Folding & Flowing: A Museum of Paper Art in Suzhou, China

In a culture that was credited with the invention of paper in the 1st century, Chinese paper art have existed since that time with products ranging from paper fans, lanterns to decorative designs and structures accomplished by folding, rolling and cutting. The thesis is about the inception and design of a museum dedicated to the paper art in China as well as its counterparts in the rest of the world. To be located in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, the museum will curate its exhibitions primarily on local traditional folk arts using paper. It will be a museum with a comprehensive mission of displaying, preserving, education and research on paper arts.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Architecture

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Architecture

Department dc:contributor.department

Architecture

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Lin, Qiuda

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Wang, Joseph C.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Rott, Hans Christian
• Thompson, Steven R.

• Garden
• Paper arts
• Courtyard
• Chinese tradition
• Folded plates

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

etd-05082005-180850

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/32367