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Type of Document

Master's Thesis

Author

Gallagher, Richard

URN

etd-08162007-164550

Title

Contextus: A Modern Intervention in the Urban Fabric

Degree

Master of Architecture

Department

Architecture

Advisory Committee

Advisor Name	Title
Susan Piedmont-Palladino	Committee Chair
Jaan Holt	Committee Member
Jonathan Foote	Committee Member
Paul Emmons	Committee Member

Keywords

context
civic architecture
public library
public space
Shaw Neighborhood
Washington DC

Date of Defense

2007-07-27

Availability

restricted

Abstract

Contextus: a Modern Intervention in the Urban Fabric, by Richard Gallagher ABSTRACT
The word �context� originates in �contextus�, which is Latin for �weaving.� An architectural question arises as to how a building can so integrate itself with a community that is it truly woven into the urban fabric.
The Shaw Neighborhood branch of the District of Columbia Public Library system closed in 2004. The building at the intersection of 7th Street and Rhode Island Avenue could no longer serve the needs of the community, and shall be replaced by a new facility on the same site. What are the needs of the community that should be addressed, and by what methods? As a civic building, what role will the new library play beyond that of a place to find books? What are the contexts that the new architecture will confront, and how does this building transcend the contexts of the present to endure as something equally valuable in the future?

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