Rural Datascapes: A Data Farm Network for Rural North Dakota

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dc.contributor.advisorWittenberg, Gordon
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHight, Christopher
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWhiting, Sarah
dc.contributor.committeeMemberColman, Scott
dc.creatorHieb, Sara
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-05T23:49:24Z
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-05T23:49:48Z
dc.date.available2012-09-05T23:49:24Z
dc.date.available2012-09-05T23:49:48Z
dc.date.created2012-05
dc.date.issued2012-09-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2012
dc.date.updated2012-09-05T23:49:48Z
dc.description.abstractThis thesis attempts to render architectural agency and aesthetics within the typological discussion of the data center in the rural American landscape. The disciplinary question of the role of architecture and aesthetics in data center design is related to earlier examples of factories and warehouses during modernity. The data center alters the traditional representative role of architecture; they are massive, horizontal buildings that are only conceivable from an aerial perspective, driven by logistics and efficiency. This thesis engages these issues by focusing on the point at which the architectural and programmatic problems of the data center converge, the building form and envelope. This thesis engages the building envelope as an expanded surface that considers not only logistical and environmental issues, but also engages the social and political architectural questions related to the identity of the data center in the rural landscape.
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dc.identifier.citationHieb, Sara. "Rural Datascapes: A Data Farm Network for Rural North Dakota." (2012) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/64605">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/64605</a>.
dc.identifier.slug123456789/ETD-2012-05-43
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/64605
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectData center
dc.subjectNorth Dakota
dc.subjectArchitecture
dc.subjectAesthetics
dc.subjectBlind box
dc.subjectLandscape
dc.subjectRural
dc.titleRural Datascapes: A Data Farm Network for Rural North Dakota
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentArchitecture
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitecture
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architecture
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