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Edge as place : building a community link in Boston's Chinatown

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Author(s)
Li, Janice Y. K. (Janice Yan Kar), 1972-
Advisor(s)
Michel Dennis.
Alternative Title
Building a community link in Boston's Chinatown
Date Issued
1998
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
How does one inhabit an edge with two sides that are different in culture, everyday life, and scale? How does one connect a physically fragmented community? How does one design a building that identifies with the Chinatown community without applying the usual "pagoda" kitsch? This thesis takes Boston 2000, a urban development plan for the Central Artery Project, as a starting point for an exploration on the above design problems with special attention paid to the roles urban context and cultural issues play on architecture.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-83).
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Architecture
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
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