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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Movement, material and order

Abstract

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l seek to investigate space, material and harmonious order. A building should celebrate the continuity of space in three dimensions. Walls should not confine space, but expand perceptible limits. Architectural space should be active. A building should be an integration of material and order. Materials define the unit order from which the building develops. Materials should be handled naturally and correctly. Nothing in a building should be superficial. Ornament should grow from the natural pattern of construction and structure. To dwell in a house is the experience of passage in familiar surroundings. A house must emphasize not only place, but spatiality. Space outside should not be shut out, but become a part of the space within the house. The spaces of this house overlap and intersect inside and outside the walls. This continuity of space brings dynamic forces into the life of the individual.

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 Polytechnic Institute and State University
Year dc:date.issued
1991

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Pitt, Sharon P.
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Mashburn, Joseph L.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Kilper, Dennis J.
  • Schueller, Wolfgang

Rights

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

Identifiers

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Handle dc:identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53298
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/53298

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Pitt, Sharon P.. Movement, material and order. masters thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53298