| Type of Document |
Master's Thesis |
| Author |
Hartley, Ashton Elizabeth
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| Author's Email Address |
ashtonhartleyvt@gmail.com |
| URN |
etd-04182012-162348 |
| Title |
An Architectural Response to Movement |
| Degree |
Master of Architecture |
| Department |
Architecture |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Piedmont-Palladino, Susan C. |
Committee Chair |
| Emmons, Paul F. |
Committee Member |
| Feuerstein, Marcia F. |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
- movement layers transparency circulation
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| Date of Defense |
2011-09-26 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
In an effort to bolster Old Town Alexandria Virginia’s burgeoning reputation as a mecca for the arts, I chose to design a dance center, set in what is currently a large parking lot adjacent to King Street's terminus at the Potomac River. Given the importance of movement to my site, especially in terms of pedestrians and the Potomac River, a dance center is a fitting building type.
To aid in crafting a cohesive building that spoke to both the demands of the site and the programmatic needs of a dance center, I looked to movement as the answer to all design quandaries: movement as thesis. I developed a stepped parti- a concept informed by strategies to invite, accommodate, and glorify movement. All elements of the building reinforce this parti to create a holistic building. The building follows the ascension of a primary staircase, and is supported by a multitude of columns, simultaneously reminiscent of a corps de ballet and an enchanted forest, both staples in the classical story ballet.
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