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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

'Contextual variations'

Abstract

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It is the intention of this thesis to present not only a visual exploration of a design problem, but also to discuss the obviously dialectic relation of the two for me essential basic elements of architecture: type and topos. My architecture education has been shaped in different countries, through different educational systems, and with different teachers and students. This thesis stands as a record of my accumulated experiences and as a description of a personal approach to working with architectural problems. I believe the most important part of an architecture education is the development of one’s own design process. This exposition represents a beginning,

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 Polytechnic Institute and State University
Year dc:date.issued
1991

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Teicher, Peter
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • O'Brien, Michael J.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Brown, William W.
  • Schnoedt, Heinrich

Rights

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

Identifiers

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Handle dc:identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52112
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/52112

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Teicher, Peter. 'Contextual variations'. masters thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52112