An Architectural Response to Movement
| dc.contributor.author | Hartley, Ashton Elizabeth | en |
| dc.contributor.committeechair | Piedmont-Palladino, Susan C. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Feuerstein, Marcia F. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Emmons, Paul F. | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Architecture | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-14T20:33:51Z | en |
| dc.date.adate | 2012-06-12 | en |
| dc.date.available | 2014-03-14T20:33:51Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-09-26 | en |
| dc.date.rdate | 2012-06-12 | en |
| dc.date.sdate | 2012-04-18 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | In an effort to bolster Old Town Alexandria Virginia's burgeoning reputation as a mecca for the arts, I chose to design a dance center, set in what is currently a large parking lot adjacent to King Street's terminus at the Potomac River. Given the importance of movement to my site, especially in terms of pedestrians and the Potomac River, a dance center is a fitting building type. To aid in crafting a cohesive building that spoke to both the demands of the site and the programmatic needs of a dance center, I looked to movement as the answer to all design quandaries: movement as thesis. I developed a stepped parti- a concept informed by strategies to invite, accommodate, and glorify movement. All elements of the building reinforce this parti to create a holistic building. The building follows the ascension of a primary staircase, and is supported by a multitude of columns, simultaneously reminiscent of a corps de ballet and an enchanted forest, both staples in the classical story ballet. | en |
| dc.description.degree | Master of Architecture | en |
| dc.identifier.other | etd-04182012-162348 | en |
| dc.identifier.sourceurl | http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04182012-162348/ | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31762 | en |
| dc.publisher | Virginia Tech | en |
| dc.relation.haspart | HARTLEY_AE_T_2012.pdf | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | movement | en |
| dc.subject | layer | en |
| dc.subject | transparency | en |
| dc.subject | circulation | en |
| dc.title | An Architectural Response to Movement | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Architecture | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | en |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Architecture | en |
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