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Community Warmth: Returning a lost building type to the village and Nunakauyarmiut people of Toksook Bay, Ak

by Matthew Samuel Rothlisberger




Institution: University of Washington
Department:
Year: 2016
Keywords: Alaska; Community Center; Light; Qasgiq; Yup'ik; Architecture; architecture
Posted: 02/05/2017
Record ID: 2126870
Full text PDF: http://hdl.handle.net/1773/35082


Abstract

Restoring continuity to the built environment of Toksook Bay, Ak, by identifying a vital building type that is no longer found and whose program has not been absorbed by the current lexicon of architectural types. Imagining the historic mens lodge, Qasgiq, in the present day village and it's new communal uses. Advisors/Committee Members: Nicholls, Jim (advisor).