Exploring the interactive element in architecture: a children's discovery museum for Washington, D.C.

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dc.contributor.authorJanis, Julie B.en
dc.contributor.committeechairHunt, Gregory K.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHolt, Jaanen
dc.contributor.committeememberPiedmont-Palladino, Susan C.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-23T19:10:56Zen
dc.date.available2015-06-23T19:10:56Zen
dc.date.issued1993en
dc.description.abstractThe fresh new approach taken by today's children's museums offers great potential for an equally fresh approach to the architecture which houses these special places. Just as the "exhibits" at the children's museums invite a new relationship between the visitor and the museum collection, so too should the architecture encourage a new interaction between the individual and the built structure, between the institution and the urban environment. The new Children's Discovery Museum proposed for Washington, D.C. takes the theme of interaction as its basis. The design aims to promote a new level of participation between the people, the building, and the city. In this way, the attitude which is central in making children's museums so special was adapted to form an architectural framework: that all children -- regardless of age -- might discover a more meaningful connectedness to the built world around them.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.format.extentiv, 31 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/53351en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 31191450en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1993.J366en
dc.subject.lcshChildren's museums -- Washington (D.C.) -- Designs and plansen
dc.subject.lcshMuseum architecture -- Washington (D.C.) -- Designs and plansen
dc.subject.lcshWashington (D.C.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Designs and plansen
dc.titleExploring the interactive element in architecture: a children's discovery museum for Washington, D.C.en
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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