Title page for ETD etd-06232005-233657

Type of Document

Master's Thesis

Author

Whang, Jamie Jung-A

URN

etd-06232005-233657

Title

An Urban Monastery and Its Genius Loci

Degree

Master of Architecture

Department

Architecture

Advisory Committee

Advisor Name	Title
Frascari, Marco	Committee Chair
Emmons, Paul F.	Committee Member
Piedmont-Palladino, Susan C.	Committee Member

Keywords

urban monastery
spirit of place
olfactory sensations
aural
visual
tactile
Tibetan Buddhism
human body
genius loci

Date of Defense

2002-04-26

Availability

restricted

Abstract

Genius loci has been described as "the spirit of place". The main interest in considering an urban monastery program is to create a place that embodies the spirit and culture of Tibetan Buddhism in the context of urban Washington, D.C. Given Tibet's unique culture that has developed over centuries without much Western influence, and it recent history of Chinese rule, religious persecution and infiltration of its language, culture and environment, the challenge of this program is to represent the traditions of Tibetan Buddhism in a modern language of architecture.

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