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1	Building as Witness Mosso, Santiago 21 September 2006 (has links) A fire station is a building where not too many things happen. But the few that do are either too forgettable or too memorable. This thesis tries to achieve time, innovation and realism. There's a redundancy in this building, in people's actions that makes it memorable. This building is the evidence of my way of thinking architecture. It reflects my memory as student and architect. It shows an undeniable background. It's questioning why buildings don't endure in time, why they are disposable objects. I'm trying to find reasons to make a building respectful, socially involved with its surroundings. The project is a midsize fire station. It answers to an actual necessity to relocate the existing fire station on Prince St. (Alexandria, VA) giving more space for firefighters and better access for two trucks. The new site is an existing parking lot that crosses a whole block from South Washington St. to South Columbus St. between Wilkes St. and Wolfe St. This site gave me the possibility to create a building where trucks can access and leave it without turning or maneuvering too much. / Master of Architecture Building fireman indexical signs marks Santiago Mosso Ariadna Belmonte Laura Croce Nestor Cerami Cecilia de la Vega Andres Martinez fire truck Fire Station Witness wax tablet history Memory
2	Building for the unseen de la Vega, Cecilia 09 November 2006 (has links) Through parallelism with characteristics of magical realism, the building is materialized by deciphering the unseen images latent in ordinary life. WAAC radio station. Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia. / Master of Architecture WAAC Nestor Cerami Ariadna Belmonte magical realism Santiago Mosso Laura Croce radio station Bjorn Steudte Kate Drury Magdalena Egues Elif Ertekin magic metamorphosis fantasy

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