Filled With Absence: Spaces for Mourning

dc.contributor.authorHirschmann, Gregory Scotten
dc.contributor.committeechairSchnoedt, Heinrichen
dc.contributor.committeememberCortes, Mario C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberThompson, Steven R.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:50:48Zen
dc.date.adate2007-04-13en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:50:48Zen
dc.date.issued2006-12-12en
dc.date.rdate2007-04-13en
dc.date.sdate2006-12-26en
dc.description.abstractLong ago the stories common to men were clearly present in their architecture. Sculpture, mosaics, paintings, stained-glass windows, all blatantly told the beginning, the morals, the epics, and future of humanity. Today these elements have all but disappeared along with the stories that they told. One story still common to humanity is the act of death, transcending culture, nationality, or creed. The pages to follow disclose an architecture for the emotional state of mourning. The seven spaces of this architecture exist in three dimensions: the narrative, the emotive, and sacred.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.identifier.otheretd-12262006-152632en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12262006-152632/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/36449en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartThesisBookETD_Part2.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartThesisBookETD_Part1.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectMourningen
dc.subjectPure Formen
dc.subjectShadowen
dc.subjectCremationen
dc.titleFilled With Absence: Spaces for Mourningen
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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