Astronaut training facility for Houston, Tx.

The purpose of this program is to extend the notion of time to a precise moment where one can comprehend forces that form and inscribe notions about the evolution of time via architecture. The intent is to define architecture as interface between science and technology. The thesis will explore how matter materializes through scientific principles using technology as a tool. This will help us understand how society is generated. The users of this facility are linked to these ideas through their search for the exploration of time and space. The astronauts serve as the impetus to achieve a better understanding of the cosmos in their search for truth. Architecture can be explored as events that form a praxis of impressionable nodes of contact along a time line circumvented through the materialization of matter. Venturing into the twenty-first century, man must conceive an impetus to achieve a connection to propel mankind. In his search, he must understand the forces that shape the index of civilization. Meaning must be seen in the context of the setting not solely as a self-sufficient statement about life but, as a more tangible relationship to past and future events. The center for the space program in Houston is a catalyst in accelerating the ideas of how matter materializes into built form. In order to facilitate this notion, an astronaut training facility will be the vehicle that conceives man's quest for demarcating space and time. The site lies at the southeast comer of the Johnson Space Center adjacent to the bay of Galveston. The center will accommodate a place for astronauts to engage in training routines with learning labs and flight simulation laboratories.