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dc.contributor.advisorShun Kanda.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLivingstone, Donald Ben_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.en_US
dc.coverage.spatialn-us-caen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-07T21:05:30Z
dc.date.available2013-01-07T21:05:30Z
dc.date.copyright1982en_US
dc.date.issued1982en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75918
dc.descriptionThesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1982.en_US
dc.descriptionMICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe program for a proposed nature research and education center is developed and used to generate a 3000 sq. ft. wilderness complex. Issues of inhabitation, scale, and publicness in a natural landscape are presented. The experimental orientation of the facility is expressed in the functioning and character of spaces and details. To establish the context of the design problem, the evolution of social attitudes towards nature is summarized. Ultimately the scope of architectural referencing, as determined by an objective view of the environment, is questioned. And, as a result, an effort has been made to produce an architectural presence not wholly controlled by use, but also as an "offering" to the environment.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Donald B. Livingstone.en_US
dc.format.extent51 p. (3 folded)en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectArchitecture.en_US
dc.subject.lcshConservatories Designs and plansen_US
dc.subject.lcshNature centers Designs and plansen_US
dc.subject.lcshNature conservation California Los Padres National Foresten_US
dc.titleDesign metaphysics of a nature conservatoryen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeM.Arch.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
dc.identifier.oclc09032803en_US


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