Past, Present, & Future: An Exploration of Adaptive Reuse in Educational Design

dc.contributor.authorStelling, Catherine Forsytheen
dc.contributor.committeechairPiedmont-Palladino, Susan C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberEmmons, Paul F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMorton, Elizabethen
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-07T23:03:40Zen
dc.date.available2013-11-07T23:03:40Zen
dc.date.issued2013-11-06en
dc.description.abstractThe preservation and reuse of existing buildings has become more and more prevalent as costs rise, sustainability popularizes, and urban areas continue to grow. These are all important issues in the contemporary design world, but what can the building provide after solving these problems that will make it just as long-lasting and useful as the previous program? Historic buildings are filled with the evidence of old building techniques, materiality and textures, and stories of the past, so why not allow the building to serve as not only a container of learning, but as a learning tool itself. The program of this thesis, a middle school for creative writing and literature, allows the decaying Old Engine Company 26 in Washington, DC's Langdon neighborhood to be adaptively reused as part of a comtemporary, imaginative education campus. The project explores the connection and balance between new and old and the combination of stories this creates. Old Engine Company 26 began its story in 1908, but the imposed design has been given a story--the story from the childrens' book, The Phantom Tollbooth. The past and present stories will intertwine with the story the future students create by interacting with, learning from, and influencing the school building. The thesis serves as an example of how an adaptive reuse project can provide unique cultural, educational, and sensory facilities while still fulfilling the sustainability, economic, and planning needs of design.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:1412en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/23938en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectadaptive reuseen
dc.subjecthistoricen
dc.subjectschoolen
dc.subjectwashingtonen
dc.subjectdcen
dc.subjectstoryen
dc.subjectconnectionen
dc.titlePast, Present, & Future: An Exploration of Adaptive Reuse in Educational Designen
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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