Constructing Memories: Time Made Tangible

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dc.contributor.authorBoyle, Adeleen
dc.contributor.committeechairFeuerstein, Marcia F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberEmmons, Paul F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPiedmont-Palladino, Susan C.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:44:54Zen
dc.date.adate2011-09-12en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:44:54Zen
dc.date.issued2011-07-01en
dc.date.rdate2011-09-12en
dc.date.sdate2011-09-06en
dc.description.abstractTime, by definition, is an intangible phenomenon. Everyone knows it exists and can tell the passage of time based on the track of the sun and the hands on a clock, but time itself is an invisible entity. This architectural thesis maintains that time can be made tangible through the relationships formed between people and their personal histories and memories. The predominant way the present knows anything about its past is through someone's telling of it. A person who experienced the past shares with the present and in doing so, gives the past and time itself presence. This Memory Center, located in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C., gives the opportunity for people to share their memories and experiences in order to give time physical presence. Like an interactive science museum, the Memory Center opens itself to the people who visit it and allows for interactions that create lasting memories. Although one cannot consciously control most of what becomes memory, events that are new or unusual or involve interacting with new people usually form stronger and more lasting memories.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.identifier.otheretd-09062011-125629en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09062011-125629/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/34950en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartBoyle_AT_T_2011.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectsounden
dc.subjectMemoryen
dc.subjecthistoryen
dc.subjecttimeen
dc.titleConstructing Memories: Time Made Tangibleen
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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