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A Church in New England

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

The project explores light as a material element and as a spacial generator, and how the intercession of other disparate, different material elements can work to create disparate, different material conditions that manifest specific physical phenomena that hold direct implications for the metaphysical (here, spiritual) experience of the inhabitant. This project doesn't create an arena for a specific experience, but rather strives to generate a spectrum on which to relate an individual chosen action to the physical self (here, now, made spiritual). A self-reflection inspired by a visceral interaction with an ordered space, resulting in self-awareness in metaphysical (phenomenological) context. A building made of concrete, steel, wood, and light. A place for meditation, for prayer, and for worship.

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 Tech
Year dc:date.issued
2016

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Kaplowitz, Benjamin Mark
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Pittman, V. Hunter
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Vorster, Clive R.
  • Zellner Bassett, Paola A.

Subjects

dc:subject × 2

Rights

dc:rights
Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Dc Identifier Other
vt_gsexam:6294
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/64453

Chain of custody

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Kaplowitz, Benjamin Mark. A Church in New England. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/64453