Perpetuate the Revolution: Embrace the Brick Wall

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dc.contributor.authorOvitt, Amber Nicoleen
dc.contributor.committeechairPiedmont-Palladino, Susan C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRitter, James W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberEmmons, Paul F.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-11T09:00:41Zen
dc.date.available2016-01-11T09:00:41Zen
dc.date.issued2016-01-10en
dc.description.abstractWashington D.C., along with similar historically significant cities, boasts architectural treasures. Understanding how our above-ground archeology, which represents the passage of time and suggests urban development, will continue to influence our architecture today, is the essential core of this thesis. 14th Street is one of the crucial entrance corridors of the city, existing as a vertical way-finder for modern day travelers coming in and out of the District. Brick rowhouses line this valuable street, providing multi-use functions that have evolved over the past century. Unfortunately, most of these urban gems have lost their place to the City's superblock high rises. The program of this thesis serves the Corcoran School of Art + Design with a new central campus location in D.C. while reusing an existing block of parti walls, excavated from rowhouses of the past. The modern need of maximizing space is thoughtfully merged with the intentional reuse of historic structures.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:1266en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/64433en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectAdaptive Reuseen
dc.subjectBrick wallsen
dc.subjecttimeen
dc.subjecthistoryen
dc.subjectCorcoranen
dc.subjectCollege of Art and Designen
dc.titlePerpetuate the Revolution: Embrace the Brick Wallen
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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