Framing Hudson Square: A Stair Encloses a Converging Grid in the City

This thesis explores an alternate typology for a residential high rise in the Hudson Square neighborhood in Manhattan. The units that make up the building are organized with stairs and corridors placed along the interior perimeter of the unit which both bound the central floor space and expose it, creating a layered vertical circulation space around a central, permeable core. The collective organization of units within the building recapitulate their interior organization to form the building object creating a whole that is governed by the same organizational rules as the parts. The building is created as an object in the city meant to frame the duality between transparency and reflection, between lines and surfaces and ultimately between exhibition and anonymity.

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

2014

Author dc:creator

• Herrero, Sofia Helena

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Thompson, Steven R.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Ishida, Aki
• Breitschmid, Markus

• City
• Glass
• Grid
• Frame
• Stair
• Steel Structure
• Unit
• Urbanization

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:2175

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/25287