Sublimity in Nature: Regenerative Site-Engaged Design

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Sublimity in Nature: Regenerative Site-Engaged Design

Submitted to in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, April 2017

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title: Sublimity in Nature: Regenerative Site-Engaged Design

creator: Thomas Anthony Cracolici

subject: Landscape architecture, Massachusetts, Pittsfield, Designs and plans; Nature centers, Massachusetts, Pittsfield, Designs and plans; Architecture and biology; Building sites; Architecture, Environmental aspects; Wentworth Design Excellence Award winner (2017)

description: A current paradigm in the field of architecture today is one of degeneration; the continued use of low-grade, untenable and obsolete building technologies that lack site-specificity and that are becoming harmful to the natural environment. For my thesis, I am investigating the concept of regenerative, site-expressive design, or the practice of engaging natural context as the medium and generator of architecture. In an investigation of how to respond and utilize the living and natural systems that exist on site, I have chosen Canoe Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary in Pittsfield Massachusetts as my site of intervention. My research will focus on capturing the genius loci (“spirit of place”) of Canoe Meadows through the installation of an intervention that is focused on the prevention of negative environmental impacts as well as the preservation of localized vegetation and wildlife that is present within the immediate vicinity.

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

date: 2017

type: Thesis

format: .pdf

language: eng

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