Grief and Healing Sanctuary

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dc.contributor.authorSumner, Elizabeth Wongen
dc.contributor.committeechairFeuerstein, Marcia F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPiedmont-Palladino, Susan C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHolt, Jaanen
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:30:30Zen
dc.date.adate2011-03-03en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:30:30Zen
dc.date.issued2010-11-29en
dc.date.rdate2011-03-03en
dc.date.sdate2011-01-11en
dc.description.abstractMy thesis is an exploration of the emotional connection we have with architecture. The inspirations for the Grief and Healing Sanctuary were the healing experienced at quiet spaces of reflection and my father's stories as a Navy Vietnam shipboard combat veteran. I designed a building to provide a place for healing and to deal with grief. The building was designed for patients and their families being treated at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Not all families leave as they arrive. The families, many from out of town, need a place to reflect, pray, cry, or laugh. This need was reinforced by my father's stories of his transition from normal life to the extremes of combat to life back as a civilian. No one comes out unaffected, and there is not always a place to go and reflect. The Grief and Healing Sanctuary provides these spaces for all people who have these needs.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.identifier.otheretd-01112011-205455en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01112011-205455/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/30907en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartSumner_EW_T_2010.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectBethesdaen
dc.subjectNIHen
dc.subjectreflectionen
dc.subjectchapelen
dc.subjecthealingen
dc.titleGrief and Healing Sanctuaryen
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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