RE: Programing [sic] Identity

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RE: Programing [sic] Identity

Submitted to in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, April 2018

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title: RE: Programing [sic] Identity

creator: Adam Cournoyer

subject: Building materials; Architecture and time; Abandoned buildings, Massachusetts, Boston, Remodeling for other use

description: How can a material tell us of its past, where it has been, what it has seen, and what it been through? Materials through age and wear grow a sort of patina. The wear of each stair has been smoothed with each foot step. The doorway has been chipped away at the lower section of its stone frame suggesting it has been worn through not only through weather but through its use. The center path brandishes its wear through a subtle but telling rut. In a combination of runoff and pedestrian traffic this channel has been molded into a material dialog. The stone shows a patina through its rough darkened patchy façade. This stonework has grown an identity unique to this place, this climate, and most telling, this moment in time. Through hundreds of years of use we can see how this space can tell us its story. This thesis will place new programs within abandoned buildings ensuring the survival of patina the patina that has been procured over its lifespan. Through this means of translation three facets emerge. These facets begin to define themselves within the past, present, and future. Looking inward towards the past of a materials life cycle a reflective approach can be made. Focusing on the procured identity the materials have on its facades. A program selected for the reflective would engage the patina of the existing in a reserved fashion, respecting the material for what it is in its current state. Translation of the program representative of the past would not only preserve the current patina but continue it. This linear approach would act in a similar mode as the previous program however unique enough to build a distinctly different identity in reaction with the existing. The future of the patina shall be addressed in an experimental approach. This method will build off of the existing identity of the material pushing it forward in a new direction. Unlike the linear approach, this approach is not bound by character of the existing patina. These three approaches will act in unison to create a multifaceted dialog around the patina within the past, present, and future.

publisher: The Douglas D. Schumann Library and Learning Commons, Wentworth Institute of Technology

date: 2018

type: Thesis

format: .pdf

language: eng

rights: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

contributor: Building materials; Architecture and time; Abandoned buildings, Remodeling for other use

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