in :: out

Our built environment is frequently in opposition with nature, therefore how man reacts with his surroundings can also shape them. The residential project began with the horizontal lines of the rock formations located throughout the site, and through utilization of the characteristics of the five elements of Feng Shui, innumerous decisions were made concerning orientation, material, and sense of place; allowing one to experience a sense of change yet maintaining a balance between the inside and out. The four primary walls become the vertical elements set in opposition to the horizontal lines of the site.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Architecture

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Architecture

Department dc:contributor.department

Architecture

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2007

Author dc:creator

• Street, Elyssa

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Jones, James R.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Rott, Hans Christian
• Galloway, William U.

• walls as thresholds
• boundary manipulation

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-06272007-211429

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/33780