| Type of Document |
Master's Thesis |
| Author |
Biesiadny-Mrstik, Michelle Marie
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| Author's Email Address |
shell@vt.edu |
| URN |
etd-06282004-223915 |
| Title |
Fitness, Flexibility, and Suspension: An Aquatics Facility on Washington, D.C.'s Southwest Waterfront |
| Degree |
Master of Architecture |
| Department |
Architecture |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Piedmont-Palladino, Susan C. |
Committee Chair |
| Emmons, Paul F. |
Committee Member |
| Kane, Brian P. |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
- suspension
- cable
- swim
- fitness
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| Date of Defense |
2004-05-13 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
To create a legible building, the structure’s form must describe and reinforce the mission of the organization that inhabits it. This proposal for a regional competition, training and recreational aquatics facility demonstrates ideas of physical fitness through an exploration of muscles, cables, tension, joints, and bones. The building is part of a larger urban strategy for redeveloping the Washington Channel waterfront in Southwest Washington, D.C. Early images of transformed beach glass, thread, and basswood generated the inspiration for the basic architectural components: the wall, the columns, and the suspended jewels. The following document gives definition to the basic elements.
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