Celebration of the edge: Old Town Alexandria waterfront, Alexandria, Virginia: a collage of architectural and landscape elements engaged in the transition from land to water

Celebration of the edge: Old Town Alexandria waterfront, Alexandria, Virginia: a collage of architectural and landscape elements engaged in the transition from land to water

The edge of the Potomac river at Founder's Park in Old Town Alexandria provides a site where visitors can acknowledge the river and the city. A transitional zone has been developed here through the exploration of dualities. The concept of water meeting land is translated in the fragmentation an...

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Main Author: Marshall, Melanie Susan
Other Authors: Architecture
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2019
Subjects:
LD5655.V855 1982.M368
Waterfronts > Conservation and restoration > Virginia > Alexandria
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/87238
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spelling ndltd-VTETD-oai-vtechworks.lib.vt.edu-10919-872382020-09-26T05:38:03Z Celebration of the edge: Old Town Alexandria waterfront, Alexandria, Virginia: a collage of architectural and landscape elements engaged in the transition from land to water Marshall, Melanie Susan Architecture LD5655.V855 1982.M368 Waterfronts -- Conservation and restoration -- Virginia -- Alexandria The edge of the Potomac river at Founder's Park in Old Town Alexandria provides a site where visitors can acknowledge the river and the city. A transitional zone has been developed here through the exploration of dualities. The concept of water meeting land is translated in the fragmentation and juxtaposition of architectural and landscape elements on the site. Master of Architecture 2019-01-31T18:27:28Z 2019-01-31T18:27:28Z 1982 Thesis Text http://hdl.handle.net/10919/87238 en_US OCLC# 9035304 In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ iii, 42, [1] leaves application/pdf application/pdf Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Waterfronts -- Conservation and restoration -- Virginia -- Alexandria
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Waterfronts -- Conservation and restoration -- Virginia -- Alexandria
Marshall, Melanie Susan
Celebration of the edge: Old Town Alexandria waterfront, Alexandria, Virginia: a collage of architectural and landscape elements engaged in the transition from land to water
description The edge of the Potomac river at Founder's Park in Old Town Alexandria provides a site where visitors can acknowledge the river and the city. A transitional zone has been developed here through the exploration of dualities. The concept of water meeting land is translated in the fragmentation and juxtaposition of architectural and landscape elements on the site. === Master of Architecture
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Marshall, Melanie Susan
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title Celebration of the edge: Old Town Alexandria waterfront, Alexandria, Virginia: a collage of architectural and landscape elements engaged in the transition from land to water
title_short Celebration of the edge: Old Town Alexandria waterfront, Alexandria, Virginia: a collage of architectural and landscape elements engaged in the transition from land to water
title_full Celebration of the edge: Old Town Alexandria waterfront, Alexandria, Virginia: a collage of architectural and landscape elements engaged in the transition from land to water
title_fullStr Celebration of the edge: Old Town Alexandria waterfront, Alexandria, Virginia: a collage of architectural and landscape elements engaged in the transition from land to water
title_full_unstemmed Celebration of the edge: Old Town Alexandria waterfront, Alexandria, Virginia: a collage of architectural and landscape elements engaged in the transition from land to water
title_sort celebration of the edge: old town alexandria waterfront, alexandria, virginia: a collage of architectural and landscape elements engaged in the transition from land to water
publisher Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
publishDate 2019
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