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A Descending Columbarium

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dc.contributor.authorJiang, Xuyangen
dc.contributor.committeechairRott, Hans Christianen
dc.contributor.committeememberThompson, Steven R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCortes, Mario C.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-23T08:03:56Zen
dc.date.available2015-05-23T08:03:56Zen
dc.date.issued2014-09-30en
dc.description.abstractThe project is a columbarium and crematorium complex. It is located on the Eastern peripherie of Blacksburg, Virginia. The site slopes downward to the South East. The project is organized in an axial arrangement following the direction of the slope. The program of the building does not follow any religious ritual and is culturally determined only in so far as cremation is an acceptable form of disposal of the deceased. In this sense the building itself becomes a memorial of the dead. With the exclusion of formal ritual as a guiding principle for an architectural expression of the contemplation of death simple geometric figures are meant to evoke a general sense of proper emotional and intellectual response to the phenomenon of death, perhaps to dying. This approach hopes to allow for individual contemplation of the ending and the end of human life.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.format.extent[iii], 45 leavesen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:2434en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/52560en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 88932358en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectcolumbariumen
dc.subjectdeathen
dc.subjectproportionen
dc.subjectsymmetryen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 2014.J536en
dc.titleA Descending Columbariumen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen

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