AbstractsHistory

appreciating coincidence

by Julia Frances Martin




Institution: Virginia Tech
Department: Architecture
Degree: M. Arch.
Year: 1999
Keywords: culture; history; coincidence
Record ID: 1705168
Full text PDF: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-101398-151819/


Abstract

architects have the capacity to make invaluable connections between the present and the past - connections which can potentially fortify and enrich contemporary culture. carefully considered subtle and substantial interventions can infuse seemingly defunct existent constructions with a new vitality and provide the contemporary world with a rich and intricate new architecture.