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Light and shadow transitions

Abstract

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Transition is the movement between the past and the future. In architecture, transition is both temporal and spatial. It is the interstitial space where changes happen. A thoughtful architectural transition prepares for journey ahead by intensifying aspects of space and relating it to the before and after. In the analogous the trifold structure of time and tenses, transition could be designated as the present, situate between past and future. Transition is always assumed as a space that connects the two other spaces. The thesis claims that a building functions better with a thoughtful transition. It is based on an assumption that a well-considered transition is an architectural offering to better comprehend change.

Degree

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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
2018

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Heydarian, Niloofar
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Schnoedt, Heinrich
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Bryon, Hilary
  • de Hahn, Henri T.

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
vt_gsexam:16316
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/85152

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2026-07-22
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citation

Heydarian, Niloofar. Light and shadow transitions. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/85152