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Type of Document

Master's Thesis

Author

Cincala, George Michael

URN

etd-09092011-124456

Title

Coursework: Constructing a Building from a Brick

Degree

Master of Architecture

Department

Architecture

Advisory Committee

Advisor Name	Title
Thompson, Steven Ross	Committee Chair
Galloway, William U.	Committee Member
Weiner, Frank H.	Committee Member

Keywords

autonomy
weaving
axonometry
beginning
masonry

Date of Defense

2011-08-05

Availability

unrestricted

Abstract

This thesis explores the design of a T-shaped brick and its influence throughout the course of the project. The T-brick established a significant direction towards weaving masonry and my firsthand recognition of the utmost importance of poetic construction for an architect. This thesis helps to affirm that construction is vital for architecture to be autonomous.

Programmatic requirements, technology, social change, new inventions, etc., distract from the potential of architecture. We must first concern ourselves with how a building is to be made and trust that those things outside of architecture will only be right when a building is ready to accept them, not vice versa. But, that is not to say a building should not serve human needs well. Rather, serving needs well is but a bare minimum of good architecture.

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