Urban Threshold

The character of an urban void is defined by the built surrounding which determines the appearance and the function of the enclosed space. In modelling urban form, three major zones corresponding to this phenomenon may be distinguished: 1. Core 2. Transition Zone 3. Surrounding The transition zone contains the capacity to determine the prospective character of the framed void. It offers the possibility to intervene in the existing urban form, not by filling, but by emptying it. The void experiences a transformation from a neglected urban object to a clearly identified urban subject. This threshold towards the void serves as a mediating element between the two coexisting situations. It acts as a "coulisse" of an urban theater towards the void.

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

2001

Author dc:creator

• Dolan, Halil Ramazan

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Galloway, William U.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Egger, Dayton Eugene
• Brown, William W.
• Schnoedt, Heinrich

• urban
• Paris
• threshold
• iaee
• void
• emptyness
• workshop
• Halil Dolan

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-08062001-220817

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/34372