The Museum of American Immigrants

dc.contributor.authorSastromiharto, Robert W.en
dc.contributor.committeechairHolt, Jaanen
dc.contributor.committeememberHunt, Gregory K.en
dc.contributor.committeememberElliott, Ronalden
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-23T19:11:19Zen
dc.date.available2015-06-23T19:11:19Zen
dc.date.issued1994en
dc.description.abstractThe work involves an architectural design for a facility located on The Mall in Washington, District of Columbia. The Museum of American Immigrants is a proposed facility for housing the exhibits regarding immigration sequences and their development that make up the United States of America. The ethnographic nature of the work, its artifacts, their collection, exhibition, preservation, and mutations is seen as a means to nurture our better understanding of the on-going struggle with the experiment called America. With reference to current theories of museum architecture, examples of other similar museum buildings, site constraints, and programming, the work strives towards the integration of architecture and purpose. The building is expected to provide layers of experience in both spatial and ethnic terms. The precise geometry defines the spaces and voids, while the way the exhibits are organized defines the building as a framework of displays. The design method used in developing the building called The Museum of American Immigrants has involved a personal understanding in working with the contemporary design Vocabulary and programmatic concerns to create a learning environment for the Visitors while making every effort to achieve contextual balance and harmony required by the surroundings.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.format.extentiv, 53 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/53384en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 31226209en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1994.S278en
dc.subject.lcshMuseum architecture -- Washington (D.C.) -- Designs and plansen
dc.subject.lcshImmigrants -- Museums -- United Statesen
dc.subject.lcshWashington (D.C.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Designs and plansen
dc.subject.lcshMall, The (Washington, D.C.)en
dc.titleThe Museum of American Immigrantsen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen

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