Designing for the Waterfront - An Estuarine Research Reserve on Jones Point

Due to our love of the waterfront, almost half of the United States population now lives in coastal areas, including shores of estuaries. Unfortunately, this increasing concentration of people upsets the balance of ecosystems. My thesis project, Designing for the Waterfront - An Estuarine Research Reserve on Jones Point is about setting an example, setting a precedent for building on the waterfront. I have attempted to design an environmentally responsive and sensitive research center that will not only monitor and study the Potomac estuary, but will also serve as an example of how one should build on the estuary.

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

1998

Author dc:creator

• Smith, Kevin M.

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Holt, Jaan

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Lynch, Maurice
• Wheeler, Joseph H.
• Piedmont-Palladino, Susan C.
• Reinholtz, Charles F.

• Sustainability
• zodiac
• Jones Point
• green architecture

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

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

Dc Identifier Other

etd-41998-95722

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/36687