An Architectural Investigation of the Haptic Sense: A Material Exploration of the Balance Between Building, Body, and Landscape

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dc.contributor.authorMartinson, Jared Leeen
dc.contributor.committeechairEmmons, Paul F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPiedmont-Palladino, Susan C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFeuerstein, Marcia F.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:41:35Zen
dc.date.adate2011-08-31en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:41:35Zen
dc.date.issued2011-06-30en
dc.date.rdate2011-08-31en
dc.date.sdate2011-07-17en
dc.description.abstractMissing from much of civic/public spaces today is the potential choreography between body, imagination, and the built environment. This is often a result of a diminished sensation between ourselves and the coupling of constructed and natural spaces. It is precisely this miscommunication which led to an exploration of the haptic sense and a material investigation of the choreography between our bodies, our buildings, and our landscape. In order to create a memorable space or in the case of this exercise, create place from path, a conservation of the spirit of the players/pieces is necessary. The experience of being in a place occurs in time, is much more than visual, and is as complex as our bodies and as immense as our imaginations. The movement of our bodies traversing a built environment gives value to the spaces we inhabit. Through the investigation of a little league baseball park along the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virgina, a series of haptic patterns with distinct pauses and progressions in which the body and mind responds to the situation presented is created.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.identifier.otheretd-07172011-175309en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07172011-175309/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/34045en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartMartinson_JL_T_2011.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSenseen
dc.subjectBuildingen
dc.subjectBodyen
dc.subjectLandscapeen
dc.subjectHapticen
dc.titleAn Architectural Investigation of the Haptic Sense: A Material Exploration of the Balance Between Building, Body, and Landscapeen
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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