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Geo-mimicry for the Finger Lakes Tourist Center
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Zhu, Qisheng
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491316227158204
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2017, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
Abstract
This paper reviews some of the earliest thoughts about the introduction of natural elements such as biology and geology into architectural design and discusses several designers’ contributions, showing how they pushed the concept forward. It then explores one of the most important features of sedimentary rock formations (commonly seen around the Great Lakes area), called “cross bedding.” After some digital and physical simulations of cross bedding’s irregular waving surface, the paper discusses the potential architectural applications. Last, it introduces a design proposal using cross bedding as part of the building components to design a tourist center near Watkins Glen, NY, and the Finger Lakes.
Committee
Christoph Klemmt, A.A. Dipl. (Committee Chair)
Elizabeth Riorden, M.Arch. (Committee Member)
Pages
49 p.
Subject Headings
Architecture
Keywords
Geo-mimicry
;
parametric design
;
geology
;
tourist reception
;
museum
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Zhu, Q. (2017).
Geo-mimicry for the Finger Lakes Tourist Center
[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491316227158204
APA Style (7th edition)
Zhu, Qisheng.
Geo-mimicry for the Finger Lakes Tourist Center.
2017. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491316227158204.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Zhu, Qisheng. "Geo-mimicry for the Finger Lakes Tourist Center." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491316227158204
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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Geo-mimicry for the Finger Lakes Tourist Center by Qisheng Zhu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
This open access ETD is published by University of Cincinnati and OhioLINK.