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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Retreat Center"”.
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Building Blocks Retreat Center
In a perfect world, teamwork just exists. People function harmoniously with each other & their environment. Although we do not live in a perfect world, people and environments can always change and adapt to better their relationships. The Pumphouse was abandoned 41 years after the project was …
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Endless Horizons Bed and Breakfast: A lodging retreat center
… community of buildings with a Main House at the center. These buildings will group along a small peninsular area of the Caprock escarpment.
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Revealing expressive spaces : transformation of a former quarry to a dancers' retreat center
… dance, architecture and landscape, a dancers' retreat center is used as the program for design investigation. Spatial concepts as perceived in dance are employed to inform the design of architecture and landscape. The goal of this thesis is to find an architectural solution for the dancers' …
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Designing for communication : from orientation to empathy
… world. The design subject for this thesis is a retreat center for artists, writers, and musicians. Because visitors come to a retreat center for short periods of time (usually 2-4 weeks), the necessity for understanding and relating to one's environment is concentrated and immediate. A retreat …
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What can the site give to the building and the building to the site?
… of such a relationship. The project type (Retreat Center) itself opens the door to possibilities by carving out the natural environment. It proposes that through careful design considerations a harmony can exist between man's built environs and the earth's natural environment.
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Screen
… of this church, sited at a Christian camping and retreat center in southwest Pennsylvania. The control of light entering the building is realized through a double layer of screens which form the exterior walls of the building and the walls of the sanctuary inside. These screens are the result of …
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Designing at the edge : exploring the interface between the built and natural environment
… of built and natural form. The design of a retreat center in a dominant natural setting is the vehicle for this exploration. It embodies both functional (programmatic) and physical (architectural form) aspects through an integrated order which can facilitate people's reconnection to the …
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Let the Beauty We Love Be What We Do: A Case Study in Communication-Centered Leadership
… the cultural community around the Diana's Grove retreat center. This philosophy holds cultural norms of the Cornerstones of Community (choice, thinking well of the group, thinking well of one's self, stewardship of self, and sacred wound) as overt rules that are the foundation of sustainable …