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

• Main Author: Li, Janice Y. K. (Janice Yan Kar), 1972-
• Other Authors: Michel Dennis.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2012
• Subjects: Architecture
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68336

Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1998. === Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-83). === 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. === by Janice Y.K. Li. === M.Arch.