The District of Columbia Waterfront Atelier (DCWA): A Machine for the Arts

dc.contributor.authorCoxson, David Rittenhouseen
dc.contributor.committeechairRott, Hans Christianen
dc.contributor.committeememberJones, James R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWeiner, Frank H.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:40:51Zen
dc.date.adate2007-08-07en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:40:51Zen
dc.date.issued2007-05-08en
dc.date.rdate2007-08-07en
dc.date.sdate2007-06-29en
dc.description.abstractIn an attempt to address the accessibility of the arts in Washington, D.C. and also to engage the underutilized waterfront, this thesis proposes a cultural center for the arts that at once links the building with the water, but which also becomes a source of excitement for the city. The arts center will act as an atelier that mixes education, production and exhibition of fine arts, theater, dance and music, with the goal being to achieve a space alive with activity and shared energy. Typically, buildings for art education have followed a model that emphasizes interaction by forcing artists of different media to share the same space in a classroom environment. Those same rooms may appear no different than, say, a room intended for an English class or science lab. The District of Columbia Waterfront Atelier (DCWA) aims to offer spaces that are designed for the specific medium and nothing else, thus, elevating the importance of the craft. By separating the arts into singular units, one may wonder if interaction between artists is lost. Interaction, however, may be achieved through different methods rather than, simply, by programmatic ones and the DCWA has become an exploration to discover alternatives to maintain and heighten the universal goal of an art atelier: to become engulfed and energized by the arts in an interactive setting.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.identifier.otheretd-06292007-163331en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06292007-163331/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/33818en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartdrc_DCWA.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectwaterfronten
dc.subjecttransparencyen
dc.subjectWashington D,C.en
dc.subjectdiagramen
dc.subjectindustrialen
dc.subjectwarehouseen
dc.subjectatelieren
dc.subjectarten
dc.titleThe District of Columbia Waterfront Atelier (DCWA): A Machine for the Artsen
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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