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On Conversion

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

The conversion of the convent of San Francisco into a school of architecture in Havana, comes out of my omnipresent desire to work with old structures, my faith in architectural education, and my love for he city in which I was born. My intention was to propose an alternative to conventional restoration and preservation. From the mutilated body of the convent, and the seed of education planted by the monks the new school sprung. The memory of the lost limbs, still present in the city, began to materialize slowly, letting the old structure breathe again.

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
  • Damas, Juan Roberto
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Frascari, Marco
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Emmons, Paul F.
  • Holt, Jaan

Subjects

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Rights

dc:rights
Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Dc Identifier Other
etd-11242004-205412
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/35812

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citation

Damas, Juan Roberto. On Conversion. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35812