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Moments of Entering a Home

Abstract

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This thesis explores the corridor as an essential architectural element in an apartment building. By differentiating the conventional linear corridor, a more pleasant corridor could be achieved: corridor with various widths and natural lighting through architecture manipulation. The building's locale contributes to another topic of this thesis, the urban form for a downtown apartment building. The identities of three streets surrounding the site are respectively unique. One is a downtown pedestrian sidewalk with storefronts, one is a quiet one-way back road, and the other is a major highway with heavy traffic. Examining these three urban conditions, the possible relationship between the streets and the apartment building is explored. For apartment residents, the street conditions and the corridors constitute the very transitional experience for him or her to enter a home.

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
2018

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Zhang, Lantian
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Pittman, V. Hunter
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Jones, Kevin William
  • Thompson, Steven R.
  • Edge, Kay F.

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
vt_gsexam:13216
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/81894

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citation

Zhang, Lantian. Moments of Entering a Home. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/81894