Thresholds: End of Life and Architecture

dc.contributor.authorDitzel, Allieen
dc.contributor.committeechairEmmons, Paul F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPiedmont-Palladino, Susan C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFeuerstein, Marcia F.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-21T09:02:54Zen
dc.date.available2016-12-21T09:02:54Zen
dc.date.issued2016-02-12en
dc.description.abstractThe ultimate threshold state of a human life is the time preceding death. Hospice care provides a gateway environment for many people for their transition to the other side. Societies throughout history have had rituals and traditions to support the dying and their loved ones, but for modern society, few of these rituals remain. Death has become a topic to avoid "no one wants to look at it or speak about it. This taboo treatment of death often results in the isolation of people at the end of their lives. It also has a major impact on those who are losing their loved ones, as well as the caregivers that deal with death on a daily basis. Through the lens of hospice, this thesis will explore spaces of transition in architecture - the idea of thresholds, both physical and emotional. It seeks to develop a design that considers all of its users and their experience of death and dying.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:1116en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/73783en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjecthospiceen
dc.subjectthresholden
dc.subjectseparationen
dc.subjectconnectionen
dc.subjectdooren
dc.titleThresholds: End of Life and Architectureen
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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