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The elements of variety: as studied through the design of a community learning center

Abstract

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Each new program carries a set of inherent issues which must influence the choice, exploration and manifestation of a thesis. Some issues contributing to design include questions of the physical and social site as well as of the particular programme. Distinctions within design are frequently linked to social or political arrangements, creating a diagram from which architectural issues are later distilled . A tectonic exploration which remains between these diagramatic parameters allows the thesis to unfold without eliminating the original, visceral intentions. The Richmond Community Learning Center was a competition project which became the vehicle for the study of a thesis . The ideas engendered by the conceptualized requirements of the proposed inhabitants led me to uncover a clear, essential question which I was able to examine at every level of the work.

Degree

thesis:*
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
1996

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Hinkley, Veronica
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Mashburn, Joseph L.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Burch-Brown, Carol S.
  • Thompson, Steven R.

Subjects

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Rights

dc:rights
Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
etd-06082009-170753
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/42885

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Hinkley, Veronica. The elements of variety: as studied through the design of a community learning center. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42885