Designing the Threshold: A Holistic Center for the Terminally Ill

Designing the Threshold: A Holistic Center for the Terminally Ill

If Architecture can express the joy of birth and all the infinite aspects of human life, then Architecture can celebrate death as a final rite of passage. Can Architecture celebrate man's transition into the afterlife? How does this celebration translate literally into something tangible? How...

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Main Author: Morris, Christie A.
Other Authors: Architecture
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
Subjects:
In-Between
Assisted Living
AIDS
Threshold
Transition
Hospice
Death
Terminal Illness
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35663
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11112002-124855/
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spelling ndltd-VTETD-oai-vtechworks.lib.vt.edu-10919-356632020-09-26T05:38:03Z Designing the Threshold: A Holistic Center for the Terminally Ill Morris, Christie A. Architecture Piedmont-Palladino, Susan C. Frascari, Marco Kagawa, Ronald M. In-Between Assisted Living AIDS Threshold Transition Hospice Death Terminal Illness If Architecture can express the joy of birth and all the infinite aspects of human life, then Architecture can celebrate death as a final rite of passage. Can Architecture celebrate man's transition into the afterlife? How does this celebration translate literally into something tangible? How does this celebration translate figuratively into something tactile? Master of Architecture 2014-03-14T20:47:45Z 2014-03-14T20:47:45Z 1998-08-28 2002-11-11 2003-11-15 2002-11-15 Thesis etd-11112002-124855 http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35663 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11112002-124855/ 19-Conclusion.pdf 03-TOC.pdf 15-QuiltWall.pdf 08-Philosophy.pdf 14-Chapel.pdf 16-Garden.pdf 01-Title.pdf 13-Research.pdf 06-Introduction.pdf 10-Process.pdf 02-Abstract.pdf 05-Inspiration.pdf 21-Vita.pdf 11-Movement.pdf 17-Residence.pdf 18-Materials.pdf 09-Housing.pdf 12-Library.pdf 07-Site.pdf 04-Acknowledgements.pdf 20-Endnotes.pdf In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Virginia Tech
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topic In-Between
Assisted Living
AIDS
Threshold
Transition
Hospice
Death
Terminal Illness
spellingShingle In-Between
Assisted Living
AIDS
Threshold
Transition
Hospice
Death
Terminal Illness
Morris, Christie A.
Designing the Threshold: A Holistic Center for the Terminally Ill
description If Architecture can express the joy of birth and all the infinite aspects of human life, then Architecture can celebrate death as a final rite of passage. Can Architecture celebrate man's transition into the afterlife? How does this celebration translate literally into something tangible? How does this celebration translate figuratively into something tactile? === Master of Architecture
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