Building as Witness

dc.contributor.authorMosso, Santiagoen
dc.contributor.committeechairEmmons, Paul F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHolt, Jaanen
dc.contributor.committeememberFeuerstein, Marcia F.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:42:48Zen
dc.date.adate2006-09-21en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:42:48Zen
dc.date.issued2006-06-07en
dc.date.rdate2006-09-21en
dc.date.sdate2006-08-05en
dc.description.abstractA fire station is a building where not too many things happen. But the few that do are either too forgettable or too memorable. This thesis tries to achieve time, innovation and realism. There's a redundancy in this building, in people's actions that makes it memorable. This building is the evidence of my way of thinking architecture. It reflects my memory as student and architect. It shows an undeniable background. It's questioning why buildings don't endure in time, why they are disposable objects. I'm trying to find reasons to make a building respectful, socially involved with its surroundings. The project is a midsize fire station. It answers to an actual necessity to relocate the existing fire station on Prince St. (Alexandria, VA) giving more space for firefighters and better access for two trucks. The new site is an existing parking lot that crosses a whole block from South Washington St. to South Columbus St. between Wilkes St. and Wolfe St. This site gave me the possibility to create a building where trucks can access and leave it without turning or maneuvering too much.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.identifier.otheretd-08052006-115423en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08052006-115423/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/34360en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartbuilding_as_witness.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectBuildingen
dc.subjectfiremanen
dc.subjectindexical signsen
dc.subjectmarksen
dc.subjectSantiago Mossoen
dc.subjectAriadna Belmonteen
dc.subjectLaura Croceen
dc.subjectNestor Ceramien
dc.subjectCecilia de la Vegaen
dc.subjectAndres Martinezen
dc.subjectfire trucken
dc.subjectFire Stationen
dc.subjectWitnessen
dc.subjectwax tableten
dc.subjecthistoryen
dc.subjectMemoryen
dc.titleBuilding as Witnessen
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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