Ru(m)inations; A Project in San Lorenzo

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dc.contributor.authorMoser, Mistien
dc.contributor.committeechairMashburn, Joseph L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFeuerstein, Marcia F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGartner, Howard Scotten
dc.contributor.committeememberThompson, Steven R.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:39:12Zen
dc.date.adate2000-06-05en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:39:12Zen
dc.date.issued1998-07-31en
dc.date.rdate2013-10-02en
dc.date.sdate2000-06-02en
dc.description.abstractI began with a place, the Roman ruin of San Lorenzo in Milan. This place has been a "provocateur," not an object or a set of parameters from which I responded. Architectural readings of the city are contaminated with foreshadowings or hints of what is yet to appear. One may read the city as "Janus" who pulsates back and forth leaving traces of past cosmogonies which look forward to being remembered. As the "haruspex" regards the liver in order to auspiciously found a city, distinct bodies of the city are "mirrors of the world at the moment of sacrifice." Reading the city as a Janus-faced entity suggests a slippery liminal zone between what is often clearly separated as existing and intervening. The act of drawing the site is also an act of remaking the site. The section of the city is a hieroglyph to be deciphered and "completed." This "completion" is necessary but not absolute.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.format.extent43 unnumbered leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-06022000-12390012en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06022000-12390012/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/33379en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartwebbook.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 45003519en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectsatireen
dc.subjectdumbwaitersen
dc.subjectruinsen
dc.subjectarchitectural drawingen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1998.M674en
dc.titleRu(m)inations; A Project in San Lorenzoen
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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