Kim, Elisabeth Jina2014-03-142014-03-142012-08-06etd-08272012-100055http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34812A library for rare books and a reading garden, the following project emerged from an attempt to better understand the idea of an autonomous architecture. Framing architectural questions as a choice between opposing alternatives of perceived relevance (e.g., geometric construction versus geometric composition, self referential versus self governing, singular versus universal) the project, which at its beginning was a simple exercise in geometric constructive technique, evolved as it was viewed through the lenses of those dualities.1 volumeapplication/pdfenIn CopyrightCompositionGeometryConstructive TechniqueGardenLibraryAutonomyLD5655.V855 2012.K56Thesishttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08272012-100055/