Proscenium: Building the Fourth Wall

The key relationship in a theater is between the audience and the production staff. I explored this relationship through a performing arts complex located on Mt. Vernon Square in Washington DC. The two questions that drove the thesis were: How are the spaces occupied by the audience different from those that are occupied by the production staff? What is the architectural impact of the theatreâ s structure on the relationship of these two different groups and their spaces?

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

• Knee, Patrick Quentin

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Cortes, Mario C.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Foote, Jonathan
• Holt, Jaan

• theatre
• production
• audience
• proscenium
• theater

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

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

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

etd-11242008-183325

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/35813