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Showing 1 to 20 of 427 for “"Blacksburg"”.
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Blacksburg redevelopment
Using the vehicle of redeveloping downtown Blacksburg, an architectural problem concerning planning, structure, housing and landscaping, this thesis considers the implications of each component and how they interrelate, to produce a built form in harmony with its surroundings.
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Revitalizing Blacksburg
While studying at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, I noticed a significant issue: the town lacked a central hub to unite people of all ages, including students, families, and the elderly. Blacksburg needed to transcend its reputation as solely a college town, and that became the main focus of my …
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The Blacksburg Commons
The town of Blacksburg, Virginia is planning the construction of a new Community Recreation Center. The proposed facility will be located adjacent to the existing Municipal Park, and the site will be called the Blacksburg Commons. The recreation building will serve as the vehicle for an …
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A house in Blacksburg
What is architecture and to what does it aspire? It is the human endeavor which creates places that stimulate the senses. A touch, a scent, a sound, a sight (light and darkness)—each serves to make one more keenly alive. The senses, too. can arouse memories. In this house there are three paths. …
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A Citizen Plaza in Blacksburg
… project. The site is located in the downtown Blacksburg area and not far from the Virginia Tech main campus. By utilizing the idea of a lifted groundmass, the project creates a new place both for the town and the university. The space underneath the mass is a parking garage embedded in the …
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An elementary school for Blacksburg
… the need for a new elementary school in Blacksburg, Virginia. Second, to show how present trends in education have affected the design of elementary schools in Virginia and in the United States. Third, to analyze the requirements of the various school departments and areas. Fourth, to …
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A quadrangle for downtown Blacksburg
… with us their awareness of a site in downtown Blacksburg bound by College Avenue, Draper Road, Roanoke Street and Otey Street. The sight is a locus of interface between the university and the town. A place rich in contextual nuance, movement, rhythm, axis and history interact to create a …
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An Elementary School in Blacksburg. VA
Sited in downtown Blacksburgâ s Main Street, this elementary school participates as a citizen of the town as much as it is a singular entity that provides a secure, focused atmosphere for learning. Located directly adjacent to the original sixteen squares of Blacksburg, the site that once held an …
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Design of a Blacksburg recreation facility
"Since we move in time through a sequence of spaces, we experience a space in relation to where we've been and where we anticipate going." Francis Ching This thesis illustrates the exploration of path and space relationships to establish an order for supporting a range of activities.
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Blacksburg Central - A New Middle School
… middle school is imagined to exist at the old Blacksburg Middle school site on Main street between Clay and Eheart streets. Fundamental to the thesis is the concept of centrality. Correspondingly, a large central gathering space forms the heart of the school. Flow emanates from this heart into …
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requiem: a chapel for blacksburg virginia
The wall in Architecture is primary and paramount. In a hierarchical comparison with other elements, the wall is dominant because of the inherent potential housed within to inform our experience of place. It does more than divide what is in from what is out. It is where Architecture begins its …
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A Negro Neighborhood for Blacksburg, Virginia
… idea that the Negro housing problem existed in Blacksburg as in many other cities and towns all over America. The Negro population here was thought to be decreasing as in many rural areas and small towns. Lack of Housing was given as the chief cause of this migration because the financial status …
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Reality and Imagination: A Place for Blacksburg
There is nothing impossible in the world. Humans use their imagination to make their dreams come true or to achieve their desires. In architecture, a project should be completed by team effort and technology. Architects and engineers transform their ideas and imagination into an real object: space. …
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The areal geology of the Blacksburg region
The Blacksburg Area as herein described is that portion of Montgomery County, Virginia, which comprises the north third of the Blacksburg Quadrangle. This Quadrangle is the southwest quarter of the Christiansburg topographic sheet published by the United States Geological Survey in 1890. The region …
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A stormwater management analysis of Blacksburg, Virginia
… runoff were investigated for the Town of Blacksburg, Virginia, that would minimize the costly installation and environmentally damaging impacts of storm sewers as the town urbanizes. These aspects included the technical, political, financial, legal, and administrative approaches for …
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Thotti Mane - Nn Indian Courtyard House in Blacksburg
… The fact that it is designed in the setting of Blacksburg, Virginia, these norms and cultural aspects were modified to suit the context of its surroundings. The projects resolves itself through details of practical elements that are romantisized by implementation of Indian building traditions …
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A fifty bed general hospital for Blacksburg, Virginia
… into the design of a general hospital for Blacksburg and the surrounding communities. Before any planning can be done, the requirements of the hospital must be agreed upon. By making a thorough research, one is able to determine the hospital needs of a community; the problems relating to …
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Geology of the Blacksburg area, Montgomery County, Virginia
… Pulaski thrust and Cambrian rocks through the Blacksburg window of the Pulaski thrust sheet. Erosion has also revealed that near the base of the Pulaski thrust sheet are brecciated with the Elbrook, being typically a crush conglomerate, and the Rome being a phyllite breccia.
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