Inhabitants Within Threshold (Threshold as Antidote for Urban Density)

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dc.contributor.authorSaito, Ryoheien
dc.contributor.committeechairHolt, Jaanen
dc.contributor.committeememberPiedmont-Palladino, Susan C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberEmmons, Paul F.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:30:52Zen
dc.date.adate2009-02-08en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:30:52Zen
dc.date.issued2008-10-31en
dc.date.rdate2009-02-08en
dc.date.sdate2009-01-17en
dc.description.abstractThe objective of my thesis is to explore and re-define the relationship between threshold and urban density. Threshold is an architectural medium, which divides and bridges spaces with certain meanings. Density is the defining character of the urban condition expressed consistently at different scales: from a city to a block, to a building and to the human habitation. My design project is about an application of threshold in architectural design within the context of urban density. The efficacy of threshold is tested in both external and internal conditions: the existing condition of the site and the internal workings of the program. To test the thesis, a design of a youth hostel in Washington D.C. was undertaken. The experiment was carried out with the following hypotheses: 1) that threshold is an architectural instrument that mitigates the urban density and 2) that threshold negotiates the territories among the inhabitants. The design experiment demonstrated the hypotheses and therefore, confirmed the relationship between threshold and urban density.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.identifier.otheretd-01172009-021225en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01172009-021225/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/30976en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartETD_Ryohei_Saito.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectHostelen
dc.subjectThresholden
dc.subjectMaen
dc.subjectIntermediaryen
dc.subjectIntermediateen
dc.subjectIn-betweenen
dc.subjectUrban Densityen
dc.subjectTerritoriesen
dc.subjectInhabitantsen
dc.subjectDwellingsen
dc.titleInhabitants Within Threshold (Threshold as Antidote for Urban Density)en
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen

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