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An Urban Monastery and Its Genius Loci

Abstract

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Genius loci has been described as "the spirit of place". The main interest in considering an urban monastery program is to create a place that embodies the spirit and culture of Tibetan Buddhism in the context of urban Washington, D.C. Given Tibet's unique culture that has developed over centuries without much Western influence, and it recent history of Chinese rule, religious persecution and infiltration of its language, culture and environment, the challenge of this program is to represent the traditions of Tibetan Buddhism in a modern language of architecture.

Degree

thesis:*
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
2002

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Whang, Jamie Jung-A
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Frascari, Marco
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Piedmont-Palladino, Susan C.
  • Emmons, Paul F.

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

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etd-06232005-233657
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/43410

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citation

Whang, Jamie Jung-A. An Urban Monastery and Its Genius Loci. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43410