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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

The school of craft

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

A certain amount of care is inferred with the thought of craftsmanship. With a decline in craftsmanship in today’s society, the care and thoughtfulness inherent in the skill of making objects are gradually being replaced by the "ready-made" and the immediate. In order to reverse this trend we must educate the children, teach them the love of craft and making. The children must learn that care and its resultant lasting product are important. To help preserve the care for making lasting and significant things, I have chosen as my thesis to design a school of craft where children are to gain such knowledge. My hope is to design a space which is expressive of the ideas of craftsmanship using the knowledge of today’s technology.

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
1996

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Barras, Jeanette Shannon
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Hunt, Gregory K.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Holt, Jaan
  • Small, Stephen W.

Rights

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

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Handle dc:identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53413
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/53413

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Barras, Jeanette Shannon. The school of craft. masters thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53413