dc.contributor.author	Werner, Nathan Paul	en
dc.contributor.committeechair	Schnoedt, Heinrich	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Gubler, Jacques	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Daniel, Ronald W.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Galloway, William U.	en
dc.contributor.department	Architecture	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-14T20:48:49Z	en
dc.date.adate	2004-12-29	en
dc.date.available	2014-03-14T20:48:49Z	en
dc.date.issued	2004-08-25	en
dc.date.rdate	2004-12-29	en
dc.date.sdate	2004-12-03	en
dc.description.abstract	How can architecture encourage and intensify a limited period of life? I examine this by composing an austere cell for living, focused on the interaction of materials, natural light, and human movement through specific distinct sequences. Casa Maderni in Riva San Vitale Switzerland serves as the starting point to receive the concequences of my design with: a new dining room, library, renovation of existing structures, but primarily a new living wing created at the rear of the property. I focus on the juxtaposition between the introverted private realm of the living cell and the public realm of the dining room. A series of spatial sequences through new and existing building parts is conceived as material manipulations to mediate connections at different scales, combined with the light and color to emphasize important architectural moments in sequence. This sequence of architectural momentss of public and private are choreographed at a larger scale in a master plan. Although silently assumed here, the role of architecture as a pedagogical tool can ultimately only be gauged through reality and human reaction. The architecture of Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Carlos Scarpa assisted greatly through precedence in my architectural descisions.	en
dc.description.degree	Master of Architecture	en
dc.identifier.other	etd-12032004-105509	en
dc.identifier.sourceurl	http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12032004-105509/	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35925	en
dc.publisher	Virginia Tech	en
dc.relation.haspart	Cellules04.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	Cellules00.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	Cellules03.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	Cellules12.13.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	Cellules05.06.07.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	Cellules08.09.10.11.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	Cellules02.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	Cellules01.pdf	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	student housing	en
dc.subject	Le Corbusier	en
dc.subject	Riva San Vitale, Switzerland	en
dc.title	"Cellules": Social Structuring at Casa Maderni	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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