Horizontal Forest: A Retreat on the AT

• Main Author: Dodson, Alan Michael
• Other Authors: Architecture
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: Virginia Tech 2014
• Subjects: Dry Stack Stone Wall; Retreat on the Appalachian Trail; Double Envelope; Architecture and Nature; Glass Box; 2x4 Lumber; Wooden Screen; Dragon's Tooth; LD5655.V855 2001.D637
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35328; http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10082001-094640/

This is a project about reconciling the rational world of architecture with the empirical world of nature. A small retreat on the Appalachian Trail near Dragon's Tooth, this project employs two elements belonging to each of those entities. The retreat is composed of a double envelope. The exterior envelope is a wooden screen and dry stacked stone wall relating to the natural world. In contrast, the second envelope is a glass and steel box, analogous to the rationality of man. Dimensional 2x4 lumber models are employed to study the light conditions, patterns, and construction of the wooden screen. === Master of Architecture