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The Interaction of Walls and Spaces: Architecture of an Art Studio

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

The University of Virginia is currently constructing an Arts Studio building in the parking lot of their Architecture School. The University's original Jeffersonian foundation and its repeated imitation throughout history has told its citizens that this is what the architecture of the University must be, without actually questioning the reasons. Can we design new, exciting buildings that still belong on the campus without designing exactly as Jefferson did two-hundred years ago? This Thesis is my own design for UVA's Art Studio building. In this design I have used the interaction of walls and spaces to create an environment that leads a visitor through the many stages of an Art School. The visual and physical connections of the processes within the school are intended to inspire the artists within while living in the twenty-first century.

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
2008

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Brown, Kimberly Paige
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Rott, Hans Christian
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Gartner, Howard Scott
  • Dugas, David M.

Subjects

dc:subject × 5

Rights

dc:rights
Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
etd-05212008-005517
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/33073

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Brown, Kimberly Paige. The Interaction of Walls and Spaces: Architecture of an Art Studio. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33073