Porter, Gregory Thomas2014-03-142014-03-142009-02-06etd-01152010-132524http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30954This thesis is an attempt to explore post industrial society and how modern industry can become part of the urban experience. Through the design of a nanotechnology research laboratory, I was able to discover a connection between modern architecture and nanotechnology which revolved around the topics of scale, layering and revealing.In CopyrightNanotechnologyLaboratoryCleanroomScienceScaleLayersRevealingIndustryMaterialityInteractionMicroprocessorScience of the Small: Nanotechnology Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C.Thesishttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01152010-132524/