Dynamic permanence: building a library for the 21st century
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2004
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This Master's Degree Project explores the implications of designing buildings that contain the inherent ability to change over time.
It attempts to understand architecture's capacity to produce meaning within the cultural climate of the 21st century, one that is increasingly defined by the processes of change. This thesis focuses on developing a design strategy for an architecture that addresses both the dynamic character of society and the unpredictable processes of change but that does not lose the sense of place that architecture, historically, has searched to create. Fundamental to the creation of this strategy were the lessons learned from a selective historical overview of the relationship between architecture and meaning and a study into architectural typologies and precedents that employ flexible and adaptable design principles. The explorations of this thesis culminate in the design of a public library for the City of Red Deer, Alberta. This library intends to facilitate a meaningful connection between people and the built environment through the creation of an architecture of dynamic permanence.
KEYWORDS architecture adaptable change library flexible
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Bibliography: p. 87-88
Some pages are in colour.
Some pages are in colour.
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Carr, G. (2004). Dynamic permanence: building a library for the 21st century (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1468