Filled With Absence: Spaces for Mourning

Long ago the stories common to men were clearly present in their architecture. Sculpture, mosaics, paintings, stained-glass windows, all blatantly told the beginning, the morals, the epics, and future of humanity. Today these elements have all but disappeared along with the stories that they told. One story still common to humanity is the act of death, transcending culture, nationality, or creed. The pages to follow disclose an architecture for the emotional state of mourning. The seven spaces of this architecture exist in three dimensions: the narrative, the emotive, and sacred.

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

2006

Author dc:creator

• Hirschmann, Gregory Scott

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Schnoedt, Heinrich

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Cortes, Mario C.
• Thompson, Steven R.

• Mourning
• Pure Form
• Shadow
• Cremation

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

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

Dc Identifier Other

etd-12262006-152632

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/36449