A Formal Construction for a new Veterinary Hospital

Architecture, as the art of making a building, consists of an assemblage of elements that interact and interlock to create something whole—from an assembly of parts, emerges a unified composition. In this thesis exploration, I strive to take this simple idea, fundamental to all buildings—to the very process of building itself—and utilize it as a driving force. This proposal was conceived both as a response to the site and program,as well as an effort to control an arrangement of parts in order to create an integrated, functioning whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. The resulting architecture derives its existence and identity from the articulation of these individual elements and the manner in which they interact and connect. Furthermore, this choreography generates a certain sequence of spaces creating moments of pause, compression, and release. There is a certain level of complexity that results from the formal play of setting elements into motion against the site and each other. Accepting this condition, the designer's will must be exerted in an effort to gain/maintain control of this composition. As such, this architecture explores the possibilities of complexity generated through the formal arrangement of parts.

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

2009

Author dc:creator

• Aplin, Carl Dereck

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Thompson, Steven R.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Galloway, William U.
• Jones, James R.

• clinic
• connect
• interact
• interlocking
• veterinary

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

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

Dc Identifier Other

etd-07202009-095456

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/34084