Energy-in-Form

This thesis is a study of architectural form in relation to energy. Energy performance is rooted in form. Overall performance in the practice of architecture includes necessarily consumption as a form constraint. The term energy in this body of work relates to the social circumstance that the current state of the environment imposes on all facets of life, including how our buildings contribute to the anthropogenic warming of the earth's atmosphere. Humans are consumptive and so our buildings, a product of our work, are inherently consumptive as well. The challenge is to design environments that stimulate responsible actions by considering energy consumption throughout the design process. This thesis proposes that an architecture which responds with significance explores the energy-in-form to make a contribution to the current condition in which we live. On an abstract level, formal elements of negation and the condition of boundary are explored in relation to energy. On a more factual level, the impact of energy on site orientation, shading, and in-between zones are tested. Form in the study of the proportions of the Maison Carrée is expressed in the process of making concrete objects and the regulating geometry and formal conditions of the final Cornerstore building design.

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

2019

Author dc:creator

• Hamm, Teresa Dolores

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Schnoedt, Heinrich

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Reichard, Georg
• Weiner, Frank H.

• energy
• form

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

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

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:18099

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/87587