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Showing 1 to 20 of 79 for “"Old Town"”.
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Energic Architecture in Old Town Alexandria
Every architecure is being with life-force such as a plant who lives on the photosynthesis that need carbon dioxide + water + light energy, and provide oxygen in day time. On the contrary, Plants need oxygen and release carbon dioxide while they can not carry out the photosunthesis in night time. …
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Experimental theatre in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia
Theatre would be radical, arousing, inspiring, challenging popular emotion, presenting native problems. Human strength and aspiration would go there for inspiration..." - Frank Lloyd Wright- Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Gerald Nordland: Frank Lloyd Wright in the realm of ideas, Bynum, NC: Southern …
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Context and design in Old Town Alexandria
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Open Air Market in Old Town Alexandria
… were made visible through an open air market in Old Town Alexandria. In this work the stalls of each of the vendors was thought of anthropomorphically as a monster. The form of these monsters were identical at first and in the end had the blessing of the particular needs of the goods being sold …
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A hypermedia field trip through Old Town Temecula
… curriculum. What evolved was a stack about Old Town Temecula that supports the Framework, an integration of technology into the history/social science curriculum. The project connects the past and present by focusing on the historical buildings in Old Town Temecula. As an instructional tool …
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Children's House, Old Town North Alexandria Montessori School
Montessori education is a pedagogy based on the development of a child's natural intuition and curiosity. The teachers lead rather than teach, motivating the student to explore through activity. The student's spontaneous exploration cannot be dictated or controlled by the environment; therefore, …
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"The Revealing Building" A New Cinema for Old Town
Once a keystone for the city of Alexandria, the Old Town Cinema has lost its relevance and spirit. Unable to compete with the prevailing Cineplexes, the Old Town becomes a spectacle of the pornographic: baring all at once, substituting base desire for refined attraction. Out of this disenchantment, …
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Live-work artisan's community in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia
… complex for an artisan's community in Old Town Alexandria. The Project is set to explore these design issues: 1) urban live-work housing community, and how architecture can enhance it; 2) relation of private, public and transitional spaces; 3) pedestrian versus vehicular circulation; 4) …
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Rhythm and structure: a church for Old Town Alexandria, Virginia
The site is in Old Town Alexandria which lies outside of the metropolitan area of Washington DC in northern Virginia. The project is a church, and it sits looking over the Potomac River on Union and Queen Streets in the historic district of Alexandria. My initial idea was that a church can relate …
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An Examination of an Ice House at Old Town Plantation
Old Town plantation has had a long and prosperous life. The property has been occupied historically for more than 200 hundred years. Christopher Fitzsimmons' purchased the property in 1809. Fitzsimmons' created a working plantation and an elaborate homestead at Old Town. It is his occupation that …
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Reading Skins: A Braille Learning Facility in Old Town Alexandria
The resonance of a knock on a door uncovers its density. The smell of a wall describes its materiality. The texture of a floor may invite us to sit or lay down. The smoothness of a handrail comforts our ascent. Human skin is a powerful material that enables us to perceive and understand our …
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Architecture and Human Senses - Pre-School in alexandria Old Town
Throughout my years of architecture education I have become more and more aware that we are connected with architecture from the very first moments of our life. Architecture, an important part of our environment, affects our experiences, feelings, memories, and ultimately the decisions we make. To …
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Holding Court in Old Town: A New Courthouse for Alexandria
In the United States, the preeminent ideal concerning the justice system is that all people are innocent until proven guilty. The reality of the system, however, is not so cut and dry. Biases, mental health crises, and inequity all play a part in creating unjust circumstances for those accused of a …
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A place of learning: a School of Architecture in Old Town
… The project is a new School of Architecture in Old Town, Alexandria. Issues of concern include designing with sensitivity to an existing urban fabric, the articulation of boundary between public and private domains, order vs. spatial variety, and creating a place for students and the community …
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Center for the performing arts at Founders Park in Old Town Alexandria
The topic of this thesis has been approached mainly in four fields of investigation. First it has been investigated, in which way theater developed through the ages to make some conclusion of what a theater of the 21st century will be determined, especially with its distinction from the cinema. …
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Places for people: housing in historical context in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia
The aim of this design thesis was to look carefully at the historical environment of the chosen site, and with the understanding developed from this exploration, to design a group of houses that would answer to the desires of the individual and the needs of the collective, or simply: to create …
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Felinus Domus: A Veterinary Hospital for Cats in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia
Throughout time man has discovered that the human form, in all its harmonious proportion, can be used as a guide, gauge and tool to design and build structures. However, the human figure has not been the only organic form used to create architecture. Many animals create dwellings that synchronize …
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Modal Shifts: Row Houses and Alley Houses in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia
… for each inhabitant, the connecting thresholds are expandable and changeable.
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Aqaba's Old Town : proposed model for community development within the Aqaba Special Economic Zone
… Zone (ASEZ). This thesis examines the Aqaba Old Town critically and suggests developing it as a model for community upgrading and revitalization within ASEZ. Through examining the existing stakeholders and roles, I arrive at a suggested strategy for the Old Town that would serve as model for …
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Home Not Hospice, an integrated community for young and old in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia
… segments of our population: single families and older or disabled persons and couples. Located in Old Town Alexandria Virginia, the project sits on the banks of the Potomac River. The question of integration is central to this thesis. The first design challenge is to integrate the older persons …
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