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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

In search of housing

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

This thesis explores an architectural housing solution for the middle income sector of the United States. The impetus for this exploration is founded in the conviction that housing must respond to the desires and needs of its occupants. An understanding of these desires and needs was discerned through studying the background of housing. Based on this background and current observations, clustering houses is an appropriate and necessary strategy for the middle-income sector. To investigate this strategy, a design was executed and used as a vehicle to explore the architecture of cluster housing. The success of this strategy and my opinions on issues raised in this design response are discussed. Neither this discussion, nor this thesis, is intended to be a definitive statement on housing.

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 Polytechnic Institute and State University
Year dc:date.issued
1988

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Stone, Terry Eugene
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Koontz, Thomas A.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Wang, Joseph C.
  • Schubert, Robert P.

Rights

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

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Handle dc:identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53185
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/53185

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Stone, Terry Eugene. In search of housing. masters thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53185