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Creating the Idea of Home: The Shaw Community and Recreation Center

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

Home is something which is not easily defined. It cannot simply be described as a place, or a building, but as an idea of a place. The place is different for everyone. For some it is where they grew up, for others it is where they currently live. The idea of that place is similar for everyone. When thinking of that place, everyone is reminded of the people they met, the things they learned, and the memories which made it their home. This thesis aims to define home, and how the idea of home can be created into Architecture. The Architecture is not meant to be reminiscent of a home, in the sense of a dwelling, but have the aspects which create the idea of home. These aspects include the concepts of community, education, and memory. Using these concepts, the Shaw Community and Recreation center was developed, which embodies the idea of home.

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 Tech
Year dc:date.issued
2013

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Mack, Corey Stephen
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Piedmont-Palladino, Susan C.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Feuerstein, Marcia F.
  • Emmons, Paul F.

Subjects

dc:subject × 5

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
vt_gsexam:1251
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/23287

Chain of custody

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2026-07-22
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citation

Mack, Corey Stephen. Creating the Idea of Home: The Shaw Community and Recreation Center. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/23287