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Round Barns of Wisconsin
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Round Barns of Wisconsin
Yazar:
Davidson, Rowan M. H., author.
ISBN:
9780438082120
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1 electronic resource (204 pages)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11(E), Section: A.
Advisors: Anna V. Andrzejewski Committee members: Arnold R. Alanen; Janet Gilmore; Ann S. Martin.
Özet:
The centric barn building type, whether round, octagonal, or multi-sided, is rare and comes in a wide variety of forms, materials, and designs. Its late nineteenth and early twentieth century origins in the United States are chiefly found in the professional and self-consciously progressive work of ambitious yeoman farmers, agricultural scientists, journalistic boosters, and professional builders at the turn of the twentieth century. Typically intended as carefully designed machines for agricultural efficiency. Yet each centric barn turns out to be largely distinctive and possesses a complex set of adaptations according to their respective contexts at odds with formal prescriptions.
This dissertation examines a series of examples in Wisconsin in order to examine the ways in which individual cases, while based in part on prescriptive literature, adapted to particular farmer's needs. Drawing from research originated in professional work in the architectural preservation field, specifically the "Wisconsin Centric Barns Multiple Property Listing," completed in 2013 for the National Register of Historic Places, this dissertation develops a deeper understanding of Wisconsin barns through the themes of technology, identity, or place, all common themes in the academic literature on vernacular architecture. Chapters elucidate background on the history and typology of the centric barn form; examine the role of technological change and application in design; consider personal identity and its impact on the specific history of a barn; and explore the role of the immediate natural and human environments in centric barn design and use.
"Centric Barns of Wisconsin" tells a story about the relationship between the specifics of the barns themselves and their professional design influences through a close study of technology, identity, and place. This relationship, where the local alters the professional intent through a process of adaptation, reflects the nature of vernacular building in the modern world and especially reflects the transitional period at the turn of the twentieth century in the United States. By studying this relationship, the work moves beyond a typology of the building type and arranges a model of looking at barns elsewhere in a richer context.
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School code: 0262
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