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Gradient

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

Our city is always in a state of change and renew. Sometimes such changes are drastic; sometimes, such changes are gentle. Some of the old urban forms, plans, streets and buildings will stay, and some will disappear quickly, and will always be memories. The surviving neighborhoods, streets and buildings, together with the new modern architecture, form the status quo of modern cities. However, between the old and the new, when we renew the city, can we still choose other positions? Can we refine the old things into skeletons, and guide us to design a "new" building that blends into the urban space? We may call this position "gradient."

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
2020

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Xu, Yuchao
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Dugas, David
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Bassett, James
  • Weiner, Frank H.

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Dc Identifier Other
vt_gsexam:23983
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/96646

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2026-07-22
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citation

Xu, Yuchao. Gradient. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/96646