its crystalline form. It is ordered through structural hierarchy and modularity. The presence of both complexity and order gives articulation to all scales of the project, allows ...
The Symbolic Form of Architecture: An investigation into its philosophical foundations and a discussion on the development of the perception of architectural form by modern heoreticians and symbolist architects
(Virginia Tech, 1997-04-28)
This thesis investigates the concept of the symbolic form of architecture. It first focuses on the philosophical foundations for this concept in the works of Ernst Cassirer, Immanuel Kant, Conrad Fiedler, and Theodor Adorno. ...
Light and Matter
(Virginia Tech, 1999-04-20)
The images which comprise the majority of these pages have been given the name Light Sculptures. They are not computer generated or hand drawn, they are photographs of the interaction between light and a reflective cylinder. ...
Between Form and Method
(Virginia Tech, 2011-09-27)
The intent of this thesis was to develop a component system derived from a desired form. Through analysis of the initial form, I gained an understanding of the underlying parameters, principles, and topologies the form ...
In Search of Architecture
(Virginia Tech, 2001-02-09)
A view. A path. These are the areas of investigation for this thesis. A residential structure is incorporated to analyze the impact that these two concepts have on the design process. The building project uses openings ...
Interspaces: The Odd Fellows Lodge
(Virginia Tech, 1997-09-26)
A discussion concerning the frame, foundation, midsection and stair of the Odd Fellows Lodge. Influenced by the precedents of rural Virginia's pragmatic building techniques and the personal and poetic work of architect ...
Café of Dance
(Virginia Tech, 2007-05-02)
A beginning of questions about architecture and humanity and searching for those answers that begin to initiate the process of design and improving the quality of life. This is an investigation and an understanding of ...