The Architecture of the Transformation of Folding and the Design of an Alexandria Law Firm

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dc.contributor.authorDetomo, Michaelen
dc.contributor.committeechairPiedmont-Palladino, Susan C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFeuerstein, Marcia F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberEmmons, Paul F.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:42:02Zen
dc.date.adate2010-09-02en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:42:02Zen
dc.date.issued2010-07-22en
dc.date.rdate2010-09-02en
dc.date.sdate2010-07-26en
dc.description.abstractUnderstanding architecture through a contemporary context of the transformations of art and technology was the springboard for this thesis. Identifying folding as a basic transformation became the focus for developing an Old town, Alexandria, Virginia law firm building. Folding is conceptually used in the spatial and inhabitable forms of the building as well as the materials, textures, and finishes of the walls, ceilings, and floors. Folding is structurally investigated by taking once planer and flimsy elements and creating folded, rigid, and load-bearing elements. Architectural concepts of day lighting, shading, rain runoff, partitioning, vertical circulation, horizontal circulation, library stacks, file storage, solar energy collection, gardening, building services, furnishings, reading, and inhabitation are all thought of in terms of folding. Designing a law firm for Old town, Alexandria, Virginia was chosen from a random number generating process cross referenced with the Alexandria, Virginia phone book. I interviewed a local law firm and based the programmatic spaces on their office needs and relationships.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.identifier.otheretd-07262010-093858en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07262010-093858/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/34191en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartDetomo_MD_T_2010_f1.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectlaw firmen
dc.subjectAlexandria Virginiaen
dc.subjectlawyeren
dc.subjectfoldingen
dc.subjecttransformationen
dc.titleThe Architecture of the Transformation of Folding and the Design of an Alexandria Law Firmen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen

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