The Creation of Variable Space by Means of Metamorphic Boundaries

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dc.contributor.authorCho, Woo-hyunen
dc.contributor.committeechairGalloway, William U.en
dc.contributor.committeememberEdge, Kay F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRott, Hans Christianen
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:32:45Zen
dc.date.adate2006-05-11en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:32:45Zen
dc.date.issued2005-05-31en
dc.date.rdate2006-05-11en
dc.date.sdate2006-03-20en
dc.description.abstractFor a long time, I have struggled with my origins, with my Korean-ness, with who I am. Whenever I finish a project, I often feel that there is still something that needs to be explained. In this thesis I attempt to explain precisely my ideas of design as these reflect my Korean-ness. Defining the city and its architecture as existing boundaries, I translate my Korean-ness and origins into an idea I call, metaphorically, "metamorphosis." This "metamorphosis" has to do with the way space is transformed from one thing into something else, as is the case when one walks from an airy Korean courtyard, in a traditional Korean house, into the house's shadowy interior. It is ambiguous, this metamorphic transformation, and for each individual visitor always a somewhat different experience, and sometimes a vastly different experience from that of anyone else, a familiarity with the unfamiliar nevertheless shaped by the uniquely personal prior life each visitor brings to the architectural space.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Architectureen
dc.identifier.otheretd-03202006-113050en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03202006-113050/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/31511en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartHouse.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartMetamorphic.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartAppendix.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectMetamorphosisen
dc.subjectSpaceen
dc.subjectBoundaryen
dc.titleThe Creation of Variable Space by Means of Metamorphic Boundariesen
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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