Silence, Darkness and Light: The Grand Egyptian Museum

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dc.contributor.authorAli, Ahmed Kamalen
dc.contributor.committeechairBrown, William W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGreen, William R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGalloway, William U.en
dc.contributor.committeememberO'Brien, Michael J.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-06T14:46:18Zen
dc.date.adate2004-03-10en
dc.date.available2011-08-06T14:46:18Zen
dc.date.issued2004-02-11en
dc.date.rdate2004-03-10en
dc.date.sdate2004-03-01en
dc.description.abstractHow can the unique legacy of the most ancient of civilizations be represented within a single building? How can one building spans the area between heaven and earth, the space described in the cosmology of our pharonic ancestors? Certainly, to design such a building is a unique challenge, and an unprecedented opportunity, on this most privileged of sites in the history of mankind, that a museum is to be constructed capable of linking the immemorial past with the distant future spanning both the horizons of the ancients and those as yet unseen. Through the investigation of phenomenology, geometry, simplicity, purity and light, listening to the voice of silence, emerging to the light from the darkness, and by understanding the strength of simplicity after passing through complexity, This thesis offers an endless stream of ideas that challenge the mind. The vision for the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is to establish a place where people from different nations and cultures will be able to immerse themselves in the rich culture heritage from more than 5.000 years of Egyptian civilization. With the support of new technology, more effective and efficient dissemination of information can be achieved, enabling the New Museum to be a source of enjoyable, entertaining, educational and cultural experiences for all visitors. This project aims at structuring a complex of exhibits and facilities, which will accommodate all Pharaonic periods, it will be the largest museum in the world, and will provide access to information and future knowledge. It results from the careful articulation of the problem and a subsequent ordering of constraints within the context of the competition proposal.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.format.extent1 volumeen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-03012004-162839en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03012004-162839en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/9731en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartBOOK.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 93606190en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectPhenomenologyen
dc.subjectMirageen
dc.subjectHypar-textual routeen
dc.subjectSacred Geometryen
dc.subjectJourneyen
dc.subjectSynchronicen
dc.subjectDiachronicen
dc.subjectCompetitionen
dc.subjectMuseumen
dc.subjectEgypten
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 2004.A452en
dc.titleSilence, Darkness and Light: The Grand Egyptian Museumen
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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