Alexandria Underwater Museum For Sunken Monuments

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dc.contributor.authorHafiz, Dalia O.en
dc.contributor.committeechairRott, Hans Christianen
dc.contributor.committeememberJones, James R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGalloway, William U.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:34:15Zen
dc.date.adate2011-05-27en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:34:15Zen
dc.date.issued2011-04-06en
dc.date.rdate2011-05-27en
dc.date.sdate2011-04-20en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is a study of a journey in the deep mystery of the eastern harbor on the Mediterranean sea in the city of Alexandria. For Herodotus, the four major elements for civilization's development overtime are water, air, land, and fire. In this project, the effort is made to connect three of the four elements within an architectural context: "Underwater museum". The building orientation, shape and location allow a discovery of the building elements and shape consequently while participating in the building visit. From street level, the building can be seen as a simple curved wall on the harbor facing the sea. While pursuing the passage in the journey, the building shape and components start to build the experience. Different lighting conditions, vertical and horizontal circulation methods, building form and structure are used to direct the journey starting from sky and land, through water, to underwater, then finally discovering the ruins at the seabed.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04202011-023138en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04202011-023138/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/42166en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartHafiz_DO_T_2011.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectAlexandriaen
dc.subjectMuseumen
dc.subjectUnderwateren
dc.subjectJourneyen
dc.titleAlexandria Underwater Museum For Sunken Monumentsen
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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