Prospect and refuge : shelter in Roxbury
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Author(s)
Lee, Jane Elizabeth
Advisor(s)
Renee Y. Chow.
Alternative Title
Shelter in Roxbury
Date Issued
1993
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
This thesis attempts to use the concept of juxtaposed prospect and refuge to design shelter on a large urban site (92,000 square feet). The broad range of scales stretches the applicability of prospect and refuge as a design tool, yet also forges a varied understanding of related (and sometimes synonymous) architectural principles such as back-front directionality, contrast, threshold, mystery, life-affirmation. The selection of a 'healing' shelter for program intensified the exploration of prospect and refuge, as the given user group compelled a particular attention to architectural elements and dimensions at an intimate scale. This precision, coupled with the demands of community space on such a large site, brought into play intermediate issues of continuity and adjacencies and, thus, more incidents of prospect and refuge.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1993.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 66-67).
Subjects
Architecture.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
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