ARCHITECTURE AND DIALOGUE: Bar and Apartments as Setting for Political and Public Conversation

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dc.contributor.authorShealy, Benjamin D.en
dc.contributor.committeechairFeuerstein, Marcia F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPiedmont-Palladino, Susan C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberParikh, Rajiv R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberEmmons, Paul F.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:42:02Zen
dc.date.adate2010-09-23en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:42:02Zen
dc.date.issued2010-06-01en
dc.date.rdate2010-09-23en
dc.date.sdate2010-07-26en
dc.description.abstractHuman beings by nature are social creatures capable of intelligent and complex interactions. Unfortunately, planning and implementation of the built environment has not always influenced or created opportunities for social exchange and conversation. The thesis explores how architecture can influence the interconnection between people at various scales in order to promote interaction. The mixed-use building includes a social coffeehouse and bar above which is a small apartment complex. These apartments would house a small number of politicians and their interns from each political party. This setting becomes a vehicle within which various players from the political spectrum could interact and commune together. By creating a variety of both public and private spaces, different experiences and relationships between inhabitants create opportunities for social dialogue and interaction. This architectural narrative, then, is the conversation between the reader and writer. ***NOTE: The uploaded file is 72dpi for computer viewing. Please contact the author if you should require a higher resolution pdf.***en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.identifier.otheretd-07262010-201032en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07262010-201032/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/34194en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartshealy_bd_t_2010.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectfencingen
dc.subjectWashington D.C.en
dc.subjectArchitectureen
dc.subjectpoliticsen
dc.subjectpublic spaceen
dc.subjectinteractionen
dc.subjectpeopleen
dc.subjectconversationen
dc.subjectdialogueen
dc.titleARCHITECTURE AND DIALOGUE: Bar and Apartments as Setting for Political and Public Conversationen
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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