Li, Nong2022-08-232022-08-232022-08-22vt_gsexam:35334http://hdl.handle.net/10919/111589This thesis investigates how architecture engages with the natural landscape through iterative designs of exhibition space. Proposals of architecture adjacent to Smith Mountain Lake as well as along the Cascade Falls Trail in Virginia were considered. The design proposals led to a resolution that particular considerations are critical in relating architecture and nature, specifically a building's spatial organization and orientation, its materiality and tectonic assembly, and the bounding thresholds differentiating between inside and outside.ETDenIn CopyrightarchitecturenaturelandscapetopographytectonicsmaterialitythresholdThesis