The intention of this Graduate Thesis Project is to experiment with architectural design and planning tools in order to create an architectural environment where a live-work community of artists would have a chance to be established and thrive.
I am interested to understand how to design dwellings and plan residential developments that would provide privacy and comfort for their residents, while becoming an integral and sustainable part of a larger community. A client (either a developer, or a committee of future residents), as well as local authorities are crucial in bringing the vision of a community to a fruition. However, an architect's idea, convincing opinion and knowledge about how a community can work are very necessary elements of any community development process. Architect's knowledge of the subject is a result of experience, as well as extensive research and self-education. Since I want to practice residential architecture, I decided to use my Graduate Thesis Project as a tool to research and explore issues related to the design of urban housing.
Therefore, for my Thesis Project I have chosen to design a high-density residential/commercial complex for an artisan's community in Old Town Alexandria. The Project is set to explore these design issues:
1) urban live-work housing community, and how architecture can enhance it;
2) relation of private, public and transitional spaces;
3) pedestrian versus vehicular circulation;
4) modern building materials in the context of historic urban fabric;
5) use of a computer as a design and presentation tool. / Master of Architecture
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/51924 |
| Date | January 1999 |
| Creators | Nijnikevitch, Youri |
| Contributors | Architecture |
| Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | iv, 22 leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 43472960 |
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