Washington D.C. Aquarium: An Exploration of Shaping the Water: Building Sculpture Along the Existing Landscape
| dc.contributor.author | Dinh, Ngan N. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeechair | Emmons, Paul F. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Feuerstein, Marcia F. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Holt, Jaan | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Architecture | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-01T09:00:34Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2017-02-01T09:00:34Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-01-31 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The proposed aquarium is located in South East Washington D.C. The design creates an interactive walkway along the river. The movement of the water is redirected to stimulate the enjoyable atmospere for the people. The aquarium's shape is highly designed to reflect the fish movement. This project is a combination of advanced structure, inspiring architectural expression, and promoting urban lanscape to the shore. As a result, this aquarium is as an icon building to the city attraction. | en |
| dc.description.abstractgeneral | This thesis is a study of an aquarium’s program. The site is located at the waterfront near the fish market in southwest, Washington D.C. The aquarium is one of the best design’s options, which are suitable for the area’s development. In fact, this aquarium is designed to be an iconic architecture for Washington D.C. Therefore, the design’s goal is not only to develop an Aquarium’s program, which serves living aquatic animals and the people, but also to build an attraction to the city. This Aquarium’s program is designed to connect to the center of the city through the National Mall. The urban study of the area shows the importance of others’ prominent architectures such as The White House or The Washington Monument. This site’s study helps to develop connected points between the Aquarium’s program and the rest of the area. The program’s circulation has been developed to give the visitors the better experiences throughout the buildings. The water at the waterfont has inspired the ideas of bringing the water to the site to create attractive waterflow’s curves. As a result, this Aquarium interacts to the water and the other parts of the city effectively. The building’s facade is designed to stimulate the fish’s movements, which lifts up the Aquarium’s spirit. The architecture is built into two seperated buildings, which are connected to one another by enclosed bridges. furthemore, there are greenroofs on top of the two buildings, which brings light to the entire buildings. These gardens are designed as water filters for water circulation thoughout the whole building. The water circulation system has the main mechanical base at the bottom underground level. The program focuses on how to bring water effeiciently to each tank to habitat the fishes, and how to show the beauty of the water in different forms such as variety of colors, motions or shapes. In short, the Aquarium’s design brings an exciment to the city. The development of waterfront and the landscape of this architecture directly influence the people, the economy, and the environment in the area. Thus, this Aquarium’s program should be thoughtfully designed to satisfy all of the concerned aspects. | en |
| dc.description.degree | Master of Architecture | en |
| dc.format.medium | ETD | en |
| dc.identifier.other | vt_gsexam:9110 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/74875 | en |
| dc.publisher | Virginia Tech | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | Architecture | en |
| dc.subject | Aquarium | en |
| dc.title | Washington D.C. Aquarium: An Exploration of Shaping the Water: Building Sculpture Along the Existing Landscape | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Architecture | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | en |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Architecture | en |
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