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National Museum of Film and Photography, Washington, D.C.
(Virginia Tech, 1999-08-13)
The origins of this project lie in a desire to understand the relationship that exists between light and architecture.
Natural light has always played a role in the evolution of architecture, helping us make countless ...
refin [d]ing process
(Virginia Tech, 1998-09-16)
This thesis marks a point where the priorities determining my occupation with architecture might shift.
In part it is a reflection of an approach to architecture, which generates an awareness that can be extended to an ...
Architecture for Urbanity
(Virginia Tech, 1997-08-04)
Designing architecture that reinforces urbanity starts with an intuitive understanding. Urban places are complex, containing many simple systems which combine to make a chaotic whole. This complexity is full of events, ...
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. ...
A Study of Line
(Virginia Tech, 1999-07-07)
The line is the basic element of design. Some would argue that the most basic element would be the point, but in order for anything to be defined by that point, another point would have to be referenced. The connector, ...
Architecture for the Imagination: A Study of an Elementary Educational Environment
(Virginia Tech, 1999-04-30)
This thesis seeks to create an environment that encourages the learning process by
addressing issues of emotional and physical well-being. The concept implies that success
in learning can be linked to the environment ...
The Urban Place: Places for Jay to Sit
(Virginia Tech, 1998-01-14)
This thesis is an exploration of the design of successful urban places, those that are filled with people enjoying the vitality present in a density of life.
The inspiration for this thesis came from a statement made by ...
Architecture and Human Event: a Theatre for the Consortium
(Virginia Tech, 1999-08-20)
Architecture is an interaction, a marriage between human event, human need, human spirit and built form. Architects range along the line of this interaction from those that embrace the complexity of humanity and struggle ...
The Space of the In-between
(Virginia Tech, 1998-06-15)
The site is located across the P. St. Bridge,
before one enters DuPont Circle. This is an ideal
site for investigating the space of the inbetween.
The site is situated between the small scale
fabric of Georgetown and the ...
Mediathek: a projection of space in reality and virtuality
(Virginia Tech, 1998-12-15)
Working as an architect means being able to see the main issues of a design, examining with objectivity the possible solutions and finally grasp the technical means necessary to accomplish the project. I think that it is ...