An Appalachian House: The Design and Analysis of a Passive Solar House

This project is a proposal for the design of a house situated on a plot of land within the town limits of Blacksburg. It incorporates ideas drawn from many sources, particularly from this region of Appalachia -- its geology, architectural heritage, building materials, history, Blacksburg's Comprehensive Plan, housing, agriculture and energy resources. An introduction discusses some ideas on architecture followed by chapters which provide the basis upon which the design was developed, then a description of the house design and drawings followed by an analysis of the environmental responsiveness of the design using a computer program called "Energy Scheming."

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

1999

Author dc:creator

• Rogers, Robin Elaine

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• O'Brien, Michael J.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Randolph, John
• Schubert, Robert P.

• Appalachia
• Sustainability
• Passive Solar
• House

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

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

Dc Identifier Other

etd-090699-135118

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/34953