Color, Texture and The Space In-Between: An Architectural Intervention of Stained Glass

This thesis studies the use of stained glass as a building material and how it can enhance the visual presence of light, materiality and space in a building interior. Lighting, color, and texture were integral paths of study which culminated in a stained glass installation at the concrete Cube at the Research + Design Facility in Blacksburg, Virginia. The resulting space becomes a room that reveals a dimension of architectural space not rarely studied or thought about when designing, revealing the way light continually shapes and defines a space throughout the seasons and time of day. The goal of the installation is to highlight ordinary conditions of light and space in a new light through color intervention of the interior.

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 dc:creator

• Chanda, Brian Thomas

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Gartner, Howard Scott

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Doan, Patrick A.
• Thompson, Steven R.

• Architecture
• reflection
• stained glass
• Light
• space
• color
• texture

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

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

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:8328

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/71682