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A Dialogue between Permanence and Impermanence

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

This thesis, "A Dialogue Between Permanence and Impermanence," is an exploration of architecture's ability to embody time's duality—its capacity to endure and its inevitability to transform. The project envisions a hotel as a living metaphor for life itself, where the permanence of its structural essence contrasts with the fleeting presence of its occupants. Through materiality, light, and spatial transitions, the design fosters a conversation between what is lasting and what is ephemeral.

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
2025

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Bi Ojes, Ronn
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Jones, James R.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Cook, Madison Crissey
  • Vorster, Clive R.

Subjects

dc:subject × 7

Rights

dc:rights
Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Dc Identifier Other
vt_gsexam:42304
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/124315

Chain of custody

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2026-07-22
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citation

Bi Ojes, Ronn. A Dialogue between Permanence and Impermanence. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2025. https://hdl.handle.net/10919/124315