The Stone and the Children's House

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dc.contributor.authorRollins, Michael Johannesen
dc.contributor.committeechairGartner, Howard Scotten
dc.contributor.committeememberDoan, Patrick A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGalloway, William U.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-07T08:00:58Zen
dc.date.available2014-06-07T08:00:58Zen
dc.date.issued2014-06-06en
dc.description.abstractThe architect operates in both physical and spatial media. When in the presence of architectural form, an observer exists within the volume defined by surface and within the context of constructive material. At once the presence of architecture is imbued through spatial awareness, texture, sound, weight, light, shadow; material and volume modulate the senses to create the architectural experience. Montessori education is a pedagogy based on the development of a child's natural curiosity and intuition. The Guides lead rather than teach, encouraging the student to explore through activity. The student's intuitive exploration cannot be dictated or controlled by environment; the architect's role in education, therefore, is to work within his or her craft to create an "experiential architecture", one that utilizes the context of pedagogy, site, and material to develop a series of spaces to inspire within the individual a feeling unique to each. The architect must understand the nature of material, the way in which it wants to be used, to create an experience in which the architecture speaks of its making. The craft of building, then, becomes an architectural experience operating alongside the art of spatial composition. This school is the vehicle for exploring the dialogue between the spatiality and materiality of architecture.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.format.extentiv, 40 pagesen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:3118en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/48592en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 88664968en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectTexasen
dc.subjectAustinen
dc.subjectschoolen
dc.subjectMontessorien
dc.subjectarchen
dc.subjectmaterialen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 2014.R655en
dc.titleThe Stone and the Children's Houseen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen

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