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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Dupont Circle"”.
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The making of place and occasion: art school and museum in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C.
The increasing dominance of technology in everyday life has created a challenge to the role Fine Arts plays in today’s society. The struggle of the Fine Arts to retain and strengthen its role in the culture of a technologically-driven society presented a unique opportunity to explore the reuniting …
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Analysis of an Underground Opening in Jointed Rock
… the behavior of an underground rock chamber (Dupont Circle Station) excavated in jointed rock. The chamber was excavated in five stages and was driven in foliated metamorphic rock whose main features consisted of joints, shears and shear zones. The study included the analysis of the rock …
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"At the Still Point of the Turning World": A Reference to Time and Movement
… clinic for sleep disorders sited on the edge of Dupont Circle within the District of Columbia. This thesis is a reference to time and movement as it relates to our individual perception. We each experience our environments differently and architecture should be prescribed to the fit the needs of …
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Chocolate to Rainbow City: the dialectics of black and gay community formation in postwar Washington, D.C., 1946-1978
… adjacent Washington, D.C. geographies, Shaw and DuPont Circle, came to be understood as “black” and “gay” neighborhoods between the end of World War II and the 1978 mayoral election. The racial and sexual complexity of the populations who lived and traveled through DuPont Circle and Shaw in these …
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Speaking Through Architecture: The Sound and the Structure of the Story Made Material
… The architectural project, located at the Dupont Circle North Metro exit in Washington, DC, houses performance, teaching and office space for the Speakeasy DC organization. The collection of spaces delineated in this design was inspired by characteristics of storytelling, structure and …
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The Space of the In-between
… across the P. St. Bridge, before one enters DuPont Circle. This is an ideal site for investigating the space of the in-between. The site is situated between the small scale fabric of Georgetown and the monumental scale of D.C. This site is also situated between nature (Rock Creek Park) and …
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Constructing Memories: Time Made Tangible
… itself presence. This Memory Center, located in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C., gives the opportunity for people to share their memories and experiences in order to give time physical presence. Like an interactive science museum, the Memory Center opens itself to the people who visit it and …
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Resurrecting Stones Transforming Lives
… they interact with each other. The site is near Dupont Circle in Northwest Washington DC. I thought it beautifully poetic the idea of a homeless shelter rising above the ruins of a burned out church. A place for spiritual salvation would now morph into a haven for corporeal redemption. The …
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Belonging
… age; an international 6 boarding school in Dupont circle.
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Soaking Sensual Nakedness: Haptic Bathhouse Explorations
… exploration of touch, a bathhouse, just south of Dupont Circle in the urban fabric of Washington DC. Experiencing a place where the entire body can intimately converge with a building saturated with tactile opportunities, the surprise of stimulating skin-to-surface encounters will remind us of our …
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Public Oasis for Nomads
… From there, the site was chosen to be in the Dupont Circle area due to the high density of embassies and consulates, business buildings and restaurants. The building will be similar to an oasis for nomads who would like to go to a place that reminds them of their homelands or for locals to sit …
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Socioeconomic Neighborhood Change In Local Historic Districts Of Large American Cities, 1970-2010: A Mixed Methods Approach
… two case studies: Ohio City in Cleveland, OH and Dupont Circle in Washington, DC. The research finds that lower socioeconomic status neighborhoods designated as local historic districts tend to change more often than higher socioeconomic status neighborhoods and that lower socioeconomic status …
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Architecture as Host: A New Youth Hostel in Washington, DC
This thesis explores architecture's role as host and its relationship with guest through the research and design of a new youth hostel for Washington, D.C. The etymological duality of host is confronted in the project's structure, as well as its liminal spaces. This new hostel offers comfort, …